Turks with a former Olympia player for the second time European Champions

Fenerbahce basketball players have become European club champions in history for the second time. In the final of the Euroleague final tournament in Abu Dhabi, they beat Monaco by 81:70 (18:20, 35:33, 54:51).

Fenerbahče became the fourth Turkish winner of the Euroleague in the last eight seasons, while at the same time with the second title after 2017 he equaled with the city rival from Istanbul Anadolu Efes, who was champion 2021 and 2022. Sharunas jasikevičius He enrolled in history as the fourth coach who became European champion in the role of player on the floor and the bench coach. Before that has succeeded Armenak Alachachan, Lolo Sainz and Svetislav Pesic.

Thirty -nine -year -old Jasikevičius has been the European champion four times; twice with Maccabi (2004, 2005), once with Barcelona (2003) and 2009 in the Panathinaikos jersey when he shared a locker room with his current Monaco coach, seven years younger Vasilisom Spanulisalso one of the best European players of all time.

For Jasikevičius, who was also a member of the Smelt Olympia (1999/2000) for one season, it was the fifth consecutive « final four » as a coach once on the bench of Žalgiris and then twice with Barcelona and Fenerbahce, and Spanulis first led the Euroleague team for the first time.

Monaco also played in the Euroleague final for the first time in history. Four years ago, he won the first European title, the European Cup, and thus received the right to appear in the Euroleague. Since then, he has qualified for the playoffs each season, and Abu Dhabi was his second F4 after Kaunas 2023.

In the finals, judged by the Slovenian Rights’ Department Milan Nedovićwas Monaco for the first thirty minutes in the game for the title, and then Fenerbahce made a partial score of 11: 0 and fled to 62:51. The best shooters in the winners were Nigel Hayes-Davis with 23 points, Marko Gudurić with 19 points and Devon Hall and Wade Baldwinadded by 13-year-old American Hayes-Davis, who hit all 14 free throws and collected nine rebounds (index 30), was named the most useful player (MVP) of the final tournament.

At Monaco, who scored almost 20 points less than his average in the Euroleague, is Alpha Diallo scored 19 points, Mike James 17, Matthew Strazel 13 and Daniel Theis 12.

The Greek giant Olympiakos and the defender of the Panathinaikos title, who were in the semifinals in the role of favorites, played in the match for third place. Olympiakos, who lost to Monaco on Friday, with 97:93 at least partially comforted his fervent followers and showed that he was deserved to be the best club in the regular part of the Euroleague.