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The duel of both teams will start at 7.30 pm, it will be broadcast live on the channel “TV6”.
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“VEF Rīga” “Pafbet” has not lost in seven matches in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League (LIBL) this season, the court has had all the matches against the Latvian teams.
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On October 28, the Rigans played their first match of this season in the Champions League against the French club “Strasbourg”. “VEF Rīga” lost (75:77) at the very end of the match, while “Peristeri” in their first Champions League duel with 106: 88 defeated the Lithuanian team “Vilnius” Rytas.
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In the Greek championship, the team has played only three matches, two of which have won. This performance ranks the team in third place among 12 clubs. The only loss was in the last game against Athens AEK (62:66), which participated in the final of the 2019/20 season of this tournament at the turn of September and October, experiencing a loss.
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The two teams also met in this tournament last season. In the first match in Riga, “Peristeri” won with 71:64, but in the answer game, the Rigans gave up with 83:91.
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Steven Gray showed an impressive performance against Rytas in the Greek team, standing out with 39 points, seven assists and earning 47 efficiency points. In the first match of the Riga team, Kristers Zoriks was the leader with 17 points and four rebounds.
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In addition to “VEF Rīga”, the already mentioned “Peristeri”, “Rytas” and “Strasbourg” play in group E. After one round of games with one victory, the Greek and French teams lead.
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Last season, “VEF Rīga” made its debut in the FIBA Champions League, in group C with one success in 14 games in the last place, while “Peristeri” in the same group in the fourth place.
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“VEF Rīga” participated in the Old Continent club tournaments for the last time in the 2014/2015 season, when it played in the ULEB Eurocup.
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The elimination tournament will be achieved by the two best teams from each subgroup.
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The fifth season of the Champions League tournament is taking place, and previously only “Ventspils” team from Latvia have participated in this competition. In the first year, Ventspils entered the first round of the playoffs, ranking fifth and sixth in the group for the next two seasons and continuing the fight in the FIBA European Cup.
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Also this year, competitions were planned in four groups of eight teams, the best four of which will advance to the next round, but the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the organizers to decide to cut the groups in half.
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The 2019/2020 season due to Covid-19 was completed only at the end of September – beginning of October, when the winner of the competition “bubble” in Athens was Burgos “San Pablo”, which played 85:74 in the final with the host AEK.
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Artis Ate, Arnolds Helmanis, Verners Kohs, Emīls Krūmiņš, Pēteris Salmiņš, Aigars Šķēle, Mārcis Vītols and Kristers Zoriks, American basketball players Kails Almans, Maikls Kaisers and Aizeja Kaisers have also entered the FIBA Champions League Madsens.
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The team is led by head coach Jānis Gailītis, assisted by Jevgenijs Kosuškins and Dāvis Čoders, as well as physical training coach Oskars Ernšteins.
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