EuroCup Women Round of 16 pairings set
MUNICH, Germany (EuroCup Women) - The EuroCup Women Round of 16 pairings have been set, following the completion of the competition's Regular Season on Thursday night.
Going into the final week of the Regular Season, three of the 16 tickets were still to be confirmed. Tournament rookies Rutronik Stars Keltern (GER) and PEAC Pecs (HUN) grabbed two of the places on Wednesday night, whilst Good Angels Kosice (SVK) claimed the final ticket on Thursday.
The Round of 16 participants have been seeded 1-16, based on their win-loss record and points differential in the Regular Season. The top seed plays the bottom seed and so forth, in a home-and-away format. The first leg takes place on 19 January and the return leg one week later.
The Round of 16 pairings are as follows:
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(1) Flammes Carolo Basket |
vs |
(16) Good Angels Kosice |
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(2) Yakin Dogu Universitesi |
vs |
(15) Rutronik Stars Keltern |
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(3) Galatasaray |
vs |
(14) PEAC Pecs |
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(4) Spar Citylift Girona |
vs |
(13) TSV 1880 Wasserburg |
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(5) Bellona AGU |
vs |
(12) Cavigal Nice Basket |
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(6) Virtus Eirene Ragusa |
vs |
(11) Basketball Nymburk |
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(7) Maccabi Bnot Ashdod |
vs |
(10) Reyer Venezia |
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(8) TTT Riga |
vs |
(9) VBW CEKK Cegled |
Following the Round of 16, eight teams to advance to the Round of 8. This will also follow a home-and-away format and will be played on 9 and 16 February.
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