Basketball in Europe – no sport offers more competition and competition but also confusion on the international stage! SPORT BILD provides an overview.
Euroleague and Eurocup, organized by the ULEB (Union of European Basketball Leagues), are the strongest competitions, numbers one and two, so to speak. The Champions League and Europe Cup are organized by the European branch of the world basketball association FIBA and are the clear numbers three and four in terms of sport.
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Eight teams from the Easycredit Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) are currently still involved in Europe – and that’s what the German clubs’ chances are.
Euroleague
Bayern defeated Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 112:109 after extra time on Tuesday and can still hope to reach tenth place and thus the play-ins. In the play-ins, as in the BBL this season, the last two playoff participants will be determined in knockout games. Munich, currently in 14th place, will probably have to win seven of the remaining 10 games to still have a chance. Will be very hard!
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Alba Berlin is penultimate of 18 teams, lost to Olympiacos Piraeus 87:101 on Tuesday and has five wins and 19 defeats. It was already clear before the season: the Berliners would never reach the playoffs or play-ins; the gap to the financial heavyweights like Real Madrid or Panathinaikos Athens is too great.
eurocup
Ratiopharm Ulm has to go through a strenuous main round (18 games), has already reached the round of 16, where it continues with a knockout game. So one win is enough for the quarter-finals. The German champions can have legitimate hopes for this. The top candidate for the title is Paris Basketball (16 wins, 1 loss), who grabbed half of the Bonn squad and coach Tuomas Lisalo after last season.
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As expected, the Veolia Towers Hamburg are completely overwhelmed in the competition, are in second-to-last place in their group with 2 wins and 15 defeats and have long been out.
Champions League
Defending champion Telekom Baskets Bonn won the German Gift Summit against MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 80:75 on Tuesday evening and is leading its group of four ahead of the Ludwigsburg team. The first two teams reach the quarterfinals in a best-of-three format. So whoever wins there twice will be in the Top4 final tournament. Trend: It won’t be enough for Bonn to defend their title, but it will definitely be enough to make it to the quarter-finals. Ludwigsburg will tremble about it.
Chemnitz coach Rodrigo Pastore and his team are also creating enthusiasm in Europe
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Europe Cup
BBL sensation leaders Niners Chemnitz are also rocking this lower-class competition, leading their group with four wins from five games and have already qualified for the quarter-finals. There the knockout mode known from football continues in home and away games.
The BG Göttingen can also hope for that, currently in third place in their group of four with two wins and two defeats each. Second place is needed for the quarterfinals.
Outlook: The only candidate for a European title is Chemnitz and Bayern need a small miracle to reach the play-ins.
2024-01-31 11:40:16
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