By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
The final stretch of the 2020-21 Basketball Champions League Regular Season begins this week with all participating sides in the hunt for a spot in the next group stage. Coming off a break featuring the latest batch of EuroBasket Qualifiers, eight games will be held Tuesday and Wednesday. The sixth week of action includes seven Gameday 6 affairs and one rescheduled Gameday 1 contest.
Defending champion Hereda San Pablo Burgos will host Darussafaka Tekfen and Filou Oostende will take on Happy Casa Brindisi in a wide-open Group H. All four teams are tied at 1-1.
A four-way tie will be broken in Group E as well. SIG Strasbourg off a six-game Champions League losing streak at home faces Peristeri. A Baltic encounter between Rytas Vilnius and VEF Riga at the Lithuanian capital makes out the other match.
The same situation with all four teams sitting at 1-1 occurs in Group G. However, the winner of the Turk Telekom versus Limoges CSP matchup will earn an advantage moving forward.
In Group F, Brose Bamberg up 2-0 will go through a Pinar Karsiyaka visit. The Turkish outlet, 1-0, has been on the winning side of its last five BCL Regular Season matches.
The Group F schedule stretches into the Unipol Arena as Fortitudo Bologna and RETAbet Bilbao will be gunning for their first win.
The delayed Gameday 1 tilt furthers Group D with Falco Szombathely and Nizhny Novgorod meeting at the Savaria Arena.
Group A
Standings
1. Dinamo Sassari 6 (3-0)
2. Iberostar Tenerife 5 (2-1)
3. Galatasaray 4 (1-2)
4. Bakken Bears 3 (0-3)
Group B
Standings
1. JDA Dijon 6 (3-0)
2. ERA Nymburk 5 (2-1)
3. Tofas Bursa 4 (1-2)
4. Keravnos 3 (0-3)
Group C
Standings
1. AEK 6 (3-0)
2. Tsmoki-Minsk 5 (2-1)
3. Hapoel Holon 4 (1-2)
4. Cholet 3 (0-3)
Group D
Wednesday
Falco Szombathely – Nizhny Novgorod (18:00 CET)
Standings
1. Casademont Zaragoza 4 (2-0)
2. Falco Szombathely 2 (1-0)
3. Pszczolka Start Lublin 2 (0-2)
4. Nizhny Novgorod 1 (0-1)
Group E
Tuesday
SIG Strasbourg – Peristeri (18:00 CET)
Rytas Vilnius – VEF Riga (18:30 CET)
Standings
1. Peristeri 3 (1-1)
2. VEF Riga 3 (1-1)
3. SIG Strasbourg 3 (1-1)
4. Rytas Vilnius 3 (1-1)
Group F
Tuesday
Brose Bamberg – Pinar Karsiyaka (20:00 CET)
Fortitudo Bologna – RETAbet Bilbao (20:30 CET)
Standings
1. Brose Bamberg 4 (2-0)
2. Pinar Karsiyaka 2 (1-0)
3. RETAbet Bilbao 2 (0-2)
4. Fortitudo Bologna 1 (0-1)
Group G
Wednesday
Turk Telekom – Limoges CSP (18:00 CET)
Standings
1. Igokea 3 (1-1)
2. Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 3 (1-1)
3. Limoges CSP 3 (1-1)
4. Turk Telekom 3 (1-1)
Group H
Wednesday
Hereda San Pablo Burgos – Darussafaka Tekfen (18:30 CET)
Filou Oostende – Happy Casa Brindisi (20:00 CET)
Standings
1. Hereda San Pablo Burgos 3 (1-1)
2. Filou Oostende 3 (1-1)
3. Darussafaka Tekfen 3 (1-1)
4. Happy Casa Brindisi 3 (1-1)
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