Here is where you can watch the Eighthfinals game between MoraBanc Andorra and Buducnost Voli Podgorica.

TV Info,  Andorra vs. Buducnost

**Balcans:** SPORTKLUB 3

**Bulgaria:** MAX SPORT 2

**Georgia:** SILK SPORT 2

**Greece:** NOVASPORTS 2

**In-Flight Vision:** IMG ARENA

**Italy:** ELEVEN SPORTS

**Internet:** [EUROLEAGUE.TV](http://EUROLEAGUE.TV)

**Slovenia:** SPORT TV3

**Spain:** DAZN

**Turkey:** S SPORT & S SPORT PLUS

TV Info,  Joventut vs. Ulm

**Balcans:** SPORTKLUB 6

**France:** MCS

**Germany:** MAGENTA SPORTS

**In-Flight Vision:** IMG ARENA

**Italy:** SKY SPORT ACTION and ELEVEN SPORTS

**Internet:** [EUROLEAGUE.TV](http://EUROLEAGUE.TV)

**Spain:** DAZN and ESPORT 3

Joventut Badalona v ratiopharm Ulm (2022-04-19T18:30:00.000Z)

Derek Willis - Joventut Badalona - (photo David Grau - Joventut) EC21-RS15

Here is where you can watch the Eighthfinals game between Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana vs. Turk Telekom Ankara.

TV Info,  Cedevita vs. Turk Telekom

**Balcans:** SPORTKLUB 4

**Greece:** NOVASPORTS START

**In-Flight Vision:** IMG ARENA

**Italy:** ELEVEN SPORTS

**Internet:** [EUROLEAGUE.TV](http://EUROLEAGUE.TV)

**Slovenia:** SPORT TV1

**Spain:** DAZN

**Turkey:** S SPORT & S SPORT PLUS

Here is where you can watch the Eighthfinals game between Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Turk Telekom Ankara.

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v Turk Telekom Ankara (2022-04-19T17:00:00.000Z)

Zach Auguste - Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (photo Ales Ferves - Cedevita) - EC21-RS16

Joventut Badalona will host its eighthfinals tie against ratiopharm Ulm after topping Group A with a 12-4 record. Ulm was eighth in Group B at 7-11.

Series breakdown: Joventut Badalona vs. ratiopharm Ulm

### Joventut’s home-court advantage

The home-court advantage is meaningful to every team – and all the more so in a single-game playoff situation, however, no team has quite capitalized on that advantage like Joventut. Coach Carles Duran’s men were a EuroCup-best 9-0 at home this season and are 23-3 at Palau Olimpic de Badalona over the past three seasons. 

Ulm will surely not that one of those losses came last season in Game 2 of the quarterfinals against Virtus Segafredo Bologna, which used it to sweep that series. Joventut has averaged 84.6 points at home this season and allowed its opponents just 69.0.

Joventut Badalona Top Plays from 10/01/2021 to 04/11/2022

Joventut Badalona best plays of the 2021-22 Regular Season

### Lakovic’s inside knowledge

Ulm head coach Jaka Lakovic knows a thing or two about Joventut and its head coach, Carles Duran. Lakovic was Duran’s assistant during the 2017-18 season at Bilbao Basket. The following season, he came alongside Duran to Joventut before he was hired by Ulm to be its head coach in the summer of 2019.  In his time at Joventut, Lakovic coached current first-team members Simon Birgander, Joel Parra, Josep Busquets, Arturs Zagars and Albert Ventura. 

Joventut forward Derek Willis played under Lakovic at Ulm during 2019-20 and was a teammate there of current Ulm players Nicolas Bretzel, Per Guenther, Christoph Philipps and Marius Stoll. 

### Is 80 the magic number?

Ulm is 7-2 this season when scoring at least 80 points and its average of 91.6 points per victory is fourth-best in the EuroCup. However, Ulm is winless in nine games when it has failed to reach 80 points – and that includes three games in which it was held below 70. The team has averaged 75.9 points in losses. 

Joventut is 9-0 when scoring at least 80 points and has been held under 70 only twice this season – once in a Round 3 loss at Partizan NIS Belgrade and the second time in Round 15 when it defeated Lietkabelis Panevezys 65-50.

ratiopharm Ulm Top Plays from 10/01/2021 to 04/11/2022

ratiopharm Ulm best plays of the 2021-22 Regular Season

### Experience favors the hosts

Joventut brings considerable experience to the EuroCup knock-out phase. Two players, Pau Ribas and Guillem Vives, are EuroCup champs. More than half of Joventut’s players competed in the EuroCup Quarterfinals last season: Ferran Bassas, Simon Birgander, Vladimir Brodziansky, Joel Parra, Ribas, Ante Tomic and Albert Ventura. And though Brandon Paul has not played in this stage of the EuroCup, he helped Anadolu Efes Istanbul take Olympiacos Piraeus the distance in the best-of-five EuroLeague Playoffs in 2017. 

