Anwil Wloclawek defeated Cholet Basket in t the second leg of the final 80-78 to seal an overall 161-155 victory on aggregate and became the first Polish club to win the FIBA Europe Cup title.

Victor Sanders left the scoring for the winning side with 20 points. Malik Williams added a near double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds, with Finals MVP Phillip Greene adding 11 points.

Dominic Artis led all scorers with 23 points for Cholet, with Perry Ellis putting up a 17-point, 13-rebound double-double.

Cholet took a 42-37 lead into the break and led by as many as seven points on the night to set up an epic finale. Neither side had firm control of the second leg, and the lead changed hands throughout an enthralling encounter.

The game went down to the wire with the hosts up 75-73 inside the final minute, but Anwil held their nerve and secured the win to silence the sold-out home crowd from the foul line.

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Great news from the Kim Tillie camp.

He underwent surgery to remove a testicular tumor last Thursday, as announced by Cholet in late March. Recovering from the operation at home, the experienced forward/center is doing well and even hopes to play again before the conclusion of the 2022-23 season.

“I feel almost no more pain and I can walk, so it’s really good,” said Tillie, “For the next two or three weeks, I will continue recovering at home before considering trying to finish the season with Cholet.”

Tillie, 34, is also waiting to find out whether the tumor was cancerous.

The former Utah standout from 2006 to 2010 in the NCAA actually helped Cholet eliminate Kalev/Cramo and advance to the FIBA Europe Cup finals with the surgery scheduled to take place on a later date. The French big chipped in three points and five rebounds over 31 minutes in the two-leg series. In the Finals of FIBA’s second-tier European club continental competition, the French club will take on Anwil Wloclawek in the home-and-away series on 19 and 26 April.

Depending on recovery, Tillie will attempt to get back on the court deeper in the 2022-23 schedule to help Cholet in France’s Betclic Elite LNB Pro A. The team coached by Laurent Vila currently sits fifth in the standings with a 16-11 W-L tally and is on track for a second straight berth in the domestic league’s Playoffs after claiming the eighth seed last season.

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After remaining available for Cholet in the FIBA Europe Cup semifinals, Kim Tillie will be operated on to remove a testicular tumor and sidelined indefinitely.

The French club updated the health status of Tillie on Monday noting that he will stay with the team until 5 April.

Tillie, 34, is expected to play against Kalev/Cramo Wednesday and possibly in the second half of the two-game series in La Meilleraie next week. The advancing side will take on Anwil Wloclawek or Karhu in a two-game series to determine the next champion of the FIBA Europe Cup, FIBA’s second-tier club continental competition of Europe behind the Basketball Champions League.

The experienced forward/center averaged 4.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game over 16 appearances in helping Cholet reach the FIBA Europe Cup semifinals. In France’s Betclic Elite LNB Pro A, he has 4.8 points and 3.4 rebounds per contest with his side currently sitting third in the standings behind AS Monaco and Metropolitans 92 with a 16-9 record.

The veteran of 124 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games, also of 30 appearances in 7DAYS EuroCup, represented France in the 2016 Olympic Games and contributed to the run to bronze medals in the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Tillie spent four years with Utah in the NCAA and launched his pro career in 2010 back in Europe. His younger brother, Killian played for Gonzaga and made his way to 54 NBA games with the Memphis Grizzlies between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.

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On Wednesday, the Basketball Champions League Quarter-Finals picture was almost complete, with seven of the eight final participants which took their spots. However, this wasn’t the only competition in which things got clearer, as the FIBA Europe Cup ended its Quarter-Finals stage.

Following Cholet Basket’s victory against Budivelnyk Kyiv on Tuesday, BC Kalev/Cramo, Karhu Basket, and Anwil Wloclawek joined the list of qualified teams in the Semi-Finals.

The French team was dragged by Dominic Artis’ 26 points against the Ukrainian side and came back from the 73-72 loss of the first leg with an 83-79 victory at home.

