{"id":498548,"date":"2015-04-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/maccabi-faces-fenerbahe-in-the-quarterfinals\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:05:46","slug":"maccabi-faces-fenerbahe-in-the-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/maccabi-faces-fenerbahe-in-the-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Faces Fenerbah?e in the Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/10OZa-DbYB8\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-16185a3a-a7cb-0499-19e3-4c267c237386\">By Amy Samin<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv finished the Top 16 in third place in Group E and will face Turkish club Fenerbah\u00e7e Ulker (second place in Group F) in a best of five quarterfinals series. The first game is this Tuesday, in Istanbul. This is the sixth time in a row that the reigning Euroleague champs have qualified for the quarterfinals, and the tenth time in the last eleven years.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Maccabi made sure that the team would not play on the eves of Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Memorial Day for Israel\u2019s fallen soldiers by requesting certain dates from the Euroleague in advance. But with no other option, the yellows will play Game 4 (if needed) on the eve of Israel\u2019s Independence Day.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<u><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Below is the complete schedule of games for the series between Maccabi and Fenerbah\u00e7e (times are the same in Israel and Turkey):<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/div>\n<p> \t<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-16185a3a-a7cb-0499-19e3-4c267c237386\">Game 1: Tuesday<\/span> April 14 at 9:00 pm in Istanbul<br \/> \t\tGame 2: Thursday April 16 at 9:00 pm in Istanbul<br \/> \t\tGame 3: Monday April 20 at 9:05 pm in Tel Aviv<br \/> \t\tGame 4: Wednesday April 22 at 9:05 in Tel Aviv (if needed)<br \/> \t\tGame 5: Tuesday April 28 at 8:00 pm in Istanbul (if needed)<\/span><\/div>\n<p> \t<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-16185a3a-a7cb-0499-19e3-4c267c237386\">Tickets (included in the season ticket package) for the third game in the series, and the first to take place in Menora Mivtachim Arena, will go on sale to Maccabist VIP members starting at 20:00 on Saturday night (after Shabbat). Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 9:00 on Sunday.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p> \t<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<strong><u><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-16185a3a-a7cb-0499-19e3-4c267c237386\">So, who is Fenerbah\u00e7e Ulker, model 2015?<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The head coach of Fenerbah\u00e7e Ulker is none other than ?eljko Obradovi?, one of the greatest coaches of all time in European basketball, who has met Maccabi before in the quarterfinals. The top players on the Turkish squad are American Andrew Goudelock (who has already broken a three point record in the Euroleague), Jan Vesely (formerly of the Washington Wizards and the Denver Nuggets), Nemanja Bjelica (familiar to Maccabi fans from his time at Caja Laboral), and the young Serbian talent Bogdan Boganovic (formerly a star with Partizan Belgrade).<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Until recently, another standout on Fenerbah\u00e7e Ulker was former Maccabi player Ricky Hickman, but the guard received a season-ending injury two weeks ago. The Turks hold their home games in the new Ulker Arena, which is expected to be filled to its 13,000-seat capacity.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div> \t\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv finished the Top 16 in third place in Group E and will face Turkish club Fenerbah?e Ulker (second place in Group F) in a best of five quarterfinals series. 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