Did you know? - Real Madrid

- Real Madrid has the chance to win its 12th EuroLeague championship. It leads the all-time standings with 11 titles, but only three of them have come in the last 35 years. Real has won the competition in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1995, 2015, 2018 and 2023.
- Real has a chance to win back-to-back EuroLeague titles for the first time since 1968. It won back-to-back titles twice before, in 1964-1965 and 1967-1968.
- Real is making its 13th Final Four appearance since the format was adopted in 1988. Real previously reached the Final Four in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
- Real seeks its 21st EuroLeague Championship Game appearance. It leads the all-time list. Maccabi Tel Aviv has been to 14 EuroLeague and one SuproLeague title game. CSKA Moscow has reached the EuroLeague Championship Game 14 times.
- Real has the chance to lift its 18th continental trophy. In addition to its 11 EuroLeague championships, it has won four Saporta Cups, one Korac Cup and one ULEB Cup (now known as the BKT EuroCup).
- [Rudy Fernandez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/rudy-fernandez/bmt/) belongs to a select group of players to have won both the EuroLeague and the EuroCup. Fernandez won the EuroCup with DKV Joventut Badalona in 2008 and three EuroLeague crowns with Real (2015, 2018, 2023). The list includes two other Spanish players: Felipe Reyes and [Ricky Rubio](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/ricky-rubio/lfw/), and also features stars [Nando De Colo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nando-de-colo/002100/), [Nick Calathes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nick-calathes/001932/) and Romain Sato.

- Fernandez, [Sergio Rodriguez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sergio-rodriguez/cvm/) and [Sergio Llull](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sergio-llull/tgb/) belong to a group of 26 players who have won the EuroLeague, EuroBasket and Basketball World Cup. Llull, Rodriguez and Fernandez are three of the six players on the list not hailing from the former Soviet Union or former Yugoslavia; Reyes, Rubio and Juan Carlos Navarro are the others. The list includes also all-time greats such as Arvydas Sabonis, Drazen Petrovic and Toni Kukoc.
- Fernandez headlines the short list of players to have won a World Cup, EuroBasket, EuroLeague and EuroCup. He is joined only by Dejan Tomasevic, Rubio and Reyes.
- Llull is at his 10th Final Four. He was previously there with Real in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023. That ties him with Panathinaikos guard [Kostas Sloukas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kostas-sloukas/001926/) who is also in his 10th Final Four. Victor Khryapa leads the list with 12 Final Four appearances. Llull is now the Spanish player with the most Final Four appearances.
- Fernandez and Rodriguez are each at their ninth Final Four. Fernandez already played the Final Four with Real in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023. Rodriguez was with Real in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2023, with CSKA in 2018 and 2019, and with Milan in 2021.
- Llull and Rodriguez are the only former two EuroLeague MVPs present at the Final Four. Llull earned that honor in the 2016-17 season. Rodriguez was the 2013-14 EuroLeague MVP.
- Llull is the [fifth-best scorer in EuroLeague history](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=score). He has amassed 3,936 points in 405 EuroLeague career games. Llull ranks sixth in assists (1,390).
- Fernandez ranks [third all-time in steals](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=steals). He has collected 364 in 347 games. Calathes leads the standings with 446 steals.
- [Walter Tavares](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/walter-tavares/005791/) is the [all-time leader in blocks](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=blocksFavour). He has 420 blocked shots in 234 games.
- [Fabien Causeur](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/fabien-causeur/001392/) is the only French player to have reached the Final Four with two different foreign teams. Causeur made it to the Final Four with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2016 and with Real Madrid in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
- Fernandez, Rodriguez and Llull were all with the team in 2015, when Real won its first EuroLeague title in 20 years.
- [Llull is second on the Final Four's career scoring list, but first this century](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/key-stats-players/?size=25&misc=&category=Score&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&aggregate=accumulated&phase=FF). Llull has 198 points. Nikos Galis leads the list with 231 points.
- [Rodriguez and Llull rank first and second in assists, respectively, in Final Four history](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/key-stats-players/?size=25&misc=&category=Assistances&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&aggregate=accumulated&phase=FF). Rodriguez is the all-time leader with 70 assists. Llull is right behind with 67.
- Tavares is the only Final Four MVP award winner present at the Final Four. He was chosen as Final Four MVP last season.
- If he gets the award again, Tavares will be the fifth player to win back-to-back Final Four MVP awards, after Kukoc (1990, 1991), Dejan Bodiroga (2002, 2003), Vassilis Spanoulis (2012, 2013) and Vasilije Micic (2021, 2022).
- Rodriguez is the only Spanish-born player to win the EuroLeague with a non-Spanish team (CSKA, 2019). He is also the only Spanish player to win the EuroLeague with different teams.

