Neftchi basketball team faced Estonia’s Parnu in the qualifying round of the FIBA Europe Cup. The closely contested game, held at the Baku Sports Hall, ended in a 80–67 victory for the Azerbaijani side.

The return leg will be played on September 30. The winner of the tie will compete in Group H of the FIBA Europe Cup regular season alongside Oradea (Romania), Fribourg Olympic (Switzerland), VEF (Latvia), Mykonos (Greece), and Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgaria).