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The leaders of the European Cup announced on Thursday that the vacancy for 2020-2021. It will be occupied by Bar Mornar Club in the season.
Mornar will replace Rishon’s Maccabi team, which voluntarily withdrew from the tournament due to a coronavirus pandemic and potential financial problems.
Last season, the Montenegrin club competed in the FIBA Champions League. In Group C, where the clubs Nymburk ERA, Iberostar from Tenerife, Nizhny Novgorod from Nizhny Novgorod, Peristeri from Athens, Brose from Bamberg, Gaziantep from Gaziantep and VEF from Riga played, Mornar achieved 4 wins and suffered 10 losses and ranked seventh place in the group of 8 teams and did not make the playoffs.
Utena’s Juventus club also expressed their desire to play, but yesterday the Lithuanian team confirmed that they did not receive the right to compete in this tournament due to a stadium that did not meet the standards.
The Topolica stadium, where Bornar plays home games, has a capacity of 2,625 people, while the Utena sports and entertainment stadium has a capacity of 1,700 people.
The Montenegrin team reached Group B of the European Cup, where they will compete with Budgčnost in Podgorica, Metropolitans in Paris, Germani in Brescia, Ratiopharm in Ulm and Unicaja in Malaga.
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