By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
At this point, three spots remain open and in the next few weeks, all the EuroLeague contestants for the 2018-19 season will be decided.
There’s one open spot from the VTB United League which will be decided in the first ever Final Four of the competition. CSKA Moscow – which has already secured its EuroLeague spot – alongside Khimki Moscow Region, Zenit St. Petersburg and the winner of the Unics Kazan versus Nizhny Novgorod will fight for it. The VTB champion will get the spot, or the finalist in case CSKA Moscow wins the title.
In the German BBL, the winner of the finals between Bayern Munich and ALBA Berlin will get the second open EuroLeague spot.
In the third spot which will be decided in the Spanish Liga Endesa, things are a bit more complicated. With Barcelona in danger of missing the semifinals, Andorra (6th in the regular season), Gran Canaria (5th in the regular season) and Valencia (4th in the regular season) are on the race for the big prize. Andorra needs to get all the way to the finals or win the league in order to get the EuroLeague spot.
Valencia and Gran Canaria are facing each other in the playoffs quarterfinals. Whoever gets to the semifinals will have the advantage over Andorra if they both get in the same stage of the playoffs and finish their season without getting to the finals or winning the league.
EuroLeague 2018-19
Team with 10-year contracts
Real Madrid
FC Barcelona Lassa
KIROLBET Baskonia
CSKA Moscow
Panathinaikos Superfoods
Olympiacos Piraeus
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milano
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
Fenerbahce Dogus
Anadolu Efes
Zalgiris Kaunas
EuroCup champion: Darussafaka
ABA League champion: Buducnost
BBL champion: Bayern Munich/ALBA Berlin
ACB champion or best team: Andorra/Gran Canaria/Valencia
VTB champion or best team: Khimki/Zenit St. Peterburg/Unics Kazan/Nizhny Novgorod