Antalya selected as host city for Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds

MIES (Switzerland) - The Basketball Champions League is pleased to announce that Antalya, Turkey, has been selected as the host city for the upcoming Qualification Rounds. These three tournaments will determine the last three spots in the Regular Season of BCL's eighth season.

With the strong support from the Turkish Federation, the Qualification Round tournaments that are scheduled to take place from 24 September to 1 October will bring together 25 teams to Antalya as follow:

Qualification Round Tournament 1 (Winner goes to Group G) 

Game days: 25, 27 & 29 September 2023

Quarter-Final 1 (13:00 CET): Bakken Bears (DEN) vs KB Peja (KOS)
Quarter-Final 2 (15:30 CET): Kalev/Cramo (EST) vs Norrköping Dolphins (SWE)
Quarter-Final 3 (18:00 CET): SL Benfica (POR) vs TSU Tbilisi (GEO)
Quarter-Final 4 (20:30 CET): Patrioti Levice (SVK) vs Petrolina AEK Larnaca (CYP)

Semi-Final 1 (17:30 CET): Winner QF1 vs Winner QF2
Semi-Final 2 (20:00 CET): Winner QF3 vs Winner QF4

Final (20:00 CET): Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2

 Qualification Round Tournament 2 (Winner goes to Group C) 

Game days: 27, 29 September & 1 October 2023

Quarter-Final 1 (13:00 CET): Cholet Basket (FRA) vs Telenet Giants Antwerp (BEL)
Quarter-Final 2 (15:30 CET): FMP Soccerbet (SRB) vs Pallacanestro Varese (ITA)
Quarter-Final 3 (18:00 CET): Happy Casa Brindisi (ITA) vs CSM CSU Oradea (ROU)
Quarter-Final 4 (20:30 CET): Heroes Den Bosch (NED) vs BG Göttingen (GER)

Semi-Final 1 (15:00 CET): Winner QF1 vs Winner QF2
Semi-Final 2 (17:30 CET): Winner QF3 vs Winner QF4

Final (17:30 CET): Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2

 Qualification Round Tournament 3 (Winner goes to Group E) 

Pre-Qualifier game (24 September - 19:00 CET): Fribourg Olympic (SUI) vs Caledonia Gladiators (GBR)

Game days: 26, 28 & 30 September 2023

Quarter-Final 1 (13:00 CET): SIG Strasbourg (FRA) vs Jonava CBet (LTU)
Quarter-Final 2 (15:30 CET): Karhu Basket (FIN) vs Ironi Hay Motors Ness Ziona (ISR)
Quarter-Final 3 (18:00 CET): Legia Warszawa (POL) vs Winner Pre-Qualifier game (Fribourg/Gladiators)
Quarter-Final 4 (20:30 CET): Mornar Barsko Zlato (MNE) vs Monbus Obradoiro (ESP)

Semi-Final 1 (17:30 CET): Winner QF1 vs Winner QF2
Semi-Final 2 (20:00 CET): Winner QF3 vs Winner QF4

Final (19:00 CET): Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2

The three winners of the Qualification Round tournaments will qualify for the Regular Season, joining the 29 directly qualified teams.