Before the Draw started EB President Jordi Bertomeu announced that the Final Four of the next season will take place in Milan, Italy.
CSKA will play in Group A along with Barcelona, Fenerbahce-Ulker, Budivelnik, Partizan and Nanterre.
Andrey Vatutin, CSKA PBC President:
Hopefully, the next season will be even more interesting than a previous one, and our club works hard to play better. It was a good news that the Final Four will take place in Milan, beautiful city, beautiful country, Schengen zone which makes it easier for the fans to get there. I think three teams from our group are good enough to play in the Final Four. And I am happy to have well-known brands in our group.
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
We got into interesting group but we have to wait until the end of summer to evaluate the strength of the team, to see their finalized rosters. We have traditional clubs like Barcelona, Fenerbahce-Ulker, Partizan as well as Budivelnik and Nanterre who will be very enthusiastic in their first Euroleague season. We expect to play 10 difficult games, and we have to play responsible in all of this games to take away any risk of not qualifying to the Top 16.
