The 2026 EuroLeague Women postseason has officially begun.<\/p>\n
Things will tip-off this Wednesday, Feb. 18 with the league \u201cplay-ins,\u201d in which the top eight finishers from group play will play best-of-three series to determine who moves on to the Final Six, a bracket-style playoff that will be held in April.<\/p>\n
The play-ins are divided into two types: the semifinal play-ins and the quarterfinal play-ins.<\/p>\n
Each club competing in the semifinal play-ins has already qualified for the Final Six; the winners of those series will advance directly to the second round. The losers of the semifinal play-ins will play the winners of the quarterfinal play-ins in the first round of the Final Six. The losers of the quarterfinal play-ins, meanwhile, will be eliminated from the competition.<\/p>\n
It goes without saying that the EuroLeague Women play-ins feature the best talent the competition has to offer, but what makes them particularly exciting is that they feature completely fresh matchups. The benefit of the league\u2019s two-pronged group phase is that come play-in time, none of the competing teams will have faced each other. Less predictability means more uncertainty and, ultimately, more excitement for fans.<\/p>\n
Will Fenerbah\u00e7e Opet continue its dominant run against an upstart Spar Girona squad? Can ZVVZ USK Praha advance past the quarterfinal play-ins and defend their EuroLeague Women title? How about Galatasaray \u00c7a\u011fda\u015f Faktoring? Will they take yet another step in restoring their previous glories?<\/p>\n