TREVISO
«A Champions League in continuous growth». These are the words used by BCL CEO Patrick Comninos to accompany the presentation of the Fiba branded club competition. The numbers prove him right, if you think that the only participants in the qualifying round have gone from 16 in 2020 to the current 24: among these there are veterans of the Cups and regular BCL regulars. As the Le Mans, which boasts a long European history, since the time of the disappearance of the Korac Cup, as well as the Brose Bamberg that after spending in Euroleague and Eurocup landed in FIBA orbit. Among the well-known faces of the BCL qualifiers are the Danes of Bakken Bears Aarhus who gained access to the regular season by beating the Belgians of the Mons-Hainaut, still present on the grid. Confirmed the Portuguese of Sporting Clube, the Romanians of the Cluj Napoca and the Swiss ofOlympic Friborg. It also deserves respect Tsmoki-Minsk, Belarusian team affiliated to the VTB League, while the nostalgic of 80s Yugoslav basketball will be happy to see again the yellow and black of the jerseys of the BC Split, heir to the great Jugoplastika. In the urn it will be necessary to pay attention to the KK Mornar Bar, Montenegrin team former Eurocup, as well as the Greeks of Peristeri, to the Israelis ofHapoel Eilat and al Parma Perm, also feared for the great travel difficulties. Lesser dangers theoretically come from the Cypriots of theAEK Larnaca, by the Austrians of Kapfenberg Bulls, from the Lithuanians of the Juventus Utena, from the Finns of Vilpas, from the Bulgarians of Levski Sofia, from the Czechs ofOpava, dai Lions from London, from the Dutch of Find, from the Estonians of the Kalev / Cramo and by the Ukrainians of Prometey. —
Federico Bettuzzi