Valmiera Glass/ViA visit French club Elan Chalon in FIBA Europe Cup
Latvian basketball champion Valmiera Glass/ViA plays away at France's Elan Chalon tonight in Group F of the FIBA Europe Cup. Tip-off is at 21:00 Latvian time.
Latvia's basketball champion "Valmiera Glass"/ViA will play its third game of the season in the FIBA Europe Cup, a European club basketball competition, tonight, 20 October. The opponent is the French team "Elan Chalon" from Chalon-sur-Saône, and tip-off is at 21:00 Latvian time. The two best teams from the group will advance.
Results so far
Valmiera began the tournament with a narrow loss in Kosovo to "Bashkimi" (77:79), then won at home 82:74 against Tallinn's "Bigbank"/"Kalev", a team it also meets in the Latvian-Estonian League. "Elan Chalon" beat Britain's "Manchester" at home (79:72) but lost 65:74 in Turkey to "Korfez". In Group F, Valmiera is second and the French side fifth.
Valmiera's top scorers are three foreign players: Brice McBride (averaging 17.0 points), Deron Williams (15.0) and Aminu Mohammed (14.5 points and 12.0 rebounds). Among Latvians, Verners Kohs stands out with 13.5 points. For the French team, guard Jeremiah Hill (13.5 points) and center Grant Golden (12.5) lead the way. The coach is Elric Delord.
The opponent's record
In the Latvian-Estonian League, Valmiera has won all six games this season. "Elan Chalon" has won three of four games in the top French league, and all three of its home games in French and European competition have been victories. The club is the 2012 and 2017 French champion and returned to the top flight in 2023. Last season it played in the Champions League but did not reach the quarterfinals.
On Saturday, "Valmiera Glass"/ViA hosts Latvian club "VEF Rīga", which plays in Romania tomorrow evening. The return game against "Elan Chalon" is scheduled for 9 December in Valmiera.