The same happened to Anwil Wloclawek, which lost against Gaziantep in the first leg in Poland but managed to turn things around on the road in Turkey, thanks to 19 points from former Reyer Venezia player Victor Sanders. Codi Miller-McIntyre did his best with 29 points but he wasn’t enough.

Karhu Basket wrote history as the first Finnish team which qualified for the FIBA Europe Cup Semi-Finals, with former Brindisi forward Dikembe Dixson scoring 18 points.

Finally, BC Kalev/Cramo found upset wins both in Germany and Estonia against Brose Bamberg. The former won 85-67 on the road against Oren Amiel’s team.

The first club in Finnish basketball history to make it to the #FIBAEuropeCup Semi-Finals.@Karhubasket‘s story continues!⁰ pic.twitter.com/zQXFlPPmrF

— FIBA Europe Cup (@FIBAEuropeCup) March 15, 2023

2022-23 FIBA Europe Cup Semifinals:

• Gameday 1 – March 29, BC Kalev/Cramo – Cholet Basket
• Gameday 1 – March 29, Anwil Wloclawek – Karhu Basket
• Gameday 2 – April 5, Cholet Basket – BC Kalev/Cramo
• Gameday 2 – April 5, Karhu Basket – Anwil Wloclawek

The 2022-23 FIBA Europe Cup Finals Gameday 1 is scheduled on April 19, while the second leg will be played on April 26.

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The seedings for the FIBA Europe Cup 2022-23 season were confirmed on Wednesday, with the participating clubs set to learn their opponents on Thursday, July 14 at the regular season draw, streamed live on FIBA’s YouTube channel.

This season’s competition includes a total of 32 clubs, including both teams placed directly in the Regular Season and those competing in the Qualifiers. Furthermore, 19 clubs from the Basketball Champions League Qualification Tournaments have opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup if they do not qualify for the BCL Regular Season, with a maximum of 18 clubs participating in the FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season.

According to FIBA, a total of 32 clubs registered for this season’s competition, specifying that the best-ranked team from each of the Top 10 national federations in the club competition rankings is awarded a direct berth in the Regular Season.

The 10 clubs with a direct place in the Regular Season are the following:

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (BEL)
BC Balkan (BUL)
HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim (GER)
Hapoel Galil Elion (ISR)
New Basket Brindisi (ITA)
Donar Groningen (NED)
Anwil Wloclawek (POL)
FC Porto (POR)
CSM Oradea (ROU)
Gaziantep Basketbol (TUR)

Meanwhile 19 of the clubs that will take part in the Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds have opted-in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup in the event they do not reach the Basketball Champions League Regular Season. No more than 18 of those clubs can eventually join the FIBA Europe Cup, and they would be placed directly into the Regular Season of the competition.

Therefore, in order to determine the clubs that will take up the remaining Regular Season spots and complete the 2022-23 field, FIBA Europe will organize four Qualifier tournaments, between September 27-30.

The 22 clubs that are set to compete in the four Qualifier tournaments will be divided into six pots (seeded and unseeded) for the draw, based on the clubs’ results in the FIBA Europe Cup during the previous three seasons.

There will be 10 seeded clubs that will enter the tournaments directly in the Semi-Final Stage and those are the four teams in Pot 1, the four teams in Pot 2 and two teams that will be drawn from the four in Pot 3.

The Regular Season seedings as confirmed by FIBA Wednesday:

Seed 1: CSM Oradea (ROU); HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim (GER); Donar Groningen (NED); Gaziantep Basketbol (TUR); BC Balkan (BUL); Anwil Wloclawek (POL); FC Porto (POR); Hapoel Galil Elion (ISR)

Seed 2: Loser of BCL QT3 Final (Brose/ Dolphins/Budivelnyk v Keravnos/Benfica/Golden Eagle); Tofas Bursa (TUR)*; Fribourg Olympic (SUI)*; Unicaja Malaga (ESP)*; Karhu Kauhajoki (FIN)*; Bakken Bears (DEN)*; Opava (CZE)*; New Basket Brindisi (ITA)

