By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
The Basketball Champions League switches from the Regular Season to the next stages of the competition. Revisit the finale, Gameday 6 of the Regular Season with 16 games played all around the continent Tuesday and Wednesday.
Taking over and covering the first three weeks of January, the best-of-three Play-Ins will decide the eight remaining participants in the Round of 16. Group winners of the Regular Season will jump into action in late January, at the launch of the Round of 16.
Play-Ins (3-18/1)
The Play-Ins will be contested in a best-of-three format. The second-seeded sides of the Regular Season earned the homecourt advantage, thus will play Game 3 at home, if necessary.
UCAM Murcia – Pinar Karsiyaka (1)
AEK – Tofas Bursa (2)
Hapoel Atsmon Holon – Igokea m:tel (3)
Bahcesehir Koleji – Filou Oostende (4)
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg – Limoges CSP (5)
Benfica – Darussafaka (6)
JDA Dijon – Peristeri bwin (7)
Rytas Vilnius – PAOK mateco (8)
Round of 16 (24/1-22/3)
Assigned across all four groups, the eight teams converting the second chance to advance will complete the Round of 16. A double-legged round-robin schedule to determine the teams progressing to the Quarterfinals, the last step before the season-ending Final Four.
Group I
SIG Strasbourg
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Play-In 3 winner
Play-In 7 winner
Group J
Telekom Baskets Bonn
Baxi Manresa
Play-In 4 winner
Play-In 8 winner
Group K
Unicaja
Galatasaray Nef
Play-In 2 winner
Play-In 5 winner
Group L
Surne Bilbao
Lenovo Tenerife
Play-In 1 winner
Play-In 6 winner
The Quarterfinals are scheduled to be held between 4 and 19 April. From there to the Final Four, 12 to 14 May.
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League