{"id":368014,"date":"2024-01-17T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=368014"},"modified":"2024-01-17T22:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:55:00","slug":"bcl-round-of-16-field-complete-as-gripping-play-ins-come-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/bcl-round-of-16-field-complete-as-gripping-play-ins-come-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"BCL Round of 16 field complete as gripping Play-Ins come to an end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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All Round of 16 groups in the 2023-24 Basketball Champions League were confirmed on Wednesday night, upon the completion of a surprise-packed Play-Ins stage that kept fans on the edge of their seats and set a new record.<\/p>\n

For the first time since the Play-Ins became a part of the competition’s format, in the 2021-22 season, four of the eight Play-Ins winners did not have homecourt advantage in their respective series.<\/p>\n

To further add to the unpredictable flavor of this season’s Play-Ins, five of the eight best-of-three series needed to be resolved in a tie-breaking Game 3.<\/p>\n

The most unpredictable of those was the series between PAOK mateco and Tofas Bursa, as neither team won a game on its homecourt. In Game 3, Tofas sealed the series win with an 84-71 victory in a spectacular basketball atmosphere, in front of a sellout crowd in Thessaloniki on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Big crowds turned out also at the two tie-breaking games that concluded the Play-Ins stage, on Wednesday. In Izmir, Pinar Karsiyaka held off Rio Breogan to reach an 86-76 win and seal their passage. In Cholet, hosts Cholet Basket prevailed 93-77 over Banco di Sardegna Sassari to complete an impressive 2-1 series turnaround, as they had lost Game 1 at home two weeks previously.<\/p>\n

In the other two series that went to Game 3 Hapoel Holon, who edged out Filou Oostende 78-72, and MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg, who breezed past Dar\u00fcssafaka Lassa 99-73, won at home to book their place in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n

Galatasaray EKMAS, Peristeri bwin and Promitheas Patras were the only teams that completed a 2-0 sweep of their respective opponents in the Play-Ins and therefore punched their ticket to the Round of 16 a week earlier.<\/p>\n

The eight group winners of the Regular Season – Unicaja, JDA Bourgogne Dijon, Lenovo Tenerife, AEK BETSSON BC, SIG Strasbourg, Telekom Baskets Bonn, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem and UCAM Murcia – had secured directly their Round of 16 berth and have been expecting the eight Play-In winners in the next stage.<\/p>\n

The landing spot of each team in the Round of 16 was predetermined by the pre-season draw, so the four groups are as follows:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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GROUP I<\/strong>: Unicaja (ESP); SIG Strasbourg (FRA); Cholet Basket (FRA); Tofas Bursa (TUR).<\/p>\n

GROUP J<\/strong>: JDA Bourgogne Dijon (FRA); Telekom Baskets Bonn (GER); MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg (GER); Galatasaray EKMAS (TUR).<\/p>\n

GROUP K<\/strong>: Lenovo Tenerife (ESP); Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (ISR); Peristeri bwin (GRE); Pinar Karsiyaka (TUR).<\/p>\n

GROUP L<\/strong>: AEK BETSSON BC (GRE); UCAM Murcia (ESP); Promitheas Patras (GRE); Hapoel Holon (ISR).<\/p>\n

The Round of 16 will get underway next week, on Tuesday, January 23, and will follow a round-robin format, in home and away\u00a0games.<\/p>\n

It is set to conclude on March 20, with the two teams that finish in the top two spots in each group qualifying for the Quarter-Finals.<\/p>\n

The draw to determine the Quarter-Finals and Final Four brackets will take place after the end of the Round of 16 and will be livestreamed on the\u00a0official BCL YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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