Sabally wins German duel
Leonie Fiebich shines for Valencia – but Nyara Sabally and Istanbul have the better end.
Basketball national player Nyara Sabally won the German duel with Leonie Fiebich and Valencia Basket with Fenerbahce Istanbul in the fight for third place in the Euroleague. Defending champion Istanbul prevailed in Saragossa with 59:49 (25:29), Sabally contributed four points and three assists to success. National team colleague Fiebich shone for Valencia with 15 points, but had to give up.
Both teams missed the leap into the final of the Euroleague on Saturday. There Sabally’s ex-team USK Prague and CBK Mersin duel for the European basketball crown. Fenerbahce had actually looked into the third Euroleague title in series at the newly introduced Final Six tournament in Spain.
Sabally had won the championship title in the US Profiliga WNBA with New York Liberty last year. At the end of 2024, Sabally and Fiebich joined the top European teams because the world’s best basketball league is currently pausing and only begins again in May.