ANKARA
Europe's most prestigious club-level basketball tournament, the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, ended its ninth round Friday night.
Turkish team Fenerbahce Ulker defeated Catalan giants Barcelona 91-89 in the Group C match in Spain. This was the first defeat of the group leaders, Barcelona, at the group stage.
Meanwhile, other Turkish clubs Anadolu Efes and Galatasaray Liv Hospital lost their games each.
Playing in Group A, Anadolu Efes, who were guaranteed to advance to Top 16 before this round, secured their runners-up place in the group despite losing to Russian team Nizhny Novgorod 65-61.
In the meantime, Galatasaray Liv Hospital are risking their chance to qualify for the next stage after losing to Lithunian team, Neptunas Klaipeda.
Neptunas won the Group D game at home by a-10-point margin, 82-72.
- Group A
Results and standings are as follows:
Unics Kazan 73-60 Zalgiris Kaunas
Anadolu Efes 61-65 Nizhny Novgorod
Dinamo Sassari 58-83 Real Madrid
| Teams |
P |
W |
L |
POINTS + |
POINTS - |
+/- |
| 1.Real Madrid |
9 |
7 |
2 |
783 |
705 |
78 |
| 2.Anadolu Efes |
9 |
6 |
3 |
653 |
606 |
47 |
| 3.Unics Kazan |
9 |
5 |
4 |
677 |
643 |
34 |
| 4.Zalgiris Kaunas |
9 |
4 |
5 |
634 |
630 |
4 |
| 5.Nizhny Novgorod |
9 |
4 |
5 |
686 |
749 |
-63 |
| 6.Dinamo Sassari |
9 |
1 |
8 |
679 |
779 |
-100 |
- Group B
Results and standings are as follows:
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 67-64 ALBA Berlin
Limoges CSP 95-89 Unicaja Malaga
CSKA Moscow 97-79 Cedevita Zagreb
| Teams |
P |
W |
L |
POINTS + |
POINTS - |
+/- |
| 1.CSKA Moscow |
9 |
9 |
0 |
792 |
662 |
130 |
| 2.Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv |
9 |
6 |
3 |
716 |
710 |
6 |
| 3.Unicaja Malaga |
9 |
4 |
5 |
690 |
676 |
14 |
| 4.ALBA Berlin |
9 |
4 |
5 |
695 |
721 |
-26 |
| 5.Cedevita Zagreb |
9 |
2 |
7 |
670 |
722 |
-52 |
| 6.Limoges CSP |
9 |
2 |
7 |
646 |
718 |
-72 |
- Group C
Results and standings are as follows:
Bayern Munich 95-89 PGE Turow
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 66-64 Panathinaikos
Barcelona 89-91 Fenerbahce Ulker
| Teams |
P |
W |
L |
POINTS + |
POINTS - |
+/- |
| 1.Barcelona |
9 |
8 |
1 |
781 |
671 |
110 |
| 2.Fenerbahce Ulker |
9 |
7 |
2 |
756 |
706 |
50 |
| 3.Panathinaikos |
9 |
5 |
4 |
701 |
663 |
38 |
| 4.EA7 Emporio Armani Milan |
9 |
4 |
5 |
674 |
699 |
-25 |
| 5.Bayern Munich |
9 |
2 |
7 |
725 |
779 |
-54 |
| 6.PGE Turow |
9 |
1 |
8 |
677 |
796 |
-119 |
- Group D
Results and standings are as follows:
Neptunas Klaipeda 82-72 Galatasaray Liv Hospital
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria 93-89 Valencia Basket
Olympiakos 64-59 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade
| Teams |
P |
W |
L |
POINTS + |
POINTS - |
+/- |
| 1.Olympiakos |
9 |
8 |
1 |
674 |
632 |
42 |
| 2.Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade |
9 |
5 |
4 |
694 |
646 |
48 |
| 3.Laboral Kutxa Vitoria |
9 |
5 |
4 |
721 |
708 |
13 |
| 4.Neptunas Klaipeda |
9 |
4 |
5 |
698 |
754 |
-56 |
| 5.Galatasaray Liv Hospital |
9 |
3 |
6 |
724 |
744 |
-20 |
| 6.Valencia Basket |
9 |
2 |
7 |
5672 |
699 |
-27 |
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