By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Article D.1.3. of the Official Basketball Rules rarely extends beyond a tie between two or three teams, especially in four-team groups.
However, all four participants of Group F in the Basketball Champions League Regular Season finished at 3-3. It went down to the overall point differential.
A crazy Wednesday evening for all four teams.
| Higher game points difference of the games between them. |
| Higher number of game points scored in the games between them. |
| Higher game points difference of all games in the group. |
| Higher number of games points scored in all games in the group. |
The first and third as well as the second and fourth criteria were essentially the same.
Sharing balanced 3-3 records was a first in the Champions League, following 44 four-team challenges in the group play of the Regular Season and Round of 16 since changing the competition format in the 2020-21 season. Naturally, the preceding 17 groups of eight teams did not produce eight-way ties.
In this case, defending champion Telekom Baskets Bonn earned the top seed and a direct ticket to the Round of 16 thanks to an overall point differential of +24. Moving into the Play-Ins, Hapoel Holon ranked second with +7 and Rio Breogan sat third with +3. Bursaspor Info Yatirim fell short in the four-way tie with -34.
Identical 3-3 W-L tallies across the board but entirely different situations coming out of Gameday 6 of the BCL Regular Season.