By Johnny Askounis / [email protected]
Basketball Champions League regular season Groups A, B, C and D ended this week with six teams entering the playoff picture to introduce four new groups of four teams each. The holders of the three remaining tickets will be determined next week by the conclusions of Groups E, F, G and H.
The four teams in Group C reached the final round staying in the race, but AEK and Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon got the job done on the road against Tsmoki-Minsk and Cholet, respectively. Keith Langford scored 32 points in Minsk, highlighting the action.
Tofas Bursa and ERA Nymburk secured places in Group B after their very good game in the Czech Republic. JDA Dijon beat Keravnos on the road but stood on the wrong side of the three-way game and was eliminated.
Group D produced their second advancement team in the form of Nizhny Novgorod. The Russian outlet succeeded with a victory over Falco Szombathely in the deciding match. Casademont Zaragoza was already in play before knocking Pszczolka Start Lublin down to 0-6.
In Group A, the Bakken Bears signed with a third consecutive victory as it was not enough to defeat Iberostar Tenerife to advance. Dinamo Sassari secured second place against Galatasaray in Turkey.
group A
Bakken Bears – Iberostar Tenerife 96-78
Galatasaray – Dinamo Sassari 81-92
Ranking
1.y-Iberostar Tenerife 10 (4-2)
2.y-Dinamo Sassari 10 (4-2)
3. Bear x-Bakken 9 (3-3)
4.x-Galatasaray 7 (1-5)
Group B
ERA Nymburk – Tofas Bursa 97-103
Keravnos – JDA Dijon 44-79
Ranking
1.y-Tofas Bursa 10 (4-2)
2.y-ERA Nymburk 10 (4-2)
3.x-JDA Dijon 10 (4-2)
4.x-Keravnos 6 (0-6)
Group C
Tsmoki-Minsk – AEK 90-95
Cholet – Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon 71-89
Ranking
1.y-Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon 10 (4-2)
2.y-AEK 10 (4-2)
3.x-Cholet 8 (2-4)
4.x-Tsmoki-Minsk 8 (2-4)
Group D
Nizhny Novgorod – Falco Szombathely 73-68
Casademont Zaragoza – Pszczolka Departure Lublin 94-82
Ranking
1.y-Casademont Zaragoza 11 (5-1)
2.y-Nizhny Novgorod 10 (4-2)
3.x-Falco Szombathely 9 (3-3)
4.x-Pszczolka Start Lublin 6 (0-6)
Group E
Ranking
1.y-SIG Strasbourg 9 (4-1)
2. VEF Riga 8 (3-2)
3. Peristeri 7 (2-3)
4.x-Rytas Vilnius 6 (1-4)
Group F
Ranking
1.y-Brose Bamberg 10 (5-0)
2. Pinar Karsiyaka 8 (3-2)
3. RETAbet Bilbao 7 (2-3)
4.x-Fortitudo Bologna 5 (0-5)
Group G
Ranking
1.y-Turk Telekom 9 (4-1)
2. Igokea 8 (3-2)
3. Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 7 (2-3)
4.x-Limoges CSP 6 (1-4)
Group H
Ranking
1.y-Hereda San Pablo Burgos 9 (4-1)
2.y-Happy Casa Brindisi 9 (4-1)
3.x-Darussafaka Tekfen 6 (1-4)
4.x-Filou Oostende 6 (1-4)
Make way for the playoffs in Y
x-eliminated
Photo credit: Basketball Champions League
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