05 October, 2022
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15 Shiori Yasuma (REYER)
15/12/2022
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Pairings confirmed as Play-Off Round 1 field is complete

MUNICH (Germany) - The lineup for the Play-Off Round 1 has been confirmed after the conclusion of the EuroCup Women 2022-23 Regular Season.

The 32 teams that progressed include the two top teams in each group, as well as the four best-ranked third-placed teams from each of the two conferences.

With 26 clubs having already secured a berth ahead of the final day of the Regular Season, the remaining six spots were sealed by Basket Namur Capitale, Crvena Zvezda MTS, Dinamo Banco di Sardegna, Elitzur Holon, Maccabi Bnot Ashdod and Nesibe Aydin on Thursday.

The qualified teams, which represent 16 different European nations, were ranked according to the Official Basketball Rules, as follows:

(1) Umana Reyer Venezia (ITA);
(2) Casademont Zaragoza (ESP);
(3) ACS Sepsi-SIC (ROU);
(4) BLMA (FRA);
(5) Flammes Carolo Basket (FRA);
(6) Angers (FRA);
(7) Villeneuve d'Ascq LM (FRA);
(8) InvestInTheWest Enea Gorzow (POL);
(9) Elitzur Landco Ramla (ISR);
(10) NKA Universitas PEAC (HUN);
(11) OGM Ormanspor (TUR);
(12) SL Benfica (POR);
(13) Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring (TUR);
(14) VBW Arka Gdynia (POL);
(15) AZS UMCS Lublin (POL);
(16) Elitzur Holon (ISR);
(17) Panathinaikos A.C. (GRE);
(18) BCF Elfic Fribourg (SUI);
(19) LDLC ASVEL Feminin (FRA);
(20) Uni Gyor (HUN);
(21) Cadi La Seu (ESP);
(22) Castors Braine (BEL);
(23) Piestanske Cajky (SVK);
(24) Maccabi Bnot Ashdod (ISR);
(25) Lointek Gernika Bizkaia (ESP);
(26) London Lions (GBR);
(27) Movistar Estudiantes (ESP);
(28) Kibirkstis (LTU);
(29) Crvena Zvezda MTS (SRB);
(30) Basket Namur Capitale (BEL);
(31) Nesibe Aydin (TUR);
(32) Dinamo Banco di Sardegna (ITA).

The Play-Off Round 1 participants will match up in home-and-away two-leg ties, with the higher-ranked team playing the return leg at home. The pairings are as follows:

The first leg is scheduled for Thursday, January 5 and the return fixtures are set to take place on Thursday, January 12.

The teams that advance from Play-Off Round 1 will continue onto the Round of 16, which will follow the same home-and-away format.

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