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How do the EuroLeague Women playoffs work? The quarterfinals are a best-of-three series. Whichever team wins two games first advances to the Final Four. The Final Four and Medal Rounds are single-elimination tournaments.
Who won EuroLeague Women last year? UMMC Ekaterinburg won the EuroLeague title. It was their fourth overall title and their second in the last three years.
Who was the MVP last year? There is no MVP of EuroLeague Women as a whole. But for the Final Four, Washington Mystics forward Emma Meesseman was the Final Four MVP when she led UMMC Ekaterinburg to the championship.
Alright, how can I watch the games?
All games can be watched for free on FIBA’s YouTube Channel.
EuroLeague Women quarterfinals series
Here is the complete series information, including game schedules, notable WNBA players and notes heading into game day:
UMMC Ekaterinbug (Russia) vs. TTT Riga (Latvia)
Dynamo Kursk (Russia) vs. CCC Polkowice (Poland)
Sopron Basket (Hungary) vs. Bourges Basket (France)
USK Praha (Czech Republic) vs. Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
How do the EuroLeague Women playoffs work? The quarterfinals are a best-of-three series. Whichever team wins two games first advances to the Final Four. The Final Four and Medal Rounds are single-elimination tournaments.
Who won EuroLeague Women last year? UMMC Ekaterinburg won the EuroLeague title. It was their fourth overall title and their second in the last three years.
Who was the MVP last year? There is no MVP of EuroLeague Women as a whole. But for the Final Four, Washington Mystics forward Emma Meesseman was the Final Four MVP when she led UMMC Ekaterinburg to the championship.
Alright, how can I watch the games?
All games can be watched for free on FIBA’s YouTube Channel.
EuroLeague Women quarterfinals series
Here is the complete series information, including game schedules, notable WNBA players and notes heading into game day:
UMMC Ekaterinbug (Russia) vs. TTT Riga (Latvia)
- Schedule — Game 1: Tuesday, Mar. 5, at 9 a.m. ET; Game 2: Friday, Mar. 8, at 12 p.m. ET; Game 3*: Wednesday, Mar. 13, at 10 a.m. ET
- Notable WNBA players — The loaded UMMC roster includes: Kayla McBride (Aces), Courtney Vandersloot (Sky), Brittney Griner (Mercury), Maria Vadeeva (Sparks) and Emma Meesseman (Mystics). Riga’s roster does not include active WNBA players, but Shey Peddy was a 2012 WNBA Draft pick and Ivey Slaughter played in the 2017 and 2018 WNBA preseasons.
- Notes — UMMC has been EuroLeague Women’s deepest team in recent years. Their roster is at least as strong, if not stronger, than the Seattle Storm, which won the 2019 WNBA Championship. In group play, UMMC went 13-1, losing only once to USK Praha on Jan. 30. Riga went 8-6 in group play and will likely need a miracle to win this series.
Dynamo Kursk (Russia) vs. CCC Polkowice (Poland)
- Schedule — Game 1: Tuesday, Mar. 5, at 11 a.m. ET; Game 2: Friday, Mar. 8, at 1 p.m. ET; Game 3*: Wednesday, Mar. 13, at 12 p.m. ET
- Notable WNBA players — For Dynamo Kursk, Epiphanny Prince (Liberty), Breanna Stewart (Storm) and Natasha Howard (Storm) are on the roster. For CCC Polkowice, Jasmine Thomas (Sun), Tiffany Hayes (Dream) and Lynetta Kizer (Dream) are their WNBA players.
- Notes — Like UMMC, Dynamo Kursk won all but one game in the group stage. CCC Polkowice has two WNBA All-Stars in Thomas and Hayes, but they probably don’t have enough depth to win this series given their 7-7 run in the group stage.
Sopron Basket (Hungary) vs. Bourges Basket (France)
- Schedule — Game 1: Tuesday, Mar. 5, at 12 p.m. ET; Game 2: Friday, Mar. 8, at 2 p.m. ET; Game 3*: Wednesday, Mar. 13 at 1 p.m. ET
- Notable WNBA players — For Sopron, Amanda Zahui B. (Liberty), Yvonne Turner(Mercury) and Candice Dupree (Fever) are their WNBA players. Bourges doesn’t have any active WNBA players, but Katherine Plouffe played college basketball at Utah.
- Notes — Sopron is the defending runner-up from last year’s EuroLeague Women competition. They only have an 8-6 record in a three-way tie in this year’s group stage, where they earned the second-place bid in Group B based on tiebreakers. However, they should be favorites against Bourges, one of the teams without an active WNBA player.
USK Praha (Czech Republic) vs. Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
- Schedule — Game 1: Tuesday, Mar. 5, at 1 p.m. ET; Game 2: Friday, Mar. 8, at 11:30 a.m. ET; Game 3*: Wednesday, Mar. 13, at 2 p.m. ET
- Notable WNBA players — For USK Praha, their WNBA players are Alyssa Thomas (Sun), Isabelle Harrison (Aces) and Leticia Romero (Wings). For Fenerbahçe, Kelsey Plum (Aces), Kia Vaughn (Liberty), Cecilia Zandalasini (Lynx), Bria Hartley (Liberty) and Kiah Stokes (Liberty) are theirs.
- Notes — The most notable part about this matchup is that Kia Vaughn returns to face her former overseas club where she won a EuroLeague Women championship and Final Four MVP in the 2014-15 season. Czech fans will be a little torn to see Vaughn donning another team’s jersey, given that she also is a naturalized Czech citizen and will play in this year’s Women’s EuroBasket. But this is probably the most evenly matched series in the quarterfinals, but with USK Praha being the slight favorite in this one.
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