In his statement to the press, Hidayet Türkoğlu stated that the Turkish Cup is a very meaningful organization and said, “I congratulate all our teams that qualified to participate in the cup and wish them success. Last year, we could not organize the cup due to the earthquakes on February 6. This year, the Final Four will be held in Konya “It will be held in . I hope it will be an organization with plenty of spectators.” he said.
Completing the first half of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League in the top 8, Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahçe Beko, Beşiktaş Emlakjet, Pınar Karşıyaka, Aliağa Petkimspor, Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Galatasaray Ekmas and Bahçeşehir Koleji gained the right to play in the Turkish Cup.
Aliağa Petkimspor and Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor will take part in the organization for the first time.
Quarter-final matches in the cup will be played on February 13-14 according to a single-elimination method. The teams that prevail over their opponents in the quarter-finals will advance to the Final Four.
The Final Four organization will be held in Konya on 16-18 February. All matches in the ING Turkish Cup will be broadcast live on TRT Spor.
The quarter-final pairings in the ING Turkish Cup are as follows:
Anadolu Efes-Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Aliağa Petkimspor-Fenerbahçe Beko
Beşiktaş Emlakjet-Bahçeşehir College
Pınar Karşıyaka-Galatasaray Ekmas
In the organization, the winner of the Anadolu Efes-Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor match in Istanbul will meet the winner of the Pınar Karşıyaka-Galatasaray Ekmas match in Izmir in the semi-finals.
The team that won the Aliağa Petkimspor-Fenerbahçe Beko match in Izmir will compete in the semi-finals with the winner of the Beşiktaş Emlakjet-Bahçeşehir College match to be held in Istanbul.