Ulm has not played in an elimination round since the eighthfinals in 2014 and only Per Guenther remains on the team since then. He is the only player on the team to ever play in such a game in the EuroCup or EuroLeague; Cristiano Felicio and Sindarius Thornwell took part in NBA playoff games in 2017 and 2019, respectively. 

Breakdown: Joventut Badalona vs. ratiopharm Ulm

In a one-game, do-or-die playoff, anything can happen, but some season-long statistical trends may offer clues to the possible storylines when Partizan NIS Belgrade hosts Frutti Extra Bursaspor in their 7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals winner-take-all battle.

Eighthfinals clues: Partizan vs. Bursaspor

Bursaspor is the most offense-centric team in modern 7DAYS EuroCup history in the sense that it has been the league's most-efficient offense and least-efficient defense this season. That dichotomy presents somewhat of a unique challenge for a Partizan team that has played well on both ends of the floor.

Frutti Extra Bursaspor Top Plays of the 2021-22 Regular Season

Frutti Extra Bursaspor 2021-22 shooting highlights

Partizan's ability to make crisp defensive rotations and limit open shots on the perimeter to opponents is a particular point of interest in this game. The hosts will have to double down on those efficiencies because Bursaspor has been able to score in bunches whenever its passers can locate the open shooter. 

Partizan holds a clear upper hand on the defensive end of the floor so its ability to get stops – as well as when those stops happen – will likely decide the look of this game and its final resolution.

Partizan NIS Belgrade Top Blocks, Steals of the 2021-22 Regular Season

Partizan NIS Belgrade 2021-22 blocks and steals

Eighthfinals clues: Partizan NIS Belgrade vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor

Partizan NIS Belgrade v Frutti Extra Bursaspor (2022-04-20T18:30:00.000Z)

Zach Leday 3- Partizan NIS Belgrade (photo Trento) - EC21-RS18

The 2021-22 EuroCup regular season greeted many new faces and Eurohoops examines the players who have had the biggest impact on their respective teams as rookies in the competition.

Trademarks by Eurohoops: The 7DAYS EuroCup’s high-impact newcomers

The 2021-22 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season delivered great spectacle to the fans, not least because some “new kids on the block” made their first appearance in the competition count. Some have played a key role in helping their teams clinch playoff berths, while others shined to keep their teams competitive through tough times.

A mix of rookies and veterans made their EuroCup debuts this season, and Eurohoops evaluates the performance of those newcomers who had a strong impact on their respective teams.

[MORE...](https://www.eurohoops.net/en/trademarks/1331834/the-7days-eurocups-high-impact-newcomers/)

Panagiotis Kalaitzakis - Lietkabelis Panevezys (photo Fedor Aebor - Lokomotiv) - EC21

The 7DAYS EuroCup EuroLeague Eighthfinals tip off with three games on Tuesday, April 19, followed by the five remaining eighthfinals games on Wednesday, April 20.

EuroCup spring madness gets underway in Arena Stozice in the Slovenian capital on Tuesday when Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana hosts Turk Telekom Ankara at 19:00 CET. It will be the first showdown ever between them, a sudden-death do-or-die battle to advance to the quarterfinals!

Later Tuesday, Joventut Badalona, the first-ranked team from the regular season, welcomes ratiopharm Ulm at 20:30 CET, shortly before MoraBanc Andorra hosts Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, at 20:45 CET. Joventut and Ulm go against each other for the first time since 1998. Andorra and Buducnost meet for the first time ever despite their 262 combined EuroCup games to date.

A busy Wednesday full of do-or-die showdowns gets rolling in France as Boulogne Metropolitans 92 gets a visit from Umana Reyer Venice at 20:00 CET.

Four more games then tip off within a half-hour of each other: Valencia Basket vs. Hamburg Towers and Partizan NIS Belgrade vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor at 20:30 CET; Virtus Segafredo Bologna vs. Lietkabelis Panevezys at 20:45 CET; and Gran Canaria vs. Slask Wroclaw at 21:00 CET.

