The new Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season tips off with Round 1 games on October 1 and 2. As always, the round-robin format promises great matchups week in and week out. Here's a look at the ones that are in store for Round 1!

In their first and only official meeting to date, Efes held off visiting Zenit 90-88 last November. Despite the loss, Zenit set a club record with 26 assists. Austin Hollins hit 7 three-pointers made and Alex Renfroe dished 10 assists, both season highs for Zenit.

Even though Zalgiris has won eight of their 10 most recent confrontations, the last time these teams met, in Piraeus last season, Vassilis Spanoulis led Olympiacos to an 83-74 victory with 16 points and 7 assists.

Maccabi has an 11-1 record against ALBA this century and is 5-1 on its home floor. Four of those home wins have been by 16 points or more, including a 104-78 blowout in Round 7 last season behind John DiBartolomeo's career-high 19 points.

The two teams split road wins last season, but on its last visit to Palau Blaugrana, CSKA handed Barcelona a 67-96 beating in Round 11. Mike James led CSKA's six double-figure scorers that night with 14 points.

ASVEL, which has never won a road game against Valencia, tied its EuroLeague club record with 7 blocks in an 80-64 loss there in 2004.

Khimki is 5-4 all-time against Panathinaikos, having won its last four home games, including a 103-86 decision last season as Alexey Shved paced six double-digit scorers with 26 points. Home teams have prevailed in each of the last six clashes in this series.

Fenerbahce has enjoyed dominance over Zvezda, winning eight of their 10 games this century, including a perfect 5-0 record at home.

These two played their 2019-20 opener in Munich last season, too. Bayern won that game 78-64 behind 18 points from Vladimir Lucic.

On its last EuroLeague visit to Buesa Arena, Real Madrid blew past Baskonia 55-77 behind Jordan Mickey's 15 points and 8 rebounds. Those were the fewest points Baskonia has scored in a EuroLeague home game this century and its 4 assists the fewest in any non-playoff game ever played in the competition.