The excitement of the Final-Four (Final Four) in the FIBA Women’s EuroLeague will start on Friday, April 8, in Istanbul.
Fenerbahce Safiport, ZVVZ USK Prague from Czechia, Perfumerias Avenida from Spain and Sopron Basket from Hungary will compete in the organization where Europe’s number 1 at club level will be determined in women’s basketball.
Semi-finals will be played on the first day of the Final Four, which will be held at Ülker Sports and Event Hall. Fenerbahce Safiport and ZVVZ USK Prague will face each other at 17:00, and Perfumerias Avenida will face Sopron Basket at 20:00.
The teams that won the semi-finals will share their trump card to become the biggest of the 2021-2022 season on Sunday, April 10, while the losing teams will meet in the third place match on the same day.
FENERBAHÇE PLAYED 3 TIMES IN THE FINALS
Despite playing in the finals of the FIBA Women’s Europa League 3 times before, Fenerbahçe could not take the championship rope.
The yellow-dark blue team achieved significant success by reaching the finals in the Final Eight tournaments held in 2013 and 2014 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and the Final Four tournaments held in 2017.
Fenerbahce lost 82-56 to UMMC Ekaterinburg from Russia in 2013, 69-58 to Galatasaray, with which it is in great competition in Turkey, in 2014, and 77-63 to Dinamo Kursk from Russia in 2017. settled for second place.
ISTANBUL WILL HOST FOR THE 4TH TIME
The champion of the FIBA Women’s Europa League will be determined for the 4th time in Istanbul.
Europe’s biggest club-level trophy in women’s basketball found its owner in Istanbul in 2012, 2016 and 2021.
Ros Casares (Spain) in the Eight Finals held at Abdi İpekçi Sports Hall in 2012, and the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg became the champion in the Final Four organizations held at Ülker Sports and Event Hall in 2016 and Volkswagen Arena in 2021.
HISTORY OF THE trophy
The organization, which is the number 1 cup of women’s basketball at the club level, started for the first time in the 1958-1959 season under the name of Champion Clubs Cup. The name of the tournament was changed to FIBA Europa League from 1996.
In the final of the organization held in 1959, Bulgarian representative Slavia Sofia, who managed to beat the Soviet Union of Socialist Republics (USSR) team Dynamo Moscow both on the field and away, became the owner of the first championship trophy.
REKOR DAUGAVA RİGA’DA
In the organization held for the 63rd time this season, Daugava Riga, one of the teams of the USSR era, holds a record that is hard to break.
The Latvian representative won this trophy 12 times in a row, in total 18 times, under the USSR flag, in the years organized under the name of the Champion Clubs Cup.
After Daugava Riga, the Russian representative UMMC Ekaterinburg, who took the cup to its museum 6 times in total, won the most championships in the organization.
Completing the Final Eights at the top in this tournament in 2014, Galatasaray became the owner of the first and only championship on behalf of Turkish teams.
The 2019-2020 season in the FIBA Women’s Europa League was canceled due to the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) epidemic.
