Olympiacos Piraeus will compete in the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four for the second year in a row, having last season ended its five-year wait to appear in European basketball's showpiece event. Ten years on since Olympiacos last won the EuroLeague title, the Reds held their nerve to defeat Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 84-72 in Game 5 of the playoffs and record successive Final Four appearances for the first time since it won back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013. Having had a league-best 24-10 record in the regular season, which saw it enter the playoffs as the No. 1 seed, Olympiacos defeated Fenerbahce 3-2 in their five-game series and booked its ticket to Kaunas in the process.

### Round 1: Sasha Vezenkov led the Reds to a season-opening 70-80 triumph in Barcelona.

FC Barcelona - Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 1 | Highlights

### Round 4: Olympiacos ambushed Real Madrid 87-89 on a Kostas Sloukas game-winner.

Real Madrid - Olympiacos | Round 3 | Highlights

### Round 29: The Reds reached the playoffs first with a 72-74 escape from Kaunas.

Zalgiris Kaunas - Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 29 | Highlights

### Game 3: An epic Sloukas buzzer-beater stunned host Fenerbahce 71-72.

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul  - Olympiacos Piraeus  | Playoffs Game 3 | Highlights

### Game 5: Sloukas and Kostas Papanikolaou starred to send the Reds to the Final Four.

Olympiacos Piraeus - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | Playoffs Game 5 | Highlights

Road to Final Four: Olympiacos Piraeus

For the second year in succession and the seventh time in the last decade, Real Madrid will play in the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four. Los Blancos, led by first-year head coach Chus Mateo, appeared to be on the verge of a playoff defeat to Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, trailing by 18 points late in the third quarter of Game 5 at WiZink Center, but they turned it around to win the game and book their place in the Final Four. Real had a 23-11 record during the 34-game regular season, ending up with the No. 3 seed courtesy of its inferior head-to-head record against archrival FC Barcelona, before downing Partizan 3-2 in its playoff series.

### Round 6: Dzanan Musa led Real past Milan to start a six-game winning streak.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan - Real Madrid | Round 6 | Highlights

### Round 21: Gabriel Deck starred in Real's comeback 91-86 OT win vs. Barcelona.

Real Madrid - FC Barcelona | Round 21 | Highlights

### Round 31: Real clinched home-court advantage by downing Fenerbahce 90-75.

Real Madrid - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | Round 31 | Highlights

### Game 3: Walter Tavares dominated a season-saving 80-82 road win vs. Partizan.

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade - Real Madrid | Playoffs Game 3 | Highlights

### Game 5: Sergio Rodriguez rallied Real to beat Partizan 98-94 and reach the Final Four.

Real Madrid - Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | Playoffs Game 5 | Highlights

Road to Final Four: Real Madrid

AS Monaco has made it to the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in its history, one year on from its heartbreaking defeat against Olympiacos Piraeus in Game 5 of the 2022 playoffs. In just its second year in the competition, Monaco has become the first team since Lokomotiv Kuban in 2016 to reach the Final Four in such a short amount of time. After having a 21-13 record during the regular season, good enough for the No. 4 seed in the playoffs, Monaco defeated Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 3-2 in its series to advance to the Final Four.

### Round 5: Elie Okobo's 23 points sent Monaco past host Olympiacos 76-81.

Olympiacos Piraeus - AS Monaco | Round 5 | Highlights

### Round 12: Mike James's heroics decided a 94-95 overtime win at Real Madrid.

Real Madrid - AS Monaco | Round 12 | Highlights

### Round 32: Mike James fueled an 81-84 victory at Bayern to clinch home-court advantage.

FC Bayern Munich - AS Monaco | Round 32 | Highlights

### Game 3: Monaco never trailed to beat Maccabi 78-83 for a 2-1 series lead.

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv - AS Monaco  | Playoffs Game 3 | Highlights

### Game 5: Mike James and Jordan Loyd starred in a 97-86 win for Monaco's first-ever Final Four ticket.

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv - AS Monaco  | Playoffs Game 4 | Highlights

Road to Final Four: AS Monaco

FC Barcelona has reached the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four for the third year on the trot under head coach Saras Jasikevicius, having previously not got to this stage since 2014. The Blaugrana, aiming to finally end its 13-year wait to become EuroLeague champion, were the only team to not reach a Game 5 in the playoffs after convincingly beating Zalgiris Kaunas 3-0: 91-69 and 89-81 at Palau Blaugrana in Games 1 and 2 and 66-77 at Zalgirio Arena in Game 3. Barca had a 23-11 record in the regular season, wrapping up the No. 2 seed entering the playoffs due to its favorable head-to-head record against archrival Real Madrid, before going on to beat Zalgiris and achieve its third straight Final Four appearance under Coach Jasikevicius.

