In the regular season played in the league style, 18 teams took to the court on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The first country derby of the season in the Europa League was played between Turkish teams.
Fenerbahçe Beko started the season with 2 out of 2 wins by beating Anadolu Efes 83-78 away. Anadolu Efes suffered its first defeat. 10 players who played for the yellow-dark blue team in the match also contributed to the score. While Bonzie Colson was Fenerbahçe Beko’s top scorer with 16 points, Dan Oturu’s 21-point performance was not enough for Anadolu Efes to win.
The last champion, Panathinaikos AKTOR, under the head coach of Ergin Ataman, won in front of its audience and rose to the leadership.
Ataman’s students beat Bayern Munich, the German team that beat Real Madrid last week, with a score of 94-79 at OAKA. The Greek team, which won its second match, took the leadership seat with goal difference.
In the league, in addition to Panathinaikos AKTOR and Fenerbahçe Beko, Monaco and Red Star started the season with 2 wins. Paris Basketball, Virtus Segafredo Bologna, Partizan and ALBA Berlin have not won yet.
National basketball players playing for foreign teams in the THY Europa League completed the week with a victory.
Furkan Korkmaz, who plays for Monaco, was not in the squad in the match they beat Maccabi Playtika 85-79 due to his injury.
Among the two national basketball players playing for Panathinaikos, Cedi Osman scored 5 points and Ömer Faruk Yurtseven scored 8 points against Bayern Munich.
Two names shared the title of Most Valuable Player of the Week (MVP).
Olympiacos’ star player Sasha Vezenkov and LDCL ASVEL’s center Neal Sako became the MVP of the week.
Vezenkov scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in addition to his 30 efficiency points in the match where his team defeated Zalgiris 74-68. Sako, on the other hand, had a performance of 19 points and 11 rebounds while playing with an efficiency score of 30 in the match they beat Virtus Segafredo Bologna 87-85.
On the other hand, at the end of the first two weeks, Dan Oturu of Anadolu Efes ranked first in this statistics with 25 efficiency points, while Fenerbahçe Beko is the leader of the league in defensive and total rebounds, and Anadolu Efes is the leader in blocks.
The first double match week of the 2024-2025 season in the THY Europa League will be played next week.
Teams will finish the week with two matches each. Fenerbahçe Beko, representing Turkey, will play against ALBA Berlin in Germany on Thursday, October 17, after hosting Red Star in Ataşehir on Tuesday, October 15.
Anadolu Efes will face the Israeli team Maccabi Playtika in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, on Tuesday, October 15. The dark blue-whites will host the Greek team Olympikas on Friday, October 18.
The results and standings of the second week of the THY Europa League are as follows:
Monaco-Maccabi Playtika: 85-79
Red Star-Baskonia: 78-71
Anadolu Efes-Fenerbahçe Beko: 78-83
LDLC ASVEL-Virtus Segafredo Bologna: 87-85
Panathinaikos AKTOR-Bayern Munich: 94-79
Real Madrid-Partizan: 93-86
Olympiakos-Zalgiris: 74-68
Barcelona-ALBA Berlin: 88-73
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Paris Basketbol: 79-74
The schedule of matches to be played in the THY Europa League next week is as follows:
Week 3:
Tuesday, October 15:
8.30pm ALBA Berlin-LDCL ASVEL (Uber Arena)
20.45 Fenerbahçe Beko-Kızıyıldız (Ülker Sports and Events)
21.05 Maccabi Playtika-Anadolu Efes (Aleksandar Nikolic)
21.15 Olympiakos-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (Peace and Friendship)
21.30 Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Zalgiris (Unipol Arena)
21.30 Paris Basketbol-Panathinaikos AKTOR (Accor Arena)
21.30 Baskonia-Real Madrid (Buesa Arena)
21.45 Partizan-Bayern Munich (Belgrade Arena)
Wednesday, October 16:
9.30pm Barcelona-Monaco (Palau Blaugrana)
Week 4:
Thursday, October 17:
20.30 ALBA Berlin-Fenerbahçe (Uber Arena)
21.05 Maccabi Playtika-Partizan (Alaksandar Nikolic)
21.30 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Zalgiris (Unipol Forum)
21.45 Real Madrid-Panathinaikos ACTOR (Wizink Center)
21.45 Bayern Munich-Paris Basketball (Sap Garden)
Friday, October 18:
8.00pm Monaco-Virtus Segafredo Bologna (Salle Gaston Medecin)
20.30 Anadolu Efes- Olympiacos (Basketball Development Center)
21.00 Red Star-Barcelona (Belgrade Arena)
21.30 LDLC ASVEL-Baskonia (LDLC Arena)
