On This Day, April 7, 2011: Real Madrid returns to Final Four after 15 years
Real managed to punch its ticket to Barcelona, where the Final Four was held in 2011
On this day nine years ago, the winningest team in Europe, Real Madrid, finally returned to the EuroLeague Final Four after a 15-year absence. Since Los Blancos had won their eighth title in 1995, they had failed to reach the final stage. This time it took all five games of a playoff series against Valencia Basket, but finally, Real managed to punch its ticket to Barcelona, where the Final Four was held in 2011.