{"id":30466,"date":"2011-01-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/maccabi-will-face-ljubljana-barcelona-and-roma-in-the-top-16\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:37:03","slug":"maccabi-will-face-ljubljana-barcelona-and-roma-in-the-top-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/maccabi-will-face-ljubljana-barcelona-and-roma-in-the-top-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Will Face Ljubljana, Barcelona and Roma in the Top 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Amy Samin<\/FONT>

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Maccabi will meet Union Olimpija Ljubljana, Regal FC Barcelona and Lottomatica Roma in Group F of the Top 16.<\/FONT>



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Group E<\/B><\/FONT><\/TD> Group F<\/B><\/FONT><\/TD> Group G<\/B><\/FONT><\/TD> Group H<\/B><\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR>
Panathinaikos Athens<\/FONT><\/TD> Maccabi Electra T.A.<\/FONT><\/TD> Montepaschi Siena<\/FONT><\/TD> Olympiacos<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR>
Caja Laboral<\/FONT><\/TD> Ljubljana<\/FONT><\/TD> Real Madrid<\/FONT><\/TD> Fenerbahce Ulker<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR>
Unicaja<\/FONT><\/TD> Barcelona<\/FONT><\/TD> Efes Pilsen<\/FONT><\/TD> Zalgiris Kaunas<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR>
Lietuvos Rytas<\/FONT><\/TD> Lottomatica Roma<\/FONT><\/TD> Partizan<\/FONT><\/TD> Valencia<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/DIV>

\u201cBarcelona is the favorite to take the championship, and some people have an interest in seeing them in the Final because they are the hosts, and that makes it even tougher to compete against them,\u201d said Maccabi head coach David Blatt<\/B> after the lottery.
\u201cTheir talent is limitless.
To get them of all of the third seeds isn\u2019t the best thing, but on the other hand we won\u2019t have to meet them at the next level.
It\u2019s a competitive group with objectives that are relatively easy to reach.\u201d<\/FONT>

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Maccabi\u2019s coach also shared his thoughts about Ljubljana.
\u201cEvery year there are teams like Partizan or Ljubljana who go above and beyond expectations, who succeed and surprise you.
Last year, no one would have believed that Partizan would be in the Final Four, and with Ljubljana it\u2019s exactly the same story.
They\u2019ve got a new arena, and fans who spur them on.
They beat Panathinaikos this year.
At this level, all of the games are difficult.\u201d<\/FONT>

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\u201cWe have an identity as a team, and we have strong points and also some weak points,\u201d said Blatt.
\u201cNow that we know which teams we\u2019ll be playing against, we can devise some suitable plans and tactics in our practices.
By the time we begin the round, we\u2019ll know what to do in order to come to the games with the appropriate defenses.\u201d<\/FONT>
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\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be easy, but we got a fair draw,\u201d said Doron Perkins<\/B>.
\u201cIt will be tough, and a challenge for us.
We\u2019re going to take the good things from the last round.
I learned a lot last season, and every bit helps in the Top 16.\u201d<\/FONT>

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The Top 16 round of the Euroleague competition will get underway on 19 January after a three-week break, and will continue through 3 March 2011.
The quarterfinal games (best of 5 series) will take place from 22 March to 6 April, and the Final Four will begin on 6 May in Barcelona.<\/FONT>
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