FINAL4 came back to Sopron

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. We did it! Unfortunately, the team wasn’t able to deliver a surprise that time, but the girls have caused us some memorable moments on the way.

THE GAME

Their seven points scored in quick succession gave the control over the game to Ekaterinburg early on, but we didn’t want to fall behind, which was best signalled by the triple by Amanda (3rd minute 7-3). What’s more, four minutes later we caught up with the Russians already (16-16)! From that point on we had the control and – thanks to two long shots by Yvonne – the advantage as well (10th minute 17-24)!

Alba Torrens brought her team closer to us with two shots from downtown, which gave pace to Ekaterinburg, and after three minute it was Roberto Iniguez’s turn to call a time-out. We were, however, unable to stop our rivals on offense, who took over the lead again keeping up their rhythm in the middle of the quarter (15th minute 31-30).

Ekaterinburg came up with a 7-2 run in five minutes forcing Roberto Iniguez’s next time-out and then with a double by Griner the difference grew to ten points for the first time in the game (25th minute 51-41). That gave a boost to our rivals who put four more points in-between until the end of the period (30th minute 60-46).

We tried everything to come closer to the Russians at the beginning of the final stage of the game, but they had an answer to everything we came up with, and with four minutes remaining on the game clock the game was decided by a triple by McBride (36th minute 72-54). The last few minutes didn’t bring any more surprises, Ekaterinburg won the game confidently, and made it to the Euroleague Final (40th minute 81-59).

GAME DETAILS

UMMC Jekatyerinburg - Sopron Basket 81-59 (17-24, 25-15, 18-7, 21-13)
Sopron

UMMC Jekatyerinburg: Vandersloot 15/3, McBride 12/9, Torrens 13/9, Meesseman 7/3, Griner 19 Sub.: Vadeeva 11, Beliakova 4, Baric -, Vieru -
Sopron Basket: Fegyverneky -, Turner 15/6, Crvendakic 10, Zahui 11/6, Dupree 12 Sub.: Casas 6, Jovanovic 5

RELIVE IT!

- 2020-05-26

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 címû könyve most már nem csak online rendelhetõ, hanem személyesen is megvásárolható hétköznapokon klubunk sportirodáján (Novomatic Aréna, Lackner K

Új szakvezetõvel, 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 döntõjét? 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 döntõje kapcsán ünnepre készült minden magyar kosárlabda barát! Elõször léphetett pályára magyar csapat az Euroliga elsõségért! A túloldalon egy kisebb világválogatott sorakozott fel, mely érvényre is juttatta nagyobb erejét a remekül küzdõ csapatunkkal szemben

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

Centerünk, Határ Betti a szezon utolsó másfél hónapjában sokszor kínlódott a bokájával, és végül úgy döntött, hogy aláveti magát az operációnak

Our club has completed the creation of the roster for the 2020/2021 season

Klubunk befejezte a 2020/21-es kosárlabda szezon csapatának kialakítását

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

Már az is elképesztõ teljesítmény volt, hogy 2018-ban ott lehettünk a FINAL4-ban, arról nem is beszélve, hogy fennállásunk során elõször láthattuk vendégül rendezõként az Euroliga top csapatait és a kosárlabda világ számos neves személyiségét

Két éve, március idusán felfoghatatlan siker kapujába érkeztünk

Two years ago at the ides of March we have come to the gates of an incomprehensible success

Gáspár Dávidot kértük fel, hogy értékelje elsõ soproni szezonját