- Rodriguez ranks [seventh in scoring](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=score) (3,753), [second in assists](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=assistances) (1,868), [third in three-point shots made](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=fieldGoalsMade3) (606) and [ninth in PIR](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=valuation) (4,075) in EuroLeague history.
- [Fernandez ranks second in steals in Final Four history](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/key-stats-players/?size=25&misc=&category=Steals&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&aggregate=accumulated&phase=FF). He has collected 23. J.R. Holden is first overall with 24 steals.
- Fernandez, Rodriguez and Llull can win their fourth EuroLeague title. Only 12 players have won four or more continental crowns since European competitions started in 1958. Dino Meneghin leads the list with seven championships.
- Tavares is the only player from Cape Verde to have won the EuroLeague.
- Tavares ranks [sixth all-time in two-point shooting percentage](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=fieldGoals2Percent) (67.6%, 878 of 1,298). [Donta Hall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/donta-hall/011196/) is the all-time leader (75.1% 2FG) followed by [Moustapha Fall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/moustapha-fall/008811/) of Olympiacos Piraeus (72.7%).
- [Alberto Abalde](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/alberto-abalde/003733/) and [Eli Ndiaye](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/eli-ndiaye/009213/) are Adidas Next Generation Tournament MVPs who also won the EuroLeague title. Abalde was the ANGT MVP in 2013 with Joventut Badalona. Ndiaye was chosen as the 2022 ANGT MVP with Real. Both won the EuroLeague with Real in 2023. Luka Doncic is the only other player to get both – he was the ANGT MVP in 2015 and won the EuroLeague in 2018 with Real.
- [Gabriel Deck](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/gabriel-deck/009005/) and [Facu Campazzo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/facundo-campazzo/005928/) are two of just six Argentineans who have won the EuroLeague. The list also features Hugo Sconochini (Virtus 1998, 2001), Manu Ginobili (Virtus 2001), Pepe Sanchez (Panathinaikos 2002) and Andres Nocioni (Real 2015).

FINAL FOUR TEAM FACTS

Los Blancos bring their own pedigree to the Final Four, both the club and its players. Here are some of the Final Four facts about Real Madrid.

Final Four team facts: Real Madrid

Real Madrid v Olympiacos Piraeus (2024-05-24T19:00:00.000Z)

The Reds bring their own pedigree to the Final Four, both the club and its players. Here are some of the Final Four facts about Olympiacos.

 Final Four team facts: Olympiacos Piraeus 

- Olympiacos is at its 13th Final Four. Its last nine appearances have come over the last 15 years - 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Olympiacos has the chance to win its fourth EuroLeague championship.
- Olympiacos is one of four teams that have won back-to-back EuroLeague crowns in the Final Four era. Olympiacos won back-to-back EuroLeague titles in 2012 and 2013. KK Split (1989, 1990, 1991), Maccabi Tel Aviv (2004, 2005) and Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2022, 2023) are also on this exclusive list.
- Olympiacos is 9-3 in EuroLeague Semifinals. Only Maccabi (10-2) has a better semifinals record, with one of those wins coming in the 2001 SuproLeague Final Four.
- [Kostas Papanikolaou](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kostas-papanikolaou/001255/) won back-to-back EuroLeague championships with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013.
- Papanikolaou and [Nikola Milutinov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nikola-milutinov/003941/) played in the 2017 EuroLeague Championship Game. Three more players from that game are at the 2024 Final Four: Kostas Sloukas, Melih Mahmutoglu and Ioannis Papapetrou.
- Papanikolaou is one of three Rising Star Trophy winners at this Final Four. Papanikolaou was chosen as the 2012-13 EuroLeague Rising Star He is joined by Yam Madar of Fenerbahce (2022-23) and Rudy Fernandez of Real Madrid (2006-07).

