Top 16 teams confirmed
Crunch Sports Staff
in Euroleague 22 Dec 2020
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The cast is complete for the Top 16 of the Euroleague following the conclusion of the regular season.
Real Madrid (8-2) topped Group A, and joining the Spanish giants in the next phase are Anadolu Efes (6-4), Zalgiris (5-5) and Nizhny Novgorod (5-5).
UNICS Kazan (5-5) and Dinamo Sassari (1-9) have been eliminated.
CSKA Moscow (10-0), meanwhile, swept Group B to emerge as the only unbeaten team in the regular season. Also making the last 16 are defending champion Maccabi Tel Aviv (7-3), Unicaja Málaga (4-6) and ALBA Berlin (4-6). Cedevita Zagreb (3-7) and Limoges CSP (2-8) are out.
In Group C, FC Barcelona (9-1) finished on top followed by Fenerbahce Ulker (8-2), Panathinaikos (5-5) and EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (5-5). Bayern Munich (2-8) and PGE Turów (1-9) are the bottom two teams in the group.
Olympiacos (8-2) topped Group D, finishing ahead of Crvena Zvezda (6-4), Laboral Kutxa (5-5) and Galatasaray (4-6). Neptunas (4-6) and Valencia (3-7) are out.
The qualifiers for the Top 16 were divided into two groups.
Group E is made up of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Crvena Zvezda, Zalgiris, Panathinaikos, ALBA Berlin and Galatasaray. Facing off in Group F are CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos, Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahce Ulker, Unicaja Málaga, Laboral Kutxa, Nizhny Novgorod and Milano.
The teams will play a total of 14 games using a double round-robin home-and-away format. The top four teams in each group will proceed to the crossover best-of-five playoffs.
The Top 16 will take place from December 30th, 2014 to April 10th, 2015.
