The inaugural EuroLeague Women play-ins begin this week, with the competition’s eight remaining clubs playing for the right to advance to the league’s playoffs, or “Final Six.” Each play-in series will be two games, home and away, with the winner being determined by the combined score in those two games.
The play-ins are separated into two categories: semifinal play-ins and quarterfinal play-ins. Each club in the semifinal play-ins has already qualified for the Final Six and will be playing to advance directly to the Final Six semifinals; the losers of the semifinal play-ins will play the winner of the quarterfinal play-ins in the Final Six quarterfinals. The losers of the quarterfinal play-ins will be eliminated from the tournament.
As for the clubs themselves, this is what FIBA envisioned when it redesigned the EuroLeague competition system for the 2024-25 season: a format in which the best teams play one another often as the season concludes while keeping the matchups fresh. It’s no surprise that star-studded clubs like Fenerbahçe Opet (10-0) and ÇBK Mersin (11-1) are in the semifinal play-ins, but Beretta Famila Schio (9-3) and Valencia Basket Club (7-3) have also earned their appearances there and will advance to the Final Six regardless of play-in…
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