MIES (Switzerland) – The Basketball Champions League Season X, powered by Ameresco SUNEL Quarter-Finals participants have been confirmed, following the completion of the last Round of 16 games on Wednesday evening. Eight (8) clubs have qualified for the next phase of the competition, with no less than six (6) countries and leagues represented. Those teams are (alphabetically): AEK BC (Greece), ALBA BERLIN (Germany), Asisa Joventut (Spain), ERA Nymburk (Czechia), Galatasaray MCT Technic (Türkiye), La Laguna Tenerife (Spain), Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania) and Unicaja (Spain). The Draw determining both the Quarter-Finals pairings and the Final Four matchups will take place at the Badalona Museum on Friday, March 20, at 12:00 CET. The ceremony will be livestreamed on YouTube. For the purposes of the Quarter-Finals Draw, the eight qualified clubs have been ranked according to their final position within their respective group in the Round of 16 and their place in the Draw will be based on this ranking. The teams that finished 1st in their Round of 16 group will be placed in Pot 1. Each one of them will be drawn against a team in Pot 2, which includes the teams that finished 2nd in their Round of 16 group.
The only restriction is that teams cannot be drawn against an opponent that was in the same Round of 16 group.
Pot 1:
AEK BC
La Laguna Tenerife
Rytas Vilnius
Unicaja
Pot 2:
ALBA BERLIN
Asisa Joventut
ERA Nymburk
Galatasaray MCT Technic
The Quarter-Finals will be played in best-of-3 series and will start on March 31. The seeded teams will play their first (and potential third) game at home, the unseeded teams will play their second game at home. The four winning clubs will qualify for the Final Four, set to take place at the Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona in Badalona, Spain, with the Semi-Finals scheduled on Thursday, May 7, at 18:00 CET and 21:00 CET, respectively.
The Third-Place Game and the Final will be played on Saturday, May 9. The battle for bronze begins at 17:00 CET, while the championship game tips off at 20:00 CET.
The tickets are available at https://bclfinalfourtickets.com/