Besiktas, Wolves, Cluj, Venice and Buducnost take last EuroCup playoff tickets

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

It was a night to remember in the BKT EuroCup with eight games played and five playoff tickets on the line.

When all was said and done Besiktas, Wolves, Cluj, Venice, and Buducnost qualified with Ulm missing the cut after losing at home to Hapoel Tel Aviv (97-90), which jumped to the second spot of the Group A standings.

In Group B, Bourg gave a desperate fight, but Valencia, despite already securing the top spot, beat them by two points (100-98) after a big game and kept them out of the postseason.

Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem also won to secure second place in  B,  thus joining Bahcesehir College Istanbul, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Valencia Basket with eighth-finals byes and home-court advantage in the single-game quarterfinals.

The eighth-final matchups will feature Dreamlife Gran Canaria against Umana Reyer Venice,

Turk Telekom Ankara against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana against Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul, and Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius against U-BT Cluj-Napoca.

The single-game EuroCup Eighthfinals will be played on Tuesday, March 4, and Wednesday, March 5, and the quarterfinals will take place the following week.

Group A

Trefl Sopot – Dreamland Gran Canaria 73-76
Joventut Badalona – Bahcesehir College Istanbul 69-56
Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius – Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 91-82
Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul – Dolomiti Energia Trento 79-75
ratiopharm Ulm – Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 90-97

Standings

1. Bahcesehir 14-4
2. Hapoel Tel Aviv 12–6
3. Gran Canaria 12-6
4. Wolves Vilnius 10-8
5. Besiktas 10-8
6. Buducnost 9–9
7. Ratiopharm Ulm 9-9
8. Badalona 7-11
9. Trento 6-12
10. Trefl Sopot 1-17

Group B

Umana Reyer Venice – 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 91-77
Aris Midea Thessaloniki – U-BT Cluj-Napoca 74-89
Veolia Towers Hamburg – Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 80-62
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – Turk Telekom Ankara 76-66
Valencia Basket – Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse 100-98

Standings

1. Valencia 16-2
2. Hapoel Jerusalem 11-7
3. Turk Telekom 10-8
4. Cedevita Olimpija 10-8
5. Cluj Napoca 10-8
6. Venice 10-8
7. JL Bourg 9-9
8. Hamburg 6-12
9. Lietkabelis 5-13
10. Aris 3-15

Photo credit: BKT EuroCup