The Badalona Joventut already knows what his first opponents will be in his return to the Basketball Champions League (BCL). After some last seasons spending without penalty or glory in the Eurocup, the 'penya' undertakes A new adventure in a harder and more demanding competition in which he already knows his first two rivals: The Netanel Holon Israeli Hapoel and the French Cholet Basket. They will be his rivals in the first group stage, waiting to meet The third that will leave the second qualifying tournament.
The draw, which has been held this morning at the Olympic Museum in Lausana (Switzerland), He has decided the pairings of the qualifying phase and the first group stage. In the first, 24 teams divided into three tournaments will dispute 3 places that will give way to groups B, C or F. The Joventut, who is in the C, will wait for the winner of a picture in which Favorites are Bursaspor (ISR), Reggiana (Ita) and Paok (GRE). Regarding the second draw, the regular league, they have divided 29 teams in 8 groups.
Joventut's rivals
The Badalonés team, for the moment, has Two hard rivals and with experience in competition. Hapoel Holon It is always a very competitive team, which counts With a good budget that attracts American players with a lot of quality. Last season they had Mike Davis (16 average points), Justin Alston (14.0 goals and 3.3 rebounds) and former Surne player Bilbao Basket, Michał Kyser (9.6 points and 3.1 rebounds). They also have good Israeli players, such as Netanel Artzi (12.8 points and 5.0 rebounds) or Yiftach Ziv (11.9 goals, 4.4 captures and 4.7 assists). However, they had no good fortune and they fell eliminated in the access play-in the round of 16.
Besides, Cholet Basket returns to the BCL after military In the FIBA Europe Cupwhere they had a good participation and reached semifinals. It's about A team formed by more unknown players, and more physical than technicians. The games win from The athletic game, with a lot of rhythm and defensive work. The regular LNB league ended in fourth positionwith a balance of 21 wins and 9 losses, but they fell Eliminated in the quarterfinals against JL Bourg (0-2).
The pairings of the rest of the Spanish teams
Lenovo Tenerife, the current Unicaja champion of Malaga and the debutant Dreamland Gran Canaria They have also met their first rivals. The lagoon set has been framed EN El Group D, along with Tafas Bursa (Tur), Bnei Penlink Herzliya (Isr) y Baratani Shark (ITA). The Malaga painting, meanwhile, will defend the throne EN El Group Filmed Oostende (Bel), Mersin Sports Club (Tur) y Karditsa Iaponiki (GRE). Finally, the Claretian team will make its debut In Group H compared to SL Benfica (by), Le Mans Sarthe Basket (Fra) and Spartak Office Shoes (SRB).
Unicaja revalidated the title in the FIBA Champions League / EFE
The last Spanish team is UCAM Murcia. The Murcian team will start its journey From the qualifying phase. Will do it in the third picture and start facing At the PGE Start Polaco Polaco. If he beats, he will face Karhu Basket Finn or the Lithuanian Juventus utena in the semifinals, while the final hypothetical would be against Falco Szombathely (Hun), Porto (by), Fribourg Olympic Basket (SUI) or Elan Chalon (FR). Likewise, The Spanish team is the great favorite And the main rival could be the French team.
