By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Τhe last four tickets for the regular season of Basketball’s Champions League were decided today with Oradea, Nahariya, Bakken Bears and Usak smiling in the end.
After what happened in the first leg, it was obvious who had the advantage with Lukoil not able to keep up on the road with Oradea, while Muratbey Usak Sportif dominated Cluj on the road (85-66) despite 19 points by Kyndall Dykes (photo) for the hosts. Mark Lyons scored 18 for the winners.
Bakken Bears and Ironi Nahariya are now part of Group A, while CSM CSU Oradea take the final Group B spot and in Group C Usak is added. The four top teams from each group and the four best ranked fifth-placed teams will advanced to a 24 teams playoffs format in which the five group winners and the three best ranked second teams will get to the quarterfinals, while the rest of the 16 teams while face each other in double encounters for a ticket to the Top8.
Champions League qualifying round 2 – Leg 2
Ironi Nahariya- Tsmoki Minsk 71-67
CSM CSU Oradea – Lukoil Academic 70-58
Bakken Bears – Tartu 83-70
U-BT Cluj Napoca – Muratbey Usak Sportif 66-85
The regular season groups
Group A
Fraport Skyliners
Ironi Nahariya
Aris
Bakken Bears
CEZ Nymburk
Helios Suns
Banvit
AS Monaco
Group B
Umana Reyer Venezia
CSM CSU Oradea
Avtodor Saratov
Kataja Basket
Maccabi Rand Media
Khimik
Pinar Karsiyaka
Le Mans Sarthe
Group C
EWE Baskets
Openjobmetis Varese
PAOK
Neptunas Klaipeda
Rosa Radom
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
Ventspils
Muratbey Usak Sportif
Group D
Sidigas Avellino
Juventus Utena
Iberostar Tenerife
KK Mornar
Telenet Oostende
Cibona
SIG Strasbourg
Mega Leks
Group E
Besiktas Sompo Japan
MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg
Szolnoki Olaj
Dinamo Sassari
Stelmet Zielona Gora
AEK
Partizan
Proximus Spirou
(Photo credit: FIBA)