The 2010-11 season is around the corner! The first dates this season belong to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds, which begin Tuesday, September 21 with seven games spread across the continent from Israel to Holland. A total of 15 teams from 12 countries will battle to advance through three rounds ending on Friday, October 8 with two teams to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season. For those two teams, one thing is sure: it will not be an easy road to reach Europe's elite competition! For the other 13 teams that don't make the Euroleague, a spot in the Eurocup is guaranteed instead.

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See Slide Show!	The two survivors after three Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds are Khimki Moscow Region of Russia and Spirou Basket of Belgium! Khimki returns to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague after making its debut last season. Spirou reaches Europe's top competition after an eight-year absence.

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See Slide Show	BC Khimki Moscow Region and Spirou Basket Charleroi are a step closer to the 2010-11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season after starting the third – and final – round of qualifying with respective road wins. Khimki downed Le Mans 56-70 on the road as Keith Langford and Thomas Kelati scored 19 points apiece. Spirou topped Alba Berlin 81-77 thanks to Demond Mallet's 26 points.

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The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds are down to four teams fighting for two places in the continent's top competition. The second phase of qualifying concluded with appropriate dramatics as three out of four two-game series were decided by a basket or less. The only team to win both games of its series was BC Khimki. Spirou Basket lost 75-71 at Unics Kazan, but late triples by Demond Mallet and Chris Hill meant a two-point victory in the series.

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See Slide Show!	The second phase of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds started with three home teams and one road warrior punching out opening-night wins. The team with the biggest edge was BC Khimki, which routed host Budivelnik 58-87 on the road in Ukraine as Keith Langford led the way with 16 points. And in an all-French showdown, host Le Mans downed Asvel Basket 85-75.

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See Slide Show!	Seven teams kept their dreams alive by advancing in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds. Unics Kazan, BC Khimki and Le Mans were the only teams to sweep their series. There was drama in Germany where Alba Berlin advanced by beating Chorlae Roanne 95-83 to overcome a Game 1 loss and in France where Asvel Basket forced overtime before ousting Buducnost by 3 aggregate points.

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See Slide Show!	The first phase of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds opened with four games out of seven won by road teams and as many decided by 7 or fewer points. Among the highlights were Maciej Lampe's 26 points and 13 rebounds to lead Unics Kazan to a 72-84 road win at Dutch champion GasTerra Flames and Milan Macvan pouring in 31 as Hemofarm beat Hapoel Galil/Gilboa 84-97 in Israel.

BC Khimki vs. Le Mans 87-66

Alba Berlin vs. Spirou Basket 70-70

Le Mans vs. BC Khimki 56-70

Spirou Basket vs. Alba Berlin 81-77

KK Hemofarm vs. Alba Berlin 78-73

Unics Kazan vs. Spirou Basket 75-71

Asvel Basket vs. Le Mans 71-63

BC Khimki vs. Budivelnik 74-67

Alba Berlin vs. KK Hemofarm 73-67

Spirou Basket vs. Unics Kazan 75-69

Le Mans vs. Asvel Basket 85-75

Budivelnik vs. BC Khimki 58-87

Alba Berlin vs. Chorale Roanne 95-82

KK Hemofarm vs. Hapoel Gilboa 77-86

Unics Kazan vs. GasTerra Flames 78-63

CEZ Nymburk vs. Spirou Basket 73-71

Asvel Basket vs. KK Buducnost 84-76

Le Mans vs. BK Banvit 78-66

BC Khimki vs. Pepsi Caserta 85-66

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Chorale Roanne vs. Alba Berlin 86-79

Hapoel Gilboa vs. KK Hemofarm 84-97

GasTerra Flames vs. Unics Kazan 72-84

Spirou Basket vs. CEZ Nymburk 79-68

KK Buducnost vs. Asvel Basket 69-64

BK Banvit vs. Le Mans 72-78

Pepsi Caserta vs. BC Khimki 74-77

Budivelnik