By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The 2018-2019 Basketball Champions League Groups are set, following the draw for the Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season that took place on Wednesday (11/7) at the FIBA headquarters.
Defending champion AEK Athens was placed in Group C, together with German powerhouse Brose Bamberg and Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem, two clubs that will embark on their debut in the competition.
Last season’s fourth-place winner MHP Riesen will compete in Group A and will face such teams as French League champions Le Mans and Turkish club Banvit.
The four Groups of the upcoming Basketball Champions League season are the following:
Group A:
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Sidigas Avellino
Le Mans
Banvit
Anwil
Ventspils
Team from Qualification Rounds
Team from Qualification Rounds
Group B
Reyer Venezia
Iberostar Tenerife
Hapoel Holon
PAOK Thessaloniki
Bonn
Opava
Team from Qualification Rounds
Team from Qualification Rounds
Group C:
Brose Bamberg
AEK Athens
Fuenlabrada
Dijon
Nymburk
Eskisehir
Hapoel Jerusalem
Team from Qualification Rounds
Group D:
Neptunas
Strasbourg
Promitheas
Virtus Bologna
Besiktas
Oostende
Union Olimpija Ljubljana
Last season’s champion AEK also received the check for the one million euros bonus.