Seed 3: Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (BEL); Loser of BCL QT3 Semi-Final (Brose Bamberg v Dolphins/Budivelnyk); Loser of BCL QT3 Semi-Final (Keravnos v Golden Eagle Ylli/SL Benfica); CSO Voluntari (ROU)*; Niners Chemnitz (GER)*; Heroes Den Bosch (NED)*; Egis Körmend (HUN)*; Swans Gmunden (AUT)*

Seed 4: Loser of BCL QT3 Quarter-Final (Norrköping Dolphins v Budivelnyk); Loser of BCL QT3 Quarter-Final (Golden Eagle Ylli v SL Benfica); Patrioti Levice (SVK)*; Pärnu Sadam (EST)*; Winner FEC QT A; Winner FEC QT B; Winner FEC QT C; Winner FEC QT D

*In case this club qualifies to the BCL Regular Season, this spot would be filled by one of the runners-up of the FEC Qualifiers.

The four FIBA Europe Cup Qualifier Tournaments will take place from September 27-30. The Qualifiers field and the seeding of the clubs taking part in those were announced previously and can be found here.

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Bahcesehir College met Unahotels Reggio Emilia in the Final of the 2021-22 FIBA Europe Cup and delivered a convincing display in both games to sweep the series and leave no doubt about the champions of the competition.

The Final was played in a home-and-away format with the total aggregate score deciding the outcome. Bahcesehir left nothing to complex calculation and they won Game 2 with 90-74 for a total of 162-143.

Jamar Smith led the scorers with 17 points while Jamal Jones added 14 in addition to Sam Dekker and Tarik Black’s 12 points each. Dekker and Black had key roles in closing out the game in the last five minutes.

On the Italian team’s side, Arturs Strautins and Stephen Mark Thompson Jr. logged 19 points each as the only double-digit scorers for their squad.

Strautins also grabbed 11 boards while Andrea Cinciarini dished out nine assists next to his eight points. He also turned the ball over seven times and his performance was a far cry from the previous display in Game 1 when he banked in 20 points.

This is a huge success for Bahcesehir, making a historic achievement for the club that was founded just five years ago. This is their first-ever trophy and they did it on the European stage where they debuted in 2019. They were the semifinalist in FIBA Europe Cup in the 2019-20 campaign.

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Bahcesehir College announced that the club has reached a deal with Tarik Black who most recently played in the G League for the Grand Rapids Gold. He was also on Team USA’s roster for the FIBA World Cup qualifiers.

He logged 15 games for the Rapids, averaging 11.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, two assists and 1.3 blocks. Prior to the G League, Balck spent three years in Europe with Maccabi Tel Aviv (two years) and Zenit Saint Petersburg (one year).

He played a total of 50 games in the Euroleague while he also has experience in the NBA. He wore the jersey of the LA Lakers and the Houston Rockets over four seasons (2014-2018). In 2018 he appeared in seven playoff games for the Rockets.

Bahcesehir has been on a good path this season, holding a 12-9 record in the Turkish League in the seventh spot while they were quite convincing in FIBA Europe Cup, reaching the quarterfinals.

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Bahcesehir Koleji announced the addition of Sam Dekker on Saturday.

Dekker, 27, has been a free agent since early November. He was placed on the NBA waivers list by the Toronto Raptors before his contract became fully guaranteed. He was held to one limited appearance in the 2021-22 Regular Season.

The Wisconsin product opted to return to Turkey after his 2020-21 stint at Turk Telekom. The remaining overseas experience stems from Lokomotiv Kuban through the 2019-20 season. He had made his way to 12 Basketball Champions League games with the Turkish side after ten appearances in the 7DAYS EuroCup as a member of the team based in Krasnodar.

Coming up next, the FIBA Europe Cup. His new side was recently drawn in Group L of the second round along with Avtodor Saratov, London Lions, and Bakken Bears. The top two teams will advance to the Playoffs and quarterfinals of the tournament. At the domestic level, the team based in Istanbul carries a balanced 5-5 record. Upcoming fixtures feature a visit at defending Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion Anadolu Efes Sunday and a home game opposite the Lions Wednesday.

