Eurohoops looks at the last time we saw these teams facing off in the semifinals
The strange cases of déjà vu in the 2025 EuroLeague semifinals
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The two semifinal games at the upcoming 2025 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four held in Abu Dhabi will feature two matchups that we saw in the two previous editions of the tournament.
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul get the Final Four underway in a rematch of last season’s semifinal. While Fener will be aiming to get some payback and advance to the championship game for the first time since 2018, the Greens are looking to repeat what happened last season and get one step closer towards winning back-to-back titles.
Not that they need any extra motivation but it’s certain that several AS Monaco players who were present at the 2023 Final Four haven’t forgotten the way they lost to Olympiacos Piraeus in that semifinal and will also be looking for vengeance.
“It seems inevitable that we're always gonna meet them no matter what happens, so it's almost like fate," said Monaco superstar Mike James. “So, we gotta take care of business this time.”
On the other hand, Olympiacos is more than aware of that. After three straight trips to the Final Four but zero championships in that time, Giorgos Bartzokas and his players know that they must first overcome Monaco before attempting to finally bring the EuroLeague title back to Piraeus.
Eurohoops takes a look back at what happened in the last time we had these exact Final Four semifinal matchups and what decided each contest.
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