Games started in the regular season this week with the old home and away format returning. The top two teams in each group will advance along with four of the six third place teams from the two conferences as Groups A through F are considered the eastern conference and Groups G through L are considered the western conference.
Group A:
October 17, 2021
Both games in this group were on Thursday, starting with fantastic games from Kalani Brown and Aaryn Ellenberg-Wiley to lead Hatay past Enisey 100-76. Panathinaikos was looking to make a splash after an impressive league championship last season and Angeliki Vintsilaiou had a good game in their opener, but Polkowice left with a 67-64 win.
Hatay vs. Enisey 100-76 HAT Brown 37/7r Ellenberg-Wiley 30 Caglar 15/12r/8a Akbas 10/7a ENI Vanloo 15 Kornienko 13/8r Jones 7/7r Nared 6
Panathinaikos vs. Polkowice 64-67 PAO Vinsilaiou 20 Reed 17/8r Holmes 12 Stach 7 POL Mavunga 15/12r Gertchen 12 Spanou 10/9r Cado 10 Fitzgerald 5
Group B:
This group began play on Wednesday with one game as Aari McDonald had a big game for Gyor, but they lost to Elazig 74-67. After their ambitions were not met last season, Prometey showcased a strong team on Thursday with Ariel Atkins leading them past Brianna Fraser and Sepsi 86-64.
October 16, 2021
Elazig vs. Gyor 74-67 BEOI Pulliam 19/10r Morgan 19 Razheva 13/11r Yalcinkaya 4 GYOR McDonald 27 Weninger 10 Oroszova 7/6r Markovic 6/11r
October 17, 2021
Prometey vs. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 86-64 PROM Atkins 26 Dubrovina 16/9a Babic 14/6a Liubinets 10/6r SSIC Fraser 24/7r Wallace 14 Bas 12/13r
Group C:
October 17, 2021
Both games in this group were played on Thursday, including a battle of Polish teams that saw Martina Fassina lead Lublin past Courtney Hurt and Gorzow 79-59. Since Cukurova started announcing their signings, there was a lot of anticipation about how strong they could be. They do not have everyone yet, but Shavonte Zellous paced them in their opening 78-55 win in Minsk against Horizont.
Lublin vs. Gorzow 79-59 UMCS Fassina 22 Mack 15/10r Smalls 14/8r Stanacev 11/8a Jakubcova 9/6r GORZ Hurt 24/6r Hristova 15/8a Tikhonenko 10/6r Johnson 3 Jones 2
Horizont Minsk vs. Cukurova 55-78 HORI Verameyenka 13/12r Inkina 11 Webb 9 Carvalho 4/7r CBK Zellous 30 Anigwe 15/15r Hayes 11 Turner 9 Hollingsworth 2/8r
Group D:
This group began with a good game on Wednesday after Ramla worked on correcting roster construction issues last season and rolled out a strong roster that is legal both here and in domestic league play. It worked as designed with Kelsey Mitchell and Emma Cannon leading the way, but Nora Wentzel and PEAC still got the 90-83 win at home. The two Turkish teams squared off on Thursday with Nesibe easing past Brooque Williams and Kayseri 84-57.
October 16, 2021
PEAC vs. Elitzur Ramla 90-83 PEAC Wentzel 23 Nelson 18/6r Dudasova 18 Kiss 13/10r Marshall 1/6r RML Mitchell 26 Cannon 20/8r Baron 19/7r Johnson 8/6r Hannoun 5
October 17, 2021
Nesibe vs. Kayseri 84-57 NESI Eldas 17 Coates 16/8r Nacickaite 16 Snytsina 15 Thomas 4/6a KYSR Williams 26 Dean 9
Group E:
The first regular season game was in this group on Wednesday and after a surprising result to end last season, there were questions about how Olympiacos would look this campaign and it started fantastically with a 103-68 pasting of Bydgoszcz. On Thursday, Crvena zvezda, commonly known as Red Star in English language use, hosted a Nadezhda Orenburg team with more tradition in continental play and played well, but the visitors left with a 92-76 win behind Markeisha Gatling and Adaora Elonu.
October 16, 2021
Olympiacos vs. Bydgoszcz 103-68 OLY Stamolamprou 19/7a Hamblin 16/9r Tolefree 16 Cooper 12 Vitola 11 Nikolopolou 10/6a BDG Fontaine 14 Alleyne 13 Michalek 10 Houser 2
October 17, 2021
Crvenza zvezda vs. Nadezhda 86-92 KKZCZ Jankovic 17/6r Miseljic 16 Naumcev 16 Katanic 13/7r Schwagmeyer 10 Elliot 6 NAD Gatling 26/9r Elonu 23 Zhedik 19 Medvedeva 10 Namok 10/7a
Group F:
This group started with a battle of Hungarian clubs on Wednesday and Cheridene Green helped DVTK completely control the fourth quarter to leave Csata with a 67-52 win. On Thursday, Orman only brought eight players to Syktyvkar, but Danielle Robinson led them past Raisa Musina and Nika 76-74 despite a close shave late.
