The 5th week of THY Europa League, Europe’s “number 1” organization on a club basis in basketball, will start with a single match to be played tomorrow.
Tomorrow in the league, the Serbian representative Partizan, coached by Zeljko Obradovic, will host the Italian representative Virtus Sagafredo Bologna, the only team without a win in the league, at 21.30 GMT.
In the match, which is shown as the match of the week in the Europa League, Fenerbahçe Beko will host the last champion Panathinaikos AKTOR, coached by Turkish head coach Ergin Ataman. The match, which will be played at Ülker Sports and Event Hall on Friday, October 25, will start at 20.45.
Fenerbahçe Beko ranks 5th with 3 wins and 1 defeat in the first 4 weeks. The last champion Greek team lost its last 2 matches in the league.
Panathinaikos is in 6th place with 2 wins and 2 defeats. The two teams met in the semi-finals of the Final Four last season, and Panathinaikos won the match and advanced to the final, where it would become the champion.
Another Turkish representative, Anadolu Efes, will face EA7 Emporio Armani Milan away in Italy on Thursday, October 24 at 21.30 GMT. Anadolu Efes is in 9th place with two wins and two defeats after the first 4 matches. The Italian team is in 17th place with 1 win and 3 defeats.
PROGRAM AND SCORES
The match schedule of the 5th week of the regular season in the THY Europa League and the standings of the first 4 weeks are as follows:
Tomorrow:
21.30 Partizan-Virtus Sagafredo Bologna (Belgrad Arena)
Thursday, October 24:
20.00 Zalgiris-Maccabi Playtika (Zalgirio Arena)
20.00 Monaco-Paris Basketball (Gaston Medecin)
21.30 Baskonia-ALBA Berlin (Buesa Arena)
21.30 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Anadolu Efes (Unipol Forum)
21.45 Real Madrid-Red Star (Wizink Center)
Friday, October 25:
20.45 Fenerbahçe Beko-Panathinaikos AKTOR (Ülker)
21.30 Barcelona-LDLC ASVEL (Palau Blaugrana)
21.45 Bayern Munich-Olympiakos (Sap Garden)
