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2011-12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague teams announced



The final remaining spot in the Regular Season is a wild card created when Lottomatica Roma finished the 2010-11 season in the bottom half of the Italian League final standings



With the conclusion of the domestic league competitions all around Europe over the weekend, the teams that will aspire to become the next Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion, starting from both the Regular Season and the Qualifying Rounds, are almost fully known now.



A total 21 teams from 13 countries have already qualified directly for the 2011-12 Regular Season through a combination of long-term A licenses, B licenses won through results in national and regional championships, and one C license for the Eurocup Champion. The final remaining spot in the Regular Season is a wild card created when Lottomatica Roma finished the 2010-11 season in the bottom half of the Italian League final standings. This wild card needs to be confirmed by the Euroleague General Assembly



REGULAR SEASON

A CAJA LABORAL SPAIN, SEMIFINALIST

A CSKA MOSCOW RUSSIA, CHAMPION

A EFES PILSEN ISTANBUL TURKEY, SEMIFINALIST

A FENERBAHCE ULKER TURKEY, CHAMPION

A MACCABI ELECTRA TEL AVIV ISRAEL, CHAMPION

A MONTEPASCHI SIENA ITALY, CHAMPION

A OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS GREECE, FINALIST

A PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS GREECE, CHAMPION

A REAL MADRID SPAIN, SEMIFINALIST

A REGAL F.C. BARCELONA SPAIN, CHAMPION

A UNICAJA SPAIN, QUARTERFINALIST

A ZALGIRIS KAUNAS LITHUANIA, CHAMPION

A WILDCARD -

B ASSECO PROKOM GDYNIA POLAND, CHAMPION

B BENNET CANTU ITALY, FINALIST

B BIZKAIA BILBAO BASKET SPAIN, FINALIST

B BROSE BASKETS GERMANY, CHAMPION

B KK ZAGREB ADRIATIC (CROATIA)

B PARTIZAN BELGRADE ADRIATIC (SERBIA)

B SLUC NANCY FRANCE, CHAMPION

B UNION OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA ADRIATIC (SLOVENIA)

C UNICS RUSSIA, EUROCUP CHAMPION

QR A TEAM -

QR B TEAM -





QUALIFYING ROUNDS

FRANCE ASVEL BASKET (WILDCARD) SEMIFINALIST

RUSSIA BC KHMIKI MOSCOW REGION FINALIST

FRANCE BCM GRAVELINES DUNKERQUE SEMIFINALIST

TURKEY BK BANVIT SEMIFINALIST

UKRAINE BUDIVELNIK CHAMPION

CZECH. REP. CEZ NYMBURK CHAMPION

FRANCE CHOLET BASKET FINALIST

TURKEY GALATASARAY CAFE CROWN FINALIST

ADRIATIC (MON.) KK BUDUCNOST SEMIFINALIST

ADRIATIC (SLO.) KRKA NOVO MESTO SEMIFINALIST

LITHUANIA LIETUVOS RYTAS FINALIST

GREECE PAOK BC THESSALONIKI THIRD PLACE

BELGIUM SPIROU BASKET CHARLEROI CHAMPION

LATVIA VEF RIGA CHAMPION

TBC WILDCARD -

TBC WILDCARD -

When will they announce who gets the wild-cards?

Alba and PGE Turow



All announcement will be made during the general assembly of July 7

Krka will not compete..

Fotsis is going to sign with Barca. <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

CSKA signed Darius Lavrinovic!!!

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PS: Please post the signing in the appropriate thread, thanks.[/color]

Too bad Aris couldn't accept the wildcard, they definitely made a furore about winning in the small final, it would have been pretty funny if they won 3rd place instead and then just gave it up! <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rofl3.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Now that we all know the draw seeds (http://www.talkbasket.net/5813-euroleagu...seeds.html)

What group do you wish for your team?

I'd love to see Maccabi in this group:



Real Madrid

Maccabi TA

Partizan

Prokom

Cantu

Nancy

Panathinaikos

Maccabi TA

Unicaja

Prokom

Bamberg

Lietuvos Rytas

[quote name='MaccabiTA' timestamp='1309878634' post='31900']

Now that we all know the draw seeds (http://www.talkbasket.net/5813-euroleagu...seeds.html)

What group do you wish for your team?

I'd love to see Maccabi in this group:



Real Madrid

Maccabi TA

Partizan

Prokom

Cantu

Nancy

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It's better for Maccabi to not be in group with Partizan.. <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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It's better for Maccabi to not be in group with Partizan.. <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Trust me I know Partizan and I know they should never be underestimated but last season it felt for me a bit different, maybe it's because of Blatt's work that made it look easy or maybe it was losing Dule but after last season's games they seem to be the least scary among seed3 teams, at least to me

Yeah, I agree. While MTA gets stronger from season to season, Partizan gets weaker, so, we wouldn't have a chance against you next year. Maybe in two or three...

Panathinaikos

Caja Laboral

Fenerbachce

Prokom

Brose Basket or Fotsis' and Bourousis' Milano!!! <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Nancy



I know is a tough group but I want to beat(PAO) these teams(Caja, Fener) badly!! <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thup:' />

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[url="http://www.youtube.com/user/Euroleague?feature=feedlsb#p/l/fW41fNBDqDU"]Euroleague Draw live!!![/url]

Well, it seems that the teams I wanted for PAO are going to OLY... <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thudown.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thudown:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I got who I wanted from seeds 1 and 3 but then we got Efes from 4th seed and Milano from the 5th <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> not too good.. But it sure won't be boring, we can also get a tough team from the qualifying and it'd make it a group with all 6 teams able to make it to top16..

[quote name='MaccabiTA' timestamp='1310034831' post='31930']

I got who I wanted from seeds 1 and 3 but then we got Efes from 4th seed and Milano from the 5th <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> not too good.. But it sure won't be boring, we can also get a tough team from the qualifying and it'd make it a group with all 6 teams able to make it to top16..

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Armani is going to be very tough!!!

Fener‚ Oly‚ Caja‚ Bilbao‚ Cantu‚ Nancy



I would probably pick the same teams if i was doing it by myself <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

although i think bilbao, cantu and nancy are strong teams

PAOKara's qualification through to the Euroleague ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!! <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />