By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Eight games with huge implications across the board coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday to complete Regular Season Gameday 4 of the Basketball Champions League Season X, powered by Ameresco SUNEL. Per usual, action will be scattered all around Europe, confirming the unique diversity of FIBA Europe’s top-tier club continental competition.
La Laguna Tenerife has been a BCL trend for multiple reasons, including an unprecedented winning streak at Santiago Martin Arena. On Tuesday, the team coached by Txus Vidorreta can make it 31 in a row by repelling Tofas, and also possibly clinch the top seed in Group D, thus a direct ticket to the Round of 16. Earlier in PalaShark, Trapani Shark hosts Bnei PenLink Herzliya.
Among schedules split between Tuesday and Wednesday, Group G begins at Giannis Bourousis Karditsa Municipal Indoor Sports Hall with a key matchup between Karditsa Iaponiki and lasting original Filou Oostende, and continues at Servet Tazegul Arena with Mersin Spor welcoming back-to-back champion Unicaja.
In Athens, SUNEL Arena will feature a meeting between undefeated AEK and winless VEF Riga on Wednesday, after Gameday 4 of Group F opens in Bratislava’s Gopass Arena with Patrioti Levice opposite NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz on Tuesday.
Group B’s 3-0 versus 0-3 clash is in Baku’s National Gymnastic Arena, with Elan Chalon at Sabah. Also on Wednesday, ERA Nymburk gets ALBA Berlin at Prague’s Kralovka Arena.
Week 6 schedule
Group A
1. Rytas 7 (3-1)
2. Legia Warszawa 6 (2-2)
3. Promitheas Vikos Cola 6 (2-2)
4. MLP Academics Heidelberg 5 (1-3)
Group B
1. Elan Chalon 6 (3-0)
2. ALBA Berlin 5 (2-1)
3. ERA Nymburk 4 (1-2)
4. Sabah 3 (0-3)
Gameday 4
Sabah – Elan Chalon (12/11, 17:00 CET)
ERA Nymburk – ALBA Berlin (12/11, 18:30 CET)
Group C
1. Joventut Badalona 8 (4-0)
2. Hapoel Netanel Holon 6 (2-2)
3. Cholet 6 (2-2)
4. Bursaspor 4 (0-4)
Group D
1. La Laguna Tenerife 6 (3-0)
2. Tofas 5 (2-1)
3. Trapani Shark 4 (1-2)
4. Bnei PenLink Herzliya 3 (0-3)
Gameday 4
Trapani Shark – Bnei PenLink Herzliya (11/11, 20:30 CET)
La Laguna Tenerife – Tofas (11/11, 21:00 CET)
Group E
1. q-Galatasaray MCT Technic 8 (4-0)
2. Fitness First Wurzburg Baskets 6 (2-2)
3. Trieste 5 (1-3)
4. Igokea m:tel 5 (1-3)
Group F
1. AEK 6 (3-0)
2. NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz 5 (2-1)
3. Patrioti Levice 4 (1-2)
4. VEF Riga 3 (0-3)
Gameday 4
Patrioti Levice – NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz (11/11, 18:30 CET)
AEK – VEF Riga (12/11, 18:30 CET)
Group G
1. Unicaja 6 (3-0)
2. Mersin Spor 5 (2-1)
3. Karditsa Iaponiki 4 (1-2)
4. Filou Oostende 3 (0-3)
Gameday 4
Karditsa Iaponiki – Filou Oostende (11/11, 19:00 CET)
Mersin Spor – Unicaja (12/11, 18:00 CET)
Group H
1. q-Dreamland Gran Canaria 8 (4-0)
2. Spartak Office Shoes 6 (2-2)
3. Le Mans 5 (1-3)
4. SL Benfica 5 (1-3)
-The top seed from each group advances to the Round of 16
-Second and third seeds advance to the Play-Ins
q-qualified for the Round of 16