### 19-20 April 2022

**EIGHTHFINAL A**

Tuesday, 19 April 2022, 20:30 LT, 20:30 CET

JOVENTUT BADALONA vs. RATIOPHARM ULM

**EIGHTHFINAL B**

Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 20:45 LT, 20:45 CET

VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA vs. LIETKABELIS PANEVEZYS

**EIGHTHFINAL C**

Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 20:00 LT, 20:00 CET

BOULOGNE METROPOLITANS 92 vs. UMANA REYER VENICE

**EIGHTHFINAL D**

Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 20:30 LT, 20:30 CET

VALENCIA BASKET vs. HAMBURG TOWERS

**EIGHTHFINAL E**

Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 20:00 LT 21:00 CET

GRAN CANARIA vs. SLASK WROCLAW

**EIGHTHFINAL F**

Tuesday, 19 April 2022, 20:45 LT, 20:45 CET

MORABANC ANDORRA vs. BUDUCNOST VOLI PODGORICA

**EIGHTHFINAL G**

Tuesday, 19 April 2022, 19:00 LT, 19:00 CET

CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA vs. TURK TELEKOM ANKARA

**EIGHTHFINAL H**

Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 20:30 LT, 20:30 CET

PARTIZAN NIS BELGRADE vs. FRUTTI EXTRA BURSASPOR

The eight winners returned to action the following week to play the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals in the first week of May, and the championship game on Wednesday, May 11. Every game is win-or-go home, and the higher-ranked teams from the regular season get home-court advantage for each.

In other words, we'll have non-stop make-or-break games until we find out the 2021-22 7DAYS EuroCup winner, who will also earn the right to play in the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague! 

Remember, the brand-new playoffs format shows 16 teams set to square off in single-game knock-out rounds until one of them is left standing, celebrating on top of the podium as the EuroCup champion!

7DAYS EuroCup Playoffs calendar

The brand-new 7DAYS EuroCup playoffs format shows 16 teams set to square off in single-game eighthfinals showdowns set for Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 20. The teams that finished first to fourth in their respective groups earned the right to host those games. Here's a look at the matchups.

### Joventut Badalona (A1) vs. ratiopharm Ulm (B8)

Group A winner Joventut Badalona enters the playoffs with the best record in the competition (12-4) and home-court advantage all the way to the final, should it survive that far. Veterans Ante Tomic and Pau Ribas lead a multi-talented cast of young stars-in-the-making. Joventut's eighthfinals opponent is ratiopharm Ulm, which had an up-and-down season. Ulm finished eighth in Group B but had more wins on the road (4) than at home (3). With scoring machines in Semaj Christon (17.4 ppg., 6.6 apg.) and Jaron Blossomgame (15.6 ppg., 8.0 rpg.), Ulm is always dangerous, even against a competition-best defense such as Joventut's, which allows a league-low 71.0 points per game.

### Virtus Segafredo Bologna (B4) vs. Lietkabelis Panevezys (A5)

One of the EuroCup's top offenses takes on one of its better defenses when Virtus Segafredo Bologna (11-7) plays host to Lietkabelis Panevezys (9-7) in the eighthfinals. Virtus averages 84.4 points, better than all except three playoff teams, and leads the league with 22.4 assists per contest. Lietkabelis, winner of three road games this season, has been a tough cookie all season long away from Panevezys. The Lithuanian team allows just 72.6 points on the road, the fewest in the competition, and forces 15.2 turnovers, second-most when playing away.

### Boulogne Metropolitans 92 (A3) vs. Umana Reyer Venice (B6)

The winner in eight of its last nine games, Boulogne Metropolitans 92 (11-5) will try to carry its regular-season momentum into the playoffs when it hosts Umana Reyer Venice (9-9). Metropolitans returns to the playoffs for the third time after having made the quarterfinals in 2015 and again last season. This team knows a thing or two about getting the job done, too. Former champ Will Cummings (17.4 ppg., 4.7 apg.) leads the way, while head coach Vincent Collet is a former EuroCup finalist and center Vince Hunter was a semifinalist last season. Reyer, a veteran squad that has been together for a long time and can surprise opponents with a variety of defenses, is set to play its first playoff game.

### Valencia Basket (B2) vs. Hamburg Towers (A7)

Valencia Basket (12-6), four-time champion and the winningest club in EuroCup history, faces off against a debutant Hamburg Towers (6-10) in the eighthfinals. While no Hamburg player or coach has ever been a part of the EuroCup playoffs, Valencia players have been in dozens of such games, led by former two-time champions Bojan Dubljevic and Sam Van Rossom. Valencia had its group's best home record, but it will need to fend off a Hamburg offense that attempts more triples (32.2 per game) than any team in EuroCup history and makes a season-best 11.4 shots from the arc. League leader Caleb Homesley (3.4 triples per game) and third-ranked Jaylon Brown (2.9 per game) lead the Hamburg charge.

