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Fenerbahçe Beko advanced to the Final Four in THY Euroleague, Europe’s largest club-based basketball organization, after 5 years. The yellow-dark blue team became the first team in Euroleague history to win the 5th game away in the play-off series.
Entry: 09.05.2024 – 13:19 Update: 09.05.2024 – 13:19
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Fenerbahçe Beko, who was the guest of Monaco in the 5th match of the THY Euroleague play-off quarter-final series, beat its opponent 80-79 at the end of the extra period, won the series 3-2 and made its name in the Final Four. The yellow-dark blue team managed to participate in the Final Four for the first time since 2019. After the season was interrupted due to the pandemic in 2020, the yellow-dark blue team could not qualify among the last 4 teams in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and played the Final Four 5 times in a row in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
The Final Four organization, in which Fenerbahçe Beko will take part for the 6th time, will be held in Berlin, the capital of Germany, on 24-26 May.
MID-SEASON CHANGE BROUGHT SUCCESS
Fenerbahçe Beko, which had a season in which it broke consecutive records and experienced firsts, could not have a good start to the season.
The yellow-dark blue team, which started the season under Yun’s head coach Dimitris Itoudis, suffered 7 defeats in the first 13 matches in the Euroleague. Defeats to Baskonia and Barcelona in Spain were the end of the Greek head coach. Fenerbahçe acted quickly and appointed Lithuanian Sarunas Jasikevicius, who left Barcelona at the beginning of the season and played for the yellow-dark blue team for a while.
Fenerbahçe Beko, which finished 5th in the regular season with 14 wins in 21 matches under the management of Jasikevicius, also broke many records. Fenerbahçe broke the Euroleague record by making 24 three-point baskets in the 118-88 victory against Valencia, and reached the most points in a match in the club’s history with 118 points.
In the match where Fenerbahçe Beko beat Alba Berlin 103-68, the name that made history this time was American player Nigel Hayes-Davis. The yellow-dark blue player, who scored 50 points in the opponent’s basket, broke Shane Larkin’s record and became the player who scored the most points in a match.
THE FIRST AWAY TEAM TO WIN GAME 5 IN THE PLAY-OFF
Fenerbahçe Beko also made history as the first team in Euroleague history to advance to the round by winning the 5th game away in the play-offs.
Matched with Monaco, which finished the regular season in 4th place, the yellow-dark blue team went away for the last match of the play-offs with a 2-2 draw in the series.
Before this match in Euroleague history, the home teams had advanced to the Final Four by advancing to the 18 matches remaining in the 5th match. Fenerbahçe Beko achieved a historical success by beating Monaco 80-79 in extra time in a competitive match and broke this statistics.
In the Barcelona-Olympiakos match played after this match, the away team Olympiakos managed to pass the round and contributed to the statistics that Fenerbahçe broke in favor of the guest teams.
TURKISH TEAM WITH THE MOST PART IN THE FINAL-FOUR
Fenerbahçe has become the Turkish team that has reached the Final Four in the Euroleague the most times in the history of Turkish basketball.
Anadolu Efes played the Final Four in Europe’s largest organization in 2000, 2001, 2019, 2021 and 2022. Fenerbahçe, on the other hand, left its opponent behind by making it to the Final Four for the 6th time.
FINAL-FOUR FOR THE 6TH TIME IN THE LAST 9 YEARS!
Fenerbahçe managed to become one of the most successful teams of this organization by making it to the Final Four for the 6th time in the last 9 years. While the yellow-dark blue team won the cup in Istanbul in 2017, they finished second in Berlin in 2016 and Belgrade in 2018, and 4th in Madrid in 2015 and Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2019.
RIVAL ERGİN ATAMAN’S PANATHINAIKOS
Fenerbahçe Beko will face Greece’s Panathinaikos AKTOR team, coached by National Basketball Team Head Coach Ergin Ataman, in the first match of the Final Four.
Ataman, who has achieved significant success with Anadolu Efes, one of Fenerbahçe’s biggest rivals in basketball in Turkey for years, will rival Fenerbahçe at the head of the Greek team.
In the other match of the Final Four, the Spanish team Real Madrid, which finished the regular season as leader, and the Greek representative Olympiacos will face each other.
JASIKEVICIUS IS IN THE FINAL-FOUR FOR THE 4TH TIME IN A ROW
Fenerbahçe Beko’s head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius will take part in the Final Four for the 4th time in a row and the 5th time in total.
The 48-year-old head coach achieved significant success in the Europa League at a young age.
Jasikevicius, who had his first Final Four experience at the age of 42 with the Lithuanian team Zalgiris in 2018, always played in the Final Four during his time with Barcelona. The Lithuanian head coach competed with the Spanish representative in the Final Four in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Sarunas Jasikevicius could not win the championship in his previous 4 Final Four experiences.
HE LOST IN THE FINAL IN BERLIN
Fenerbahçe Beko took part in the Final Four held in Berlin, the capital of Germany, in 2016 and lost the cup in the final.
The yellow-dark blue team, who lost to CSKA Moscow in extra time in the final, will fight for the championship in Berlin again after 8 years.
Due to the density of the Turkish population in Berlin, it is expected that there will be more Fenerbahçe fans in the 17 thousand capacity Mercedes Benz-Arena than its rivals.
DOUBLE VICTORY POSSIBILITY IN EUROLEAGUE
Following the championship of the women’s basketball team in the Euroleague, Fenerbahçe will try to make history by winning the men’s cup as well and becoming the first team to achieve this success in the same season.
Fenerbahçe, the only club in Europe to win this organization in both women’s and men’s categories, draws attention with the importance it attaches to basketball.
Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding Women’s Basketball Team achieved a historical success by winning the Women’s Euroleague this season after last season. If Fenerbahçe Beko Men’s Basketball Team wins the cup this season, the yellow-dark blue club will once again make history in basketball.
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