By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Exceptional times call for exceptional measures, the saying goes, and this is certainly true for the innovative solution the Basketball Champions League devised for its 2020-21 Qualification Rounds in the face of the challenges the global pandemic poses to European sport.
The 16 teams that are seeking one of the four remaining spots in the 2020-21 Regular Season have been split into four groups and each group will be decided in direct knockout games in a Final 4 format.
In an effort to further enhance health and safety measures, there are only two venues in this atypical Qualification Round, each of which is hosting two Final 4 tournaments.
Nicosia, in Cyprus, plays host to groups A and B, while Botevgrad, in Bulgaria, provides the stage for groups C and D.
These are the contestants in the semi-final battles in each of the four groups:
GROUP A
(The Semi-Finals take place Wednesday, September 23 and the two winners will face off in the Final on Friday, September 25. All games in Nicosia, Cyprus)