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Mar 27, 2008, 8:22 pm
First of all I am glad that you are posting outside Devotion. I hope you continue doing so 
Now about the format of Euroleague. I think I should mention the criteria on which is the selection of the teams is based. That's not your question but I think it would help to understand it better. Each country is given a certain number of spots according to the strength of the league and past achievements and the size of the market. Some teams are contracted with Euroleague and have 3-year-contracts. The number of contracted teams in vary in different countries. The only condition not to lose the contract before it runs out is to finish at the top half of the league during those years. So for example in Spain 2 teams qualify through their final position and 2 are contracted. While Lithuania has 1 spot and that is contracted. One place in Euroleague is reserved for ULEB Cup winners (last year the final was won by Real Madrid against Lietuvos Rytas but Real won Spanish league and qualified through it so Rytas qualified from ULEB Cup).
So domestic leagues' final stadnings are important for EL because teams qualify from there. And in Lithuania, for instance, there is 3-year point system which decides which team will get a contract. Žalgiris have 1 year left in their contract and they lead Rytas 43:33 at the moment.
Euroleague starts with 24 teams sorted in 3 groups (8 teams in each). They face each other twice (home and away). Top 5 teams in each group and the best 6th placed team qualify to Top 16. The draw of the Top 16 is held according to regular season results (1st pot - 3 group winners and 2nd best and so on).
In Top 16 teams are sorted in 4 groups with 4 teams in each. Top 2 teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
In the quarter-finals group winners face 2nd placed teams in a best-of-3 series. Winners advance to the Final 4.
If I explaned it in a confusing way, feel free to ask and I'll try to make it clear
Now about the format of Euroleague. I think I should mention the criteria on which is the selection of the teams is based. That's not your question but I think it would help to understand it better. Each country is given a certain number of spots according to the strength of the league and past achievements and the size of the market. Some teams are contracted with Euroleague and have 3-year-contracts. The number of contracted teams in vary in different countries. The only condition not to lose the contract before it runs out is to finish at the top half of the league during those years. So for example in Spain 2 teams qualify through their final position and 2 are contracted. While Lithuania has 1 spot and that is contracted. One place in Euroleague is reserved for ULEB Cup winners (last year the final was won by Real Madrid against Lietuvos Rytas but Real won Spanish league and qualified through it so Rytas qualified from ULEB Cup).
So domestic leagues' final stadnings are important for EL because teams qualify from there. And in Lithuania, for instance, there is 3-year point system which decides which team will get a contract. Žalgiris have 1 year left in their contract and they lead Rytas 43:33 at the moment.
Euroleague starts with 24 teams sorted in 3 groups (8 teams in each). They face each other twice (home and away). Top 5 teams in each group and the best 6th placed team qualify to Top 16. The draw of the Top 16 is held according to regular season results (1st pot - 3 group winners and 2nd best and so on).
In Top 16 teams are sorted in 4 groups with 4 teams in each. Top 2 teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
In the quarter-finals group winners face 2nd placed teams in a best-of-3 series. Winners advance to the Final 4.
If I explaned it in a confusing way, feel free to ask and I'll try to make it clear