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Photo: Imago Images – Scanpix
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Zenit St. Petersburg’s ranking among the eight strongest in the Euroleague answered one of the questions about the teams that will participate in the tournament next season.
The Russians, who won the decisive duel, left Valencia Basket not only in ninth place and behind the playoffs, but also eliminated from 2021-2022. It is now clear that it has paved the way for a new entrant, Monaco Basket, who were the first to reach the final of the European Cup.
“Hello Euroleague,” the Monaco club wrote in French on Twitter on Monday evening.
Another European Cup finalist will enter the Euroleague next season: in the semi-final pair between Bologna “Virtus” and Kazan UNIKS – 1-1 equality. The deadly showdown will take place in Bologna on Wednesday.
The Valencian team in the Euroleague played as champion of the European Cup, which they won by triumphing in 2018-2019. station.
This year, if the Spanish club made it to the top eight in the Euroleague, the team would have saved a spot to fight the European elite next year as well, and only the winners would have won the European Cup.
The Monaco club reached the final of the European Cup in the quarterfinals by 2-1, beating Budučnost from Podgorica, and in the semifinals by 2-0, beating Gran Canaria from Las Palmas, represented by Tomas Dimša.
Monaco only entered the elite French league in 2015: after 2012-2013. The season rose from the fourth division of the country, after 2013-2014. – from the third, and after 2014-2015. – from the second.
The highest position reached on the local front is second. 2016-2017 The Monaco team won bronze in the FIBA Champions League and in 2017-2018. – silver.
Chimki, the Moscow region that has suffered a total decline, will not remain in the Euroleague next season. The latter and Belgrade’s Crvena Zvezda played under the rights of the VTB United League and Adriatic Championships, respectively, but due to the change in the order of the Euroleague, there are no more places for the national champions in the tournament.
The two remaining positions in 2021-2022. the list of participants will be completed by issuing nominal invitations. In addition to the guaranteed place in the Euroleague, Zenit and Crvena Zvezda (10-24), who took the penultimate place in the playoffs, took the last 17th position.
2021-2022 Participants of the Euroleague season:
| Moscow CSKA | Long-term license |
| Madrido “Real” | Long-term license |
| “Barcelona” | Long-term license |
| Vitoria-Baskonia | Long-term license |
| Tel Avivo „Maccabi“ | Long-term license |
| Istanbul Fenerbach | Long-term license |
| Istanbul Anadolu Efes | Long-term license |
| Milano „Armani Exchange“ | Long-term license |
| Athens Panathinaikos | Long-term license |
| Piraeus Olympiacos | Long-term license |
| Kaunas “Žalgiris” | Long-term license |
| Miuncheno “Bayern” | Long-term license |
| Vilerbano ASVEL | Long-term license |
| Berlin ALBA | Two year contract |
| Monaco “Basket” | European Cup Finalist |
| “Virtus” or UNIKS | European Cup Finalist |
| ? | Named invitation |
| ? | Named invitation |
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