CSM Corona Brașov, duels against the champion of Ukraine in the Preliminarii Fiba Europe Cup »yellow-blue could reach the group with CSM Oradea

At the end of the previous edition, CSM Corona Brașov twice defeated FC Argeș Basketball and ended the 2024-2025 season in the 5th position in the championship. As a result, The yellow-blue ones obtained the right to play in the Fiba Europe Cup, where Romania is also represented by CSM CSU Oradea and CS Vâlcea 1924.

Both matches between CSM Corona Brașov and BC Dnipro will take place in Brasov

After, last weekend, Brașov hosted the Romanian Super Cup, awarded by U-BT Cluj-Napoca in front of CSO Voluntari, score 80-75the time has come for the Corona players to enter the Prosecutor's Office “Dumitru Popescu Colibași” for the first official games.

This summer, the Brasovians made several changes, including on the technical bank, where Ionuț Bâscoveanu was replaced with Florin Nini. With a different lot from the one in the previous season, CSM Corona Brașov will try to cross BC Dnipro to qualify in the Fiba Europe Cup groups.

In view of the current situation in Ukraine, both matches will be played in Brasov, The first being Wednesday, September 24, at 6:00 pm, and the second taking place on Saturday, September 27, at 7pm.

If it will be imposed in front of Ukraine's champion, CSM Corona Brașov will reach Group C, next to Aliaga PetkimSpor (Turkey), Aek Larnaca (Cyprus) and CSM Oradea, vice -champion. Therefore, there is the chance of a Romanian duel in the groups of the fourth continental basketball competition.

The other representative of our country in Fiba Europe Cup E CS Vâlcea 1924, who will play in Group G, having as opponents on Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), Dinamo Sassari (Italy) and the winner of the confrontation between Rasta Vechta (Germany) and BC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgaria).

Corona Brașov lot for season 2025-2025

1. David Lăpuște

2. Mihai Măciucă

3. Andrei Petică

4. David Antonescu

5. Theodore Stefan

6. Munis Tutu

7. Tyrell Johnson

8. Dimitrije Nikolic

9. Isiah Osborne

10. Selim Fofana

11. Grant Shephaard