Mariupol's "Azovmash" in Saint Petersburg lost its first game of the FIBA EuroCup in Group A to the local "Dynamo" with a score of 77:72. In the middle of the first part of the game, the vice-champions of Ukraine, through the efforts of Lishchuk and Long, even led in the score. Subsequently, the hosts seized the initiative and brought the game to victory. The top scorer for "Azovmash" was El-Amin, who scored 18 points. Serhiy Lishchuk had 17 points to his name. Long distinguished himself with 16 points and made 13 rebounds.
For "Dynamo," the biggest contribution to the victory was made by McCarthy, who scored 19 points.
It should be noted that "Dynamo" is the reigning winner of the FIBA EuroCup, which in the previous season was still called the FIBA EuroLeague. Then, in the match for first place, the Saint Petersburg team defeated the Ukrainian BC "Kyiv."
The capital's BC "Kyiv" started the FIBA EuroCup with a fairly convincing victory. At the Palace of Sports, Renato Pasquali's charges crushed the Latvian "Barons" with a score of 99:72. The Kyivans confidently took the lead from the first minutes of the game and did not let their opponents get closer than ten points. At the end of the game itself, only one question was on the agenda: would "Kyiv" be able to score 100 points? They could not; just one accurate shot was not enough. The most points for the Kyivans were scored by Greer - 15.
In the second round, "Azovmash" will host the Romanian "Ploiesti" in Mariupol, and BC "Kyiv" will travel to Germany to visit "Telekom." The matches will take place on the first of November.