THE LONG SHOT!

Even making it to the FINAL4 in 2018 was an incredible performance, not to mention that for the first time in club history we were able to host the top clubs of Euroleague and many important personalities of the basketball world. What happened in the semi-final against Yakin Dogu cannot be rewatched enough times. Re-live the wonder with us!

THE GAME

Yakin Dogu started the semi-final better. They were already on a 7-2 run when Jeca managed to score. That shot launched a 9-0 counter-attack led by Zsófi, Yvonne and Jeca forcing the Turkish coach to call a time-out (5th minute 11-7). Our opponents were able to score again after four minutes, but we wouldn’t back down either and closed the first period with a seven-point lead (10th minute 19-12).


At the beginning of the second period Yakin Dogu cut their deficit in half, so it was time for Roberto Iniguez to call his team to the bench for a time-out (13th minute 21-17). After that Jeca managed to wcore once, and Angela hit the target twice increasing our lead over ten points for the first time in the game (28-17). There was a huge battle going on on the court but despite a four-point play by Kayla McBride the away side were unable to come closer to us (17th minute 36-26), and we were able to hold on to that advantage until half-time (20th minute 40-30).


We had to wait more than three minutes for the first basket after the break, which was scored by Danielle Page, and after a made shot by the Turkish Yvonne hit one from downtown (24th minute 45-32). Zsófi topped that with a buzzer-beater for three forcing Yakin Dogu to call their next time-out. After the short break Aleks buried another triple which put us close to a twenty-point margin, but then Yakin Dogu found their rhythm and cut their deficit in half before the final stage of the game (30th minute 56-46).


After an exchange of buckets by Angela and Caglar Yvonne made the crowd go crazy with a huge triple forcing the next Turkish time-out (32nd minute 61-48). In the next five minutes Yakin Dogu came up with a 13-0 run to get back in the saddle and took over the lead (61-62). After that the teams were neck and neck (65-65), and what came afterwards, there are no words to describe it… The defense stops Yvonne’s penetration, she gives the ball to Jeca in the corner, who makes the most important triple of her life with 1.2 seconds on the game clock. WE ARE THROUGH TO THE 2018 EUROLEAGUE FINAL (40th minute 68-65)!



GAME DETAILS

SOPRON BASKET - YAKIN DOGU UNIVERSITESI 68-65 (19-12, 21-18, 16-16, 12-19)

Sopron Basket: Fegyverneky 10/6, Turner 19/6, Crvendakic 10/6, Milovanovic 9/3, Jovanovic 2 Sub.: Salvadores 16/3, Page 2, Dubei -
YAKIN DOGU UNIVERSITESI: Vandersloot 15/3, Eldebrink 7/6, McBride 12/3, Lavender 10, Gruda 3 Sub.: Hollingsworth 11, Cakir 4/3, Caglar 3/3

REACTIONS

Roberto Iniguez: I am very proud of my team! I've never had a team that worked as hard as them under my control. I am on their backs every single day pushing them forward. They deserve this final a lot. We have to learn from the last minutes, of course, but giving up that big lead had more reasons. We were starting to get tired, we have many young players, we are thin under the basket, but fortunately we made good decisions in key moments. MAny people didn't believe in us, they thought that we wouldn't have a chance tonight, but these people haven't seen us play a single game this season. This will be my fifth Euroleague final, but for me this will be my favourite.

Jelena Milovanovic: We had a very tough last ten minutes. We lost track mentally as well. We were winning against a team as talented as Yakin Dogu, and this opportunity made us insecure. I also needed luck when shooting that last shot at the end, which I lacked before. We are very happy, I feel like we deserved the win! This is the best day of my life on club level!

Zafer Kalaycioglu: Congratulations to Sopron, they have done an excellent job on the way here, and tonight as well. They played and fought tonight the way they have in the entire season. We missed too many free throws, which was one of the keys to our loss. I wish our opponent the best of luck in the final!

Sandrine Gruda: It is not easy to talk having had the chance to win. It was a difficult game, our opponents were fantastic, and they controlled most of the game. We woke up by the end, but it wasn't enough for success.

RE-LIVE IT!

- 2020-05-14

Dávid Gáspár took over the role of the head coach on our team last year, and has proved his capability to fulfill it already in his first season

After a lead-in week 0 our team has begun the 2020/2021 pre-season on Monday morning with the usual medical check-ups and various sports diagnostics assessments

Csapatunk egy felvezető, amolyan nulladik hét után, hétfőn reggel a megszokott orvosi vizsgálatokkal és különböző sportdiagnosztikai felmérésekkel kezdte meg a 2020/2021-es szezon alapozó időszakát

According to FIBA 18 clubs have submitted their application for the 16 spots available in the most prestigious women's competition, so four teams will have to play a qualifying round

A FIBA tájékoztatása alapján 18 klub adta be nevezését a legrangosabb női sorozat 16 helyére, így négy csapatnak selejtezőt kell játszania

As it is known, since no champions were announced in our domestic leagues, the Hungarian Basketball Federation has sorted out the international cup seeds based on the results of the past three seasons, picking our team for the Euroleague spot

Mint ismert, mivel hazánkban nem hirdettek bajnokot, így az MKOSZ, az elmúlt három szezon eredményei alapján osztotta ki a nemzetközi induló helyeket, csapatunkat megjelölve az Euroliga sorozatra

A július is aktívan telik csapatunk tagjai számára

A decision has been made about closing this season's international tournaments at the FIBA Board's online meeting

A FIBA Board online ülésén döntés született arról, hogy az idei szezon nemzetközi sorozatai lezárásra kerülnek

Török Zoltán: Mese is lehetne című könyve most már nem csak online rendelhető, hanem személyesen is megvásárolható hétköznapokon klubunk sportirodáján (Novomatic Aréna, Lackner K

Új szakvezetővel, tovább fiatalított csapattal vágtunk neki az idei szezonnak, melynek kezdete minden várakozásunkat felülmúlta

We got into this season with a new head coach and a roster that was even younger than before, and the beginning of it was above all expectations

Who would have thought back in 2018 that a year later we would be able to host the Euroleague FINAL4 again? Well, the world set their eyes on Sopron again, because the decision-makers at FIBA thought that only the experience staff of our club would be able to organize the event on a high level within three weeks

Ki gondolta volna 2018-ban, hogy egy év múlva ismét mi rendezhetjük az Euroliga négyes döntőjét? Már pedig ismét Sopronra szegezte tekintetét a nagyvilág, miután a FIBA döntnökei úgy gondolták, egyesül a mi klubunk tapasztalt stábja tudja három hét alatt megszervezni magas színvonalon az eseményt

It is generally thought that it is always easier to get to the top than to stay there

Általános vélekedés, hogy a csúcsra mindig könnyebb felérni, mint ott maradni

Regarding the 2018 Euroleague Final every basketball enthusiast was preparing for celebration

A 2018-as FINAL4 döntője kapcsán ünnepre készült minden magyar kosárlabda barát! Először léphetett pályára magyar csapat az Euroliga elsőségért! A túloldalon egy kisebb világválogatott sorakozott fel, mely érvényre is juttatta nagyobb erejét a remekül küzdő csapatunkkal szemben

Our center Betti Határ has been suffering from pain in her ankle, and has finally decided to undergo operation