In his debut in the Champions League, Brose Bamberg will play against AEK Athens with former coach Luca Banchi, among others. That was the result of the draw on Wednesday.
“The group definitely won’t be a sure-fire success. We’ll have a reunion with Lucca Banchi. We remember Dijon from the EuroCup. All in all, it is a tough group with – especially for our fans – very attractive travel destinations,” said Bamberg’s Managing Director Rolf Beyer.
Luca Banchi had not received a new contract with the Franconians after the end of the past season and had moved to AEK Athens in Greece, which won the competition in the past season.
In addition to Brose Bamberg, Telekom Baskets Bonn and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg are participating in the Champions League from a German perspective. In addition, medi Bayreuth can qualify for the group phase.
Whether medi Bayreuth will also join the three German representatives remains to be seen in the qualification phase. Raoul Korner’s team will start in the 3rd qualifying phase on September 30th and will have to face one of the following opponents:
The group stage of the FIBA Basketball Champions League will start on November 9th. The first four teams of each of the four groups qualify for the round of 16; the teams in fifth and sixth place in the group will continue in the subclass FIBA Europe Cup.