BC Khimki to play in Euroleague Group A 9 july 2015
2015/2016 Turkish Airlines Euroleague regular season draw ceremony took place in Barcelona today. BC Khimki got to play in group A with Real Madrid (Spain), Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey), Crvena Zevzda Telekom Belgrade (Serbia), FC Bayern Munich (Germany) and Strasbourg IG (France).
2015-16 Euroleague Basketball draw results
Group A: Real Madrid (Spain), Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey), BC Khimki Moscow Region (Russia), Crvena Zevzda Telekom Belgrade (Serbia), FC Bayern Munich (Germany), Strasbourg IG (France)
Group B: Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece), Anadolu Efes Istanbul (Turkey), Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (Spain), EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (Italy) Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia), Limoges CSP (France)
Group C: FC Barcelona (Spain), Panathinaikos Athens (Greece), Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar (Russia), Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania), Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir (Turkey), Stelmet Zielona Gora (Poland)
Group D: CSKA Moscow (Russia), Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (Israel), Unicaja Malaga (Spain), Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany), Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul (Turkey), Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Italy)
Pavel Astakhov, BC Khimki Moscow Region CEO:
"The Euroleague is a competition in which there are no weak teams, but our club is in perhaps the most powerful group. We will meet the Euroleague champion, another Final Four participant and the other teams that show the highest level of basketball and are in the leading positions in their leagues. We have no time to spare, already from the start of the Euroleague, we have to turn it on and play our best. I think we can handle this and go to the next round".
Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki Moscow Region head coach:
“We got one of the biggest groups and the need to get used to the idea. It is not clear how the team will look for the start of the season, we are in the process of acquiring players. In the Euroleague there are no easy opponents. The road games at Crvena Zvezda and Bayern will be an important factor, their gyms are always crowded and the teams play with double energy. Perhaps they do not have great achievements, but they're strong teams against which it will be difficult. Real and Fenerbahce need no introduction. We will fight and we'll see how things turn out in the end."
Group A: Real Madrid (Spain), Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey), BC Khimki Moscow Region (Russia), Crvena Zevzda Telekom Belgrade (Serbia), FC Bayern Munich (Germany), Strasbourg IG (France)
Group B: Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece), Anadolu Efes Istanbul (Turkey), Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (Spain), EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (Italy) Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia), Limoges CSP (France)
Group C: FC Barcelona (Spain), Panathinaikos Athens (Greece), Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar (Russia), Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania), Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir (Turkey), Stelmet Zielona Gora (Poland)
Group D: CSKA Moscow (Russia), Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (Israel), Unicaja Malaga (Spain), Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany), Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul (Turkey), Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Italy)
Pavel Astakhov, BC Khimki Moscow Region CEO:
"The Euroleague is a competition in which there are no weak teams, but our club is in perhaps the most powerful group. We will meet the Euroleague champion, another Final Four participant and the other teams that show the highest level of basketball and are in the leading positions in their leagues. We have no time to spare, already from the start of the Euroleague, we have to turn it on and play our best. I think we can handle this and go to the next round".
Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki Moscow Region head coach:
“We got one of the biggest groups and the need to get used to the idea. It is not clear how the team will look for the start of the season, we are in the process of acquiring players. In the Euroleague there are no easy opponents. The road games at Crvena Zvezda and Bayern will be an important factor, their gyms are always crowded and the teams play with double energy. Perhaps they do not have great achievements, but they're strong teams against which it will be difficult. Real and Fenerbahce need no introduction. We will fight and we'll see how things turn out in the end."
