We already know the schedules of the first two games of the Euroleague playoff. Although still The rivals of Valencia Basket (2nd) and Olympiacos (1st) have not been determinedthe competition whose CEO is Chus Bueno has already announced when the first two stakes of each qualifying round will be played to have a place in the Athens Final Four of this month of May 2026.
Madrid, Wednesday and Friday, behind closed doors?
The noveltyin this case, have been the designation of the dates of the two games that Real Madrid will play at the Movistar Arena against Hapoel Tel-Aviv in the week of April 27 to May 3: there will be no more games that day. The whites will contest the first match he Wednesday, April 29 at 8:45 p.m.while the second he will do it Friday, May 1 at the same timealthough There is no information yet on the matches that will be played in Bulgariawhere Hapoel plays its home games.
Tavares and Oturu, during an action in the match played in March without an audience.
And it still remains to be seen if they will compete with the presence of meringues fans or not. Let us remember that the submissions before Maccabi and Hapoel in the regular season have played behind closed doors and with a large police deployment to ensure that all security conditions were met, so There is a doubt that not even subscribers can go to the Movistar Arena.
Valencia, with the same schedule as Olympiacos and Fenerbahçe-Zalgiris
The grapefruitsOn the other hand, they will play their matches at the Roig Arena against the winner of Panathinaikos-Monaco from play in Tuesday, April 28 at 8:45 p.m. and Thursday, April 30two days after the first confrontation, at the same time before his audience.
Nate Reuvers celebrates qualifying for the playoffs with Valencia Basket fans.
The first two games of the rest of the qualifying rounds will also be played at the same time that the meetings of those of Pedro Martínez: the Olympiacos will defend the court factor these same days at 9:00 p.m. against the winner of the last play in match, while the Fenerbahce will try to assert its position in the table against Zalgiris Kaunas at the same time even as the Valencians.
Barça, if they pass the play in, against Olympiacos
The Spanish team that has the most difficulty going far in this edition of the Euroleague It’s FC Barcelona. Xavi Pascual’s men, ninth At the end of these 38 days, they will have to face each other in the first play in match to the Red Star this coming Tuesday at 8:45 p.m. at the Palau Blaugrana.
Shengelia, during a match this season with Barça.
If they win, the culés They will travel to the field of the defeated between PAO and Monaco this Friday to dispute the last place which gives access to playoffs. If he also did it in this second and final play-in match, they would face Olympiacosleader of the regular league, playing its first two battles on Tuesday and Thursday of the following week at 9:00 p.m. on Greek territory.
