The draw for EuroCup 2008/2009 season was completed today in Berlin. Lithuanian league runners-up Lietuvos rytas will play in the same group with Ukranian champions Azovmash who already added Euroleague top scorer of last season Marc Salyers.
FIRST QUALIFICATION ROUND | |||
(October 14 to 21, 2008) The first qualifying round will have 16 teams playing as a two-game series (home and away), the winners of which advance to the second qualifying round. The losers to these two-game series will play the in the FIBA Europe competition. | |||
A- Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Siauliai (home and away) B- BC FMP vs. MyGuide Amsterdam (home and away) C- Unics Kazan vs. Czarni Slupsk (home and away) D- Tartu Rock vs. Swans Allianz (home and away) E- Telekom Baskets vs. Panellinios (home and away) F- Base Oostende vs. BC Triumph (home and away) G- Benetton Treviso vs. Benetton Fribourg (home and away) H- Cholet vs. ASK Riga (home and away) | |||
SECOND QUALIFICATION ROUND | |||
(October 28 to November 4, 2008) The first qualifying-round survivors play against those teams that directly made it to the second qualifying round. The second qualifying round will be played as two-game series (home and away), the winners of which advance to the EUROCUP regular season. The losers to these two-game series will play the 2008-09 FIBA Europe competition. | |||
A- Buducnost vs. winner A (home and away) B- Ural Great vs. winner B (home and away) C- Hapoel Jerusalem vs. winner C (home and away) D- Crvena Zvezda vs. winner D (home and away) E- BC Kyiv vs. winner E (home and away) F- Le Havre vs. winner F (home and away) G- Gran Canaria vs. winner G (home and away) H- Bilbao vs. winner H (home and away) | |||
REGULAR SEASON Eight groups of four teams each will play in round-robin competition, with all teams playing a total of six games. | |||
REGULAR SEASON (November 25, 2008 to January 13, 2009) | |||
GROUP A | Chorale Roanne, Zadar, Maroussi and QR H | ||
GROUP B | Dynamo Moscow, Lukoil Akademik, Barons/LMT and QR C | ||
GROUP C | Besiktas Cola Turka, BC Khimki, Orlandina and QR F | ||
GROUP D | Aris BSA, Turk telekom, Bnei Hasharon and QR E | ||
GROUP E | Lietuvos Rytas, Asvel Basket, BC Azovmash and QR G | ||
GROUP F | Brose Baskets, Turow, Spirou Basket and QR D | ||
GROUP G | Pamesa Valencia, Artland Dragons, Fortitudo and QR B | ||
GROUP H | CB Girona, KK Hemofarm, CEZ Nymburk and QR A | ||
LAST 16 Four groups of four teams each will play in round-robin competition, with all teams playing a total of six games. The four group winners and the four second-place teams in each group will advance to the Final Eight. | |||
LAST 16 (January 27 – March 10, 2009) | |||
Group Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 | Group Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 | Group Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 | Group Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 |
FINAL EIGHT At the Final Eight, the quarterfinals will feature Last 16 group winners facing second-place teams from different Last 16 groups. The four quarterfinals winners will meet in single-game semi-finals. The semi-finals losers will play one game for third place. The semi-finals winners will play in the single-game Final. The winner of the Final will be the EUROCUP champion and qualify for the 2009-10 Euroleague. | |||
ULEB CUP FINAL EIGHT (April 9-12, 2009) | |||
Quarterfinal 1 | Quarterfinal 2 | Quarterfinal 3 | Quarterfinal 4 |
Semifinal A | Semifinal B | ||
Third-Place game, Semifinals Losers FINAL, Semifinals Winners | |||
