Qualifiers Euroleague will be held in Vilnius

Qualifiers Euroleague will be held in Vilnius

If for any state, or city can be said that the capital of basketball, it's without doubt Lithuania and Vilnius.

It Vilnius will host this year's Euroleague qualifying tournament. The tournament will be held in October, and it will get even one passenger in the group stage of the competition, among the 24 best teams.

Qualifiers will be held in the Siemens Arena, which seats 11,000 spectators. This is the second time that the tournament is held in Vilnius, and the matches will be played from the first to the fourth of October.

Siemens Arena hosts Lietuvos Rytas to the home to try to win placement in the Euroleague. Besides Lietuvos the tournament will play VARs, Oldenburg, VEF Riga, Khimki, Oostende, Nymburk and Banvit.

The complete tournament schedule:

Tuesday, 1 October:

18:00 - Cimberio Varese - EWE Baskets Oldenburg

20:30 - Lietuvos Rytas - VEF Riga

Wednesday, 2 October:

18:00 - Khimki Moscow Region - Telenet Ostend

20:30 - CEZ Basketball Nymburk - Banvit Bandirma

Thursday, the 3rd October:

18:00 Winners of the first day

20:30 The winners of the second day

Friday 4 October

20:30 Finale