By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Euroleague Basketball announced the schedule for the upcoming quarterfinals which will tip off on April 19 and 20. Two pairings are known while the other two depend on the outcome of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game against Fenerbahce BEKO.
Per Euroleague Basketball:
The Road to Belgrade and the crowning of a continental champion will switch into an even higher gear when the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs begin on Tuesday, April 19, and Wednesday, April 20.
Pairings are already set for two of the four best-of-five series. FC Barcelona, which finished first in the regular season, will face off against eighth-placed FC Bayern Munich, while regular season runner-up Olympiacos Piraeus will battle against seventh-placed AS Monaco, a playoffs debutant.
The rest of the playoff field consists of third-place AX Armani Exchange Milan, fourth-place Real Madrid, the defending champion Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. The exact parings between those four teams won’t be determined until Wednesday, April 13, after the final regular season game, in which Maccabi hosts already-eliminated Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in a rescheduled Round 23 contest.
The playoffs action gets underway at Mediolanum Forum in Italy at 19:00 CEST on Tuesday, April 19, when Milan will host whichever team between Maccabi and Efes ends up in sixth place. Later on Tuesday, top-seeded FC Barcelona hosts FC Bayern Munich for the start of their series at 21:00 CEST.
The next night’s first fixture will be Game 1 of the series between Olympiacos and Monaco, which will tip off at 20:00 CEST. The slate of Game 1s will finish later on Wednesday in the Spanish capital, where Real will welcome the fifth-place finisher, either Efes or Maccabi. That game will tip off at 20:45 CEST.
PLAYOFFS GAME 1
**AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN vs. 6TH PLACE TEAM**
19 APRIL 2022; 19:00 local, 19:00 CEST
**FC BARCELONA vs. FC BAYERN MUNICH**
19 APRIL 2022; 21:00 local, 21:00 CEST
**REAL MADRID vs. 5TH PLACE TEAM**
20 APRIL 2022; 20:45 local, 20:45 CEST
**OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS vs. AS MONACO**
20 APRIL 2022; 21:00 local, 20:00 CEST
The same four teams will play host for Game 2s in each series roughly 48 hours later. Barcelona and Bayern will square off on Thursday at 20:00 CEST, and 45 minutes later Milan will take on Efes or Maccabi. On Friday, Olympiacos vs. Monaco will tip off at 18:00 CEST, while Real will play Efes or Maccabi at 20:45 CEST.
The decision on the fifth and sixth places in the standings has come down to the final game of the season. If Maccabi wins its rescheduled Round 23 game, it will finish fifth and play against Real, while Milan would pair up with Efes. Should Maccabi lose that final regular-season game, then Milan would face Maccabi, while Real would go against Efes.
PLAYOFFS GAME 2
**FC BARCELONA vs. FC BAYERN MUNICH**
21 APRIL 2022; 20:00 local, 20:00 CEST
**AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN vs. 6TH PLACE TEAM**
21 APRIL 2022; 20:30 local, 20:30 CEST
**OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS vs. AS MONACO**
22 APRIL 2022; 19:00 local, 18:00 CEST
**REAL MADRID vs. 5TH PLACE TEAM**
22 APRIL 2022; 20:45 local, 20:45 CEST
PLAYOFFS GAME 3
**5TH PLACE TEAM vs. REAL MADRID**
26 APRIL 2022
**6TH PLACE TEAM vs. AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN**
26 APRIL 2022
**FC BAYERN MUNICH vs. FC BARCELONA**
27 APRIL 2022; 19:00 local, 19:00 CEST
**AS MONACO vs. OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS**
27 APRIL 2022; 21:00 local, 21:00 CEST
PLAYOFFS GAME 4
**5TH PLACE TEAM vs. REAL MADRID**
28 APRIL 2022
**6TH PLACE TEAM vs. AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN**
28 APRIL 2022
**FC BAYERN MUNICH vs. FC BARCELONA**
29 APRIL 2022; 20:45 local, 20:45 CEST
**AS MONACO vs. OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS**
29 APRIL 2022; 21:00 local, 21:00 CEST
PLAYOFFS GAME 5
**FC BARCELONA vs. FC BAYERN MUNICH**
**OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS vs. AS MONACO**
**AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN vs. 6TH PLACE TEAM**
**REAL MADRID vs. 5TH PLACE TEAM**