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2025 EuroLeague Playoffs

The 2025 EuroLeague Playoffs, known as the 2025 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs for sponsorship purposes, will be the second postseason portion of the 2024–25 EuroLeague basketball competition. They will begin on 15 April 2024, with the Play-in games, and will end no later than 7 May 2025. The top six finishers in the regular season qualified for the playoffs directly, while the teams placed from seventh to tenth will battle for the remaining two seeds in a play-in tournament. The playoffs consist of four series of two teams each, to be played in a best-of-five format. The winners of each of the playoffs series advanced to the Final Four, which will determine the EuroLeague champion for the 2024–25 season.[1]

Qualified teams

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Greece Olympiacos 34 24 10 2941 2770 +171 Qualification to playoffs
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko 34 23 11 2829 2760 +69
3 Greece Panathinaikos AKTOR 34 22 12 2990 2843 +147
4 France Monaco 34 21 13 2913 2801 +112
5 Spain Barcelona 34 20 14 2966 2837 +129
6 Turkey Anadolu Efes 34 20 14 2941 2788 +153
7 Spain Real Madrid 34 20 14 2870 2797 +73 Qualification to play-in
8 France Paris Basketball 34 19 15 2940 2910 +30
9 Germany Bayern Munich 34 19 15 2965 2984 −19
10 Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 34 18 16 2776 2714 +62
Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: Regular season tiebreakers

Tiebreakers

When more than two teams are tied, the ranking will be established taking into account the victories obtained in the games played only among them. Should the tie persist among some, but not all, of the teams, the ranking of the teams still tied will be determined by again taking into account the victories in the games played only among them, and repeating this same procedure until the tie is entirely resolved. If a tie persists, the ranking will be determined by the goal difference in favour and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.[2]

Play-in

Under the new format, the 7th to 10th-ranked teams faced each other in the play-in. Each game is hosted by the team with the higher regular season record. The format was similar to the first two rounds of the Page–McIntyre system for a four-team playoff that was identical to that of the NBA play-in tournament. First, the 7th seed will host the 8th seed, with the winner advancing to the playoffs as the 7th seed; likewise the 9th seed will host the 10th seed, with the loser eliminated. Then the loser of the 7-v-8 game will host the winner of the 9-v-10 game, with the winner of that game getting the final playoff spot, as the 8th seed.

Round 1Round 2
Play-In A
7Spain Real Madrid73
Play-In C
8France Paris Basketball81
7Spain Real Madrid93
Play-In B
9Germany Bayern Munich71
9Germany Bayern Munich97
10Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet93

Matches

15 April 2025
Play-in A
Real Madrid Spain 73–81 France Paris Basketball Madrid
21:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 14–19, 22–16, 15–19
Pts: Campazzo 17
Rebs: Deck 8
Asts: Campazzo 5
PIR: Campazzo 23
Boxscore Pts: Shorts 23
Rebs: Ward, Jantunen 7
Asts: Shorts 9
PIR: Shorts 27
Arena: Movistar Arena
Attendance: 11,086
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Robert Lottermoser, Borys Ryzhyk
15 April 2025
Play-in B
Bayern Munich Germany 97–93(OT) Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet Munich
20:30 CEST Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 18–23, 32–15, 13–23Overtime: 13–9
Pts: Booker 21
Rebs: Lučić 8
Asts: Weiler-Babb 6
PIR: Booker 25
Boxscore Pts: Petrušev 30
Rebs: Miller-McIntyre, Kalinić 7
Asts: Miller-McIntyre 8
PIR: Petrušev 32
Arena: SAP Garden
Attendance: 11,200
Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez, Emin Moğulkoç, Artūras Šukys
18 April 2025
Play-in C
Real Madrid Spain 93–71 Germany Bayern Munich Madrid
20:45 CEST Scoring by quarter: 33–17, 19–16, 21–22, 20–16
Pts: Hezonja 19
Rebs: Hezonja 7
Asts: Campazzo 5
PIR: Hezonja 24
Boxscore Pts: Napier 19
Rebs: Napier, Voigtmann 4
Asts: Weiler-Babb, Voigtmann 4
PIR: Napier 22
Arena: Movistar Arena
Attendance: 9,273
Referees: Damir Javor, Mehdi Difallah, Gytis Vilius

Playoff series

Playoff series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage played games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents will host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 will only be played if necessary. The four winning teams advance to the Final Four.

Team 1SeriesTeam 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
Olympiacos GreeceSpain Real Madrid23 Apr25 Apr29 Aprif neededif needed
Fenerbahçe Beko TurkeyFrance Paris Basketball22 Apr24 Apr29 Aprif neededif needed
Panathinaikos AKTOR GreeceTurkey Anadolu Efes22 Apr24 Apr30 Aprif neededif needed
Monaco FranceSpain Barcelona23 Apr25 Apr30 Aprif neededif needed

Olympiacos vs. Real Madrid

29 April 2025
Game 3
Real Madrid Spain vs. Greece Olympiacos Madrid
21:00 CEST
Arena: Movistar Arena

Fenerbahçe Beko vs. Paris Basketball

Panathinaikos AKTOR vs. Anadolu Efes

Monaco vs. Barcelona

23 April 2025
Game 1
Monaco France vs. Spain Barcelona Fontvieille
19:00 CEST
Arena: Salle Gaston Médecin
25 April 2025
Game 2
Monaco France vs. Spain Barcelona Fontvieille
19:00 CEST
Arena: Salle Gaston Médecin
30 April 2025
Game 3
Barcelona Spain vs. France Monaco Barcelona
19:00 CEST
Arena: Palau Blaugrana

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