The Basketball Champions League reached its halfway point this week in the first phase, with the dispute of the third day of the first league. Starting next week, the 8 groups of the FIBA's top competition face the final sprint of this initial group, in which 8 teams will qualify directly for the Round of 16 and another 16 will face each other in the January play inn to look for the other 8 places that will still be vacant for the second phase.
After the dispute of the first round of the Group Stage, it can be said that everyone The big favorites, with the exception of Alba from Berlin and Lithuanian Rytas, who have one defeat each, have met expectations with a full victory in these first three days.
Undefeated
Seven teams face the rest of the league without knowing defeat: UnicajaJoventut, La Laguna Tenerife, AEK, Dreamland Gran Canaria and Elan Chalonthe pleasant surprise of this start of the season in the Champions League. They are the leaders of their respective groups, along with the Morningwhich is the first classified in A, but with a balance of 2-1 in the table.
If the French from Chalon are the positive side, it is striking that the German team Alba, recently arrived from the Euroleague, is not among the undefeated. The Germans are second in group B, with a balance of 2-1, precisely for losing against Chalon in the match that both played on a German court. The Berlin team will have to make a full vote in the second round if they want to directly access the second phase.
Spanish dominance
For yet another season, the power of the ACB teams in this FIBA ​​Champions League has been evident since the beginning of the competition. The four Spanish teams have played 12 games since the competition started and have won all 12. Also pay attention to the good image shown by Galatasaray, current European runners-up, and AEK, third in the last BCL. They will be, for sure, two serious candidates for that next Final Four of the month of May for which Badalona and Berlin seem like two serious candidates to organize the great FIBA ​​basketball event.
