With all 16 playoff teams already known, the last round of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season comes down to deciding the matchups for the eighthfinals, the first of four do-or-die elimination rounds.
Round 18 seeding scenarios
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While five of the final places in Group B are known, none are in Group A, which means that Round 18 will be ultimately decisive in determining the route for all teams to a title.
One of two current first-place teams, Prometey Slobozhanske in Group A or Gran Canaria in Group B, will become the No. 1 seed, thus hosting all its future games straight through to the EuroCup Final. Gran Canaria can lock up that privilege with a victory in Round 18, but having clinched first place in its group, is already guaranteed home-court advantage at least through the semifinals, should it reach that far.
First place in Group A will be decided in Round 18 between Prometey and Joventut Badalona, with the team finishing second only guaranteed home-court advantage until the quarterfinals. Among three teams in Group B that have secured home-court advantage in the eighthfinals, Turk Telekom Ankara and Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv are battling this week over second place and an extra guaranteed home game should they win in the first elimination round. Promitheas Patras also has home-court advantage in the eighthfinals, but can finish no higher than third in Group B.
Find the rest of the final seeding scenarios for both groups below.
GROUP A
Prometey (13-4) will finish first with a home win vs. Reyer.
Prometey will be first if it loses and Joventut loses, as well.
Prometey will be second with a loss if Joventut wins.
Prometey will clinch the No. 1 overall seed throughout the playoffs if it wins, Gran Canaria loses in Group B, and the combined margins at the end of regulation time in their games are 23 points or more.
Joventut (12-5) will finish first with a home win vs. Lietkabelis if Prometey loses.
Joventut will be second with a loss or if Prometey wins.
Ulm (10-7) will finish third with a home win vs. Cluj.
Ulm will be third with a loss if both Lietkabelis and Reyer also lose.
Ulm will be fourth if it loses while Lietkabelis wins and Reyer loses.
Ulm will be fifth if it loses and Reyer wins.
Lietkabelis (10-7) will finish third with a win at Joventut if either Ulm or Reyer loses.
Lietkabelis will be third if it wins and Ulm loses.
Lietkabelis will be fourth if it wins and Ulm wins.
Lietkabelis will be fourth if it loses and Reyer or Ulm loses.
Lietkabelis will be fifth if it loses while Reyer and Ulm both win.
Reyer (9-8) will finish third with a win at Prometey if both Ulm and Lietkabelis lose.
Reyer will be fourth with a win if Ulm or Lietkabelis loses.
Reyer will be fifth with a win if both Ulm and Lietkabelis win, too.
Reyer will be fifth if it loses and Bourg loses.
Reyer will be sixth if it loses and Bourg wins.
Bourg (8-9) will finish fifth with a victory at Cedevita (3-14) if Reyer loses.
Bourg will be sixth if it wins while Reyer wins and Brescia loses.
Bourg will be seventh if it wins while Reyer and Brescia both win.
Bourg will be seventh if it loses and Brescia wins.
Bourg will be eighth if it loses and Brescia loses.
Brescia (8-9) will finish sixth with a victory at Bursaspor while Bourg loses.
Brescia will be sixth if wins and Reyer wins.
Brescia will be seventh if it wins while Bourg wins and Reyer loses.
Brescia will be seventh if it loses by fewer than 36 points against Bursaspor.
Brescia will be eighth if it loses by 36 points or more and Bourg wins.
Bursaspor (7-10) will finish sixth with a victory vs. Brescia if Bourg loses.
Bursaspor will be seventh if it wins by 36 or more points and Bourg wins
Bursaspor will be eighth if it wins by fewer than 36 points and Bourg wins.
Bursaspor will be eighth if it loses.
GROUP B
Gran Canaria (14-3) has already clinched first place in Group B.
Gran Canaria will clinch the No. 1 overall seed throughout the playoffs with a victory vs. Hamburg or if Prometey loses in Group A.
Gran Canaria will clinch the No. 1 overall seed throughout the playoffs if it loses, Prometey wins, the combined margins at the end of regulation time in their games are 22 points or less.
Turk Telekom (12-5) will finish second with a victory vs. Buducnost or if Hapoel loses.
Turk Telekom will be third if it loses and Hapoel wins.
Hapoel (12-5) will finish second with a victory vs. Promitheas if Turk Telekom loses.
Hapoel will be third if it loses and Turk Telekom loses.
Hapoel will be third if it loses by 17 or fewer points.
Hapoel will be fourth if it loses by more than 17 points and Turk Telekom wins.
Promitheas (11-6) will finish third if it wins at Hapoel by more than 17 points and Turk Telekom wins.
Promitheas will be fourth in any other scenario.
Paris (10-7) is locked in fifth place.
Buducnost (9-8) is locked in sixth place.
London (7-10) is locked in seventh place.
Hamburg (6-11) is locked in eighth place.