2022 EuroLeague Playoffs

The 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs, known as the 2022 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs for sponsorship purposes, was the first postseason portion of the 2021–22 EuroLeague basketball competition. They began on 19 April 2022 and were scheduled to be played through 4 May 2022. The top eight finishers in the regular season qualified for the playoffs, which consists of four series of two teams each, played in a best-of-five format. The winners of each of the playoffs series advanced to the Final Four, which determined the EuroLeague champion for the 2021–22 season.

Turkish club Anadolu Efes entered the playoffs as the defending league champion, after having won their playoffs series and final four matches during the previous season.

Qualified teams

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Spain Barcelona 28 21 7 2275 2101 +174 Higher seed in playoffs series
2 Greece Olympiacos 28 19 9 2222 2045 +177
3 Italy A|X Armani Exchange Milan 28 19 9 2069 1992 +77
4 Spain Real Madrid 28 18 10 2181 2079 +102
5 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 28 17 11 2272 2209 +63 Lower seed in playoffs series
6 Turkey Anadolu Efes 28 16 12 2322 2221 +101
7 France AS Monaco 28 15 13 2311 2225 +86
8 Germany Bayern Munich 28 14 14 2123 2105 +18
Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Tiebreakers

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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.[1]

Series

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The first playoff series was determined on 6 April 2022, when Bayern Munich lost a match in Istanbul to the defending league champions Anadolu Efes. This result confirmed that they would finish the regular season in eighth place, and therefore would face the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, Barcelona.[2] The result between Bayern and Anadolu Efes also secured the seventh-place spot for AS Monaco, who will make their first EuroLeague Playoffs appearance.[2] The other five spots in the quarterfinals were determined on 13 April 2022, after match week 34, which was also the conclusion of the regular season.[2]

The full schedule, with dates and times for the playoff games, was announced on 9 April 2022.[3] Mediolanum Forum in Assago will host the playoffs' opening game, when Armani Exchange Milan plays Anadolu Efes on 19 April 2022 at 19:00 CEST,[3] and two games will be played on each match day.[4] The games will be played in a 2–2–1 series format, wherein the higher seed will host the first two games, the lower seed will host the third and fourth games, and the higher seed will return to host the fifth and final game of each series;[4] the fourth and fifth games of each series will be played if necessary.[5] The four series winners will advance to the 2022 EuroLeague Final Four, to be played in Belgrade on 19 and 21 May 2022.[6]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Barcelona Spain 3–2 Germany Bayern Munich 77–67 75–90 75–66 52–59 81–72
Real Madrid Spain 3–0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 84–74 95–66 87–76 – –
A|X Armani Exchange Milan Italy 1–3 Turkey Anadolu Efes 48–64 73–66 65–77 70–75 –
Olympiacos Greece 3–2 France AS Monaco 71–54 72–96 87–83 77–78 94–88

Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich

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19 April 2022
Game 1
 Barcelona Spain 77–67
(Series: 1–0) 		Germany Bayern Munich Barcelona
21:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 23–11, 19–18, 15–16
Pts: Davies 19
Rebs: Davies 5
Asts: Jokubaitis, Calathes 5
PIR: Davies 24 		Report Pts: Lučić 20
Rebs: Weiler-Babb, Rubit 6
Asts: four players 2
PIR: Lučić 19 		Arena: Palau Blaugrana
Attendance: 6,032
Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Oļegs Latiševs, Uroš Nikolić
21 April 2022
Game 2
 Barcelona Spain 75–90
(Series: 1–1) 		Germany Bayern Munich Barcelona
20:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 17–25, 21–19, 19–23
Pts: Laprovíttola, Mirotić 16
Rebs: Mirotić 6
Asts: Calathes 8
PIR: Calathes 17 		Report Pts: Thomas 25
Rebs: Rubit, Weiler-Babb 8
Asts: Jaramaz 5
PIR: Thomas 29 		Arena: Palau Blaugrana
Attendance: 6,273
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Damir Javor, Tomislav Hordov
27 April 2022
Game 3
 Bayern Munich Germany 66–75
(Series: 1–2) 		Spain Barcelona Munich
20:30 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 14–23, 18–10, 17–16
Pts: Lučić 17
Rebs: Rubit 8
Asts: Weiler-Babb 4
PIR: Rubit 27 		Report Pts: Mirotić 25
Rebs: Calathes 7
Asts: Calathes 8
PIR: Mirotić 31 		Arena: Audi Dome
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Sreten Radović, Mehdi Difallah
29 April 2022
Game 4
 Bayern Munich Germany 59–52
(Series: 2–2) 		Spain Barcelona Munich
20:45 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 18–13, 14–9, 9–18
Pts: Weiler-Babb 12
Rebs: Weiler-Babb 8
Asts: Weiler-Babb 4
PIR: Weiler-Babb 24 		Report Pts: Abrines 12
Rebs: Davies 11
Asts: Calathes, Jokubaitis 3
PIR: Abrines 13 		Arena: Audi Dome
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Saša Pukl, Uroš Nikolić
3 May 2022
Game 5
 Barcelona Spain 81–72
(Series: 3–2) 		Germany Bayern Munich Barcelona
20:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 13–18, 29–15, 21–20
Pts: Laprovíttola 26
Rebs: Abrines 7
Asts: Calathes 5
PIR: Laprovíttola 30 		Report Pts: Hunter 18
Rebs: Lučić 10
Asts: Weiler-Babb 4
PIR: Lučić 21 		Arena: Palau Blaugrana
Attendance: 7,444
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Oļegs Latiševs, Mehdi Difallah

Real Madrid vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv

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20 April 2022
Game 1
 Real Madrid Spain 84–74
(Series: 1–0) 		Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Madrid
21:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 22–19, 18–18, 19–18
Pts: Causeur 20
Rebs: Tavares 6
Asts: Williams-Goss 8
PIR: Causeur 21 		Report Pts: Wilbekin 20
Rebs: Sorkin 5
Asts: Wilbekin, DiBartolomeo 3
PIR: Wilbekin 21 		Arena: WiZink Center
Attendance: 7,634
Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Gytis Vilius, Fernando Rocha
22 April 2022
Game 2
 Real Madrid Spain 95–66
(Series: 2–0) 		Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Madrid
20:45 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 35–26, 21–11, 18–11, 21–18
Pts: Llull 17
Rebs: Poirier 10
Asts: four players 3
PIR: Poirier 31 		Report Pts: Evans 9
Rebs: Reynolds 5
Asts: three players 2
PIR: DiBartolomeo 10 		Arena: WiZink Center
Attendance: 8,046
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Mehdi Difallah, Robert Lottermoser
26 April 2022
Game 3
 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 76–87
(Series: 0−3) 		Spain Real Madrid Tel Aviv
20:15 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 19–26, 20–22, 15−14
Pts: Wilbekin 22
Rebs: Nunnally 5
Asts: Nunnally, Wilbekin 3
PIR: Wilbekin 16 		Report Pts: Llull 18
Rebs: Hanga 10
Asts: Llull 6
PIR: Yabusele 25 		Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena
Attendance: 10,360
Referees: Damir Javor, Tomislav Hordov, Uroš Nikolić

A|X Armani Exchange Milan vs. Anadolu Efes

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19 April 2022
Game 1
 A|X Armani Exchange Milan Italy 48–64
(Series: 0–1) 		Turkey Anadolu Efes Assago
19:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 10–18, 8–17, 14–18
Pts: Melli 10
Rebs: Melli 6
Asts: Delaney 3
PIR: Melli 15 		Report Pts: Larkin, Micić 16
Rebs: Moerman, Micić 7
Asts: Larkin 5
PIR: Larkin 15 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Attendance: 6,980
Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Juan Carlos Garcia, Damir Javor
21 April 2022
Game 2
 A|X Armani Exchange Milan Italy 73–66
(Series: 1–1) 		Turkey Anadolu Efes Assago
20:30 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 14–16, 20–19, 20–14
Pts: Shields 21
Rebs: Shields 8
Asts: Rodríguez 5
PIR: Rodríguez 27 		Report Pts: Larkin 19
Rebs: Dunston 6
Asts: Micić 4
PIR: Larkin 19 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Attendance: 8,900
Referees: Saša Pukl, Oļegs Latiševs, Anne Panther
26 April 2022
Game 3
 Anadolu Efes Turkey 77–65
(Series: 2–1) 		Italy A|X Armani Exchange Milan Istanbul
19:30 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 17–18, 17–21, 18–9
Pts: Micić 20
Rebs: Moerman, Pleiß 5
Asts: Larkin, Micić 5
PIR: Larkin 24 		Report Pts: Hall 16
Rebs: Shields 6
Asts: Hall 5
PIR: Hall 22 		Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome
Attendance: 15,108
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Matej Boltauzer, Emilio Pérez
28 April 2022
Game 4
 Anadolu Efes Turkey 75–70
(Series: 3–1) 		Italy A|X Armani Exchange Milan Istanbul
19:30 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 23–32, 20–15, 13–12
Pts: Pleiß 25
Rebs: Pleiß 6
Asts: Larkin 7
PIR: Pleiß 37 		Report Pts: Datome 21
Rebs: Hines 12
Asts: Rodríguez 7
PIR: Hines 21 		Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome
Attendance: 15,121
Referees: Damir Javor, Fernando Rocha, Gytis Vilius

