Who will qualify to the Eurocup playoff?

There are only three rounds left to play in the EuroCup regular season, and there are still many questions regarding the qualified teams and the final order in the standings in both Groups A and B.
In Group A two teams already secured a playoff spot, Bahcesehir Istanbul and Gran Canaria. The Turkish team comfortably leads the group with a 13-2 record so they will most certainly win their group and they will be automatically qualified for the quarterfinals. Gran Canaria has a 10-5 record and they are qualified for the playoffs, but a bad stretch of results could drop them lower in the standings which means they would need to play an extra game in the 1/16 finals.
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Ulm are just one win behind and are waiting for Gran Canaria to lose some games so they can reach the quarterfinals directly. Besiktas, Buducnost, Wolves Vilnius and even Joventut Badalona are still in the race for the Top 6.
Group B’s situation is even more unpredictable with just three rounds left. Valencia fans are the only ones who can stay more relaxed until the playoffs begin as their team has a 13-2 record and is already qualified. Then six teams fight for the remaining five spots and the difference between 2nd-placed Cedevita Ljubljana and 7th-placed Reyer Venezia is just two wins so we could see major changes in the final standings of this group.
In Round 16 there will be three extremely important games to watch: Bourg (8-7) will host Cedevita (10-5), Umana Venezia (8-7) will host Hapoel Jerusalem (9-6) and U-BT Cluj (8-7) will host Turk Telekom (9-6), so we could get a clearer picture after this round or things could get even more complicated and exciting in the same time for EuroCup fans.
Imre Halasz
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