On en sait désormais un peu plus sur les compétitions européennes 2008/2009. Faut s'accrocher pour suivre... Olympic jouera donc les qualifications de l'EuroCup et en cas de défaite lors d'un des 2 tours qualificatif aller/retour il jouera en EuroChallenge.
"European Club competitions will change in 2008/2009
July 2, 2008
Today, ULEB and FIBA Europe have announced today the new format of the European Club competitions. Nothing really new though as FIBA Europe had already published the main parts of this reform in March.
If you check the article we have put on BallinEurope in March 2008, you will see that this new has already been announced by FIBA Europe alone 4 months ago. So this is now how it works.
The Euroleague will change its format of the regular phase and play with 4 groups of 6 teams where the first 4 of every group qualify for the Top 16. The quarter-finals will then be played in a Best-of-5 series. This has already been announced last week.
The competition formerly known as ULEB Cup will now be called Eurocup and work under the following scheme.
The first qualification round will have 16 teams playing two-game series (home and away), the winners of which advance to the second qualification round. The losers to these two-game series will play the 2008-09 FIBA EuroChallenge.
The 8 winners will play against 8 other teams that are directly set for this second qualification round. The winners will advance to the group phase of the Eurocup. The losers to these two-game series will play the 2008-09 FIBA EuroChallenge.
Eight groups of four teams each will play in round-robin competition, with all teams playing a total of six games.
The four group winners and the four second-place teams in each group will advance to the Last 16.
This is at least what the official website says. I guess that this is an error and that the 8 group winners and 8 second-place teams advance. These 16 teams will play then a Top16 with 4 groups of 4 teams. Here the four group winners and four second-placed teams advance to the Final Eight that will be played under the same format than the last season.
The winner of the Final will be the EUROCUP champion and qualify for the 2009-10 Euroleague.
When it comes to the former FIBA Eurocup, which will now be called EuroChallenge, things are getting a bit more complex again.
32 teams have to go through two elimination rounds to gain access to the group phase. 8 out of these 32 teams qualify for this phase. 8 teams are getting direct access to the so called Qualification round One. And the field will be completed by the 16 losing teams of the two EuroCup elimination rounds. Got it?
So there are 32 teams in Qualification Round One that will be split up in 8 group of 4 teams. The group winners and second-placed teams qualify for Qualification Round Two where they will play once again in 4 groups of 4 and the winners and second-placed teams advance to the Quarter Finals that will be played in a Best-of-3 series.
The decision will then be made in a Final Four tournament modus."
www.ballineurope.com
http://www.ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/33556/448/item
"European Club competitions will change in 2008/2009
July 2, 2008
Today, ULEB and FIBA Europe have announced today the new format of the European Club competitions. Nothing really new though as FIBA Europe had already published the main parts of this reform in March.
If you check the article we have put on BallinEurope in March 2008, you will see that this new has already been announced by FIBA Europe alone 4 months ago. So this is now how it works.
The Euroleague will change its format of the regular phase and play with 4 groups of 6 teams where the first 4 of every group qualify for the Top 16. The quarter-finals will then be played in a Best-of-5 series. This has already been announced last week.
The competition formerly known as ULEB Cup will now be called Eurocup and work under the following scheme.
The first qualification round will have 16 teams playing two-game series (home and away), the winners of which advance to the second qualification round. The losers to these two-game series will play the 2008-09 FIBA EuroChallenge.
The 8 winners will play against 8 other teams that are directly set for this second qualification round. The winners will advance to the group phase of the Eurocup. The losers to these two-game series will play the 2008-09 FIBA EuroChallenge.
Eight groups of four teams each will play in round-robin competition, with all teams playing a total of six games.
The four group winners and the four second-place teams in each group will advance to the Last 16.
This is at least what the official website says. I guess that this is an error and that the 8 group winners and 8 second-place teams advance. These 16 teams will play then a Top16 with 4 groups of 4 teams. Here the four group winners and four second-placed teams advance to the Final Eight that will be played under the same format than the last season.
The winner of the Final will be the EUROCUP champion and qualify for the 2009-10 Euroleague.
When it comes to the former FIBA Eurocup, which will now be called EuroChallenge, things are getting a bit more complex again.
32 teams have to go through two elimination rounds to gain access to the group phase. 8 out of these 32 teams qualify for this phase. 8 teams are getting direct access to the so called Qualification round One. And the field will be completed by the 16 losing teams of the two EuroCup elimination rounds. Got it?
So there are 32 teams in Qualification Round One that will be split up in 8 group of 4 teams. The group winners and second-placed teams qualify for Qualification Round Two where they will play once again in 4 groups of 4 and the winners and second-placed teams advance to the Quarter Finals that will be played in a Best-of-3 series.
The decision will then be made in a Final Four tournament modus."
www.ballineurope.com
http://www.ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/33556/448/item
