Now that some more European basketball competitions, including the Euroleague, EuroChallenge and FIBA Eurocup Women are moving into a second phase, Ball in Europe presents an updated January calendar for your perusal.
A new edition of the calendar will be published in February. In the immediate short-term, don’t forget about the Euroleague group draw which goes down tomorrow at 1pm CET to determine the matchups for the big league’s Top 16 starting later this month. The draw ceremony will be broadcast live on Euroleague.net.
Enjoy the action over the next two weeks!
• Sunday, January 17. ACB games: Real Madrid vs. Cajasol; Suzuki Manresa vs. Lagun Aro GBC; Caja Laboral vs. CB Murcia; Regal FC Barcelona vs. Xacobeo Blu:sens; DKV Joventut vs. Gran Canaria 2014.
Italy Serie A games: Benetton Treviso vs. Banca Tercas Teramo; Angelico Biella vs. Air Avellino; Bologna vs. Lottomatica Roma; Scavolini Spar Pesaro vs. Martos Napoli; NGC Medical Cantú vs. Montepaschi Siena; Sigma Coatings Montegranaro vs. Armani Jeans Milano; Pepsi Caserta vs. Carife Ferrara; Vanoli Cremona vs. Cimberio Varese.
Bundesliga games: ALBA Berlin vs. TBB Trier; Eisbären Bremerhaven vs. Paderborn Baskets; ALBA Berlin vs. LTi Giessen 46ers.
• Monday, January 18. Euroleague Top 16 draw.
• Tuesday, January 19. Adriatic League games: Zagreb CO vs. FMP; Crvena zvezda vs. Union Olimpija; Budućnost m:tel vs. Radnički; Bosna ASA BHT vs. Cedevita; Zadar vs. Široki HT Eronet; Hemofarm STADA vs. Partizan; Helios Domžale vs. Cibona.
• Wednesday, January 20. Euroleague Women games: Gorzow vs. Good Angels Kosice; Gospic Croatia vs. Wisla Can-Pack; Mizo Pecs 2010 vs. ESB Lille Metropole; Frisco Sika Brno vs. Szeviep; Spartak Moscow vs. Lotos Gdynia; UMMC Ekaterinburg vs. TTT Riga; MKB Euroleasing Sopron vs. USK Prague; Fenerbahce vs. Tarbes GB; Bourges Basket vs. Rivas Ecopolis; Cras Basket Taranto vs. TEO Vilnius; Ros Casares vs. Galatsaray; Halcon Avenida vs. Beretta Famila.
• Thursday, January 21. VTB United League Final Four games: CSKA Moscow vs. Khimki Moscow region; UNICS Kazan vs. Zalgiris Kaunas.
• Friday, January 22. VTB United League championship and third-place game, matchups to be determined.
Bundesliga game: Deutsche Bank Skyliners vs. TBB Trier.
• Saturday, January 23. ACB games: Power Electronics Valencia vs. Regal FC Barcelona; Unicaja vs. Suzuki Manresa.
Adriatic League games: FMP vs. Helios Domžale; Cibona vs. Hemofarm STADA; Partizan vs. Zadar; Široki HT Eronet vs. Bosna ASA BHT; Cedevita vs. Budućnost m:tel; Radnički vs. Crvena zvezda; Union Olimpija vs. Zagreb CO.
Bundesliga game: MEG Göttingen vs. EnBW Ludwigsburg.
• Sunday, January 24. ACB games: Cajasol vs. DKV Joventut; Gran Canaria 2014 vs. Asefa Estudiantes; Xacobeo Blu:sens vs. Blancos de Rueda Valladolid; Meridiano Alicante vs. CB Granada; Bizkaia Bilbao Basket vs. Caja Laboral; CB Murcia vs. Fuenlabrada; Lagun Aro GBC vs. Real Madrid.
Italy Serie A games: Montepaschi Siena vs. Bologna; Armani Jeans Milano vs. Benetton Treviso; Lottomatica Roma vs. Pepsi Caserta; Banca Tercas Teramo vs. Sigma Coatings Montegranaro; Carife Ferrara vs. Angelico Biella; Air Avellino vs. Vanoli Cremona; Martos Napoli vs. NGC Medical Cantú; Cimberio Varese vs. Scavolini Spar Pesaro.
• Tuesday, January 26. FIBA Eurochallenge final 16 games: BC FMP vs. Artland Dragons; Banvit BC vs. Antwerp Giants;BC Gottingen vs. Proteas EKA AEL; Apoel vs. Scavolini Pesaro; KK Buducnost vs. Elan Chalon; Belgacom Liege vs. KK Zagreb; Enisey Krasnoyarsk vs. Roanne Basket.
• Wednesday, January 27. Euroleague Top 16 games: matchups to be determined.
• Thursday, January 28. FIBA Eurocup Women final 16 games: Dynamo Kursk vs. Seat Gyor; Nadezhda vs. Mann Filter; KV Imperial AEL vs. Lattes Montpellier; Ibiza Sport Island vs. Dynamo; Municipal Targovista vs. Gran Canaria; Saarlouis Royals vs. KK Hemofarm Stada; Botas Spor vs. USO Mondeville; Dynamo Kyiv vs. Sony Athinaikos.
FIBA Eurochallenge final 16 game: Eiffel Towers Den Bosch vs. Krasnye Krylia.
• Friday, January 29. Bundesliga game: EWE Baskets Oldenburg vs. ALBA Berlin.
• Saturday, January 30. ACB games: Fuenlabrada vs. Bizkaia Bilbao Basket; CB Granada vs. Xacobeo Blu:sens; Blancos de Rueda Valladolid vs. Power Electronics Valencia; Asefa Estudiantes vs. DKV Joventut.
Adriatic League games: Union Olimpija vs. FMP; Zagreb CO vs. Radnički; Crvena zvezda vs. Cedevita; Budućnost m:tel vs. Široki HT Eronet; Bosna ASA BHT vs. Partizan; Zadar vs. Cibona; Hemofarm STADA vs. Helios Domžale.
Bundesliga games: ratiopharm Ulm vs. Phoenix Hagen; Mitteldeutscher BC vs. Artland Dragons; Paderborn Baskets vs. MEG Göttingen; Telekom Baskets Bonn vs. Brose Baskets; LTi Giessen 46ers vs. Giants Düsseldorf; TBB Trier vs. Eisbären Bremerhaven
• Sunday, January 31. ACB games: Lagun Aro GBC – Cajasol; Real Madrid vs. Unicaja; Suzuki Manresa vs. CB Murcia; Caja Laboral vs. Meridiano Alicante; Regal FC Barcelona vs. Gran Canaria 2014.
Italy Serie A games: Martos Napoli vs. Montepaschi Siena; Vanoli Cremona vs. Lottomatica Roma; Sigma Coatings Montegranaro vs. Bologna; Benetton Treviso vs. NGC Medical Cantú; Banca Tercas Teramo vs. Carife Ferrara; Scavolini Spar Pesaro vs. Air Avellino; Angelico Biella vs. Pepsi Caserta; Armani Jeans Milano vs. Cimberio Varese.
Bundesliga games: Walter Tigers Tübingen vs. Deutsche Bank Skyliners; New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig vs. EnBW Ludwigsburg.
