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in Europe coming to an end the battle group stages of the major continental European basketball tournaments – ULEB Euroleague ULEB Cup and. CSKA Moscow and “Dynamo” already have a way into the Top-16 Euroleague, and Kazan UNICS have long reserved a place in the second group stage of the ULEB Cup, but the outskirts of Moscow “Khimki” not yet officially have the right to go to the next round, but the situation in himchan generally favorable. To Moscow Region club was relegated in the first group stage should be immediately matched by several factors, each of Mercator in isolation is unlikely.

begin with “army.” The current winner of the Euroleague has long been booked for a first place in their qualifying group and draw the next stage will be sent gruppovgo to cart the first number. This means that CSKA will avoid falling into the same group with the Spanish “Taugresom”, but more importantly, “CSKA” does not meet “Panatinaykosom”, which is one of the favorites of the draw, and if probesya in the “Final Four”, the will act as the master site as the decisive mini-tournament to be held this year in Athens.

“Dynamo” is at the moment is in group “A” third place, behind only the invariable positions in the party last “Final Four” “Taugresu” and Greek “Olympiacos”. The position of “Dynamo” strong to the end of the first group stage is unlikely to “white-blue” to be shifted from the third line – to catch up with the leaders of wards Ivkovic can not afford, and going after “Efes Pilsner” looks much worse on the tournament Muscovites, as indicated, and home win “Dynamo”. But third place for “Dynamo”, which, we recall that this year will debut in the main tournament in Europe, should be considered a great success.

UNICS Kazan still for a few rounds before the end of the first group stage, booked their place in the next round. But the apparent success of Kazan was only a light from the side. And there are obvious problems in UNICS outreach meetings. If at home Kazan won the victory in all four games in five outreach meetings UNICS suffered three defeats and never won an outsider group, with one winning a match ends in OT. Here the contrast shows us Tatar club. Benefit at the expense of confident action UNICS home the second position and the distribution of the second group stage will receive more legkiky calendar.

“Khimki” does the same and the issue of continuing the fight in the ULEB Cup was postponed for the last round of group stage. And though in four home games and won himchane three victories, dismal performance in outreach meetings (four defeats in five matches) rejected “yellow-blue” to third place in the standings, what else is for them a good result. In the last round of “Khimki” on their site will receive the Bulgarian basketball players “Academica”, which still has a chance of reaching the next stage. For the successful completion of the campaign to win himchanam – on the road, by the way, they defeated the Bulgarians. And in case of defeat “Khimki” trust to decide their fate to other teams, the results of which will depend vyhot and the second stage.

analyzing performances of Russian team at the Europeans arena, you can see what bank is in the direction of home matches. CSKA Moscow in their own dance floor has not slipped even once, is a dynamo on a new arena in Krylatskoye suffered only one defeat – and even then the leader of the Spanish “Taugresa” missing a crucial shot in the last seconds of the meeting. UNICS while also winning in Kazan, but on account of “Khimki” only one defeat and also the leader of the Italian “Montepaschi Siena” in overtime. But if CSKA outreach meetings lost only once, in situations with other representatives of Russia in European competition, the situation is more complicated.

“Dinamo” has given way to two meetings with teams that are ahead of the “white-blue” in the table. Both wards to defeat Dusan Ivkovic, as they say, there were no options – a rival to function much more confident of Muscovites. The fiasco in an away match with a modest “Prokomom” and not be explained – there can only remember that the “Dynamo” first appears in the Euroleague. UNICS Kazan always been known for superior performance games in native walls, but defeat by PAOK modest and “Red Star” is also something hard to explain. It is clear that Madrid “Real” on the home site can beat anyone, but to play extra time with the Belgian “Ostend” for one of the leaders of the Russian Super League is simply not serious. Consider the results of “Khimki” in the current difficult – it is clear that in the debut of this season's team was in psihologichesoky well, that was the reason for the resignation of head coach Sergei Elevicha. But if in the future near Moscow basketball players will be so generous in outreach meetings, nothing good they do not shine.

Alexander Ivanov, Down-the-line.com

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