Of the three major European club tournaments, the tightest Final 16 stage in 2009-10 has been held by the Eurocup competition. With the last night of “Last 16 2010” happening tonight, only three teams (Aris BSA, Bizkaia Bilbao Basket, Panellinios) have qualified for the quarterfinals already and five (Benetton Basket Treviso, Brose Baskets Bamberg, Galatasaray Café Crown, Le Mans, Turk Telecom) squads have been altogether eliminated; additionally, the no. 1 seed has not been determined for any of the four groups.
Mar
0
Hashing out Eurocup quarterfinals qualification scenarios
Feb
0
Beko BBL Cup quarterfinal pairings set
One country that did not hold a national cup tournament last weekend was Germany; thanks to a Sunday draw, however, we now know the pairings for the upcoming Beko Basketball League Cup semifinals.
Based on the draw held in Frankfurt, quarterfinal pairings will feature Brose Baskets Bamberg vs. BG Göttingen and Deutsche Bank Skyliners vs. Eisbären Bremerhaven. The Beko BBL Cup will be held in Frankfurt on April 10th and 11th.
Oct
0
Euroleague Blowouts and better than Jordan
Phew! Hopefully people were betting big point spreads in the Euroleague’s first game day as Montepaschi Siena, Barcelona, Olympiacos and Zalgiris notched easy victories by an average of more than 27 points. More on Euroleague as well as bigger than Jordan; a new basketball film; new players soon coming to Europe; a German star talent; and why Euroleague did not want to watch Maroussi-CSKA highlights.
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Oct
0
Live blog: Brose Baskets Bamberg vs. KK Buducnost
Just in case there’s not enough pro basketball action going on for you tonight, here’s another distraction to demand your attention. BallinEurope.com contributor David Hein will be attending the Brose Baskets-Buducnost game tonight in Bamberg and will be live blogging right here.
You can join the action by sending messages in the textbox below the break; perhaps you can help Mr. Hein keep track of all the Euroleague ball he’s missing…
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Oct
3
Betting on basketball: In Bundesliga, it’s Alba Berlin and … who?
Anyone else believe Alba Berlin *won’t* take the Bundesliga handily? You’ll find few dissenters on last year’s Euroleague sensation to win Germany’s top league going away, particularly at the sportsbook.
Alba is certainly the logical choice – “But where’s the sport in that?” ask the gamblers and rabid fans of Bundesliga’s 17 other teams – after returning 11 of 12 players from the successful 2008-09 squad. Going into Saturday’s opening night festivities, Alba is 1/1 at Ball in Europe sponsor Sporting Bet to take the big enchilada in Deutschland.
Jul
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Euroleague, Eurocup, EuroChallenge participants announced
To torment and tease those of us – and by “those of us” here, i mean “every Euroball fan” – who can’t wait for the Euroleague, Eurocup, and FIBA EuroChallenge championship draws set for Wednesday at 1pm CET, FIBA Europe and Euroleague yesterday released the names of the participating clubs in the three competitions.
Jun
0
Attendance Figures for European Competitions (EuroCup)
In our second part of our report on the attendance figures of the different European competitions, we take a closer look today at the EuroCup, the second highest level of competition in Europe. You can find here the first part of our analysis which covered the FIBA EuroChallenge.
Apr
0
Late Monday’s cigarettes
Here we go for the next round of the traditional Monday morning evening cigarette break.
Mar
1
Dickau clears the air about Italy, back, and Poland
Brose Baskets Bamberg guard Dan Dickau has been a major topic of discussion this season for a couple of reasons, ranging from his strange departure from Air Avellino because of a bad back, to doping allegations and to playing for the Poland national team this summer at EuroBasket 2009.
Dec
1
Eurocup LIVE: Brose Baskets – Spirou Charleroi
David Hein will cover the Eurocup game between Brose Baskets Bamberg and Spirou Charleroi live from the JAKO Arena in Bamberg. Other games of the evening that you can follow as Live Stream via Eurosport are at 17h00 CET Khimki Moscow vs. Besiktas Istanbul (LIVE Stream here) and at 19h00 CET Turk Telekom Ankara vs. Aris Salonica (LIVE Stream here).