Back in 2015, Dekker was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 18th overall pick of the draft. His run at Houston stretched two seasons before briefer spells at the Los Angeles Clippers, Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, and most recently with the Raptors. Overall, he played in 205 contests between the five teams generating career averages of 5.4 points, 3 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.2 blocks per contest.

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Casademont Zaragoza announced Sunday they have parted ways with power forward/center Jamel McLean roughly three months since the beginning of the season, per mutual agreement.

McLean, 33, joined Zaragoza this summer, coming from a stint with MHP Riesen in Germany. During his time with the Spanish club, he has averaged 9 points and 4 rebounds in six Spanish Liga Endesa contests across 16 minutes played on the court.

McLean only participated in two games at the FIBA Europe Cup this season, as he was injured during the game against Hapoel Gilboa Galil in Israel.

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Casademont Zaragoza announced that the team has added Deon Thompson to the roster for the remainder of the season

Last season, Thompson averaged 8.4 points and 3.4 rebounds over 36 Spanish League games with Unicaja Malaga.

“With the incorporation of Deon Thompson we intend to gain consistency and solidity, since he is a player who knows the Endesa League and who has a lot of experience after competing in great teams and at the highest level,” coach Jaume Ponsarnau said.

“That is why we believe that his arrival can help us to be more competitive. We think he can make a good pair with Hlinason as they are complementary players: Tryggvi’s is deeper and Thompson’s can give us a new record when it comes to direct blocking, where we are getting little benefit. This, together with his ability to open the field, can also help other players find better situations, such as cuts or penetrations. In addition, he is a player who dominates the game from behind, which can help us to consolidate our low post.”

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Fresh off parting ways with Partizan NIS, William Mosley inked a deal with Mornar Barsko zlato. He was linked to the Montenegrin team, as previously reported by Mozzart Sport.

The AdmiralBet ABA League rival of Partizan, also competing at the European level in FIBA Europe Cup, has been looking in the market for a roster upgrade hoping to add on its list of American players currently comprising of Trey Lewis, Corey Davis Jr., and Taylor Smith.

Mosley, 32, has been medically cleared to resume his career. Despite not becoming part of the plan for Zeljko Obradovic and Partizan, he will stay in the ABA League for the third season in a row and also extend his European experiences to the FIBA Europe Cup after two seasons in the 7DAYS EuroCup. The Montenegrin club off to a poor start is 0-3 in ABA and 0-1 in Europe Cup after being eliminated by Kalev/Cramo in the second round of the Basketball Champions League qualifiers.

The former Northwestern State center landed in Partizan prior to the 2019-20 season following seven years in Italy. His two-year run at the team based in Belgrade was highlighted by capturing the Serbian Cup in 2020 and the ABA League Supercup in 2019. He appeared in a total of 65 games, including 28 EuroCup matches EuroCup with 5.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per match.

His 2020-21 campaign included 6.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per ABA game. He also posted 4.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per EuroCup contest over 12 appearances until Partizan was knocked out as fourth in Top 16 Group F.

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The FIBA Europe Cup qualifiers were concluded on Friday with Benfica, FC Porto, Iraklis and medi Bayreuth sealing their tickets through to the group stages after winning their respective qualifying tournaments, while Donar Groningen and Trefl Sopot advanced as lucky losers despite defeats in the finals.

Those six teams joined the 14 clubs that gained entry to the regular season and the 12 teams that entered the competition through the Basketball Champions League qualifiers.

Defending FIBA Europe Cup champions Ironi Ness Ziona and Hapoel Haifa were the two runners-up to miss out on the Regular Season.

The picture for the 2021-22 regular season is set as follows:

The top two teams of each group will advance to the Second Round with each team playing six games in the Round Robin home and away format in the Regular Season, which tips off October 12.

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Kenan Sipahi has signed with Casademont Zaragoza, the team announced Wednesday.

A couple of days ago, the Aragonese team had confirmed a right knee injury for Omar Cook. The experienced point guard will be sidelined for the next three months. He had joined Zaragoza in July following his 2020-21 stint at Hereda San Pablo Burgos.

