JuveCaserta Basket (Italy) is the first opponent of BC Khimki in Euroleague 2010/2011 8 july 2010

A draw ceremony of Euroleague 2010/2011 group and qualifying rounds was held in Barcelona. The first opponent of BC Khimki in the qualifying part of QB grid is JuveCaserta Basket – a semifinalist of Italian Championship and a silver medalist of the regular stage. Also, according to the lot, our team will not meet in the qualification round with another Russian basketball club – UNICS Kazan.

JuveCaserta Basket (Italy):
– Silver medalist of regular Italian Championship,
– Semifinalist of playoffs, in a bitter struggle with the score 2-3 lost Olimpia Milano

The team climbed into Italian SerieA only in the 2008/2009 season, which resulted in the 13th place. However, in the previous playing year thanks to its rapid progress and a jump to the Italian elite, experts called the club as "the main opening of championship".

Matches will be held on the cup system: a game at home – a game away. BC Khimki as a team, "sown" in the first basket, will start its first Euroleague 2010/2011 game away, on September, 21. The return game our team will play at home, three days later – on September, 24.

In the semi-final the winner of our pair will meet with the winner of the other pair Budivelnik – Maroussi BC. The dates of the second round matches – September, 28 and October, 1.

Quarter-Couples:

QRA
1. Alba Berlin (Germany) – Chorale Roanne (France)
2. Hemofarm Stada (Serbia) – Hapoel Gilboa G. (Israel)
3. UNICS Kazan (Russia) – Gasterra Flames (Netherlands)
4. CEZ Nymburk (Czech Republic) – Spirou Charleroi (Belgium)

QRB
5. Asvel Basket (France) – KK Buducnost (Montenegro)
6. Le Mans (France) – Banvit BC (Turkey)
7. BC Khimki (Russia) – JuveCaserta Basket (Italy)
8. Budivelnik (Ukraine) – Maroussi BC (Greece)

Semifinals:

A. Winner of the pair 1 – winner of the pair 2
B. Winner of the pair 3 – winner of the pair 4
C. Winner of the pair 5 – winner of the pair 6
D. Winner of the pair 7 – winner of the pair 8

Finals:
Winner of the pair A – winner the pair B
Winner of the pair C – winner the pair D


The decisive series for the victory in the qualifying tournament will be held on October, 5 and October, 8.

The beginning of group stage games – October, 20-21. The winner of QRB enters main Euroleague tournament group A, where it will meet with clubs: Saski Baskonia, S.A.D. (Spain), Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. (Israel), Partizan Belgrade (Serbia), Asseco Prokom Gdynia (Poland), BC Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania).