Valencia Basket begins its 12th consecutive participation in European competitions on Tuesday

30/09/2018

A week after two decades of Valencia Basket's first game in European competitions, the taronja squad will start next Tuesday against the LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (20:45h, Fonteta, Teledeporte) its 19th season participating in European competitions, the 12th consecutive in which the taronja team will play in Europe. And it will do so in a competition in which Valencia Basket is one of the absolute referents, the 7DAYS EuroCup.

 

Valencia Basket started its journey in Europe when it was still wearing white and since then there have been four participations in the Saporta Cup (between 1999 and 2002), four participations in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague (2003-04, 2010-11, 2014-15 and 2017-18) and 12 participations in the EuroCup (three of them with the name of ULEB Cup and the other nine, including the season 14-15 in the started in the Last 32 after falling from the Euroleague, with the name of Eurocup). In that time, Valencia Basket has played a total of 334 games in European competitions, with a balance of 227 victories, 106 defeats and a draw. Since starting to play in Europe, the taronja team has only missed their appointment with the international competition twice, in the seasons 2005-06 and 2006-07.

 


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