Sipahi, 26, last played for Fenerbahce Beko. He averaged 1.6 points per Turkish Airlines EuroLeague match, 3.3 points per Playoffs contest in Turkey’s BSL, and 7.1 points per appearance in the Regular Season of the Turkish League in his second Fener stint.

The Turkish point guard carries the experience of 57 EuroLeague games between Fenerbahce and Pinar Karsiyaka. He has also made his way to 42 appearances in the Basketball Champions League as a member of Besiktas. Up next, the FIBA Europe Cup. His new team will be up against UnaHotels Reggio Emilia, Avtodor Saratov, and Hapoel Gilboa Galil in Regular Season Group D of the 2021-22 edition of the club continental tournament.

Sipahi also spent three years at Tofas Bursa before jumping to Fenerbahce in 2013. He moved to Karsiyaka for 2015-16 prior to a three-year stint at Besiktas.

His move to Zaragoza additionally marks his return to Spain’s ACB. He joined Sevilla in 2019-20 for his lone season outside Turkey. His abroad experience generated 7.3 points, 3.5 assists, and 2.3 rebounds per contest.

Zaragoza will bump into Baxi Manresa at home to start the 2021-22 ACB Regular Season on Sunday, 19 November. The Europe Cup opener comes up on October 13 with Avtodor visiting the Pabellon Principe Felipe.

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Casademont Zaragoza was on the lookout for a replacement for Santi Yusta, whose injury will keep him sidelined for a couple of months, and seems to have found a replacement.

The club was first interested in free agent Michael Roll, who parted ways with Olimpia Milano early in the summer, though he has rejected the offer, according to Eurohoops sources.

Following the refusal of Roll, Zaragoza has moved on and agreed to terms with Polish forward Adam Waczynski, as it was reported by Emiliano Carchia.

Waczynski has spent the last five seasons with Unicaja Malaga and posted an average of 8.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists across 16 7DAYS EuroCup contests in the 2020-21 campaign.

UPDATE: Zaragoza officially announced the signing of Waczynski later on Thursday.

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Former NBA point guard Toney Douglas is set to extend his European career to Greece. He has agreed to a deal with Iraklis, per Eurohoops sources.

Douglas, 35, made his move to Europe in 2017. His first stop was Anadolu Efes. He logged 7.9 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per match in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

From there, the experienced point guard stayed in Turkey splitting the 2018-19 season between Sakarya and Darussafaka. He moved to Spain for Estudiantes in 2019-20 and joined Varese last season producing 14.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per appearance in Italy’s LBA.

The Greek side will mark his return to European club competitions. Iraklis will compete in the FIBA Europe Cup qualifiers aiming for a spot among the 32 teams of the Regular Season. Douglas is projected to become the leader of the team.

His NBA career stretching from 2009 to 2017 saw the former Florida State and Auburn standout logging 409 games played. He was selected 29th overall in the 2009 draft and went on as a member of the New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans, and Memphis Grizzlies.

UPDATE: Iraklis announced the addition on Sunday, 22 August.

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Ironi Nes Ziona defeated Arged BM SLAM Stalm 82-74, in the FIBA Europe Cup final held at Menora Mivtachim Arena, Sunday.

Nimrod Levi poured a game-high 21 points. Braian Angola paired his 15 points with nine rebounds. Jerome Meyinsse posted a 14-point, 13-rebound double-double. Former NBA player and semifinal hero, Wayne Selden Jr. added 13 points, six assists, and four rebounds to earn the Final Four MVP award.

It was a home game reminiscing of sports events before the coronavirus pandemic. The support at Tel Aviv certainly generated a massive push for the players guided by experienced head coach Brad Greenberg.

The Israeli outlet after dropping a 12-point cushion dug its way out of a nine-point hole. A 14-1 run stretching through the last two quarters reclaimed the lead.

Both teams were searching for the first European title. Nes Ziona got the job done leaving the Polish outlet one win short of making history. Jakub Garbacz packing a team-high 19 points fell short of victory.

