Last year in final game the Vadeev team yielded 106-110 in second OT because of phenomenal performance of Spanish player Ricardo Rubio. He had 51 points, 24 rebounds and 12 assists.

In the preliminary round 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. The first 3 teams in each group will qualify for the Qualifying Round. The 12 teams will be ranked and divided into 2 groups of 6 teams. Each team will play 3 games.

The preliminary round

Group A
Italy
Spain
Georgia
Slovenia

Group B
Serbia
Israel
France
Czech Republic

Group C
Lithuania
Ukraine
Turkey
Portugal

Group D
Croatia
Russia
Greece
Latvia

Russian game schedule
Russia-Latvia – 21:15
Greece – Russia – 19:00
Croatia – Russia – 21:15

The roster of Russian team

Chichaikin Vladimir, guard. 182 cm (Khimki)
Verbitsky Eugeniy, forward. 196 cm (Khimki)
Dudu Bengamin, forward, 197 cm (Khimki)
Malykh Ilya, center, 191 cm (Khimki)
Moskin Artem, center, 200 cm (Khimki)
Uskov Artur, guard, 173 cm (Chekhov’s hawks)
Lukin Denis, guard, 180 cm (Trinta)
Voytyuk Eugeniy, forward, 197 cm (Saint-Petersburg)
Antipov Pavel, forward. 200 cm (CSK-VVS Samara)
Reznichenko Yaroslav, center, 196 cm (Ural-Great)
Strebkov Ivan, guard, 188 cm (CSKA)
Zharekhin Eugeniy, guard, 188 cm (Khimki)

Coaches:

Aleksey Vadeev – head coach
Mikhail Komissarov – coach
Aleksey Matunin, Vladimir Chernikov – fitness trainers
Denis Karaulnov – coach-scout