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[QUOTE="awhom111, post: 4185384, member: 8683"]
That's not quite true for France and Spain.  Both countries award EuroLeague spot 1 to their champion, but give EuroLeague spot 2 to their cup winner.  This season, both had EuroLeague spot 3s, but those teams had to go through the qualifiers so Spanish runners up Valencia failed to qualify and Bourges, which had taken the top spot in the regular season in France by three games in a twenty-two game season, also missed out with Italian runners up Schio navigating that set of three tough games.  A lot of fans in those countries no longer want those places awarded for cup wins, which is not how the other countries who have gotten three spots have handled it since Russia's cup competition only allows teams to play their Russian players and Turkey did not even bother with a cup last season.

Yes, that leads to weird naming conventions for the EuroCup.  Right now we are in the middle of the Round of 8, but that is followed by the quarterfinals once four EuroLeague teams are added.
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