MIES (Switzerland) - Season X of the Basketball Champions League, powered by Ameresco SUNEL has reached the Quarter-Finals phase, with the draw on Friday creating the bracket all the way to the Final Four, set to tip off at the Palau Municipal d'Esports in Badalona, Spain on Thursday, May 7.
The Quarter-Finals pairings are as follows:
Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania) vs. ERA Nymburk (Czechia)
AEK BC (Greece) vs. Asisa Joventut (Spain)
La Laguna Tenerife (Spain) vs. Galatasaray MCT Technic (Türkiye)
Unicaja (Spain) vs. ALBA BERLIN (Germany)
Draw for the Quarter-Finals
For the purposes of the Draw, the eight qualified clubs have been ranked according to their final position within their respective Round of 16 group and their place in the Draw was based on this ranking.
The teams having finished 1st of their Round of 16 group were placed in Pot 1, and the teams having finished 2nd of their Round of 16 group were placed in Pot 2.
The Quarter-Finals will be played in a best-of-three series and start on Wednesday, April 1, with the four seeded teams playing at home.
On April 7 and 8, the unseeded teams will host the second games of each series, while potential third games of the Quarter-Finals take place on Wednesday, April 15.
The complete Quarter-Finals game schedule will be communicated later on Friday.
Draw for the Semi-Finals
The draw for the Semi-Finals was also performed.
The Semi-Finals pairings are as follows:
Winner of Unicaja/ALBA BERLIN vs. Winner of AEK BC/Asisa Joventut
Winner of Rytas Vilnius/ERA Nymburk vs. Winner of La Laguna Tenerife/Galatasaray MCT Technic
The Final Four will be held at the Palau Municipal d'Esports in Badalona, with the Semi-Finals scheduled for Thursday, May 7 at 18:00 CET and 21:00 CET.
The Final and the Third-Place Game are on Saturday, May 9, at 20:00 CET and 17:00 CET, respectively.
The draw was held at the Roman City permanent exhibition at the Badalona Museum, with the local basketball legends Anna Cruz and Jordi Villacampa helping out as shufflers.
The Mayor of Badalona, Mr Xavier Garcia Albiol, expressed his excitement with the process of hosting the Final Four in Badalona, while the BCL CEO, Mr Patrick Comninos, noted that the tickets sales for the Final Four are already exceeding expectations.
You can re-watch the Quarter-Finals and Final Four Draw here.