MIES (Switzerland) - The eight teams that sealed a direct passage to the Round of 16, as well as the eight Play-In series which will reward their respective winners with the final tickets to that stage were confirmed on Wednesday night, upon the completion of Regular Season action in the 2023-24 Basketball Champions League.

The 16 teams that finished in either second or third place in their respective Regular Season groups will match up in best-of-three series in the Play-Ins. The second-placed teams (mentioned first in each pairing) have the homecourt advantage in the series:

Le Mans Sarthe Basket (FRA; 2nd in Group A) vs. Promitheas Patras (GRE; 3rd in Group B)
Rytas Vilnius (LTU; 2nd in Group B) vs. Peristeri bwin (GRE; 3rd in Group A)
Cholet Basket (FRA; 2nd in Group C) vs Banco di Sardegna Sassari (ITA; 3rd in Group D)
MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg (GER; 2nd in Group D) vs. Darüssafaka Lassa (TUR; 3rd in Group C)
Pinar Karsiyaka (TUR; 2nd in Group E) vs. Rio Breogan (ESP; 3rd in Group F)
Hapoel Holon (ISR; 2nd in Group F) vs. Filou Oostende (BEL; 3rd in Group E)
PAOK mateco (GRE; 2nd in Group G) vs. Tofas Bursa (TUR; 3rd in Group H)
Bertram Derthona Tortona (ITA; 2nd in Group H) vs. Galatasaray EKMAS (TUR; 3rd in Group G)

The first game of each Play-in series will take place on either Tuesday, January 2 or Wednesday, January 3, 2024, with Game 2 taking place on either January 9 or January 10.

Any series that is tied at 1-1 after the first two games will conclude with a tiebreaker on January 16-17. The exact dates and times will be confirmed at a later stage.

The eight teams that won their respective Regular Season groups and therefore earned a direct spot in the Regular Season are:
Unicaja (ESP; Group A winner); JDA Bourgogne Dijon (FRA; Group B winner); Lenovo Tenerife (ESP; Group C winner); AEK BETSSON BC (GRE; Group D winner); SIG Strasbourg (FRA; Group E winner); Telekom Baskets Bonn (GER; Group F winner); Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (ISR; Group G winner); UCAM Murcia (ESP; Group H winner)

Once these teams are joined by the winners of the Play-In series, the 16 teams will be split into four groups of four teams each. The composition of the four Round of 16 groups is pre-determined by the draw, as follows:

GROUP I: Unicaja; SIG Strasbourg; Cholet Basket OR Banco di Sardegna Sassari; PAOK mateco OR Tofas Bursa
GROUP J: JDA Bourgogne Dijon; Telekom Baskets Bonn; MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg OR Darüssafaka Lassa; Bertram Derthona Tortona OR Galatasaray EKMAS
GROUP K: Lenovo Tenerife; Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem; Rytas Vilnius OR Peristeri bwin; Pinar Karsiyaka OR Rio Breogan
GROUP L: AEK BETSSON BC; UCAM Murcia; Le Mans Sarthe Basket OR Promitheas Patras; Hapoel Holon OR Filou Oostende

The Round of 16 stage is set to tip off on January 23 and will be played in a round-robin format in home and away games (similar to the Regular Season format). The exact time and date of each game will be confirmed after the 16-team field is complete.

The two teams that finish in the top two spots in each Round of 16 group will qualify for the Quarter-Finals. 

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