CSM CSU Oradea beat Parma, 85-76, in the third-place game of the Final Four. Aaron Broussard with 21 points and Giordan Watson with 20 carried the offense. Eigirdas Zukauskas went for a game-high 24 points for the losing side.

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Pallacanetro Reggiana announced that the team has added Petteri Koponen for the rest of the season.

Koponen played 54 games for Bayern last season, averaging 7.6 points on 50% from deep, while he didn’t get a chance to step on the court this campaign.

“First of all, I am happy to be able to return to play after a few months in which I was stopped and in a situation in which, in my career, I had never found myself,” Koponen said.

“Now my goal is to get in shape as soon as possible and help the team. I am very happy to be here at Pallacanestro Reggiana, I believe there are the conditions to have an excellent second half of the season. Certainly, the opportunity to return to Italy, a country to which I associate so many good memories from my past, was a further motivation in my choice. My hope is that in the coming months the emergency linked to Covid will be mitigated more and more so that we can return to enjoy the beauty of this country in everyday life.”

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FIBA announced that the teams that will participate in the 2020-21 Europe Cup as well as those that opted to join the competition if they don’t qualify for the Basketball Champions League.

Per FIBA:

MUNICH (Germany) – FIBA Europe has announced the participating clubs of this year’s FIBA Europe Cup, ahead of the competition’s draw next week.

A total of 16 teams have had their registration confirmed to play in the FIBA Europe Cup season 2020-21 and up to 11 further clubs could join from the Basketball Champions League Qualifiers, with 20 different National Federations and Leagues represented.

Due to the lower number of registrations than in the past, the competition format for the Regular Season foreseen in the FIBA Europe Cup regulations has been modified to seven groups of three or four teams, with the change approved unanimously by the FIBA Europe Executive Committee.

Subsequently, no qualification will be played and all participating teams will start in the Regular Season.

Confirmed teams for the Regular Season:

Kapfenberg Bulls (AUT)
Borisfen (BLR)
BC Rilski Sportist (BUL)
Körmend (HUN)
Szolnoki Olajbanyasz (HUN)
Ironi Ness Ziona (ISR)
Pallacanestro Reggiana (ITA)
KK Mornar Bar (MNE)
Heroes Den Bosch (NED)
BM Slam Stal SA Ostrow Wlkp (POL)
CSU Sibiu (ROU)
CSM Oradea (ROU)
BC Parma (RUS)
Besiktas Sompo Sigarta (TUR)
BC Kyiv-Basket (UKR)
BC Prometey (UKR)

A total of 12 clubs from the Basketball Champions League Qualifying Rounds have opted in to compete in the FIBA Europe Cup, should they not qualify for the Regular Season of the Basketball Champions League.

Basketball Champions League clubs with FIBA Europe Cup opt-ins:

Belfius Mons-Hainaut (BEL)
Tsmoki-Minsk (BLR)
BC Balkan Botevgrad (BUL)
Keravnos (CYP)*
Bakken Bears Aarhus (DEN)
London Lions (GBR)
Iraklis Thessaloniki (GRE)*
Donar Groningen (NED)*
Anwil Wloclawek (POL)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
Fribourg Olympic (SUI)
Dnipro (UKR)*

*One of the marked clubs will definitely qualify for the Basketball Champions League Regular Season as they are in the same side of the Qualifiers bracket. Should any other club with FIBA Europe Cup opt-in qualify for the Basketball Champions League Regular Season, the spot in the FIBA Europe Cup group will remain empty and the group will become a group of three teams.

The draw for the 2020-21 FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season will take place in Munich, Germany on Tuesday, August 18.

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FIBA Europe announced on Tuesday that contrary to the Basketball Champions League the 2019-20 FIBA Europe Cup season will not resume. BCL is expected to hold a Final Eight tournament in September to conclude its campaign.

Women competitions, EuroLeague and EuroCup, were canceled as well.

In addition, The Board set plans for the 2020-21 season, both at the club and international level.

Per FIBA: The Board of FIBA Europe convened through video conference on Monday, June 15 and reached some important decisions.