- [Nigel Williams-Goss](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nigel-williams-goss/007982/) has a rare chance to win consecutive EuroLeague championships with different teams. He won the EuroLeague with Real Madrid last season. Dejan Bodiroga (Panathinaikos 2002, Barca 2003), Sarunas Jasikevicius (Barca 2003, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2004) and Ramunas Siskauskas (Panathinaikos Athens 2007, CSKA Moscow 2008) are the only players to date to do so.
- [Thomas Walkup](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/thomas-walkup/008855/) is one of two EuroLeague Best Defender Trophy winners present at the 2024 Final Four. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid is the other.
- Head coach [Georgios Bartzokas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/bartzokas-georgios/?season=E2023) is at his fifth Final Four. He won the EuroLeague with Olympiacos Piraeus in 2013, took Lokomotiv Kuban to the 2016 Final Four, and has returned with the Reds in each of the last three seasons.
- Bartzokas is one of two Greek coaches to win the EuroLeague. He led Olympiacos to the 2013 crown. Dimitris Itoudis (CSKA 2015, 2018) is the other.
- Bartzokas is a three-time Aleksander Gomelskiy EuroLeague Coach of the Year award winner. He was chosen as the Coach of the Year in 2013, 2022, 2023, and is the only coach to win the award in consecutive seasons. Zeljko Obradovic also won the award three times: in 2007, 2011 and 2017.
- [Filip Petrusev](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/filip-petrusev/011194/) has a chance to win his second EuroLeague title. He previously lifted the trophy with Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2022.
- [Papanikolaou ranks second all-time in games started](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=gamesStarted). He has started in 308 EuroLeague games. Nick Calathes of Fenerbahce is the all-time leader with 309 EuroLeague starts.
- [Papanikolaou ranks ninth all-time in steals](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=steals) at 303. Calathes leads the charts with 446 steals.
- [Alec Peters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/alec-peters/008829/) won the EuroLeague with CSKA Moscow in 2019.
- [Peters ranks seventh all-time in three-point shooting accuracy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=fieldGoals3Percent). He has made 229 of 510 three-pointers (44.9%). Only one player has a better percentage with at least 500 three-point shots taken: Petteri Koponen (247 of 535, 46.2% 3FG).

- [Peters ranks third in three-point shooting this season](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=fieldGoals3Percent). Peters made 51.2% of his three-point shots. Tarik Biberovic of Fenerbahce is first (54.4% 3FG).
- [Walkup ranks second in steals this season](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=steals). He has averaged 1.6 steals in 38 games, and only LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne playmaker Paris Lee (1.7 spg.) is ahead of him.
- [Moustapha Fall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/moustapha-fall/008811/) ranks [second all-time in two-point shooting percentage](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=fieldGoals2Percent). He has made 458 of 630 two-point shots (72.7%). Donta Hall of AS Monaco is first overall at 75.1%.
- [Fall leads the 2023-24 EuroLeague in two-point shooting percentage](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=fieldGoals2Percent). He has made 110 of 139 attempts inside the arc (79.1% 2FG).
- [Milutinov leads the competition in PIR per 40 minute](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perMinute&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=valuation)s. Milutinov has a PIR average of 32.1 per 40 minutes.
- [Olympiacos leads the 2023-24 EuroLeague in steals](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/key-stats-teams/?size=1000&misc=&seasonCode=E2023&category=Steals&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&aggregate=perGame). The Reds have taken 7.1 swipes per game on average.
- Olympiacos has allowed the fewest points per game this season with 74.4. The Reds lead this statistical category for the second consecutive season: they allowed a league-low 75.2 points per night in the 2022-23 campaign.

