The 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals features four teams from four different countries. Three teams were their respective Top 16 group winners, two are in this stage for the first time and one is a former EuroCup champion. AS Monaco faces Herbalife Gran Canaria in one semifinal and Virtus Segafredo Bologna takes on UNICS Kazan in the other. These two best-of-three series will be the first times these opponents have ever met.
AS Monaco vs. Herbalife Gran Canaria
AS Monaco reached the semifinals for the first time in club history by surviving a tense Game 3 to oust Buducnost VOLI Podgorica. That came after it went 5-1 in the Top 16 to finish atop Group E. Herbalife Gran Canaria is in the semifinals for the third time; its best appearance to date was finishing as the runner-up in 2015. Gran Canaria enters the series on a five-game winning streak after sweeping Boulogne Metropolitans 92 in the quarters. It was the only team to win its quarterfinals series without the benefit of home-court advantage. The teams are among the best at rebounding in the competition; Monaco's 13.8 offensive rebounds per game are most in the competition this season, while Gran Canaria is second with 37.2 rebounds per game.
Virtus Segafredo Bologna vs. UNICS Kazan
Virtus Segafredo Bologna is undefeated on the season and accordingly won its regular season and Top 16 groups before sweeping Joventut Badalona in the quarterfinals. This marks its first time in the EuroCup Semifinals, though Virtus is a two-time EuroLeague champion among its five continental trophies. UNICS Kazan survived a tough three-game series to beat Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and reach the semifinals for the sixth time. It has won two of its previous semifinals series and captured the EuroCup crown in 2011. Virtus boasts the EuroCup's premier attack with 88.4 points scored per game. UNICS has one of the best defenses; it allowed only 69.7 points per game in the Top 16, which was second-lowest in that phase.