The BKT EuroCup regular season finished yesterday. According to the results of the tournament first stage, 4 teams have been determined in two groups, which advanced directly to the quarterfinals and another 8, which will play one match of the playoff first stage.
In Group A, French "Paris Basketball" finished with an insane 17-1 record. In its last match of the first stage, French team defeated "Cedevita-Olimpija" (119:66), which came last, in 10th place.
A road victory over Turkish “Besiktas” secured Israeli “Hapoel Tel Aviv” a direct ticket to the quarterfinals. The team from Israel have reached their goal – 94:73 in their favour.
Under these circumstances, the last match did not decide anything for “London Lions”. The club from Great Britain lost to “Wolves Vilnius” on the home arena with a score of 80:85.
"London Lions" finished the regular season in 3rd place and will now host the 6th team of Group B "Turk Telecom" in the tournament 1/8 finals. Yesterday's opponent of "London Lions", according to additional indicators, sat in 7th place, outpacing Italian "Venice".
Our “Prometey”, with a 10-8 record is the fourth. The “titans”, according to head-to-head matches, surpassed “Joventut”. At the first stage of the playoff, our team will play a home match against Greek “Aris”. “Joventut” will visit “Ratiopharm Ulm” from Germany. “Besiktas” (9 wins in 18 matches) won the sixth ticket to the playoffs. In the next round, Turkish club plays a road match against “Gran Canaria”.
The matches of the playoff first stage will be held on March 5 and 6.