BASKETBALL

FENERBAHÇE BEKO CROWNED CHAMPIONS FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME

19 June 2026 Friday 22:03

Our Fenerbahçe Beko Men’s Basketball Team defeated Beşiktaş GAİN 77-75 in Game 4 of the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League 2025-26 Play-Off Finals, taking a 3-1 lead in the series and claiming the championship for the third consecutive time.

Competing in four different competitions during the 2025-26 season, our team won titles in three of them, lifting the Presidential Cup, the Turkish Cup and the Basketball Super League trophy, while also reaching the EuroLeague Final Four.

MVP Wade Baldwin

Wade Baldwin, who was named the Most Valuable Player of the Finals series, received his award from Türkiye Sigorta Deputy General Manager Murat Süzer. Mikael Jantunen received the Borusan Next Best Sixth Man award from Borusan Group CEO Özgür Günaydın.

President Aziz Yıldırım and our executives supported the team

President Aziz Yıldırım, members of our Board of Directors and members of the Football Inc. Board of Directors also followed the game at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall. After the game, our executives went to the locker room to congratulate the team. Vice President Barış Göktürk also delivered a thank-you speech there. Following the ceremony, President Aziz Yıldırım and our executives posed for a photo together with the team.

Fenerbahçe Beko started the game with Devon Hall, Talen Horton-Tucker, Tarık Biberovic, Nicolo Melli and Khem Birch, and finished the first quarter trailing 20-16. The home team also started the second quarter with points from Yiğit Arslan, making it 34-24 and forcing our team to call a timeout. After the timeout, Fenerbahçe Beko responded effectively with three-pointers from Tarık and Wade Baldwin, cutting the deficit to five points before heading to the locker room trailing 45-40.

Fenerbahçe Beko started the second half with a great reaction and tied the game through points from Nicolo Melli, Wade Baldwin and Mikael Jantunen, forcing Beşiktaş GAİN to call a timeout: 54-54. After the timeout, the home team scored in the paint and entered the final quarter with a 60-56 lead. Fenerbahçe Beko opened the fourth quarter with points from the free-throw line by THT, bringing the score to 68-65. Continuing its strong performance in the following minutes, our team secured a 77-75 victory thanks to Tarık Biberovic’s crucial three-pointer following a brilliant assist from Baldwin, completing the 2025-26 season as champions.

Wade Baldwin was the game’s top scorer with 21 points, while Tarık Biberovic added 17, Mikael Jantunen had 12, and Devon Hall and Talen Horton-Tucker each reached double figures with 10 points.

8th trophy with Jasikevicius

Our Lithuanian head coach has won eight trophies with our team since taking charge in the 2023-24 season: one EuroLeague title, one Presidential Cup, three Basketball Super League championships and three Turkish Cup titles.

Quarter Scores:

1st Quarter: 26-16
2nd Quarter: 25-24
3rd Quarter: 15-16
4th Quarter: 15-21

Fenerbahçe Beko finished the regular season as the leader with 25 wins in 30 games. In the play-offs, our team eliminated Erokspor 2-0 in the quarter-finals and Anadolu Efes 3-1 in the semi-finals to book its place in the finals.

The results of the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League Play-Off Finals were as follows:
 
Saturday, June 13
20:00 Fenerbahçe Beko 80–88 Beşiktaş GAİN
 
Monday, June 15
20:00 Fenerbahçe Beko 93–68 Beşiktaş GAİN
 
Wednesday, June 17
20:00 Beşiktaş GAİN 71-82 Fenerbahçe Beko
 
Friday, June 19
20:00 Beşiktaş GAİN 75-77 Fenerbahçe Beko

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