The draw for the seventh season of the Basketball Champions League was completed on Thursday morning.
Nicolas Richotti, who won the inaugural title with Lenovo Tenerife back in 2017, and Dusan Sakota, a winner with AEK in 2018, joined the CEO of the BCL Patrick Comninos on stage for the first part of the Basketball Champions Leaguedraw.
The second part belonged to Segafredo Virtus Bologna’s guard Pietro Aradori, captain in 2019, and the man who won three straight titles with Bologna and Hereda San Pablo Burgos, Dejan Kravic.
The four Qualification Round tournaments will tip off on September 21, officially starting the new Basketball Champions League season. Four winners will then join the group stage, as the Regular Season starts on October 4.
Group winners will move straight to Round of 16 of the Basketball Champions League, while second-and third-placed teams are advancing to the Play-In Series, to be played in January 2023.
Round of 16 will see four groups of four teams. Top two move on to the best-of-three Quarter-Finals series, and the season concludes with a Basketball Champions League Final Four event scheduled from May 12 to May 14.
Regular Season
Group A
SIG Strasbourg (FRA)
Falco Szombathely (HUN)
UCAM Murcia (ESP)
Winner QRT 1
Group B
AEK (GRE)
Pinar Karsiyaka (TUR)
Telekom Baskets Bonn (GER)
Unahotels Reggio Emilia (ITA)
Group C
Hapoel Holon (ISR)
Filou Oostende (BEL)
Galatasaray Nef (TUR)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
Group D
ERA Nymburk (CZE)
Igokea m:tel (BIH)
Surne Bilbao (ESP)
Bahcesehir College (TUR)
Group E
Hapoel Jerusalem (ISR)
MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg (GER)
Darussafaka (TUR)
Winner QRT 4
Group F
BAXI Manresa (ESP)
VEF Riga (LAT)
Limoges CSP (FRA)
Winner QRT 3
Group G
JDA Bourgogne Dijon (FRA)
Dinamo Banco Di Sardegna Sassari (ITA)
PAOK mateco (GRE)
Winner QRT 2
Group H
Lenovo Tenerife (ESP)
Rytas Vilnius (LTU)
Peristeri (GRE)
Bnei Herzliya (ISR)
Qualification Round tournament #1
Quarter-Finals
Leicester Riders (GBR) v CSO Voluntari (ROU)
TFT Skopje (MKD) v Niners Chemnitz (GER)
Semi-Finals
Tofas Bursa (TUR) v Leicester Riders/CSO Voluntari
Fribourg Olympic (SUI) v TFT Skopje/Niners Chemnitz
Qualification Round tournament #2
Quarter-Finals
Heroes Den Bosch (NED) v Siauliai (LTU)
Patrioti Levice (SVK) v Egis Kormend (HUN)
Semi-Finals
Unicaja (ESP) v Heroes Den Bosch/Siauliai
Karhu Kauhajoki (FIN) v Patrioti Levice/Egis Kormend
Qualification Round tournament #3
Quarter-Finals
Norrkoping Dolphins (SWE) v Budivelnyk (UKR)
Golden Eagle Ylli (KOS) v SL Benfica (POR)
Semi-Finals
Brose Bamberg (GER) v Norrkoping Dolphins/Budivelnyk
Keravnos (CYP) v Golden Eagle Ylli/SL Benfica
Qualification Round tournament #4
Quarter-Finals
Swans Gmunden (AUT) v Parnu Sadam (EST)
FMP Meridian (SRB) v Rio Breogan (ESP)
Semi-Finals
Bakken Bears (DEN) v Swans Gmunden/Parnu Sadam
Opava (CZE) v FMP Meridian/Rio Breogan