Fenerbahce secured its second-ever EuroLeague championship after defeating AS Monaco 81-70 in the 2025 final at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
Sarunas Jasikevicius’s squad pulled away in the final quarter following a tightly contested first 30 minutes, overcoming a halftime deficit and locking in defensively to seal the title.
Nigel Hayes-Davis delivered a standout performance with 23 points and 9 rebounds, while Marko Guduric added 19 points and hit the dagger three-pointer late in the fourth.
Devon Hall and Wade Baldwin IV chipped in 13 points each, helping Fenerbahce dominate the closing stretch with a 27-19 fourth-quarter advantage.
Monaco held a 13-4 lead early behind Alpha Diallo and Mike James, but Fenerbahce closed the first half on a 14-4 run and carried a 35-33 lead into the break.
After trading blows in the third quarter, the Turkish side surged ahead in the final period with an 11-0 run, sparked by Baldwin’s triple and capped by Errick McCollum’s and-one.
Monaco’s leading scorer was Diallo with 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting, followed by James with 17 and Matthew Strazel with 13, but they managed just 9-for-21 from beyond the arc and were outrebounded 38-36.
Fenerbahce converted 22-of-26 free throws and shot 40.9% from three, with Jasikevicius’s bench contributing key minutes on both ends to preserve the lead late.
With the victory, Jasikevicius joined Armenak Alachachian, Lolo Sainz, and Svetislav Pesic as the only individuals to win the EuroLeague as both a player and a head coach.
This title follows Fenerbahce’s 2017 championship and marks redemption after falling short in the 2024 semifinal against Panathinaikos.
Jasikevicius, who won the 2024–25 Aleksander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year, led the club to 18 wins in 22 games since January despite losing Scottie Wilbekin to a season-ending injury on opening night.
The 49-year-old tactician also became the first to reach five consecutive Final Fours with three different teams.
Following the final, Jasikevicius told EuroLeague TV, “It feels amazing. I’ve been chasing this trophy for a while now. I had a lot of heartbreaks. Stuck with it and these guys got the job done.”
Fenerbahce’s defense held Monaco scoreless for critical stretches of the fourth, while Guduric’s shooting and Hayes-Davis’s activity on both ends sealed the historic win.
Jasikevicius now has five EuroLeague titles combined as a player and coach, a feat that further cements his place among European basketball’s elite.
