Today, starting at 12:00 PM, the draw for the qualification round and the first group stage of the Basketball Champions League (BCL) took place at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Qualification Tournaments
Heroes Den Bosch will compete in Qualification Tournament I (Champions Path), which, like the other two qualification tournaments, will be held from September 23 to 28. In the quarterfinals, Heroes will face Trepca from Kosovo. A potential semifinal will be against the winner of the quarterfinal between Bakken Bears (DEN) and BC Kutaisi 2010 (GEO). If Heroes progress to the final, they will play against Patrioti Levice (SVK), Patrolina AEK Larnaca (CYP), Kalev/Cramo (EST), or Rilski Sportist (BUL). The winner of the tournament will advance to the first group stage of the Basketball Champions League.

The detailed match schedule and the location of the tournaments will be announced later in July.

Regular Season
If Heroes qualifies for the first group stage of the main tournament, they will be placed in Group F with NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz (HUN), VEF Riga (LAT), and AEK betsson BC (GRE). The top team from each group will directly qualify for the second group stage, while the second and third-place teams will play in Play-in series to qualify for the Round of 16.
 

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