Final Four team facts: Olympiacos Piraeus

The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four arrived to the German capital for the first time in 2009. It didn't disappoint anyone, on or off the court, elevating the Final Four standards to new heights. Here's what happened when the best weekend in world basketball landed in Berlin for the first time!

### The games: Down to the wire!

CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, Olympiacos Piraeus and FC Barcelona all made it to the Final Four. Panathinaikos and Olympiacos went against each other in one of the semifinals, bringing one of the greatest rivalries in sport to the biggest city in Germany. Their 2009 semifinal thriller remains the last showdown between the Greek powerhouses at a Final Four. The game went down to the final shot, missed by Ioannis Bourousis, allowing [Panathinaikos to edge Olympiacos 82-84](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2008-09/olympiacos-piraeus-panathinaikos-athens/E2008/185/) behind 20 points from Nikola Pekovic. [CSKA outlasted Barca 78-82](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2008-09/regal-fc-barcelona-cska-moscow/E2008/186/) in the other semifinal. Ramunas Siskauskas was the hero after scoring 18 of his career-high 29 points in the fourth quarter – including all the points in a 0-11 run that gave CSKA its first lead. The championship game was just as dramatic. [Panathinaikos beat CSKA 73-71](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2008-09/panathinaikos-athens-cska-moscow/E2008/188/) but only after Siskauskas's potential game-winning shot attempt went in and out at the buzzer. CSKA rallied from a 23-point deficit but came up short. Vassilis Spanoulis of Panathinaikos had 13 points and was chosen as the 2009 Final Four MVP. The margins of victory in the semifinals and championship game added up to 8 points, making it the most competitive Final Four in do-or-die games until then. Top-class basketball quality, close games and outstanding players stepping up were what the 2009 Final Four was all about.

### Incredible atmosphere

There were concerns about Panathinaikos and Olympiacos fans being in the same building as their teams fought for a spot in the championship game. The semifinals turned out to be a basketball party that both teams helped ensure with their passionate support. Players and coaches on all four teams said afterward that the special atmosphere created by the fans contributed to the high quality of the games. A similar atmosphere prevailed in the championship game between CSKA and Panathinaikos. The fans played big roles in a flawless night of exceptional basketball at the first Final Four in Berlin, turning it into a truly great event!

### Navarro crowned MVP

As always, a lot happened during the Final Four weekend. A ceremonial Saturday party on saw Juan Carlos Navarro of Barca crowned MVP, joining Terrell McIntyre of Montepaschi, Igor Rakocevic of Tau Ceramica, Nikola Pekovic of Panathinaikos and Ioannis Bourousis of Olympiacos on the All-Euroleague First Team. The court at Uber Arena was transformed into a concert stage for what was the most original Euroleague Official Awards Ceremony until then. In fact, Uber Arena also hosted the post-awards party. The arena scoreboard was lowered to the floor to form a massive stage backdrop. Three scoreboard panels showed an audience of 1,500 all the best plays and players of the season.

### Around the Final Four

The weather even cooperated as players took bike rides through the parks to relax and fans took in the sights, sounds and nightlife of Berlin. One side event was downright moving: the visit by almost a dozen Final Four players and local legends to the Children's Cancer Station at the local Virchow Hospital. Most of the young patients were chairbound and accompanied by at least one parent. They all were thankful for a boost in spirits, which the big visitors – at least two players from each of the Final Four teams, plus local legends like Patrick Femerling and the late Ademola Okulaja – were more than happy to provide during an hour-long visit full of gifts, handshakes, conversation, autographs and picture-taking.

### A junior tournament to remember

People still talk about what arguably is the best final ever in the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament. The 2009 ANGT Championship Game, played at Uber Arena on Sunday morning, featured FMP Belgrade and Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius. Both teams were undefeated before the championship game and displayed their best basketball. [FMP beat Rytas 123-110](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2008-09/lietuvos-rytas-fmp/JT08/82/) – with no overtimes – in an unforgettable basketball show. Dejan Musli led the winners with 31 points, 17 rebounds, 3 blocks and a PIR of 46. Nenad Miljenovic, who was 16 years old at the time, barely missed a triple-double with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. Mantas Kadzevicius led Rytas with 25 points while future EuroCup Rising Star center Jonas Valanciunas added 22, 13 rebounds and a PIR of 32.