October 16, 2021
Csata vs. DVTK 52-67 CSATA Hegedus 13/9r Zele 10 Carey 7 DVTK Green 33 Bogicevic 11 Aho 0/6a
October 17, 2021
Nika Syktyvkar vs. Orman 74-76 NIKA Musina 21/10r Psareva 18 Cherepanova 13/11r ORMAN Robinson 26/6a McCowan 17/9r Uzun 12 Lucet 6/6r
Group G:
The last game of Wednesday was in this group and Bourges left Tenerife with an 80-79 win despite the best efforts of Kaela Davis. On Thursday, the trio of Marielle Giroud, Abigail Fogg, and Aleksandra Kroselj helped Fribourg start fast on their way to a 100-81 win over Jessica Shepard, Maggie Lucas, and Dinamo Sassari.
October 16, 2021
Tenerife vs. Bourges 79-80 TFE Davis 20/6r Pina 17 Ferrari 17 Tikvic 12/8r Bailey 0 TBB Duchet 19 Yacoubou 14/7r Rupert 8 Miyem 7 Mann 4
October 17, 2021
Fribourg vs. Dinamo Sassari 100-81 ELFIC Giroud 31/12r Fogg 22/6r Kroselj 21/7a Devos 8/8r DSS Shepard 28/14r Lucas 20 Orazzo 10/7r Arioli 10
Group H:
This group may be one of the tougher ones ever assembled and it started on Wednesday with the two French teams squaring off and Roche had the early edge with a 68-64 win over Charleville. Thursday was supposed to be a big opportunity for Virtus Bologna to announce themselves ready for this level of competition and Myisha Hines-Allen had a good game, but they fell to visiting Gernika 65-60.
October 16, 2021
Roche vs. Charleville 68-64 RVBC Kone 17 Suarez 13/7a Clarke 12 Bankole 11/12r Mosqueda-Lewis 7 FCB Coffey 17 Berkani 12 Akhator 9/7r Fiebich 8
October 17, 2021
Virtus Bologna vs. Gernika 60-65 VIRT Hines-Allen 20/10r Dojkic 19 Zandalasini 14 Laterza 1 LOIN Roundtree 14 Moore 12/10r Silva 12 Arrojo 10/9r
Group I:
October 17, 2021
Both games in this group were on Thursday and Valencia looked sluggish in Mechelen, but recovered to leave with a 67-59 win. Also in Belgium, Ensino edged Namur 57-48.
Mechelen vs. Valencia 59-67 KBME Be. Massey 18/8r Resimont 12 VAL Salvadores 13 Allen 12/6r Trahan-Davis 9 Carrera 8 Romero 6 Gulich 4
Namur vs. Ensino 48-57 BNC Zempare 15/9r Range 12 Nawezhi-Bende 4 DME Lizarazu 14 Silva 12/9r Oma 10 White 5/7r Van Den Adel 4/7r
Group J:
October 16, 2021
Both games in this group were on Wednesday, starting with Ruzomberok coming back to beat Liege 72-69. Lyon looked like they were finally going to be the team that they were designed to be in Madrid, but Laura Quevedo fired Estudiantes to a dramatic 70-67 comeback win.
Ruzomberok vs. Liege 72-69 MBKRK Prazenicova 18 Turudic 14/12r/6a Bura 13/9r Grays 7 Tarnachowicz 0 LIEGE Brewer 19/9r Rotberg 17/7r Descamps 12 Leblon 10
Estudiantes vs. Lyon 70-67 MOV Quevedo 28/6r Fingall 11/13r Carter 10/7r LYON Chartereau 18 Crvendakic 18 Johannes 13 Chevaugeon 13 Allemand 3 Raincock-Ekunwe 2 Jocyte 0
Group K:
October 17, 2021
Both games in this group were on Thursday, starting with Braine leaving Brno with a 75-58 win. London Lions were without the player that led them in the qualifiers so it was Kennedy Leonard who stepped up as they completed a comeback for an 81-78 win over a Keltern team that cannot field its full domestic roster in this competition.
Brno vs. Braine 58-75 ZAB Zaplatova 19 Holmes 7/6r CAS Konig 16/8a Dornstauder 14/9r Lisowa Mbaka 14/6r Hamilton-Carter 10 Lindstrom 8/10r Berezhynska 6/9r/8a
Keltern vs. London Lions 78-81 RUTR Skobel 16/7r Kiss-Rusk 14 Richardson 12/9r Higgs 12 Mandic 11 LDN Leonard 21/6a Breen 19 Norton 19 Leedham 11/9r Stewart 7 Robinson-Miller 2 Umeh 2 Charles 0
Group L:
This group started on Wednesday with a tight game that saw Tarbes get past KP Brno 55-49. Thursday’s last game was in this group in Iceland as Villeneuve breezed past Haukar 84-41.
October 16, 2021
KP Brno vs. Tarbes 49-55 KPB Kopecka 12 Kucowski 8/12r Fadrhonsova 0 TGB Wojta 15/12r Samson 11 Quinones 8/7r
October 17, 2021
Haukar vs. Villeneuve 41-84 HAUK Sverrisdottir 13/13r Henningsdottir 6 Palmer 2 VDA Diaby 17/9r Gomis 15/6s Ygueravide 13/8a Harmon 13 Anderson 2/6r/7a