Celebration

Regarding the 2018 Euroleague Final every basketball enthusiast was preparing for celebration. It was the first time for a Hungarian team to step on court for the gold medal in Euroleague. On the other side a smaller World Selection lined up, which took advantage of their power against us. Even though the scoreboard showed differently, we couldn’t lose that night!

THE GAME

The gold medal game was launched by a triple from superstar Maya Moore. Three minutes into the game Yvonne was able to make our first basket, however, that didn’t stop the Russian ginats, which forced Roberto Iniguez to call a time-out (4th minute 11-3). After the short break we answered to Ekaterinburg’s start with a bigger scoring run, which took us within shooting range from our opponents (14-11). What’s more, with a shot by Zsófi we were only trailing by one, but then our opponents found their rhythm, and pulled away from us (10th minute 22-15).

Although we were trying to keep up with our opponents, Ekaterinburg’s players somehow always found a hole in our defense, and increased their lead into the double-digit region approaching the middle of the second period (14th minute 29-19). A minute later the difference was as high as twelve, but then we came up with three quick successful offensive possession to cut our deficit in half (33-27). The half ended with an exchange of triples between Danielle and Meesseman, and the latter hit one from 9 meters out to beat the buzzer (20th minute 42-30).

At the beginning of the third neither team was able to take control of the game so the difference didn’t change. In the 27th minute we were able to come down to single digits with a basket by Tina (45-36), and won the period by one (30th minute 52-43).

The great battle continued in the final stage of the game as well, we were still close to our opponents. In the 34th minute Moore made a lay-up forcing Roberto Iniguez to call a time-out (56-42). Yvonne kept us in the running with a triple and a lay-up (56-47). Approaching the middle of the quarter we were getting more and more tired, and had trouble keeping up with the Russians, who took advantage of that and decided the outcome of the game (36th minute 63-47). The crowd in Sopron applauded their team standing up from their seats in the final three minutes. Both sides deserved to celebrate! Ekaterinburg deservedly won the FINAL4 against our team that performed above their level (40th minute 72-53).

The silver medal in the 2017/2018 Euroleague season goes to SOPRON BASKET!

GAME DETAILS

UMMC EKATERINBURG - SOPRON BASKET 72-53 (22-15, 20-15, 11-12, 19-11)
Sopron, 3100 néző

UMMC Ekaterinburg: Toliver 4, Torrens 4/3, Moore 17/6, Meesseman 19/3, Griner 16 Cs.: Beliakova 5/3, Sanders 4, Beglova 3/3
Sopron Basket: Fegyverneky 4, Turner 21/12, Crvendakic 2, Milovanovic 13/6, Határ - Cs.: Page 9/3, Jovanovic 4, Salvadores -, Dubei -

RE-LIVE IT!

- 2020-05-19

A decision has been made about closing this season's international tournaments at the FIBA Board's online meeting

Török Zoltán: Mese is lehetne című könyve most már nem csak online rendelhető, hanem személyesen is megvásárolható hétköznapokon klubunk sportirodáján (Novomatic Aréna, Lackner K

Új szakvezetővel, 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 döntőjét? 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 döntője kapcsán ünnepre készült minden magyar kosárlabda barát! Először léphetett pályára magyar csapat az Euroliga elsőségért! A túloldalon egy kisebb világválogatott sorakozott fel, mely érvényre is juttatta nagyobb erejét a remekül küzdő 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 elképesztő teljesítmény volt, hogy 2018-ban ott lehettünk a FINAL4-ban, arról nem is beszélve, hogy fennállásunk során először láthattuk vendégül rendezőként 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 első soproni szezonját

The league finals brought a county rivals’ series, in which we had control over three games that we had won we put the golden star representing the 10th championship title in our crest