Bu gece Monako’da oynanan Euroleague Çeyrekfinal 5. maçında Monako’yu uzatma devresinde 80-79 yenen Fenerbahçe Beko Basketbol takımı Dörtlü Finalde oynamaya hak kazandı.
Fenerbahçe 24 Mayıs’ta Berlin’de Yunanistan temsilcisi Panathinaikos ile yarı final maçı oynayacak.
The Turkish side defeated Monaco 3-2 in the playoffs
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is the third team to make it to the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, joining Real Madrid and Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens. Saras Jasikevicius’s squad finished with a 20-14 regular-season record, good for sixth position, and then knocked out third-placed AS Monaco in the playoffs by winning 3-2. In doing so, the Turkish side has become the first-ever team to win a Game 5 as the road team. Having last made it to the Final Four in 2019, Fenerbahce will play the semifinals in Berlin, Germany, against Panathinaikos on May 24.
Final Four experience
Coach Jasikevicius, a four-time EuroLeague champion as a player, is heading to his fourth straight Final Four appearance as a head coach, having gone to three in a row with Barcelona between 2021 and 2023. He also took Zalgiris Kaunas to the Final Four in 2018. The Lithuanian tactician has reached one championship game, losing with Barcelona to Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2021.
On the playing roster, Nick Calathes became a EuroLeague champion in 2011, Sertac Sanli did so in 2021, and Melih Mahmutoglu is the only remaining member from Fenerbahce’s 2017 triumph. Calathes has reached the Final Four on four occasions and Sanli has played at the Final Four three times, while Tyler Dorsey, Nigel Hayes-Davis and Tarik Biberovic have both made it one time apiece. No one else on the roster has played at the Final Four.
Fenerbahce returns to the Final Four after five-year absence
