Fenerbahce Beko secure playoff spot in EuroLeague

ANKARA

Fenerbahce Beko secured a playoff spot in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Thursday.

With Barcelona's 92-89 win over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, the Yellow Canaries booked a playoff ticket by securing a spot in the top six teams of the regular season.

Barcelona (22 wins) and Panathinaikos AKTOR (21 wins) with Turkish coach Ergin Ataman also qualified directly for the playoffs.

Real Madrid, the league leader with 26 wins, Olympiacos (21 wins), which beat Red Star 89-86, and Monaco (22 wins), which defeated Zalgiris 69-66, became the other teams that qualified directly for the playoffs.

The top six from the regular season and the two survivors of the Play-In Showdown will meet in a best-of-five playoff series between April 23 and May 8.