EuroCup
Petteri Koponen extends with Khimky
Petteri Koponen (194 cm) has agreed to extend his contract with Khimky Moscow Region (Eurocup and VTB United League). The Finnish player added another two years to his deal, adding to the three seasons he has already been with the Russian club. The point guard has become a key component of the team, and aided…
Read MoreEurocup: Khimki Moscow Region, Unics Kazan, and Herbalife Gran Canaria in Final Four
After Banvit Bandirma became the first club to punch its ticket to the Eurocup Final Four, a further three clubs joined the Turkish outfit on Wednesday to lock the semis. The honour of a berth in the semi-finals goes to Unics Kazan, Khimki Moscow Region, and Herbalife Gran Canaria, the three clubs winning in the…
Read MoreBanvit Bandirma makes Eurocup semis
Nail biting tension would be a good way to describe the finale of the two leg series between Banvit Bandirma and Paris-Levallois in Turkey. The two clubs were clashing in the second leg of their Eurocup Quarter-Final and host club Banvit Bandirma edged the final score and the aggregate score to win the series. With…
Read MoreEurocup Quarter-Finals first leg
The second day of the Eurocup Quarter-Finals wrapped up the first leg picture with three contests taking place over Wednesday evening. In an all-Russian contest, Lokomotiv Kuban came away from Kazan with a big win over Unics to set up progression to the Final Four. Paris-Levallois edged Banvit Bandirma in the French capital, but it…
Read MoreEurocup Quarter-Finals underway
The Eurocup Quarter-Finals opened on Tuesday with a clash between reigning champions Valencia and Khimky Moscow Region. The clubs locked in Spain to open their two game series, with the tie to be decided in the Russian capital next week thanks to an aggregate score. In this contest Khimky set itself up for home success…
Read MoreEurocup Quarterfinals set: Eighthfinals recap
After Lokomotiv Kuban progressed to the Eurocup Quarterfinals yesterday, a further seven clubs joined the party on Wednesday as the Eighthfinals wrapped. There were some huge wins of the night, including Valencia putting Bayern Munich to the sword for the second consecutive week. The Eurocup Quarterfinals will also have debutants, with Banvit Bandirma, Paris-Levallois, and…
Read MoreLokomotiv eases into Eurocup quarters
Just a solitary game opened the second leg of the Eurocup Eighthfinals on Tuesday as Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar punched its ticket into the quarter final with a cruising home win over Brose Baskets Bamberg. The teams headed into their second game of a two leg series with both clubs in with a chance of winning.…
Read MoreEurocup Eighthfinals Leg 1 recap
After the tight action and exciting developments through two group stages, the Eurocup Eighthfinals are under way, with 16 teams vying over two legs to reach the quarter-finals. Only eight will make it, but leg 1 of the contest pointed us nearer to the teams who will comprise the last eight line up. Of course,…
Read MoreEurocup, Paris-Levallois and Khimky Moscow Region win
The excitement and week to week action of the group phases has ended and the Eurocup has entered its knock-out stage, from here the competition becomes high stakes as one slip can result in elimination, while only the best will stand tall to enter the quarter-finals. Tipping off the action in the Eighth finals, there…
Read MoreEurocup, Eighthfinals locked
The Last 32 of the Eurocup came to an end this week as groups G through N were wrapped up, with some clubs heading to the Eighthfinals and the rest heading out of the competition. With the round coming to an end there was little surprise to see plenty of nail biting Basketball action around…
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