Bulgarians on the road to Olympic

Basketball »Freiburg Olympic was not unhappy yesterday in the draw for the knockout stages and the quarter-finals of the FIBA ​​European Cup. Ranked seeds after finishing first in their group in the first phase, the Friborgs will face the Bulgarians of Balkan Botevgrad. Currently third in his championship, Balkan took part as Olympic in qualifying for the Champions League last September. After failing to qualify, the Bulgarians were transferred to the FIBA ​​European Cup. In a bubble in Istanbul, they lost to Romanians from Sibiu before beating Oradea, another Romanian team, and Turks from Besiktas. This round of 16 will take place on March 23 at a location to be determined.

If successful, Petar Aleksic’s men would certainly face the Russians from Parma, who will start favorites in their round of 16 against Rilski Sportist, another Bulgarian team. Scheduled two days