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Panathinaikos vs Buducnost in Eighth-Final Play-Off
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| Zlatko Bolic (right, Red Star) and Jurij Zdovc (Union Olimpija) |
Qualification Round of the men's basketball Euroleague is completed. Buducnost from Podgorica beat host ASVEL in the last round match of the Group G and, as fourth-placed team, qualified into the eighth-finals, where Yugoslav champion will face Greek Panathinaikos. Red Star Belgrade, with a total of 14 defeats and only two wins, finished its competition in Euroleague this season.
Ljubljana, Slovenia, Febrauary 17 - Euroleague, Group F, last round
UNION OLIMPIJA Ljubljana (Slovenia) - RED STAR Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 59-47 (38-26)
"Tivoli" Hall in Ljubljana. Attendance: 4,000.
UNION OLIMPIJA: Golemac 8, Brezec 7, Zdovc 8, Milic 17, Jasikevicius 8, Milacic 2, Kotnik 5, Paravinja 4, Duscak and Modric.
RED STAR: Lukovski 9, Bolic 6, Radmanovic 6, Topalovic 12, Jestratijevic 9 (9 rebounds), Boskovic 3, Tica 1, Vujanic, Aleksic.
Final Standings in Group F
| Panathinaikos | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1246-1084 | 29 |
| Union Olimpija | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1201-1175 | 26 |
| Real Madrid | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1227-1187 | 26 |
| PAOK | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1140-1114 | 23 |
| Cholet | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1054-1186 | 19 |
| Red Star | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1034-1257 | 18 |
Villeurbanne, France, February 17 - Euroleague, Group G, last round
ASVEL (France) - BUDUCNOST Podgorica (Yugoslavia) 57-83 (27-35)
Hall in Villeurbanne. Attendance: 4,000.
ASVEL: Sonko 6, Larranaga 21, Sami 4, Pluvy, Percevaut 4, Seals 6, Blom 6, Maxsey 6, Lauvergne 2, Bilba 2.
BUDUCNOST: Scepanovic 14, Brkic 16, Radonjic 14, Vukcevic 2, Bulatovic 8, Tomasevic 19 (14 rebounds, 6 assists), Topic 7, Kuzmanovic 3.
Final Standings in Group G
| Maccabi | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1182-1050 | 28 |
| ASVEL | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1107-1056 | 27 |
| Olympiakos | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1117-1045 | 26 |
| Buducnost | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1164-1168 | 23 |
| Kaja San Fernando | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1068-1107 | 22 |
| EB PAU Orthez | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1078-1164 | 20 |
Eighth-final play-offs
Barcelona (Spain) - Ülker (Turkey)
CSKA (Russia) - Cibona (Croatia)
Winnington Group (Italy) - Benetton (Italy)
Efes Pilsen (Turkey) - ALBA (Germany)
Panathinaikos (Greece) - Buducnost (YUGOSLAVIA)
ASVEL (France) - Real (Spain)
Union Olimpija (Slovenia) - Olympiakos (Greece)
Maccabi (Israel) - PAOK (Greece)
First matches are scheduled to be played on February 29, the first-mentioned teams will be hosts. The second matches will be played on March 2 and the third matches (if necessary) on March 9.
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