Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding defeated the Italian team Beretta Familia Schio 77-70 in the first semi-final match of the EuroLeague Women’s Final Four and advanced to the final.
Fenerbahce, Olcay Çakır Turgut, Kayla McBride, Alina Iagupova, Emma Meesseman, Breanna Stewart started the match played at Kralovka Arena in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, with the top 5; The top 5 of the Italian team consisted of Costanza Verona, Marina Mabrey, Rhyne Howard, Jasmine Keys, Astou Ndour. Both teams started the game with mutual turnovers. Fenerbahce, who had the upper hand with the intervention of Stewart in the offense, was ahead 10-7 in the first 5 minutes. Drawing a more effective image after this minute, Schio caught a 7-0 series in the last 3 minutes of the match and was ahead 14-10. Schio, who passed the last 1 minute of the period better with Keys’ scoring game, finished the first period ahead 21-16.
Fenerbahce, who made a better entrance into the second period, was effective with Vandersloot and Stewart and caught the balance in the score with 7.50 remaining to the end of the period, giving their opponent a time-out: 24-24. Drawing a percentageless image from behind the three-point line, Fenerbahçe held on to the score with Stewart’s scorer. Schio, who hit 6 three-pointers in the first half, finished the first half ahead 40-36.
Fenerbahce, who started the third period with Sabally’s effective offensive play, tied the score with 7.50 to the end of the period: 43-43. The yellow-dark blue team, which did not give their opponents a chance to shoot easily in defense, managed to close the gap with the points they found under the basket in the later part of the period and were ahead by 7 points in the last 4 minutes: 55-48. Protecting the difference in the remaining section, Fenerbahce entered the final period 61-54 ahead.
Fenerbahce was the side that started more effectively in the last period. Finding scores from different players in this period, the yellow-dark blue team increased the difference up to 13 with 6.46 remaining to the end of the match: 69-56. Recovering after this minute, Schio caught a 10-2 series in 3 minutes, reducing the difference to 5: 71-66. The yellow-dark blue team, which managed to maintain the difference in the remaining section, won the floor 77-70 and made its name in the final.
FENERBAHÇE’S 5TH FINAL
Defeating Familia Schio in the first semi-final match of the EuroLeague Women’s Final Four, Fenerbahçe managed to reach the finals in this organization for the 5th time in its history. The yellow-dark blue team had previously reached the finals in the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2016-17 and 2021-22 seasons, but failed to win the cup.
On the other hand, Fenerbahçe’s opponent in the final will be the winner of the host USK Praha – ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Municipality match. The final match of the organization will be played on Sunday, April 16 at 21.00 CET.