By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Variety can be the key word for the opening week of the brand new Basketball Champions League Regular Season. Teams scattered across Europe provided their credentials forming several close games and generating upsets in Gameday 1 of the 2019-20 season.
SIG Strasbourg made the pace in Group A, while Turk Telekom went up 1-0 on the road. BAXI Manresa and Dinamo Sassari had it tough but tipped off their BCL campaign victorious at home.
Keith Langford and AEK highlighted opening week action in Group B. San Pablo Burgos and RASTA Vechta introduced themselves to European club competitions with home wins, and Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem got the job done in Turkey.
Group C saw Peristeri winmasters achieve a tremendous comeback win after its 15-year European hiatus. Iberostar Tenerife won at home, so did VEF Riga, while ERA Nymburk routed Brose Bamberg.
Besiktas Sompo Sigorta was the big winner of Round 1 in Group D with its away victory versus PAOK. Telekom Baskets Bonn defeated Casademont Zaragoza to get to 1-0, so did Neptunas Klaipeda and JDA Dijon.
Basketball Champions League Gameday 1 results:
Group A
UNET Holon – Turk Telekom 79-82
SIG Strasbourg – Filou Oostende 77-64
BAXI Manresa – Polski Cukier Torun 85-81
Dinamo Sassari – Lietkabelis 79-78
Group B
RASTA Vechta – Anwil Wloclawek 89-76
Teksut Bandirma – Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 69-73
AEK – EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 102-82
San Pablo Burgos – Telenet Giants Antwerp 90-76
Group C
Gaziantep – Peristeri winmasters 64-70
VEF Riga – Mornar Bar 80-74
Iberostar Tenerife – Nizhny Novgorod 81-67
ERA Nymburk – Brose Bamberg 91-71
Group D
Neptunas Klaipeda – Happy Casa Brindisi 81-71
PAOK – Besiktas Sompo Sigorta 60-69
Telekom Baskets Bonn – Casademont Zaragoza 85-71
JDA Dijon – Falco Szombathely 87-68