Anwil Wloclawek, BC CSU Sibiu and Caledonia Gladiators, Bilbao Basket’s rivals in the FIBA Europe Cup
Euskaraz irakurri: Anwil Wloclawek, BC CSU Sibiu eta Caledonia Gladiators, Bilbao Basketen aurkariak FIBA Europe Cupen
He Anwil Wloclawek (Poland)he BC CSU Sibiu (Romania) and the Caledonian Gladiators (Scotland) they will be the Surne Bilbao Basket rivals in the group stage of the FIBA Europe Cup of the 2023-24 season, as determined by the draw held this afternoon in Munich (Germany). that group stage will start next October 18and it will be then when Bilbao Basket makes its debut in this competition, after having participated, in its history, ten other times in a European championship (once in the Euroleague, seven times in the Eurocup, and twice in the Champions League).
Reviewing one by one the three rivals that Jaume Ponsarnau’s team will face in the FIBA Europe Cup, which is framed in group B (there are a total of 10 groups), highlights the Anwil Wloclawek, who is the current champion of the competition. In the final, played over two legs last spring, the Polish team defeated Cholet (France), which they won at home, in Wloclawek, on March 19, 81-77, and also at home, in Cholet, on April 26, by 78-80. Anwil Wloclawek has also won the Polish League three times, and has four Cup titles; plays as a local in the Hala Mistrzów arena, where up to 4000 fans can gather.
He BC CSU Sibiu, for its part, finished the Romanian League in third place for the 2022-23 season. The Transylvanian team lost 3-1 to eventual champions Cluj-Napoca in the semi-finals, but managed to beat Rapid Bucharest 3-2 in the play-off for third place. It plays its matches in Sibiu, in the Sala Transilvania pavilion, which has a capacity for 1,790 spectators.
He Caledonian Gladiators, which is the team from the city of Glasgow, was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the BBL Championship play-offs for the 2022-23 season (it is the main competition in British basketball), reached the semifinals of the BBL Cup, and won the BBL Trophy, which is a championship organized by the British Basketball League and in which the teams that compete in the BBL Championship and other invited teams play. Caledonia Gladiators play at home in the Playsport Arena, where up to 1,800 people can congregate.
Source: Eitb
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