The quarterfinals are the next step for the
remaining eight teams seeking to win the 7DAYS EuroCup title and, with
it, the right to join the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague next season.
Let's take a glance at all four of next week’s quarterfinal games.
26 April 2022
Gran Canaria VS MoraBanc Andorra
Virtus Segafredo Bologna VS ratiopharm Ulm
27 April 2022
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana VS Frutti Extra Bursaspor
Valencia Basket VS Boulogne Metropolitans 92
Virtus Segafredo Bologna vs. ratiopharm Ulm
Virtus is looking to reach the semifinals for the
second consecutive season, while Ulm has made it this far for just the
second time in nine EuroCup seasons. Ulm’s previous quarterfinals
appearance came in 2013, when it lost to Bilbao Basket. Ulm and Virtus
faced each other in the regular season. Virtus topped Ulm 87-76 at home
in Round 2 behind 20 points from Mam Jaiteh. Ulm returned the favor
with an 84-68 home win of its own in Round 11.
Valencia Basket vs. Boulogne Metropolitans 92
Valencia continues to seek an unprecedented fifth
EuroCup title and boasts plenty of experience at this level, with guard
Sam Van Rossom and center Bojan Dubljevic aiming for their third crown
each. Metropolitans has made it to the quarterfinals for the third
time, after previous losses at the same stage in 2015 and 2021. Will
Cummings, a EuroCup champion with Darrusafaka Istanbul in 2018, and
Vince Hunter, last season's Top 16 MVP, are the Metropolitans' main
pillars.
Gran Canaria vs. MoraBanc Andorra
Gran Canaria will try for its fourth semifinals
berth in the EuroCup after previous appearances in 2015, 2016 and 2021.
Andorra reached the semifinals in 2019. Among several crossed paths in
this showdown, Gran Canaria guard Dylan Ennis was chosen to the 2018-19
All-EuroCup First Team while playing for Andorra. Andorra forward Oriol
Pauli played for Gran Canaria from 2014 to 2020, reaching the EuroCup
Finals in 2015.
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor
Cedevita arrives to the quarterfinals on a nine-game
winning streak in which it has scored more than 80 points in every
game, breaking the 100-point mark three times. Bursaspor knocked off
Partizan NIS Belgrade in the Serbian capital in overtime in one of the
biggest EuroCup upsets in recent memory. Having faced each other in
Group B of the regular season, these teams split home wins. Bursaspor
downed Cedevita 93-84 in Round 3 with 21 points and 11 rebounds from
Kevarrius Hayes.
