The curse of Game 5 continues: Can Olympiacos and Fener break the 0/19 tonight?

After twelve years… you itch, o Panathinaikos AKTOR will “attend” the Euroleague Final 4, then the victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the “burning” OAKA, in the fifth and last game of the playoffs series!

A victory that, beyond the historical importance it has for the “greens”, also gave rise tothe… curse of the guests in Game 5 of the tournament!

And this because, after the defeat of the Israelis, the record of the visiting teams in such games went to 0/19!

In particular, from the 2008/09 season, until today, no team that played a 5th “final” away from home celebrated the qualification to the Final 4, with the hosts to count 19 out of 19 qualifiers!

Tonight, Mr Olympic is tested at the “Palau Blaugrana” against the Barcelona at 22:00, while, two hours earlier, the Fenerbahce hosted in the Principality by Monaco. Will one of the two, or even both of them, be able to “break” and put a “brake” on this negative streak?

For history, the “red and white” have given five Game 5s and has taken her qualified four times. The only time they failed was away to Real Madrid in 2013/14. All qualifiers had come to the packed SEF!



Game 5s in EuroLeague history:

2008/09



Barcelona-Tau 78-62

2010/11

Real Madrid–Valencia 66-58

2011/12



Panathinaikos-Maccabi Tel Aviv 86-85

2012/13



Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 82-72

Barcelona-Panathinaikos 64-53

2013/14

Real Madrid-Olympiacos 83-69

CSKA Moscow-Panathinaikos 74-44

2015/16



Lokomotiv Kuban-Barcelona 81-67

2016/17

Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 87-78

2018/19

Anatolou Efes-Real Madrid 80-71

2020/21



Barcelona-Zenit St. Petersburg 79-53

Anatolou Efes-Real Madrid 88-83

Armani Milan–Bayern Munich 92-89

2021-22



Barcelona – Bayern 81-72

Olympiacos – Monaco 94-88

2022-23



Olympiacos – Fenerbahce 84-72

Monaco – Maccabi 97-86

Real – Partizan 98-94

2023/04



Panathinaikos AKTOR – Maccabi Tel Aviv 81-72

Monaco-Fenerbahce (20:00)

Barcelona – Olympiacos (22:00)