### Round 2: Sertac Sanli starred as Barca beat Real Madrid 75-73 in El Clásico.

FC Barcelona - Real Madrid | Round 2 | Highlights

### Round 13: Barca won in Monaco 63-69 with Nikola Mirotic back in fine form.

AS Monaco - FC Barcelona  | Round 13 | Highlights

### Round 22: Cory Higgins helped down Maccabi 83-78 to start a five-win streak.

FC Barcelona - Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | Round 22 | Highlights

### Round 30: Mirotic scored 26 as Barca beat Panathinaikos 74-88 to reach the playoffs.

Panathinaikos Athens - FC Barcelona | Round 30 | Highlights

### Game 3: Jan Vesely starred as Barca swept past Zalgiris and into the Final Four.

Zalgiris Kaunas - FC Barcelona | Playoffs Game 3 | Highlights

Road to Final Four: FC Barcelona

Anadolu Efes Istanbul registered a thrilling 74-77 victory over Olympiacos Piraeus in the first semifinal on Friday at the Final Four in Belgrade and thus will continue to fight for the first back-to-back Turkish Airlines EuroLeague titles in almost a decade. Vasilije Micic, last season's Final Four MVP, broke a tie with a step-back three-pointer from the top of the circle on the buzzer to win it.

Real Madrid rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to outduel arch-rival FC Barcelona the rest of the way and win 83-86 in the second semifinal at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in Belgrade, Serbia. Real's French connection drove the comeback, with Fabien Causeur and Geurschon Yabusele drilling 18 points each and Vincent Poirier coming up with big plays down the stretch. Sergio Llull added 15 points for the winners, including a key layup with 22 seconds left. For Barcelona, season MVP Nikola Mirotic had a monster double-double of 26 points and 12 rebounds. Nicolas Laprovittola added 17 points and Brandon Davies 15 for Barcelona, which got 9 assists from Nick Calathes.

Real Madrid v Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Championship Game - Full Game Replay

Anadolu Efes Istanbul made history by defending its crown from last season with a defensive-minded 57-58 victory over Real Madrid, the team with the most titles in competition history, 10. Efes becomes the first back-to-back EuroLeague champion since Olympiacos Piraeus in 2012 and 2013. The only other repeat winners since 1988 when the modern Final Four era began are Maccabi Tel Aviv (2004 and 2005) and Jugoplastika Split (1989, 1990, 1991).

### [Game Info](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2021-22/real-madrid-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2021/330/)

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Final Four 2022 Belgrade

For the second year in a row, [Georgios Bartzokas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/bartzokas-georgios/?season=E2022) of Olympiacos Piraeus has been honored for leading the Reds to the Final Four by being voted the 2022-23 Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year by his fellow Turkish Airlines EuroLeague head coaches.

Bartzokas steered his team to a first-place finish in the regular season with a 24-10 record. He then guided the Reds to their 12th Final Four appearance with a thrilling 3-2 playoff victory against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul that made him the first coach in EuroLeague history to win four Game 5s.

Coach Bartzokas becomes the second person to win the Coach of the Year honor three times and the first to claim it in consecutive EuroLeague seasons. He had previously achieved this honor in 2012-13, his first season on the Olympiacos bench, after helping the Reds defend their EuroLeague title at the Final Four in London. Bartzokas was also chosen as Coach of the Year in the 2021-22 season, when he guided Olympiacos to its first Final Four appearance since 2017.

For the second year in a row, Georgios Bartzokas of Olympiacos Piraeus has been honored for leading the Reds to the Final Four by being voted the 2022-23 Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year by his fellow Turkish Airlines EuroLeague head coaches.

2022-23 Aleksander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year: Georgios Bartzokas

With a core of returning players, Olympiacos immediately found the right chemistry this season, opening with a four-game winning streak that included a sweep of road victories in Spain against FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Later, the Reds went on a seven-game winning streak in January and February, which allowed them to qualify for the playoffs first, in Round 29, with a road win at Zalgirio Arena, home of this season's Final Four. Olympiacos won its last nine regular-season home games to secure crucial home-court advantage in the playoffs. If finished 4-0 against fellow Final Four teams Barca and Real, which were second and third, respectively, to finish atop the regular-season standings. Olympiacos also won both of its Greek derbies against archrival Panathinaikos Athens.

Once in the playoffs, Olympiacos took Game 1 against Fenerbahce but dropped Game 2 at home, ending a 10-game winning streak in front of its fans. Olympiacos bounced back with a Game 3 win in Istanbul thanks to a game-winning three-pointer by Kostas Sloukas at the buzzer. Then, with the series tied at 2-2 following a Fenerbahce win in Game 4, Bartzokas worked his magic in Game 5 by leading Olympiacos to an 84-72 victory that booked his team's ticket to another Final Four.

