Posts Tagged ‘Euroleague postseason’
Euroleague Playoffs, CSKA and Fenerbahce open with wins
The Top 16 only wrapped last week, but it is full steam ahead for the Euroleague Play-offs as two contests opened the first knock-out stage of the competition. The remaining eight clubs in the competition have been drawn into four two best of five series’, the winner on aggregate booking a berth in the Final…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, three clubs eliminated
Round 12 of the Euroleague Top 16 tipped off early this week with a clash between Zalgiris Kaunas and FC Barcelona on Wednesday. The action continued on Thursday with four more contests around Europe, while there will be three more games on Friday to close the round. Nearing the end of the Euroleague Top 16…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Barcelona through, Galatasaray out
Round 11 of the Euroleague Top 16 tipped off on Thursday with five games between the elite clubs of the continent. The rest of the round will be played tomorrow when three more contests close out the week’s action. There is still plenty to play for in both Groups, but we are starting to see…
Read MoreEuroleague Playoffs welcome CSKA Moscow
After Real Madrid qualified for the Euroleague Playoffs on Thursday, two teams from Group F had the chance to repeat the feat on Friday. Both Olympiacos and CSKA Moscow could punch their tickets to the next round, but only one of the clubs managed to do it. So, joining Madrid in the Euroleague Playoffs is…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16: Real Madrid qualifies
With all sixteen clubs of the Euroleague Top 16 still in the hunt for a qualification place to the play-offs, the competition is still bringing plenty of excitement as it enters Round 10. Split over Thursday and Friday, the round tipped off with four games and Thursday produced the first club punching its ticket to…
Read MoreEuroleague: Crvena Zvezda tops Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
The Euroleague Top 16 reached Round 9 on Thursday with five games kicking off the action around the continent. Group E had three games, while there were two contests in Group F, and as always the Basketball was of the highest quality as the best teams from around Europe fight to make it to the…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, four game open Round 8
We are barely midway through the Euroleague Top 16, far too early to draw any conclusions from Groups E and F about which clubs will progress to the playoffs. However, some of Europe’s giants are really laying a marker down at the minute and three or four are putting one step into the next phase…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Istanbul Derby
It is probably fair to say that Round 7 of the Euroleague Top 16 closed on Friday with each of the games going to form. It was certainly a night to be at home as three of the four winners took victories in front of their own fans. So, while it was not a night…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Unicaja Malaga wins
Round 6 of the Euroleague Top 16 wrapped on Friday with four games. The previous day’s action brought a huge clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona, while CSKA Moscow was handed its first loss of the competition. Friday had a lot to live up to, but there was plenty of big talking points through the…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Unicaja Malaga loses again
After a really interesting opening to Round 5 of the Euroleague Top 16 on Thursday, there was plenty to live up to on Friday, with three games wrapping the week’s action. While not throwing up as many clear talking points as yesterday, Friday managed to keep the quality high as Barcelona got back on track…
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