Basketball Champions League Round of 16
By Johnny Askounis/ [email protected]
Eight teams straight through the regular season and eight more earned second-chance tickets to the Basketball Champions League Round of 16.
The Play-In phase which extends over three weeks rounded out the field in the next round scheduled for next week with the first day of the six-game doubles round-robin schedule.
In Group I, Hapoel Atsmon Holon and Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem shaped a domestic continental battle from Israel’s Winner League. The French Betclic Elite LNB Pro A SIG Strasbourg and JDA Dijon make up the other half.
Group L ended last week. Surne Bilbao and Lenovo Tenerife have been joined by an additional ACB squad at UCAM Murcia who schedule many more domestic battles to watch in the BCL. Darussafaka took the fourth invitation to the party.
Match 3 competitions ended in Group J. Incoming Bahcesehir Koleji and Rytas Vilnius met Telekom Baskets Bonn and Baxi Manresa.
Finally, group K extended from the direct qualifiers Galatasaray Nave and Unicaja to the winners of the Play-In AEK and Limoges CSP.
Check out the full schedule groups for the Round of 16 and Matchday 1.
Group I
GIS Strasbourg
Bank Hapoel Yahav Jerusalem
Hapoel Atsmon Holon
JDA Dijon
Day 1
SIG Strasbourg – Hapoel Atsmon Holon (24/1)
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – JDA Dijon (25/1)
Group J
Telekom Sneakers Bonn
Baxi Manresa
Bahcesehir Koleji
Rytas Vilnius
Day 1
Baxi Manresa – Rytas Vilnius (24/1)
Telekom Baskets Bonn – Bahcesehir Koleji (25/1)
K-group
Galatasaray Nave
Unicaja
AEK
Limoges CSP
Day 1
Galatasaray Nave – Limoges CSP (24/1)
Unicaja – AEK (25/1)
Group L
Surne Bilbao
Lenovo Tenerife
UCAM Murcia
Darussafaka
Day 1
Lenovo Tenerife – UCAM Murcia (24/1)
Surne Bilbao – Darussafaka (25/1)
Photo credit: Basketball Champions League