{"id":31148,"date":"2011-07-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/maccabi-will-face-madrid-belgrade-istanbul-milan-and-the-winner-of-qualifying-group-a\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:38:50","slug":"maccabi-will-face-madrid-belgrade-istanbul-milan-and-the-winner-of-qualifying-group-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/maccabi-will-face-madrid-belgrade-istanbul-milan-and-the-winner-of-qualifying-group-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Will Face Madrid, Belgrade, Istanbul, Milan and the Winner of Qualifying Group A"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Amy Samin<\/FONT>
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Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv drew to Group C of the Euroleague for the regular season 2011 \u2013 2012, along with Real Madrid, Partizan mt:s Belgrade, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, and the winner of Qualifying Group A.<\/STRONG> 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 Budu\u0107nost.<\/FONT>
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The complete schedule of games will be published here on the website as it becomes available.<\/FONT>
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The opponents:<\/FONT>
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Real Madrid<\/B><\/FONT><\/P>

Coach: Pablo Laso<\/FONT><\/P>

Arena: Madrid Caja Magica, seats 12,500 <\/FONT><\/P>

Last season: Fourth place in the Euroleague, Semi-finalist in Spanish League, runner-up for Spanish Cup<\/FONT><\/P>

Players of Note: Pablo Prigioni, Sergio Llull, Ante Tomic, D\u2019Or Fischer<\/FONT>
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Partizan mt:s Belgrade<\/B><\/FONT><\/P>

Coach: Vlade Jovanovic<\/FONT><\/P>

Arena: Arena Beograd, seats 19,982<\/FONT><\/P>

Last season: Euroleague Top 16, Adriatic League Champion, Serbian Champion, Serbian Cup Holders<\/FONT><\/P>

Players of Note: Dusan Kecman, Rasko Katic, Petar Bozic<\/FONT>
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul<\/B><\/FONT><\/P>

Coach: Ufuk Sanca<\/FONT><\/P>

Arena: Sinan Erdem, seats 16,000<\/FONT><\/P>

Last season: Euroleague Top 16, Semi-finalist in Turkish League<\/FONT><\/P>

Players of Note: Stanko Barac, Dusko Savanovic, Ermal Kurto\u011flu, Kerem Tun\u00e7eri, Do\u011fu\u015f Balbay<\/FONT>
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan<\/B><\/FONT><\/P>

Coach: Sergio Scariolo<\/FONT><\/P>

Arena: Mediolanum Forum, seats 12,000<\/FONT><\/P>

Last season: Euroleague Regular Season, Semi-finalist in Italian League<\/FONT><\/P>

Players of Note: Omar Cook, Antonis Fotsis, David Hawkins, Ibrahim Jaaber, Stefano Mancinelli<\/FONT>

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Winner of Qualifying Round A:<\/B><\/FONT><\/P>

Villeurbanne, Lietuvos Rytas, Cibona Zagreb, PAOK Saloniki, Cholet Basket, Galatasaray, Gravelines, or KK Budu\u0107nost.<\/FONT>

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