Zeljko Obradovic of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade was second in the voting, followed by Kazys Maksvytis of Zalgiris Kaunas. Other coaches receiving votes were Oded Kattash of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Sarunas Jasikevicius of Barcelona, Sasa Obradovic of AS Monaco, Joan Penarroya of Baskonia, Chus Mateo of Real and Dimitris Itoudis of Fenerbahce.

Sharing the ball and playing strong defense, pillars of Bartzokas's system, have been crucial to Olympiacos's success. No team in EuroLeague history has dished as many assists as the Reds – 817 and counting – and their per-game rate of 20.9 is the second-highest average all-time. All those assists mean that, with two Final Four games left to play, they are on the verge of another record, for two-point efficiency. Their 60.1% success rate on two-point shot attempts currently sits above the standing record of 59.2% for Real's team way back in the 2001-02 season. On defense, Olympiacos leads the league with 7.5 steals per game while holding its opponents to the lowest average PIR of any team, 77.4 per game. Its own per-game PIR of 100.9 ranks second this season.

After retiring as a player at age 27 due to knee injuries, Bartzokas soon began coaching smaller clubs Pefki, Eraklio, Vrilissia and Kifissia before assisting Greek legend Panagiotis Giannakis and coaching Vassilis Spanoulis at Maroussi. Larissa made him a first-time head coach in the Greek League for three seasons, then he returned to Maroussi as the team's lead coach and made his EuroLeague debut in 2009-10 by taking the team from the qualification round to the Top 16, just missing the playoffs. After a stop at Panionios, Olympiacos appointed him to replace the late Dusan Ivkovic in the summer after the team won the 2012 EuroLeague title. Bartzokas and the Reds defended the trophy at the 2013 Final Four in London, making Olympiacos – until Anadolu Efes Istanbul's successive titles in 2021 and 2022 – just the second team to become back-to-back champion this century, following Maccabi Tel Aviv's successes in 2004 and 2005.

From Olympiacos, Bartzokas went to Lokomotiv Kuban and turned the team into a surprise 2016 Final Four participant. He coached the team that Lokomotiv beat in the playoffs, FC Barcelona, the following year before taking Khimki Moscow Region to its first and only playoff appearance in 2017-18. He returned to Olympiacos midway through the 2019-20 season and has steadily built the Reds back into the contender they are today, ending the team's five-year playoff drought last season and following up on the 2022 run to the Final Four by achieving that same accomplishment in 2023. Now, Bartzokas hopes to win his second EuroLeague title with Olympiacos, just as the late great Dusan Ivkovic did with the Reds in 1997 and 2012.

Coach of the Year: Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos Piraeus

### Barcelona’s Higgins, Efes’s Micic shine under Friday night lights

Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, witnessed one of the most exciting nights of semifinals in Final Four history. Friday's first game was a thriller that went down to the last seconds in which Anadolu Efes Istanbul advanced to its second straight championship game after holding off CSKA Moscow in what was a rematch of the 2019 championship game. Efes led by as many as 21 points in the third quarter before CSKA erased the deficit. The game came down to the closing seconds and Will Clyburn missed a go-ahead three, which allowed Efes to hold on. Vasilije Micic led the Efes attack with 25 points and 6 assists before fouling out and Sertac Sanli also shined with 19 points and 8 rebounds. For CSKA, Clyburn scored 26 and Daniel Hackett had 11 of his 17 in the fourth quarter.

In the second semi, FC Barcelona edged AX Armani Exchange Milan 84-82 on Cory Higgins's game-winning jumper with 0.8 seconds remaining. Barcelona fought back from an 8-point third-quarter deficit and survived a fourth quarter that featured three lead changes and was tied entering the final minute. Milan's Kevin Punter missed an open look from behind the arc before Higgins raced down the floor and buried a pull-up jumper from the top of the key, sending Barcelona through. Nikola Mirotic led the winners with 21 points and Nick Calathes tallied 17 points and 6 assists before leaving with an ankle injury. Higgins finished with 11 points and Pau Gasol scored 10 points for Barcelona, which returned to the championship game for the first time since 2010 when it won its second EuroLeague crown. Punter paced Milan with 23 points.

Catch up on FC Barcelona v Anadolu Efes Istanbul from Final of the 2020/21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, May 30, 2021

FC Barcelona v Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Final - May 30, 2021

### Efes makes history

Anadolu Efes Istanbul made history by winning the EuroLeague for the first time after outlasting FC Barcelona 81-86 in the championship game at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. The victory made all the Efes players champions for the first time as well as Coach Ergin Ataman, who became the first Turkish-born head coach to lift the trophy.

