Bobby Dixon

Fenerbahçe became the first team to advance to the 2017 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four, which will be held in its own city, by completing a playoff sweep of Panathinaikos with a 79-61 victory on April 25 at Fenerbahçe Ülker Sports Arena on April 25. 

Fenerbahçe used a balanced attack to reach its third Final Four in as many seasons.

Buoyed by two sensational road wins last week, Istanbul's Fenerbahçe could become the first team to advance to the EuroLeague Final Four by sweeping a best-of-five series at home when it hosts Panathinaikos on April 25. 

Fenerbahçe took firm control of its Turkish Airlines Euroleague playoffs series with Panathinaikos by claiming a 75-80 victory at the Olympic Sports Center on April 20 to go up 2-0 before next week's return to Istanbul. 

Turkey's Fenerbahçe will visit Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, a Basque side that wants to turn its most recent victory into a streak, on Nov. 11 in Round 6 of the Euroleague at the Fernando Buesa Arena as Galatasaray Odeabank takes on Olympiacos.

Anadolu Efes equalized matters with Fenerbahçe late on June 5, tying up the best-of-seven series 1-1 before it moves to the latter's home on June 7.

Anadolu Efes Istanbul bounced back from defeat in the opener by routing Turkish Airlines Euroleague runner-up Fenerbahçe 91-70. 

Istanbul club Fenerbahçe has completed a three-game sweep of the defending champions Real Madrid to be in the first team to book a place in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four in Berlin.

A tough test awaits Turkey on Sept. 12 at Eurobasket 2015 when it takes on title favorite France, led by all-time Eurobasket top scorer Tony Parker, for a quarterfinal berth.

The "12 Giant Men" finished Group B fourth after a 111-102 victory in overtime against Iceland on Sept. 10 to set up the Round of 16 clash with France in Lille.