The Road to Belgrade and the crowning of a continental champion will switch into an even higher gear when the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs begin on Tuesday, April 19, and Wednesday, April 20.
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs calendar
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FC Barcelona, which finished first in the regular season, will face off against eighth-placed FC Bayern Munich, while regular-season runner-up Olympiacos Piraeus will battle against seventh-placed AS Monaco, a playoffs debutant. Third-place AX Armani Exchange Milan will take on the defending champion, Anadolu Efes Istanbul. And fourth-place Real Madrid faces Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv.
The playoffs action gets underway at Mediolanum Forum in Italy at 19:00 CEST on Tuesday, April 19, when Milan will host Efes. Later on Tuesday, top-seeded FC Barcelona hosts Bayern for the start of their series at 21:00 CEST.
The next night's first fixture will be Game 1 of the series between Olympiacos and Monaco, which will tip-off at 20:00 CEST. The slate of Game 1s will finish later on Wednesday in the Spanish capital, where Real will welcome Maccabi. That game will tip-off at 20:45 CEST.
PLAYOFFS GAME 1
AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN vs. ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL
19 APRIL 2022 | 19:00 local | 19:00 CEST
FC BARCELONA vs. FC BAYERN MUNICH
19 APRIL 2022 | 21:00 local | 21:00 CEST
REAL MADRID vs. MACCABI PLAYTIKA TEL AVIV
20 APRIL 2022 | 21:00 local | 21:00 CEST
OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS vs. AS MONACO
20 APRIL 2022 | 21:00 local | 20:00 CEST
The same four teams will play host for Game 2s in each series roughly 48 hours later. Barcelona and Bayern will square off on Thursday at 20:00 CEST, and 45 minutes later Milan will take on Efes. On Friday, Olympiacos vs. Monaco will tip-off at 18:00 CEST, while Real will play Maccabi at 20:45 CEST.
PLAYOFFS GAME 2
FC BARCELONA vs. FC BAYERN MUNICH
21 APRIL 2022 | 20:00 local | 20:00 CEST
AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN vs. ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL
21 APRIL 2022 | 20:30 local | 20:30 CEST
OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS vs. AS MONACO
22 APRIL 2022 | 19:00 local | 18:00 CEST
REAL MADRID vs. MACCABI PLAYTIKA TEL AVIV
22 APRIL 2022 | 20:45 local | 20:45 CEST
A week later, the action shifts to the home floors of the teams that finished lower in the regular season standings, for Game 3, and potentially, Game 4.
PLAYOFFS GAME 3
MACCABI PLAYTIKA TEL AVIV vs. REAL MADRID
26 APRIL 2022 | 21:05 local | 20:05 CEST
ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL vs. AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN
26 APRIL 2022 | 20:30 local | 19:30 CEST
FC BAYERN MUNICH vs. FC BARCELONA
27 APRIL 2022 | 20:30 local | 20:30 CEST
AS MONACO vs. OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS
27 APRIL 2022 | 21:00 local | 21:00 CEST
PLAYOFFS GAME 4
MACCABI PLAYTIKA TEL AVIV vs. REAL MADRID
28 APRIL 2022 | 21:05 local | 20:05 CEST
ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL vs. AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN
28 APRIL 2022 | 20:30 local | 19:30 CEST
FC BAYERN MUNICH vs. FC BARCELONA
29 APRIL 2022 | 20:45 local | 20:45 CEST
AS MONACO vs. OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS
29 APRIL 2022 | 21:00 local | 21:00 CEST
A deciding Game 5 will take place only if a series is tied at 2-2.
PLAYOFFS GAME 5
FC BARCELONA vs. FC BAYERN MUNICH
OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS vs. AS MONACO
AX ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN vs. ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL
REAL MADRID vs. MACCABI PLAYTIKA TEL AVIV