In a tight game, Barcelona came back from an 11-point deficit to tie the game in the fourth quarter and was within a single point with 3:25 remaining, but Vasilije Micic scored 7 points in the final 3 minutes to make sure Efes went home with the trophy. Micic finished with 25 points and 5 assists to earn Final Four MVP honor in addition to his season-long MVP accolade. His backcourt mate Shane Larkin added 21 points while big man Sertac Sanli chipped in with 12 for the winners. Cory Higgins led Barcelona with 23 points and Kyle Kuric netted 18 for Barcelona, which came up short in its bid to win its third continental crown, and first since 2010.

AX Armani Exchange finished third in its first Final Four appearance since 1992, defeating CSKA Moscow 83-73 in the third-place game.

### [Game Info](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2020-21/fc-barcelona-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2020/328/)

Final Four 2021 Cologne

### Guards star in high-scoring semis

The climax to the season was staged at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz and got underway with the first-ever Final Four meeting between two Turkish teams. Anadolu Efes Istanbul used its stellar backcourt to comfortably overcome Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, with Shane Larkin scoring 30 points and Vasilije Micic adding 25 in a 92-73 victory. Larkin’s PIR of 43 was the best ever at a Final Four.

The second semifinal saw CSKA Moscow fall behind by 14 points in the third quarter against Real Madrid, but Nando De Colo stepped up with 10 points in the final quarter and CSKA finished the game on a 13-5 run to triumph 95-90. De Colo finished with 23 points and Sergio Rodriguez also came up big with the same point total against his former club.

Catch up on Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs CSKA Moscow from the 2018/19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game, 19th May 2019

Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs CSKA Moscow - Championship Game - 19th May 2019

### CSKA stays strong for its eighth crown

The championship game was a well-balanced tussle that saw CSKA dominate the first quarter before Efes controlled the second, making it 44-42 to the Muscovites at halftime. The outcome was still in the balance midway through the fourth quarter before a 6-0 run for CSKA featuring 4 points from Nando De Colo established a double-digit lead. Efes fought back to a 4-point deficit inside the final 2 minutes, but CSKA used strong defense and accurate free throw shooting to seal the outcome and clinch its eighth continental crown with a 91-83 victory.

Will Clyburn played through an injury to lead his team with 20 points and 5 rebounds and was rewarded with the Final Four MVP award. Shane Larkin’s 29 points in defeat were the highest total in championship game history. The title triumph saw CSKA big man Kyle Hines join an elite group by winning his fourth EuroLeague crown, a feat achieved by only 14 other players in European basketball history.

### [Game Info](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2018-19/anadolu-efes-istanbul-cska-moscow/E2018/260/)

Final Four 2019 Vitoria-Gasteiz

### Zalgiris celebrates despite semifinal loss

The Final Four was staged at the Stark Arena in Belgrade and Friday’s semifinal saw Coach Zeljko Obradovic maintain his hopes of winning his 10th title in his home city as Fenerbahce Istanbul overcame Zalgiris, 76-67. Ali Muhammed scored 19 points to lead the winners. Brandon Davies gave it his all with a double-double in defeat for the Lithuanian champs in Zalgiris’s first Final Four appearance in nearly two decades.

The reigning champ was joined in the championship game by Real Madrid, which fought back from a first-quarter double-digit deficit against CSKA Moscow to win 83-92. Luka Doncic and Sergio Llull scored 16 points apiece and Gustavo Ayon added a double-double. Nando De Colo netted 20 un defeat.

### Real wins 'La Decima'

The championship game saw the title winners from 2015 and 2017 go for glory once again as Real battled Fenerbahce. Nicolo Melli topped the scoring with a championship-game record 28 points and Fenerbahce had a narrow lead, 38-40, at halftime. But Los Blancos scored the first 7 points of the second half and never trailed again, with the lead peaking at 11 in the fourth quarter. Fenerbahce rallied late to get within 3, but a Trey Thompkins tip-in and free throws from Fabien Causeur settled the outcome.

The victory saw Real become the first team to take 10 continental crowns, while Pablo Laso became the first Spanish coach in 37 years to win multiple EuroLeague titles. Real’s triumph was a team effort as 11 different players scored in the championship game, but the man picked out for more individual plaudits was Luka Doncic, who added to his personal collection by being named Final Four MVP after recording 16 points and 7 rebounds in the semifinal followed by 15 points and 4 assists in the title game.

Sunday’s title decider was preceded by an unusually intense third-place game, culminating in wild celebrations for thousands of traveling fans from Lithuania as Zalgiris withstood a late charge from CSKA to prevail 79-77.

### [Game Info](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2017-18/real-madrid-fenerbahce-dogus-istanbul/E2017/260/)

Final Four 2018 Belgrade

Real Madrid v Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul (2018-05-20T18:00:00.000Z)