Our representative, Pınar Karşıyaka, who beat the Spanish team Casademont Zaragoza in the semifinals after ERA Nymburk in the FIBA Champions League Finals held in Russia by 84-79 after the great fight, is for the European championship, which is the only cup missing in the showcase tomorrow. will come out to the parquet. When is the Pınar Karşıyaka-Casademont Zaragoza match, at what time, on which channel? The answers to the questions and the details are in our news.
Our representative Pınar Karşıyaka, who beat the Spanish team Casademont Zaragoza in the semifinals after ERA Nymburk in the FIBA Champions League Finals with 8, after the great fight 84-79, will be on the parquet for the European championship, which is the only cup missing in the window. Karşıyaka’s head coach Ufuk Sarıca said, “We are confident in ourselves and we believe we will do the best.” said.
When is the Pınar Karşıyaka-Casademont Zaragoza match, at what time, on which channel?
Pinar Karsiyakawill face the final champion Hereda San Pablo Burgos in the final. The final at the Nagorny Sports Hall is on Sunday, May 9 at 19:00 will start. From Tivibu Spor Zaragoza and SIG Strasbourg will compete for the third place before the final, which will be published without a password, at 16:00. Kaf-Kaf, the second Turkish team to make it to the finals of the Champions League organized by FIBA for the 5th time, will try to achieve a first for both our country and itself by raising the cup.
BANVIT PLAYED THE FINALS IN 2017, BURGOS THE LAST CHAMPION
Banvit from Turkey previously reached the finals in the 2016-2017 season in the first year of the FIBA Champions League organization, but Iberostar lost 63-59 to Tenerife and came in second. Karşıyaka’s rival in the finals, Burgos, beat Hapoel Holon 86-77 in the quarterfinals and Strasbourg 81-70 in the semi-finals and made it to the finals for the second time in a row. The Spanish team reached the championship by defeating AEK 85-74 in the finals hosted by Greece in the Champions League, which was postponed in March and completed in October 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic last season. If Burgos defeats our representative, it will be the first team to win the trophy 2 times in a row.
IN THE FINAL AFTER 8 YEARS
Pınar Karşıyaka made it to the finals for the second time in Europe in 8 years under the management of Coach Ufuk Sarıca. Kaf-Kaf played the final in FIBA Eurochallenge in the 2012-2013 season, which was the first term of Ufuk Sarıca in the club. The green-red team lost to Krasnye Krylya by 17 points in the final in the final, they hosted, but missed the cup by 1 point. Kaf-Kaf, which has been fighting in Europe for 46 years since the 1975-1976 season and has been in different European cups since the 2010-2011 season, has been eliminated twice in the quarter finals in the Champions League. Karşıyaka, which was canceled in the semi-finals due to the FIBA Europe Cup coronavirus pandemic last season, reached the final this time.
WANTS THE 6TH CUP IN EUROPE
If Karşıyaka becomes champion in the FIBA Champions League, it will be the first to win this cup and the 6th Turkish men’s basketball team to raise a cup in Europe. Previously, Anadolu Efes won the Korac Cup in 1996 and achieved a first in the name of Turkish basketball. Beşiktaş took Eurochallenge to its museum in 2012. While Galatasaray raised the ULEB Eurocup in 2016 and Darüşşafaka in 2018, Fenerbahçe achieved the greatest success as the Euroleague champion in 2017. In addition to Karşıyaka’s final in 2013, Tofaş and Trabzonspor came in second, although they made it to the finals in Europe.
AWARD 1 MILLION EURO
If Pınar Karşıyaka becomes champion in the FIBA Champions League, she will win a 1 million Euro (10 million TL) prize. Karsiyaka, which previously received 400 thousand Euros as a participation fee, 70 thousand Euros for the Play-Offs, and 100 thousand Euros for writing its name in the 8-final, won at least 400 thousand Euros from FIBA (4 million TL). ) guaranteed to buy more. While the party losing the final will receive 400 thousand Euros, the champion will win 1 million Euros.
SARICA WILL HISTORY
If Ufuk Sarıca wins a trophy for Pınar Karşıyaka in Europe, he will complete the only missing piece of his career in the club. Having broken the green-reds in basketball and won the Turkish Cup and the Presidential Cup in 2014 and the league championship in 2015, after 28 years, Sarıca will go down in history with the Champions League championship. Sarıca will be the third Turkish coach to win the championship in Europe after Aydın Örs, who won the Koraç Cup for Anadolu Efes, and Eurochallenge with Beşiktaş, and Ergin Ataman, who won the Eurocup with Galatasaray.
THE COMPETITOR DOES NOT DIFFERENT
Saying that it does not matter who the rivals in the final are, Ufuk Sarıca said, “We will be a good team before us. I trust my players very much, we trust each other. We are better than we were last year, we will play the final and we will play this in the Champions League, this is important. We did not add to the team, especially when there was a coronavirus situation. Therefore, I am proud of all my players. It was also in my character as well as in my acting: fighting. So I have players fighting and fighting. We can make mistakes but we never give up, we do not give up. We do everything together. I am very happy. “
BEHIND TURKEY
The fact that Pınar Karşıyaka got her name in the finals in Europe made Turkey proud. Thousands of support messages poured into Kaf-Kaf from both the political, art and sports community. Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu shared the message “I congratulate our representative Pınar Karşıyaka, who made it to the finals of the FIBA Champions League, and wish you success on the way to the cup”. Unable to support their teams in Russia, the people of Karşıyaka are waiting for the final by decorating their balconies with green-red flags. While the fire that broke out on the morning of the semifinal day in the hotel, where a small number of fans who supported Karşıyaka in Russia stayed, caused fear, the flames were extinguished by the intervention of the fire brigade.
AWESOME STRUGGLE
Pınar Karşıyaka, who was behind by 7 points at the beginning of the last period, took the lead up to 14 points against Zaragoza in the semi-finals and closed the first half by 10 points. The top scorer of the match with 24 points in Karşıyaka, who came to the fore with the baskets of M’Baye and Morgan in critical moments, Sek Henry broke a record in the Champions League with 7 three-pointers in 7. In Kaf-Kaf, Mahir also gave great support to the team with a great defense.
TAYLOR AND M’BAYE WANT THE 2ND CUP
Tony Taylor and Amath M’Baye, who have been carrying the team with their performances for the last 2 seasons at Pınar Karşıyaka, want to win the championship in the FIBA Champions League after 2 years. Before signing for Kaf-Kaf, the duo won the Champions League championship while playing together again in Italy’s Virtus Bologna team in the 2018-2019 season. Carried by Taylor and M’Baye, Bologna passed Tenerife 73-61 in the final that season.
