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Euroleague QR: Lietuvos Rytas fills out Group D
Euroleague Qualifier Round host Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius earned the final spot in the 2013-14 Euroleague with a 75:66 win over Belgian league champions Telenet Ostend on Friday. The win sends Rytas to Group D of the Euroleague where they’ll join Panathinaikos, Maccabi Electra, Laboral Kutxa, Lokomotiv Kuban, and Crvena Zvezda. Lietuvos Rytas – Telenet Ostend,…
Read MoreEuroleague QR: Lietuvos Rytas to face Ostend
Euroleague Group D is one step closer to having it’s sixth member as host club Lietuvos Rytas beat EWE Oldenburg 99:87, and Telenet Ostend defeated Banvit Bandirma 82:80 on Thursday setting up Friday’s final between Lietuvos and Ostend. Lietuvos Rytas – EWE Oldenburg, 99:87 On the strength of an 8 for 10 performance behind the…
Read MoreEuroleague QR: Khimki upset, Banvit moves on
The second day of the Euroleague Qualifying Round is in the books, meaning that four of the original eight clubs have now been eliminated from the competition for the final spot in the 2013-14 Euroleague and will play in the 2013-14 Eurocup. In the first contest of the day, Khimki Moscow Region fell to the…
Read MoreEuroleague: 58th Season set to tip off
The 58th year of Europe’s highest level of basketball, currently known as the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, is set to tip off in Vilnius, Lithuania on Tuesday, October 1 with the Qualification Round. Eight clubs will square off in a single elimination competition with the winner grabbing the 24th spot in the Euroleage, playing in Group…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow wins Gomelsky Cup
CSKA Moscow made it four straight when they defeated Lokomotiv Kuban on Sunday to keep the Gomelsky Cup in Moscow. CSKA has won the Cup each year since 2010. Behind 18 points from tournament MVP Sonny Weems, CSKA defeated Kuban 76:65 in Moscow. Participating in this years event were host club CSKA Moscow, Panathiniakos, Lokomotiv…
Read MoreDenmark: Svendborg, Randers open 2-0
The Svendborg Rabbits and Randers Cimbria have opened the 2013-14 Denmark Basket Ligaen 2-0. On Saturday, Randers defeated the Hoersholm 79ers 89:82 and Svendborg downed the Aalborg Vikings 94:70. Randers first win was against Aalborg and Svendborg’s was over Falcon 83:79. Randers Cimbria – Hoersholm 79ers, 89:82 Randers came from behind in the fourth quarter…
Read MoreOlympiacos hoists Rixos Cup after OT Thriller
Not only did it take an extra session to determine a winner in the Rixos Cup on Friday, it also took a last second shot to force the OT frame and a last second shot to win the contest. In both cases the two-time defending Euroleague champion Olympiacos Piraeus was benefitting from the last-second heroics…
Read MoreRixos Cup: Olympiacos – Besiktas in finals
With Day 3 of the Rixos Cup 6 completed on Thursday the championship match-up has been determined with Olympiacos Piraeus set to square off against Besiktas on Friday. The preliminary round completed on Thursday with two matches, Olympiacos Piraeus defeated Anadolu Efes 83:78 in the first match of the day and Zalgiris Kaunas downed Fenerbahce…
Read MoreRixos Cup 6: Besiktas, Olympiacos take Game 1
The Sixth Annual Rixos Cup tipped off in Istanbul on Tuesday with the first two games of the preliminary round. In the annual pre-season tip-off competition, the Rixos Cup features six teams divided into two groups that play over three days to determine the rankings within the groups, with the first place team from each…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: France wins first ever title
The road to the EuroBasket 2013 championship contest started when they were teenagers. For France’s Tony Parker and Boris Diaw, the gold medals they won on Sunday after defeating Lithuania 80:66 come a decade plus after they suited up for various French National junior teams staring in 2000. After the final buzzer, the old friends…
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