BBL-Pokal: out for EWE Baskets Oldenburg

For the last finalist, EWE Baskets Oldenburg, the group stage of the BBL Cup is over. The German champions from 2009 suffered the second defeat in the second game against Basketball Löwen Braunschweig with the 88:97 (53:51). At the start, the Oldenburg team in Group A had already lost to Telekom Baskets Bonn (76:90).

The BG Göttingen, on the other hand, as the front runner in Group B, is the first team to advance to the Final Four in Munich, which has not yet been rescheduled after being relocated due to Corona. On Saturday evening, the team of coach Roel Moors won at Rasta Vechta 99:87 (62:38).

Defending champion Alba Berlin has not yet played a game in Group A. The meeting with the Bonners had to be canceled due to corona cases in the Berlin team. The game scheduled for Saturday between Syntainics MBC and medi Bayreuth and the game between Bonn and Braunschweig (Sunday) had to be canceled due to infections.

Brose Bamberg defeated s.Oliver Würzburg in Group C 89:68 (45:38) and thus clinched the second victory and thus has a good chance of winning the group. After two defeats each, the end of the group stage for the Giessen 46ers and Würzburg is already certain. In Group C, ratiopharm Ulm prevailed against the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg on Saturday evening with 92:72 (42:33) and thus kept his final four chance.

The winners of the four preliminary round groups play off the cup winners. The defending champion is Alba Berlin, who defeated Oldenburg in the final in February. In addition to Bonn, Ulm, Weißenfels and Vechta also host the group stage.

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