BC "Nizhny Novgorod" decided opponents Eurocup

In Barcelona today the draw of the first stage of the Europe Cup"Our team got in group "F". Opponents of Nizhny Novgorod in the group were: "Alba" (Hungary), PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece), Buducnost (Montenegro), "TED Ankara (Turkey) and "Khimik" (Ukraine).

Alexander Khairetdinov/General Director of BC "NN"

According to the draw our group cannot be called "group of death". All worthy rivals, but Nizhny Novgorod capable of playing with them on equal terms and win. There are already well-known bands as a "Khimik" from the city of the Yuzhny, which not long ago we met in the framework of the challenge Cup. I hope our players, despite the debut will be able to demonstrate their best qualities during the group stage and Nizhniy Novgorod will get into the next round.

Zoran Lukic/ head coach of BC "NN"

Very good group on paper, from the point of view of future prospects, however, in this case lies a lot of dangers. First of all, all clubs of equal forces, so it is very difficult to predict further developments. Guess that will have a large number unpredictable results, although some features can be predicted already now. With the club "Buducnost" from Montenegro is extremely difficult to fight in games on the road, because this command very cool maintain their own fans. The same thing can be said Greek PAOK and Turkish "Ankara". And especially I would like to focus attention on the Greek club. There is an opinion that the representatives of Greece, only two powerful team is Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. Now, it should be noted that many other Greek clubs already have a long history of playing in European competition. PAOK one of them, so this team has a behind the necessary experience, which we have unfortunately not yet. We should not ignore the Ukrainian Khimik, by virtue of which BC "Nizhny Novgorod" praised in the drawing Eurochallenge Cup. With regard to the Hungarian Alba, after the previous seasons is not necessary to explain, what is the danger of underestimation of the clubs of the European state. Besides, "Alba"visited in the last national championship, our old friends from "Szolnok" and "Atomeromu", so all of your meeting needs to be approached with maximum concentration and attitude. Only when such components basketball players of "NN" can count on the output of the group.