The 2024 EuroLeague Playoffs, known as the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs for sponsorship purposes, were the second postseason portion of the 2023–24 EuroLeague basketball competition. They began on 23 April 2024 and were played through 8 May 2024. The top six finishers in the regular season qualified for the playoffs directly, while the teams placed from seventh to tenth battled for the remaining two seeds in a play-in tournament. The playoffs consist of four series of two teams each, to be played in a best-of-five format. The winners of each of the playoffs series advanced to the Final Four, which will determine the EuroLeague champion for the 2023–24 season.[1]
Source: EuroLeague Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Tiebreakers
When more than two teams are tied, the ranking will be established taking into account the victories obtained in the games played only among them. Should the tie persist among some, but not all, of the teams, the ranking of the teams still tied will be determined by again taking into account the victories in the games played only among them, and repeating this same procedure until the tie is entirely resolved.
If a tie persists, the ranking will be determined by the goal difference in favour and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.[2]
Play-in
Under the new format, the 7th to 10th-ranked teams faced each other in the play-in. Each game is hosted by the team with the higher regular season record. The format was similar to the first two rounds of the Page–McIntyre system for a four-team playoff thar was identical to that of the NBA play-in tournament. First, the 7th seed hosted the 8th seed, with the winner advancing to the playoffs; likewise the 9th seed hosted the 10th seed, with the loser eliminated. Then the loser of the 7-v-8 game hosted the winner of the 9-v-10 game, with the winner of that game getting the final playoff spot.
Playoff series were best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format was used – teams with home-court advantage played games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents hosted games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 were only played if necessary. The four winning teams advanced to the Final Four.[4]
^ abcFrom 24 October onwards through the end of the season, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv played their home matches in Belgrade due to the inability to host matches in Israel as a result of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[3]
