TREVISO. Treviso flies to Europe. Great news for the De ‘Longhi, which received from FIBA the communication of inclusion in the teams participating in the next one Basketball Champions League.
TVB as a “rookie” in his first participation in a European cup, will start from the qualifications. The “Preliminary Round” will see 24 teams involved, from which the 4 that will enter the group stage will come out, where the 28 European teams already qualified await them.
The initial draw for the qualifying rounds and the Regular Season group stage will take place on Wednesday 7 July at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Switzerland and can be watched live on championsleague.basketball from 11:00 (GMT) +2)
The President of TVB Paolo Vazzoler expresses his satisfaction: “It is a great source of pride for our young club to have received the trust of the FIBA that admitted us to the Champions League after the sixth place last season. In addition to Sassari and Brindisi, already protagonists in Europe in recent years, only us have been chosen unlike other realities, confirming how the name of a city that has left an important “legacy” in the history of European basketball, combined with the seriousness of our project and its interpreters, have been the right levers to reach this new step for our organization. We have to thank FIBA for the trust placed in us, now our task is to continue our growth and demonstrate on and off the pitch that we deserve this new and stimulating dimension. absolutely that this is a point of arrival, but indeed I see in this first European landing only the beginning of a new phase for our club and for our city, with the pride of having I brought Treviso basketball from the Promotion Championship to Europe in less than ten years. It is a new horizon to share with our fans and our partners and consortium members who have already expressed their enthusiasm in this regard, they will not fail to be by our side for this new adventure .. “
THE FORMULA AND THE ADVERSARY POTENTIALS The Basketball Champions League formula for the 2021-22 season provides for a total of 32 participants – 28 of which have already been admitted and 4 places reserved for the winners of the qualifying phase. Treviso Basket will be part of the participants in the qualification phase together with 23 other teams: Bakken Bears Aarhus (DEN), Belfius Mons-Hainaut (BEL), Brose Bamberg (GER), Friborg Olympic (SUI), Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat (ISR) , Juventus Utena (LTU), Kalev / Cramo (EST), Kapfenberg Bulls (AUT), Le Mans Sarthe Basket (FRA), Levski Lukoil (BUL), London Lions (GBR), Mornar Bar (MNE), Opava (CZE) , Parma Perm (RUS), Peristeri (GRE), Petrolina AEK Larnaca (CYP), Prometey Kamianske (UKR), Salon Vilpas (FIN), Split (CRO), Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR), Tsmoki-Minsk (BLR) , U-Banca Transilvania Cluj Napoca (ROU), Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden (NED).
This first phase will start on 13 September and the regular group season on 4 October. The draw will take place from 11 on Wednesday 7 July to define both the qualifying rounds and the Regular Season. The groups of the regular season will consist of 4 participants (8 groups). The first classified of each of the 4 groups will qualify directly to the 16th, while the second and third classified will compete in a series to the best of the 3 and the 8 winners will get the passage to the second round. The quarter-finals will be played again at best of 3, to finally arrive at the Final Four. $ 1 million in prize money for the winning team.
THE TEAMS ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR THE GROUP AEK (GRE), Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (POL), BAXI Manresa (ESP), Besiktas Icrypex (TUR), Darussafaka Tekfen (TUR), Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (ITA), ERA Nymburk (CZE), EWE Baskets Oldenburg (GER), Falco Szombathely (HUN), Filou Oostende (BEL), Galatasaray (TUR), Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (ISR), Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon (ISR), Happy Casa Brindisi (ITA), Hereda San Pablo Burgos (ESP), Igokea (BIH), JDA Dijon (FRA), Lavrio Megabolt (GRE), Lenovo Tenerife (ESP), MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (GER), Nizhny Novgorod (RUS), PAOK (GRE), Pinar Karsiyaka (TUR) , Rytas Vilnius (LTU), SIG Strasbourg (FRA), Tofas Bursa (TUR), Unicaja (ESP), VEF Riga (LAT).