Eight contenders left for four BCL tickets with Darius Mc Ghee stealing the show

Four games where the winner takes a spot in the Basketball Champions League regular season will be held in Antalya this weeked

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Three games out of eight games were decided by one point and eight points was the biggest win margin in the four tournament’s semifinals of the Basketball Champions League qualifiers.

French club Cholet is among the teams with chances to make it to the regular season who failed, after losing to Petkim Spor (76-70), and also Morabanc Andorra is out after losing to Telekom Bonn Baskets (99-91) in what was the most highly anticipated game of those matchups.

It didn’t disappoint with Darius Mc Ghee putting on a show with 37 points for the winning side. Frank Bartley of PAOK with 27 points also had a big game against Oradea and his last big three (81-78) proved to be enough for a 81-80 win.

Tournament 1

Semifinals

Benfica – Rilski Sportist 89-88

Fribourg Olympics – Norrkoping Dolphins 80-79

FINAL

Benfica – Fribourg Olympics (21/9)

Tournament 2

Semifinals

ERA Nymburk – Trepca 84-78

Kalev/Cramo – Patrioti Levice 84-76

FINAL

ERA Nymburk – Kalev/Cramo (22/9)

Tournament 3

Semifinals

PAOK mateco – CSM Oradea 81-80

Cholet – Petkim Spor 70-76

FINAL

PAOK mateco – Petkim Spor (21/9)

Tournament 4

Semifinals

Telekom Baskets Bonn – MoraBanc Andorra 99-91

Dinamo Sassari – Juventus (20/9)

FINAL

Telekom Baskets Bonn – Dinamo Sassari 77-73

Photo credit: FIBA