In the first phase group A gave us the classification of Bilbao and the premature elimination of a historian like Caja Laboral. Cantu, after many years out of the elite, ranks among the best. Fenerbahce Ulker and Olympiacos played a hand to hand until the end. In group B CSKA did not lose a single match, Panathinaikos was a solid second. Unicaja and Zalgiris qualify with a negative balance
