GER - Alba set for RheinEnergie Cup clash
BERLIN (Bundesliga) - The winners of the last three German Cups will square off in the quarter-finals as holders Alba Berlin travel to face 2004 and 2005 winners RheinEnergie Koln. The showdown at the Cologne EnergyDome later this month will also be a re-match of the 2006 league finals series that was won by RheinEnergie Koln.
BERLIN (Bundesliga) - The winners of the last three German Cups will square off in the quarter-finals as holders Alba Berlin travel to face 2004 and 2005 winners RheinEnergie Koln.
The showdown at the Cologne EnergyDome later this month will also be a re-match of the 2006 league finals series that was won by RheinEnergie Koln.
It will be the teams’ third meeting this season as Berlin beat Koln over the weekend in Cologne and Koln knocked off Berlin in the German capital in early February.
After his team beat Koln 81-70, Berlin coach Henrik Rodl joked about the draw: "There is nothing easier in the Cup than playing in Koln. But you saw today that we can win here."
Berlin won the German Cup in 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2006.
German Cup quarter-final draw: EnBW Ludwigsburg vs ratiopharm Ulm, Paderborn Baskets vs Artland Dragons, EWE Baskets Oldenburg vs Eisbären Bremerhaven.
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