Overview

• Tip-off is at 20:00 in Berlin’s Uber Arena for Alba’s first game in the FIBA competition.
• The squad underwent sweeping changes over the summer with roughly 13 departures and eight arrivals.
• Playmaker Martin Hermannsson voices confidence in a deep run, while Calles rejects early title talk and emphasizes a rebuild.
• Elan Chalon enters on the back of a 104–99 win at Euroleague finalist AS Monaco, powered by Zac Cuthbertson’s 24 points and 12 rebounds, a player Calles coached in Hamburg.
• Group B also features BC Sabah of Azerbaijan and ERA Nymburk of the Czech Republic in a tournament long led by Spanish ACB teams.