Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv drew to Group C of the Euroleague for the regular season 2011 – 2012, along with Real Madrid, Partizan mt:s Belgrade, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, and the winner of Qualifying Group A.
By Amy Samin
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv drew to Group C of the Euroleague for the regular season 2011 – 2012, along with Real Madrid, Partizan mt:s Belgrade, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, and the winner of Qualifying Group A. The first week of games will get underway on October 20. The qualifying rounds start on September 29 and will last for 4 days. One of the following teams will be added to Group C: Villeurbanne, Lietuvos Rytas, Cibona Zagreb, PAOK Saloniki, Cholet Basket, Galatasaray, Gravelines, and KK Budućnost.
The complete schedule of games will be published here on the website as it becomes available.
The opponents:
Real Madrid
Coach: Pablo Laso
Arena: Madrid Caja Magica, seats 12,500
Last season: Fourth place in the Euroleague, Semi-finalist in Spanish League, runner-up for Spanish Cup
Players of Note: Pablo Prigioni, Sergio Llull, Ante Tomic, D’Or Fischer
Partizan mt:s Belgrade
Coach: Vlade Jovanovic
Arena: Arena Beograd, seats 19,982
Last season: Euroleague Top 16, Adriatic League Champion, Serbian Champion, Serbian Cup Holders
Players of Note: Dusan Kecman, Rasko Katic, Petar Bozic
Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Coach: Ufuk Sanca
Arena: Sinan Erdem, seats 16,000
Last season: Euroleague Top 16, Semi-finalist in Turkish League
Players of Note: Stanko Barac, Dusko Savanovic, Ermal Kurtoğlu, Kerem Tunçeri, Doğuş Balbay
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan
Coach: Sergio Scariolo
Arena: Mediolanum Forum, seats 12,000
Last season: Euroleague Regular Season, Semi-finalist in Italian League
Players of Note: Omar Cook, Antonis Fotsis, David Hawkins, Ibrahim Jaaber, Stefano Mancinelli
Winner of Qualifying Round A:
Villeurbanne, Lietuvos Rytas, Cibona Zagreb, PAOK Saloniki, Cholet Basket, Galatasaray, Gravelines, or KK Budućnost.
