There are 24 teams involved with the next phase of the FIBA Basketball Champions League 2016/17 and a total of 12 countries are represented. The next stage of the tournament begins with teams ranked from 9th to 24th playing off in a two-legged round. The winners of these ties then process to the Round of 16... Continue Reading »
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25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group D – Cibona v Telenet Oostende
How important this game is remains to be seen because at the moment, both are heading to the FIBA Europe Cup. The thing that turns this game is that whoever wins has a chance of sneaking into the next stage of the FIBA Champions League depending on other results. The fifth placed sides in the... Continue Reading »
25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group D – KK Mornar v SIG Strasbourg
This is a game between a side who have nothing but pride at stake against a team who could have plenty to play for but it all depends on their result and the result of others. On paper, the team with something to play for should be the hungrier of the two sides but in... Continue Reading »
25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group D – Mega Leks v Iberostar Tenerife
A win could put the hosts in with a chance of making it into the FIBA Europe Cup, either through their own league placing or by being one of the best-ranked seventh-placed teams, but there are a few things which need to fall into place for that outcome to happen. This means the hosts shouldn’t... Continue Reading »
25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group D – Sidigas Avellino v Juventus Utena
Top spot has been decided in Group D of the FIBA Champions League and while the teams in second to fourth spot know that they are continuing in the FIBA Champions League, they don’t know when exactly. This is because there is still a spot in the second phase of the Round of 16 up... Continue Reading »
25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group A – Helios Suns v CEZ Nymburk
While some teams in seventh place will make it through to the FIBA Europe Cup, this isn’t the case for the Helios Suns who are guaranteed to finish in seventh place in Group A. This is because the 2-11 record is not good enough to allow the team to stand up in the rankings so... Continue Reading »
25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group A – Bakken Bears v Banvit
The side that finished bottom of Group A, Bakken Bears, welcomes the team that are currently in second place. It has been a terrible season for the Danish side, carrying a 1-12 record at this point of the season and they will be desperate for this part of the FIBA Champions League to be over... Continue Reading »
25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group A – AS Monaco v Aris
There isn’t really a lot riding on this Group A game in the FIBA Champions League. The hosts lead the way with an 11-2 record and they cannot be caught at the summit of the table. This means the French side is looking forward to a couple of weeks off before they rejoin the FIBA... Continue Reading »
25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group A – Fraport Skyliners v Ironi Nahariya
This is the sort of game that people want to see in the final round of fixtures in the regular season of a tournament. These teams are fifth and sixth in Group A of the FIBA Champions League and the winner will finish the higher out of these two teams. There may not be too... Continue Reading »
25 January 2017 FIBA Champions League Group E – Dinamo Sassari v Partizan
We look set for an interesting evening in Group E of the FIBA Champions League. Both of these teams will be continuing their European adventures but it isn’t a do or die game or a match-up that sees a lot riding on it. Which could make it a more enjoyable game, even if it doesn’t... Continue Reading »