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Basketball: EuroLeague regular season to end on Friday

Last round of matches to be played on Thursday and Friday

Ersin Çelik
11:48 - 3/04/2019 Wednesday
Update: 11:50 - 3/04/2019 Wednesday
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The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular basketball season will wrap up on Friday.

Turkey's Fenerbahce Beko, the finalists of last season, top the league and are set for the playoffs.

Before the last matches, Fenerbahce Beko, Anadolu Efes, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, and Barcelona Lassa have guaranteed the playoffs.

In the last round of matches, Baskonia, Panathinaikos, Zalgiris, AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan, Maccabi FOX and Olympiakos will compete to gain ticket for the playoffs.

In the playoffs, the leader Fenerbahce will face a team ranking eight at the regular season, while Anadolu Efes will play against Barcelona.

Sixteen teams are competing in the league -- four Spanish, three Turkish, two teams from Russia and Greece each, and one team each from Germany, Italy, Israel, Lithuania and Montenegro.

Turkey is represented by Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahce Beko and Darussafaka Tekfen. Two of the Turkish teams will compete in the EuroLeague playoffs.

The regular season is being played from Oct. 11, 2018 to April 5, 2019 with the top eight advancing to the playoffs to be held April 16-30.

Winners will advance to the Final Four between May 17-19 at Fernando Buesa Arena in the Spanish city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in single elimination matchups.


The matches of round 30 are as follows:


Thursday:

CSKA Moskova (Russia) - Baskonia (Spain)

Anadolu Efes (Turkey) - AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan (Italy)

Panathinaikos (Greece) - Buducnost VOLI (Montenegro)

Real Madrid (Spain) - Zalgiris (Lithuania)


Friday:

Fenerbahce Beko (Turkey) - Maccabi FOX (Israel)

Bayern Munich (Germany) - Herbalife Gran Canaria (Spain)

Olympiakos (Greece) - Darussafaka Tekfen (Turkey)

Barcelona Lassa (Spain) - Khimki (Russia)

STANDINGS PLD W L PTS PTS- /- POINTS

1. Fenerbahce Beko 29 24 5 2426 2162 264 53

2. CSKA Moskova 29 23 6 2508 2319 189 52

3. Real Madrid 29 22 7 2492 2249 243 51

4. Anadolu Efes 29 19 10 2461 2311 150 48

5. Barcelona Lassa 29 17 12 2275 2208 67 46

6. Baskonia 29 15 14 2371 2296 75 44

7. Panathinaikos 29 15 14 2295 2278 17 44

8. Zalgiris 29 14 15 2267 2237 30 43

9. AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan 29 14 15 2506 2499 7 43

10. Maccabi FOX 29 14 15 2301 2268 33 43

11. Olympiakos 29 14 15 2227 2227 0 43

12. Bayern Munich 29 13 16 2264 2327 -63 42

13. Khimki 29 9 20 2259 2366 -107 38

14. Herbalife Gran Canaria 29 8 21 2240 2532 -292 37

15. Buducnost VOLI 29 6 23 2163 2463 -300 35

16. Darussafaka Tekfen 29 5 24 2164 2477 -313 34
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