“VEF Rīga” will meet Athens AEK today at home in the third match of the International Basketball Federation Champions League group tournament.
The match at “Arena Riga” will start at 7 pm, broadcasting it live on the channel “TV3 Sport Open HD”.
So far, both teams have only suffered losses in the league. At the beginning of October, the people of Riga first gave in to Treviso’s “NutriBullet” with 85:91, but two weeks ago they lost Sombathea’s “Falco Vulcano” in their field with 74:80.
Meanwhile, AEK first conceded to the guests 78:83 “Falco Vulcano”, but then at home with 77:92 acknowledged the superiority of the Treviso cube.
For the time being, the third place in the group is occupied by Rigans, the fourth – by Athens basketball players.
In parallel with the starts in the Champions League “VEF Rīga” started the Latvian-Estonian league season with three victories, before the match with the Hungarian team with 92:95 he failed against “Parnu Sadam”, but then won three more games in a row, currently taking the second place in the league .
In the AEK Greek Championships, the victories alternate with losses, celebrating the success in the last two fights over Thessaloniki “Aris” with 64:63 and away with 65:59 over Nicosia “Ionikos”. With three victories in five games, AEK ranks fourth in the 13-team competition.
In the previous Greek championship, AEK won third place, but won the second place another season earlier, as well as won the Greek Cup. The Greeks have repeatedly won international club trophies, including winning the Champions League in 2017/2018, but entering the final two seasons later.
Last season in the Champions League, the Athenians, like the Riga club, did not overcome the barrier of the second group tournament. “Vefieši” ended the competition with a balance of 0-6, but AEK (3-3) was only behind the entry into the final.-
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