Group A
Most of the games in this group were on Wednesday as Schio went to Slovakia and beat Good Angels Kosice 69-56. Villeneuve started and ended their game strong at home to beat Dynamo Kursk 78-70 despite a strong performance from Seimone Augustus. The day ended in Spain, where Fenerbahce came back late to beat Avenida 75-70. There was one game on Thursday, as Galatasaray went to Hungary and beat Sopron 76-60.
Good Angels Kosice vs. Famila Schio 56-69 GAK Oblak 12 Johnson 10 Langhorne 9/11r Hruscakova 8 Zirkova 6/6a SCH Yacoubou 13/6r Walker 12/15r Sottana 12 Anderson 11/7r Macchi 10 Masciadri 3 Ress 1/6r
ESBVA-LM vs. Dynamo Kursk 78-70 ESB Sacko 14/7r Amant 14 Gaye 13 Kaltsidou 12 Mahoney 9 KUR Augustus 25/7a Ogwumike 13/12r Jekabsone-Zogota 12 Osipova 11/7 Prince 5
Perfumerias Avenida vs. Fenerbahce 70-75 AVE Marginean 20 Rodriguez 14 Ndour 11/11r Dominguez 11/9a Vitola 6/7r Gidden 4 Liston 4 Gemelos 0 FEN Quigley 19/9r Coleman 15 Kobryn 10/7r Verameyenka 10 Cakir 8 Lavender 7/13r Hollingsworth 0 Canitez 0
Uniqa Sopron vs. Galatasaray 60-76 SOP Crvendakic 12/8r Krnjic 10/6r GAL Dubljevic 19/6r Yilmaz 17 Loyd 16 Caglar 14
Standings:
- Famila Schio 4-1
- Fenerbahce 4-1
- Dynamo Kursk 3-2
- Galatasaray 3-2
- ESBVA-LM 2-3
- Good Angels Kosice 2-3
- Perfumerias Avenida 1-4
- Uniqa Sopron 1-4
Group B
This group started play on Tuesday in Belgium as defending champions USK Praha beat hosts Castors Braine 73-49. Sonja Petrovic is clearly back to her best as she led the way with some help from Kia Vaughn. On Wednesday, Nadezhda took a big lead in the first half at home in Orenburg and beat Abdullah Gul University 68-61 with DeWanna Bonner helping offset a big performance from LaToya Sanders. On Thursday, Wisla Krakow looked overmatched at home again, but came back in the fourth quarter to stun Bourges and pick up their first win 66-64 behind Yvonne Turner. The week closed in Girona, where the hosts put up a fight against powerhouse UMMC Ekaterinburg, but could not overcome a tremendous solo effort from Diana Taurasi, who kept her team undefeated in a 76-71 final.
Castors Braine vs. ZVVZ USK Praha 49-73 CAS Wauters 13 Trahan-Davis 10 Hodges 7 Spencer 2 Mestdagh 0 USK Petrovic 29 Vaughn 16/11r Burgrova 6 Robinson 6 Xargay 2
Nadezhda vs. AGU Spor 68-61 NAD Bonner 21/13r Robinson 15/10r Kirillova 12 McBride 10 Cruz 4 AGU Sanders 27/9r McCarville 11 Mazic 8 Johnson 2/7a
Wisla Can Pack vs. Tango Bourges 66-64 WIS Turner 25 Peters 12/9r BOU Hodges 15 Leedham 11 Dumerc 8 Page 7/6r Tchatchouang 0
Spar Citylift Girona vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg 71-76 GIR Gray 20 Coulibaly 18/12r Spanou 11/11r Mieloszynska-Swolak 3 EKA Taurasi 36/7r Toliver 10 Gruda 8/6r Lyttle 6 Griner 4/7r Baric 2/6a
Standings:
- UMMC Ekaterinburg 5-0
- Nadezhda 4-1
- ZVVZ USK Praha 3-2
- AGU Spor 3-2
- Castors Braine 2-3
- Bourges 1-4
- Spar Citylift Girona 1-4
- Wisla Can-Pack 1-4
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