By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
The 2019-20 Basketball Champions League Regular Season comes to an end with 16 games scattered all around Europe on Tuesday and Wednesday. Matches from the same group will tip off simultaneously with most teams gunning for either the best possible playoffs seeding or a Round of 16 berth.
Fourteen clubs have punched in their ticket for the playoffs, but two spots await their holders with five sides hoping to grab them. The last lap of the 14-game group stage includes plenty of exciting and deciding contests. Afterwards off-court activities in the form of the Playoffs draw scheduled for February 18th will take center stage.
Below the Basketball Champions League Regular Season Gameday 14 preview.
Group A
1. Y-Turk Telekom 23 (10-3)
2. Y-Dinamo Sassari 23 (10-3)
3. BAXI Manresa 20 (7-6)
4. y-Filou Oostende 20 (7-6)
5. Lietkabelis 19 (6-7)
6. UNET Holon 19 (6-7)
7. x-SIG Strasbourg 17 (4-9)
8. x-Polski Cukier Torun 15 (2-11)
Y-secured home-court advantage for Round of 16
y-advanced to the playoffs
x-eliminated from the playoffs
With a home win against Dinamo Sassari, BAXI Manresa will advance to the Round of 16. A loss will allow the winner of the game in Israel between UNET Holon and Lietkabelis to advance. Here is the breakdown:
BAXI Manresa: Clinches with win OR with loss, Filou Oostende loss and Lietkabelis win.
UNET Holon: Clinches with win and BAXI Manresa loss.
Lietkabelis: Clinches with win, Filou Oostende win and BAXI Manresa loss.
Apart third and fourth place, the top two spots of Group A are up for grabs as well. Both Turk Telekom and Dinamo Sassari will go through Round of 16 with the home-court advantage, but only one fits in first place. The Italian outlet will visit Spain and the Turkish will be in France to face eliminated SIG Strasbourg with the tiebreaker advantage over Gianmarco Pozzecco’s in the baggage.
Filou Oostende that is between third and fourth place will take on last-placed Polski Cukier Torun in Poland.
Gameday 14 schedule:
Wednesday 5/2
BAXI Manresa – Dinamo Sassari
Polski Cukier Torun – Filou Oostende
UNET Holon – Lietkabelis
SIG Strasbourg – Turk Telekom