Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens will be Valencia Basket’s opponent in the EuroLeague Playoffs 

Valencia Basket men’s team will face Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens in the EuroLeague Playoffs after the Greek side’s victory in their Play-In game against AS Monaco by 87-79, which secured them seventh place in the regular season standings and set up a clash with the “taronja” side, who finished second after the 38 rounds of the competition’s first phase.

The best-of-five quarterfinal series will begin with two games at the Roig Arena. The first will be played on Tuesday, April 28 at 20:45, and the second on Thursday, April 30 at 20:45. Tickets for both games are already available on the official Valencia Basket website.

The series will then move to Athens the following week, with Game 3 scheduled for May 5/6 and Game 4, if necessary, for May 7/8. If a fifth game is needed to decide the Final Four spot, the series would return to the Roig Arena on May 12 or 13, with the time yet to be confirmed.

A continental classic for the “taronja” side

Valencia Basket and Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens have faced each other 14 times in EuroLeague games. If this quarterfinal series goes to a fifth game, the Greek side would become the most frequent opponent in Valencia’s European history. The Valencia team currently leads the head-to-head record 8–6 after winning both matchups this season: 79–89 in the first-round game played at the Telekom Center Athens and 102–84 in the Round 37 game held less than two weeks ago at the Roig Arena.