 Memories of the 2009 Final Four in Berlin

A pick-and-roll genius whose side-step three-pointers were copied around the world, Vassilis Spanoulis defined what it means to be a clutch player in the EuroLeague. 

Final Four club legend: Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos

A pick-and-roll genius whose side-step three-pointers were copied around the world, Vassilis Spanoulis defined what it means to be a clutch player in the EuroLeague. His legacy was built on game-changing performances on the biggest stage, assisting Georgios Printezis for the shot of last decade to win the first 2012 EuroLeague title, the first for Olympiacos Piraeus in 15 years, and then blowing up the next season's championship game with 5 three-pointers among 22 second-half points to complete a 17-point comeback that made the Reds back-to-back champions. Spanoulis finished his career as the EuroLeague's all-time leading scorer, with 4,455 points, and remains the only player in the competition to have amassed more than 4,000 points and 1,500 assists. His abilities to shoot, create, draw fouls and close out games was unparalleled in the modern history of the European game.

The player who was synonymous with Panathinaikos green is both a club and EuroLeague legend.

 Final Four club legend: Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos 

Arguably, no player in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history has contributed so much at both ends of the floor to his team's success as [Dimitris Diamantidis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dimitris-diamantidis/jko/) did for Panathinaikos Athens. He was able to lock down all sorts of opponents on defense but also make the difference on offense with his passing skills and clutch shots. Diamantidis won EuroLeague titles with Panathinaikos in 2007, 2009 and 2011, reaching two more Final Fours in 2005 and 2012. Diamantidis was the Best Defender Trophy's original winner, an award for which EuroLeague head coaches voted him the winner as many as six times. He was chosen as the 2007 Final Four MVP and did even better in 2011, when he became the only player to date to win the EuroLeague MVP, Final Four MVP and Best Defender awards in the same season. Diamantidis was chosen to the All-EuroLeague First Team four times and his #13 jersey now hangs, retired, at OAKA, scene of his greatest exploits.

Final Four club legend: Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos

No player had a bigger impact on the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague at so young an age as Luka Doncic for Real Madrid. 

Final Four club legend: Luka Doncic, Real Madrid

No player had a bigger impact on the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague at so young an age as Luka Doncic for Real Madrid. Doncic made his EuroLeague debut at age 16 and started his first Final Four game months after his 18th birthday, days after being voted the 2016-17 EuroLeague Rising Star. By the 2017-18 season, Doncic was ready to take over. He not only repeated as the competition's Rising Star but went on to win the EuroLeague MVP award and led Real to its 10th title, also earning 2018 Final Four MVP honors. His basketball IQ, one-on-one skills and overall talent was unprecedented for so young a player. Doncic joined Real at age 13 and has always supported Los Blancos since he left, not missing an important game in football or basketball. The 2017-18 campaign is often referred as the "Luka Doncic season", on in which a teenager took the competition by storm to become a global basketball icon!

Bogdan Bogdanovic helped take Fenerbahce Istanbul to the next level in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Before he joined the team in 2014, Fenerbahce had never made it to the Final Four. 

Final Four club legend: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Fenerbahce

Bogdan Bogdanovic helped take Fenerbahce Istanbul to the next level in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Before he joined the team in 2014, Fenerbahce had never made it to the Final Four. Three years later, Bogdanovic left the club holding the EuroLeague trophy and considered one of the risings stars in world basketball. Bogdanovic won his second EuroLeague Rising Star award in the 2014-15 campaign, his first season with Fenerbahce, in which he helped his team reach its first-ever Final Four. A year later, Bogdanovic took Fenerbahce to the EuroLeague Championship Game, losing against CSKA Moscow in overtime. Bogdanovic bounced back in style, excelling in a EuroLeague playoffs series against Panathinaikos, reaching the 2016-17 All-EuroLeague First Team and above all, helping Fenerbahce become the first Turkish team to win the EuroLeague title. "Bogi" remains a fan favorite for Fenerbahce fans everywhere!

