EuroChallenge 2011/12 Clubs Announced

FIBA Europe has announced the list of teams to participate in the 2011-12 EuroChallenge and the Eurocup Qualifying Round. The Draw for the Regular Season will take place in Barcelona, on July 7th, along with those of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and the Eurocup.

The EuroChallenge Regular Season line-up will feature 32 clubs. A total of 19 teams have already qualified directly and will be drawn into the Regular Season groups during the Barcelona event. Eight others will emerge following the Eurocup Qualifying Round which features 16 clubs. The eight winning teams from those two-game, head-to-head games will advance to the Eurocup Regular Season while the losing clubs will play in EuroChallenge.

The clubs which will enter the Barcelona Draw are:

- Eight (8) teams that will emerge from the Eurocup Qualifying Round

- Nineteen (19) teams that have qualified directly for the Regular Season:

Antwerp Giants (BEL)
Generali Okapi Aalstar (BEL)
Armia (GEO)
Keravnos (CYP)
BC Goverla (UKR)
Nizhny Novgorod (RUS)
BC Khimik Yuzhny (UKR)
Oline Erdine Basket (TUR)
BG Göttingen (GER)
Telekom Bonn (GER)
EWE Baskets Oldenburg (GER)
Pau-Orthez (FRA)
BK Bemaco SPU Nitra (SVK)
BK Pardubice (CZE)
Turk Telekom (TUR)
Chorale de Roanne (FRA)
U-Mobitel Cluj (ROU)
ZZ Leiden Basket (NED)
Fuenlabrada (ESP)

- Ten (10) teams will play in the Qualifying Round for the remaining five (5) spots in the Regular season:

Arkadia Traiskirchen (AUT)
Minsk 2006 (BLR)
Atomerömü (HUN)
Pyrintö Tampere (FIN)
BC Sokhumi (GEO)
Spartak Primorie (RUS)
Enisey Krasnoyask (RUS)
Szolnoki Olaj KK (HUN)
Krasnye Krylia (RUS)
Triumph Lyubertsy (RUS)

Pressemitteilung: FIBA Europe