The meeting was chaired by FIBA Europe President/FIBA Vice President Turgay Demirel and was attended by FIBA President Hamane Niang, FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis and FIBA Europe Secretary General/FIBA Executive Director Europe Kamil Novak.

FIBA EUROPE CLUB COMPETITIONS

Following strong recommendations by the working group that was set up to explore different options and supported by the FIBA Europe Competitions` Commission, the Board voted to cancel the current season of the three FIBA Europe club competitions which were initially suspended back in March.

The season 2019-20 in FIBA Europe Cup, EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women will not resume and there will be no champions. All clubs that were in the Quarter-Finals stage at the time the competition was suspended, will receive ranking points for reaching the Quarter-Finals as per Regulations.

The focus now shifts to preparations for the upcoming 2020-21 season and alternative action plans:

-The new club competition season 2020-21 starts as scheduled in September/October with or without spectators, always according to local, national legislations.

-In case that a competition cannot start in September/October it will be automatically postponed to January 2021, with a reduced competition system.

-Should a competition that start September/October need to be interrupted due to a new outbreak of COVID-19, the already played games will be respected, and a new reduced/shorter competition system will be proposed.

The dates for the Draw for the new season have been provisionally set for August 17 and 18.

FIBA EUROBASKET AND WOMEN’S EUROBASKET QUALIFIERS

The Board was also presented with the recommendations and alternative plans by the working group and the Competitions’ Commission of FIBA Europe, regarding the upcoming windows of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 and FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers and a possible further impact by COVID-19.

For the Women’s Qualifiers windows in November 2020 and February 2021:

-The November window will be played as scheduled with or without spectators or a limited number of spectators, always according to local, national legislations.

-In case that the November window cannot be played it will be postponed to February 2021. In this case four games will be played in the February window which will last 15 days. It will start on Sunday, January 31 with game days on Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday. Players will go back to their clubs on Sunday, February 14.

For the Men’s Qualifiers windows in November 2020 and February 2021:

-The November window will be played as scheduled with or without spectators or a limited number of spectators, always according to local, national legislations.

-In case that the November window cannot be played, the games of the November window shall be postponed to the February window and the games on the February window shall be postponed to July 2021, into a window which shall be scheduled between the end of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

FIBA WOMEN’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SMALL COUNTRIES

The Board approved a recommendation by the Small Countries Commission to play the FIBA Women’s European Championship for Small Countries 2021 between June 15-20, 2021 in Nicosia, Cyprus.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be played this summer.

The men’s event is set to take place in Limerick, Ireland, between June 28-July 3, 2021.

“BACK ON COURT” ROADMAP

The Board was given updates about the “Back On Court” post-COVID-19 roadmap initiative, which provides guidelines and an exchange platform to European National Federations before their return to action.

The second round of online meetings of FIBA Europe with the European Federations will take place in three groups (June 17, 22 and 24, 2020).

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Pinar Karsiyaka is one of the squads that has qualified to play the FIBA Europe Cup Final Four in September to complete the season and GM Selim Cinar confirmed once again that the club is also willing and prepared to host the tournament.

Per FIBA:

Pınar Karşıyaka, who achieved to qualify among the last 4 teams in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup which could not be played due to the coronavirus epidemic that affected the world, is waiting for the decision that will come out from the FIBA Europe ​​meeting next week.

Selim Çınar, General Manager of Pınar Karşıyaka said that the season postponed to September should be played in a healthy way to the end now and their goal is to reach the cup they deserve. Selim Çınar expressed the following views before the FIBA Europe meeting on Monday:

“As our President Turgay Büyükkarcı explained before, our pursuit and insistence on the completion of the season continues for the FIBA Europe Cup since the day it was postponed to the end of September. We have a desire to organize the FIBA Europe Cup Final Four, and we have the power to organize the organization. We have a desire to organize the FIBA Europe Cup Final Four, and we have the power to host the organization. We have made our meetings and preparations by considering the whole organization in many details from transportation to accommodation. Our goal in FIBA Europe Cup, which we were having a very strong and good season until it was postponed due to the pandemic, is to ensure that the season will be played until the end in a healthy way and to reach the cup we believe we deserve.”

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