The first day of games at the Final Four will begin with qualification games between the reserve squads of eight Euroleague teams. The CSKA Reserves landed in the same group with the youth teams of the Greek Club AEK, the Slovenian club Olimpija and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The second group features the host of the event v the Spanish club Barcelona v the Lithuanian club Zalgiris, the Croatian club Cibona and the French club Pau Orthez.
CSKA Reserves- game schedule:
Friday, May 9
14.00 CET - CSKA Reserves vs. AEK (Greece)
Saturday, May 10
13.45 CET - CSKA Reserves vs. Olimpija (Slovenia)
20.15 CET - CSKA Reserves vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Group winners will move on to the final tournament, which will be held on May 11 at 17.00 CET.
CSKA Reserves Roster:
Forwards: Nikita Kurbanov (201cm, 1986), Alexander Fomin (203, 1986), Vasily Zavoruyev (198, 1987), Yegor Tkachenko (200, 1986), Nikita Shabalkin (203, 1986), Valery Likhodei (202, 1986)
Centers: Sergei Borodin (209, 1985), Dmitry Peresypkin (215, 1985)
Guards: Yevgeny Kolesnikov (193, 1985), Anton Ponkrashov (200, 1986), Alexander Anisimov (187, 1986), Yegor Vyaltsev (191, 1985)
Head Coach: Alexander Ponomarenko
Coaches: Andrei Shigin and Viktor Belash
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