The games of the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four will be in good hands after Euroleague Basketball’s Director of Officiating Daniel Hierrezuelo revealed the eight referees who will oversee the games. They are Ilija Belosevic, Mehdi Difallah, Damir Javor, Emin Mogulkoc, Uros Nikolic, Carlos Peruga, Sreten Radovic and Fernando Rocha.

The names of the 2024 Final Four referees are revealed

The games of the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four will be in good hands after Euroleague Basketball’s Director of Officiating Daniel Hierrezuelo revealed the eight referees who will oversee the games. They are Ilija Belosevic, Mehdi Difallah, Damir Javor, Emin Mogulkoc, Uros Nikolic, Carlos Peruga, Sreten Radovic and Fernando Rocha.

The list boasts tremendous experience at the top levels of basketball as seven of them have previously officiated at Final Fours. Difallah refereed last season's EuroLeague Championship Game and was joined by Mogulkoc at the 2023 Final Four. Difallah, Belosevic and Javor all worked the 2022 Final Four. Belosevic brings the most experience as this will be his 10th time officiating at European basketball’s signature event. Difallah and Rocha will each at their fifth Final Four and Javor and Radovic at their fourth.

"Just like the players and teams at the Final Four, excellence is required to earn a place among the officiating crews, so I am proud to have these eight elite professionals coming to Berlin," said Daniel Hierrezuelo, Euroleague Basketball's Director of Officiating. "Their collective experience and refereeing acumen will help ensure the height of fairness at this season's Final Four."

The 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four will take place at Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany. The semifinals – pitting Real Madrid against Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul – will take place on Friday, May 24 followed by the third-place game and championship game two days later.

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2024-05-24T16:00:00.000Z)

For three days, May 24-26, the eyes of the sporting world will be on the German capital as Uber Arena hosts the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four. The two semifinals couldn’t be more different. Let’s have a look.

2024 Final Four at a Glance

[Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (May 24, 18:00 CEST)](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/panathinaikos-aktor-athens-fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/E2023/331/)

Two teams making their Final Four returns after many years away will also face off at the European basketball showcase for the first time. After finishing the regular season in second place, Panathinaikos survived a five-game playoff thriller against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv to reach its first Final Four since 2012.

Fenerbahce was sixth at the end of the regular season and then upset AS Monaco in the playoffs. This will be Fenerbahce’s first Final Four since 2019. Their only previous postseason meetings came when Fenerbahce swept the Greens in the 2017 playoffs en route to the club’s only EuroLeague crown. In the teams’ two games this season, each won at home by a double-digit margin.

Of note, Panathinaikos’s head coach Ergin Ataman is also the head coach of the Turkish national team. Fenerbahce head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius, point guard [Nick Calathes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nick-calathes/001932/) and center [Georgios Papagiannis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/georgios-papagiannis/005844/) are all former Panathinaikos players.

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[Real Madrid vs. Olympiacos Piraeus (May 24, 21:00 CEST)](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/real-madrid-olympiacos-piraeus/E2023/330/)

The second semifinal is a rematch of last season’s championship game, which came down to the final shot before Real Madrid triumphed. Los Blancos finished atop the regular season standings and swept Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in the playoffs. Olympiacos was placed fifth at the end of the regular season and then overcame a 2-1 deficit to take down FC Barcelona in a grueling playoff duel. Both teams are making their third straight Final Four appearances. 

The protagonists in the first Euroleague Basketball game of the modern era, on October 16, 2000, Real Madrid and Olympiacos have a rich history together. In addition to last season’s final, Real bested Olympiacos in the 1995 championship game in Zaragoza, Spain; the Reds triumphed in the 2013 title game in London and two years later in Madrid, the locals celebrated at Olympiacos’s expense. They’ve also met in the 1996, 2009 and 2014 playoffs.  

On the floor, this game is the ultimate clash of styles and tempo. Real Madrid led the league this season in scoring, rebounds, assists and PIR. Olympiacos boasted the top-ranked defense both in terms of points and PIR allowed. It should be a treat!

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