Turkish basketball powerhouse Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding entered the 2022-23 EuroLeague Women season with a “win or bust” mentality, having come up short in last year’s championship game. The club invested heavily in imports, adding big names Breanna Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot and Emma Meesseman at various points throughout the season to an already-impressive core that featured Satou Sabally, Kayla McBride and Alina Iagupova — moves that made Fenerbahçe the clear favorite to win it all.
Those championship dreams have now been realized. On Sunday, Fenerbahçe trounced fellow Turkish club CBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld in the EuroLeague Women final, winning the first-ever EuroLeague Women championship in its storied history on that backs of its imported stars.
History was made in the competition’s third-place game, too, as Italian club Beretta Famila Schio defeated EuroLeague Women Final Four host ZVVZ USK Praha in a nail-biting contest that had more twists and turns than one could count — including an improbable and controversial finish that epitomized the unpredictable nature of the EuroLeague Women postseason.
Fenerbahçe cruises past Mersin to win EuroLeague Women title
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