EuroLeague Odds Released: Hapoel Tel Aviv Ranked Fifth, Maccabi Tel Aviv Eleventh

The top European basketball league, the EuroLeague, is set to begin its new season on Thursday, September 24th. Ahead of the tip-off, betting agencies have released their odds for which team will win the championship. Hapoel Tel Aviv is positioned as the fifth most likely team to win, with an average betting odd of 14.33. This places them as the highest-ranked Israeli team in the competition.

Maccabi Tel Aviv, on the other hand, is ranked eleventh with odds of 35.33, placing them in a tie with Partizan Belgrade, Valencia, and Milan. The opening games for the Israeli teams will see Hapoel Tel Aviv facing Bayern Munich, and Maccabi Tel Aviv playing away against Villeurbanne.

The reigning champions, Olympiacos, are the favorites to win again, holding the top spot with odds of 4.07. Panathinaikos follows closely as the second favorite with 4.22, and Fenerbahçe is third at 7.73. Real Madrid, last season's runner-up, is listed as the fourth favorite with odds of 8.50.

Other teams in the top ten include Dubai (15.33), Barcelona (19.33), Zalgiris Kaunas (23.00), Anadolu Efes (29.00), and Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (30.33). The full list details the odds for all 18 participating teams, with Bayern Munich, Paris, and Virtus Bologna sharing the lowest odds at 100.33.