Olympiacos vs. AS Monaco

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20 April 2022
Game 1
 Olympiacos Greece 71–54
(Series: 1–0) 		France AS Monaco Piraeus
21:00 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 25–11, 17–10, 21–18
Pts: Printezis, McKissic 12
Rebs: Jean-Charles 7
Asts: Sloukas 6
PIR: Sloukas 15 		Report Pts: James, Hall 10
Rebs: James 6
Asts: James, Lee 4
PIR: James 14 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 11,580
Referees: Sreten Radović, Emilio Pérez, Milan Nedović
22 April 2022
Game 2
 Olympiacos Greece 72–96
(Series: 1–1) 		France AS Monaco Piraeus
19:00 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 12–30, 23–29, 21–27
Pts: Vezenkov 14
Rebs: Papanikolaou 6
Asts: Sloukas, Walkup 4
PIR: Vezenkov 19 		Report Pts: James 23
Rebs: Bacon 6
Asts: Lee 4
PIR: Anđušić 23 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 10,457
Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Matej Boltauzer, Gytis Vilius
27 April 2022
Game 3
 AS Monaco France 83–87
(Series: 1–2) 		Greece Olympiacos Fontvieille
21:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–26, 17–26, 25–16
Pts: Bacon 23
Rebs: Thomas 8
Asts: James 8
PIR: James 22 		Report Pts: Sloukas 21
Rebs: Vezenkov 9
Asts: Walkup 6
PIR: Vezenkov 24 		Arena: Salle Gaston Médecin
Attendance: 4,084
Referees: Saša Pukl, Juan Carlos García, Anne Panther
29 April 2022
Game 4
 AS Monaco France 78–77
(Series: 2–2) 		Greece Olympiacos Fontvieille
21:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 19–23, 27–19, 13–16
Pts: Bacon 21
Rebs: Hall 10
Asts: James, Bacon 4
PIR: Hall 25 		Report Pts: Sloukas 19
Rebs: Fall, Vezenkov 8
Asts: Vezenkov 5
PIR: Sloukas, Vezenkov 22 		Arena: Salle Gaston Médecin
Attendance: 4,084
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Robert Lottermoser, Tomislav Hordov
4 May 2022
Game 5
 Olympiacos Greece 94–88
(Series: 3–2) 		France AS Monaco Piraeus
21:30 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 30–35, 25–22, 28–18
Pts: McKissic 18
Rebs: Vezenkov 7
Asts: Sloukas 5
PIR: McKissic 24 		Report Pts: James 24
Rebs: Thomas 8
Asts: James 10
PIR: James 26 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Attendance: 11,847
Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Sreten Radović, Emilio Pérez

References

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  1. ^ "Euroleague Bylaws" (PDF). www.euroleague.net.
  2. ^ a b c "EuroLeague playoffs 2022: one quarterfinal pair is set, 3 teams lock their seeds". BasketNews. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "EuroLeague playoffs schedule has been announced". BasketNews. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b "EuroLeague Game Center". EuroLeague Basketball. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Competition Format". EuroLeague Basketball. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  6. ^ "EuroLeague playoffs 2022: all participants, format and exciting pairs". BasketNews. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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