### Gran Canaria (B1) vs. Slask Wroclaw (A8)

Gran Canaria (12-6) will put its home floor to the test when it hosts Slask Wroclaw (3-13) in their eighthfinals clash. No playoff team has been more accurate at shooting from downtown (39.4%) than Gran Canaria, whose offense is balanced by five different players who have made 15 or more three-point shots this season. A mix of experience, with the likes of John Shurna or A.J. Slaughter, and youths like Khalifa Diop and Aleksander Balcerowski, helped Gran Canaria win Group B. They stand as a heavy favorite against a Slask team that has not won a road game this season and whose entire roster is making its EuroCup postseason debut.

### MoraBanc Andorra (A4) vs. Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (B5)

Two streaky teams that had up-and-down seasons are set to clash in the Pyrenees when MoraBanc Andorra (10-6) welcomes Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (10-8). Remarkably, it's the first EuroLeague meeting ever between two clubs with 262 games played in the competition between them. Buducnost will arrive having won just three of its last nine games after having started the season 7-2. It must find a way to make up for the absence of former All-EuroCup center Willie Reed, who is lost for the season to injury. Andorra, which underwent an in-season coaching changed and snatched home-court advantage in its regular-season finale, relies on Codi Miller-McIntyre (13.6 ppg., 6.9 apg.) as the motor of the team.

### Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (B3) vs. Turk Telekom Ankara (A6)

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (11-7) hosts Turk Telekom Ankara (8-8) in a battle of two of the hottest teams coming into the playoffs. Since opening the regular season with a 3-7 record, Cedevita has won eight consecutive games. Its offense, led by team captain Jaka Blazic (15.1 ppg.) and mid-season addition Yogi Ferrell (15.2 ppg.), has scored at least 82 points in each game since it last defeat in late January. Turk Telekom has gained momentum of its own late with three wins to end the regular season. It will look for its front line to keep doing the job on defense, where Turk Telekom holds opponents to a league-low 48.4% two-point shooting.

### Partizan NIS Belgrade (A2) vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor (B7)

Partizan NIS Belgrade (12-4) will put its Stark Arena home floor to use when it meets Frutti Extra Bursaspor (8-10) in their eighthfinals clash. Partizan is undefeated at home this season, where it beat five opponents by 25 or more points while holding them all to 70.0 points on average. Bursaspor had a strong month of March, with four wins in five games, propelling the Turkish squad from the bottom of the group standings into the playoffs. Everything revolves around Bursaspor's backcourt, where Andrew Andrews has been averaged 20.7 points per game over the second half of the regular season while Derek Needham leads the EuroCup with 45 three-point shots made. Partizan has plenty of balance, with sharpshooter Kevin Punter (16.4 ppg.) and big men Zach LeDay (13.0) and Mathias Lessort (12.3) leading the way.

7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals at a glance

Look back at all the action in the Regular Season Round 18  by checking out the best photos of the week!

EuroCup, The Top 10 photos of the week, Round 18

Calvin Harris JR - Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (photo Jacques Cormareche - Bourg) 

Khalifa Diop - Gran Canaria (photo Gran Canaria) 

Andrew Andrews - Frutti Extra Bursaspor (photo Bursaspor) 

Vince Hunter - Boulogne Metropolitans 92 (photo Olivier dAlmeida - Metropolitans)

Georgios Tanoulis - Promitheas Patras (photo Konstantinos Katsiras - Patras) 

Fedor Zugic - ratiopharm Ulm (photo Miguel Angel Polo - Valencia) 

Zach Leday - Partizan NIS Belgrade (photo Trento)

Kerem Kanter - Slask Wroclaw (photo Wojciech Cebula - Slask) 

Seth Hinrichs - Hamburg Towers (photo Turk Telekom)

Guillem Ferrando - Valencia Basket (photo Miguel Angel Polo - Valencia) 

Calvin Harris JR - Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (photo Jacques Cormareche - Bourg) - EC21-RS18

Andrew Andrews - Frutti Extra Bursaspor (photo Bursaspor) - EC21-RS16

Khalifa Diop - Gran Canaria (photo Gran Canaria) - EC21-RS18

Vince Hunter - Boulogne Metropolitans 92 (photo Olivier dAlmeida - Metropolitans) - EC21-RS16

Georgios Tanoulis - Promitheas Patras (photo Konstantinos Katsiras - Patras) - EC21-RS18

Kerem Kanter - Slask Wroclaw (photo Wojciech Cebula - Slask) - EC21

Seth Hinrichs - Hamburg Towers (photo Turk Telekom) - EC21-RS18

Guillem Ferrando 4- Valencia Basket (photo Miguel Angel Polo - Valencia) - EC21-RS18

Fedor Zugic - ratiopharm Ulm (photo Miguel Angel Polo - Valencia) - EC21-RS18