The first phase is made up of four groups with six teams. Of which after ten rounds the first three will pass to a group and the last three to another group. The results will shape the second phase
The first phase is made up of four groups with six teams. Of which after ten rounds the first three will pass to a group and the last three to another group. The results will shape the second phase
The first phase is made up of four groups with six teams. Of which after ten rounds the first three will pass to a group and the last three to another group. The results will shape the second phase
This year the format changes again, forcing teams to play more matches. They eliminate the previous round-trip format and from the beginning different leagues will be played. In addition all will be important because the sum of the two will be made to know who will be in the playoffs. A playoff that also change because years ago there was only one round of quarters and this year there will be round of eighths and quarters
The elimination of Zalgiris Kaunas and other historic teams such as Partizan and Union Olimpija should be highlighted again in the preliminary stages before the group stage. For the rest and another season more all the big ones of the moment do not miss their annual appointment with the maximum continental competition
After the preliminary phase where finally after several years without achieving it, CSKA could pass to the round of sixteen, none of the greats with the exception of Zalgiris, missed the regular group
In the preliminary phase CSKA was eliminated again in the first change, the rest of the greats do not lose their annual appointment with the European Cup. The Cantú after several years out returns to the European front line and both Benfica and Guildford sneak into the elite
Only CSKA Moscow could not be in the regular league in the qualifiers. The rest did not fail to his appointment to assault the most open European Cup title in recent years
In 1991 the new format of the European League began, the germ of what is today the Euroleague. For the first time we tried to make a big league, with several teams by country and with more teams than ever. With more teams there are more phases, after several previous phases, the regular league will be made as always but now there will be 16 teams, eight per group, then face the top four of each group in a playoff, the first playoff in the history of the competition. The four survivors played the final four that this year was held in Istanbul
In the previous round all the important ones do not miss their appointment with the regular league. Kingston have to be highlighted by beating first Den Helder and then CSKA Moscow. Scavolini and Bayer Leverkusen return to play among the best after several years away
After the first two-legged sieve in the Round of 16, the team moved on to the regular league. This year none of the greats missed their appointment to try to qualify for the final four. There are only two new tenants Dutch Den Helder and Polish Lech Poznan, although with little chance of remaining in the top positions
