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Round 34 postseason possibilities: 256 combinations at play
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The 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague is set for its grand finale, and it is bigger than ever before. With one round to go, there are three playoff seats still up for grabs, including fourth place in the standings which guarantees home-court advantage in the best-of-five playoffs.
Up top, both Olympiacos Piraeus and Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul can finish as the regular-season winners. Also, both teams – along with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens – can finish in second place. Those three clubs are sure to occupy the top three spots, and they are the only three teams sure to be playing in the EuroLeague Playoffs, which tip off on April 22.
Below them, there will be an incredible battle across Thursday and Friday.
There are four teams – AS Monaco, Real Madrid, FC Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona – that can still be fourth. Also, seven teams – including Anadolu Efes Istanbul, Paris Basketball and Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade – can finish in sixth place, but each of the same seven teams can finish in seventh place, too.
At the very end of this article, you can find all 256 combinations in Round 34.
And here are the scenarios that will determine the order of the top three places, and what each team needs to reach the playoffs:
TOP THREE PLACES
Olympiacos (23-10) is first if wins.
Olympiacos is first if Fenerbahce loses.
Olympiacos is second if it loses and Fenerbahce wins.
Fenerbahce (22-11) is first if it wins and Olympiacos loses.
Fenerbahce is second if it wins and Olympiacos wins.
Fenerbahce is second if it loses and Panathinaikos loses.
Fenerbahce is third if it loses and Panathinaikos wins.
Panathinaikos (21-12) is second if it wins and Fenerbahce loses.
Panathinaikos is third if Fenerbahce wins.
Panathinaikos is third if it loses.
Monaco (20-13)
Monaco secures fourth place and home-court advantage if it wins.
Monaco secures fourth place and home-court advantage, even if it loses, if Efes wins and Barcelona loses.
Monaco secures fourth place and home-court advantage, even if it loses, if Barcelona and Real both lose.
Monaco qualifies for the playoffs if Bayern loses.
Monaco qualifies for the playoffs if Real loses.
Monaco qualifies for the playoffs if Barcelona loses.
Monaco qualifies for the playoffs if Efes wins.
Monaco is seventh if it loses, Efes loses, while Bayern, Barcelona and Real all win.
Barcelona (19-14)
Barcelona qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Monaco loses.
Barcelona qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Bayern loses.
Barcelona qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Efes AND Real both lose.
Barcelona qualifies for the playoffs, even if it loses, if Bayern wins while Real, Paris, Efes and Zvezda all lose.
Barcelona secures fourth place and home-court advantage if it wins, while Monaco loses and Efes wins.
Barcelona secures fourth place and home-court advantage if it wins while Bayern, Monaco and Real all lose.
Bayern (19-14)
Bayern qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Real loses.
Bayern qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Efes loses.
Bayern secures fourth place and home-court advantage if it wins and Barcelona wins, while Monaco, Real and Efes all lose.
Bayern qualifies for the playoffs, even if it loses, if Real wins, while Paris, Efes, Zvezda and Barcelona all lose.
Real Madrid (19-14)
Real secures fourth place and home-court advantage if it wins and Monaco and Efes both lose.
Real qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Monaco loses.
Real qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Efes loses.
Real qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Barcelona loses.
Real qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Bayern wins.
Real qualifies for the playoffs, even if it loses, if Barcelona and Bayern both lose.
Real qualifies for the playoffs, even if it loses, if Paris wins while Barcelona and Efes both lose.
Efes (19-14)
Efes cannot be fourth
Efes qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Monaco wins.
Efes qualifies for the playoffs, and is locked in fifth place, if it wins and Barcelona loses.
Efes qualifies for the playoffs if it wins and Bayern and Real both lose
Efes qualifies for the playoffs, even if it loses, if Bayern, Paris and Real all lose.
Efes qualifies for the playoffs, even if it loses, if Zvezda wins, while Real, and Bayern both lose.
Efes qualifies for the playoffs, even if it loses, if Zvezda wins, while Real, Paris and Barcelona all lose.
Efes qualifies for the playoffs and is locked in sixth place, even if it loses, if Bayern and Real both lose while Barcelona wins.
Paris (18-15)
Paris qualifies for the playoffs, and is locked in sixth place, if it wins, while Efes, Bayern, Barcelona and Zvezda all lose.
Crvena Zvezda (18-15)
Zvezda qualifies for the playoffs, and is locked in sixth place, if it wins and Paris and Real Madrid both win, while Bayern, Efes and Barcelona all lose.
