Valencia Basket plays the Euroleague by invitation

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The taronja team and Partizan Belgrade will occupy the places of the Russian teams in the coming season

Valencia Basket returns to the continental elite. Finally, the taronja team and Partizan Belgrade will play by invitation in the Euroleague next season, in the places of the two Russian teams. It is the first time the Fonteta club has entered this competition thanks to a ‘wild card’, as they have qualified directly for their on-track results on previous occasions.

CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg are excluded from continental competition. “Valencia Basket will be one of 18 teams participating in the 2022-23 edition of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague after this morning’s ECA Shareholders’ Meeting awarded her a Wild Card for a campaign to participate as an associate club in the maximum continental competition . It will be Valencia Basket’s seventh participation in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, the fourth in the last six editions. This morning’s meeting approved the suspension of the right to participate of the teams of the Russian Federation in this competition for the next season. This decision left the list of participating teams for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague at 16: ALBA Berlin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, AX Armani Exchange Milan, FC Barcelona, ​​​​​​FC Bayern Munich, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne , Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens, Real Madrid and Zalgiris Kaunas as teams with licensing contracts, AS Monaco after achieving permanence after securing their place in the 7DAYS EuroCup 2020-21, Virtus Segafredo Bologna as champion of the 7DAYS EuroCup 2021-22 and Crvena Zvezda MTS Belgrade as Adriatic League champions 2021-22. In order to fill the two vacancies and complete the list of 18 participating teams, the ECA shareholders’ board has decided to award two Wild Cards to Partizan NIS Belgrade and Valencia Basket for the 2022-23 season,” the statement said. taronja team.

This is an invitation for a season. As noted by La Fonteta, the leaders of the Euroleague have appreciated the solidity of the taronja project and its sporting achievements in the Eurocup with the following argument: «Valencia Basket is the strongest candidate in the EuroCup having won this competition four times and participated in the EuroLeague seven times. In addition, they have already started construction on a new pavilion that will be operational in 2024.

Source: La Verdad

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