By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Six Basketball Champions League Round of 16 Gameday 2 fixtures set for Tuesday and Wednesday. The initial Monday “Game of the Week” was rescheduled after Galatasaray Nef confirmed multiple positive COVID-19 cases within the team. The meeting of the Ukraine champion Prometey against Romania champion U-BT Cluj Napoca at Zaporizhzhia was postponed as well and rescheduled for March 3, BCL announced Monday. Meanwhile, four sides will begin their Round of 16 schedules after missing the first week of action.
JDA Dijon having won nine out of its last ten BCL games at Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy will host Hapoel U-NET Holon in the lone Group I affair this week after losing to MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in Gameday 1. The Israeli side was among the teams remaining idle last week. In Group K, Unicaja gets Filou Oostende at home.
Group J features a couple of games in Turkey. Darussafaka and Tofas Bursa will host NutriBullet Treviso and Baxi Manresa, respectively. Gameday 1 saw Tofas taking down Dacka. Both visiting sides will launch their own bids to progress to the Quarterfinals in Gameday 2.
Both SIG Strasbourg and Lenovo Tenerife are 1-0 in Group L ahead of their meeting at Rhenus Sport. Forced down to 0-1, Rytas Vilnius and Falco Szombathely make out the other Gameday 2 fixture.
Basketball Champions League Round of 16 Week 2 schedule and standings:
Group I
Tuesday
JDA Dijon – Hapoel U-NET Holon (20:30 CET)
Standings
1. MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 2 (1-0)
2. JDA Dijon 1 (0-1)
3. Galatasaray Nef 0 (0-0)
4. Hapoel U-NET Holon 0 (0-0)
Group J
Tuesday
Darussafaka – NutriBullet Treviso (18:00 CET)
Wednesday
Tofas Bursa – Baxi Manresa (18:00 CET)
Standings
1. Tofas Bursa 2 (1-0)
2. Darussafaka 1 (0-1)
3. Baxi Manresa 0 (0-0)
4. NutriBullet Treviso 0 (0-0)
Group K
Wednesday
Unicaja – Filou Oostende (20:30 CET)
Standings
1. U-BT Cluj Napoca 2 (1-0)
2. Unicaja 1 (0-1)
3. Filou Oostende 0 (0-0)
4. Prometey 0 (0-0)
Group L
Wednesday
Rytas Vilnius – Falco Szombathely (18:30 CET)
SIG Strasbourg – Lenovo Tenerife (20:00 CET)
Standings
1. Lenovo Tenerife 2 (1-0)
2. SIG Strasbourg 2 (1-0)
3. Rytas Vilnius 1 (0-1)
4. Falco Szombathely 1 (0-1)
-Top two teams of each group advance to the Quarterfinals
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League