Challenge the world champion! Shen Jing strives for the first European Cup + MVP. The Turkish head coach firmly believes that he will win the gold medal

On September 14, the 2025 Men's Basketball European Cup championship battle is about to begin. The Turkish Men's Basketball Team and the 2019 World Cup champion Germany will compete for the final championship. Shen Jing leads the national team to compete for the first European Cup championship in the team history. The head coach of the Turkish Men's Basketball Team believes that they will win the championship.

In this year's European Men's Basketball Team, Shen Jing led the Turkish men's basketball team to advance to the final with an unbeaten record of 8 wins and 0 losses - ranked first in the group stage, defeated Serbia led by Jokic, eliminated Sweden in the 1/8 final, eliminated Poland in the quarter-finals, and eliminated Greece led by Antetokounmpo in the semi-finals; Shen Jing led Turkey to return to the finals after 24 years, and strived for the first European Cup championship in the national team's history.

Shen Jing has played in all 8 games, averaged 20.8 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 1.1 steals, shooting percentage of 56.0%, three-point shooting percentage of 35.3%, and free throw shooting percentage of 74.5%. In the FIBA ​​official MVP fan voting results, Shin Jing won 50% of the fans' votes, surpassing stars such as Doncic (15%) and Antetokounmpo (15%).

If Türkiye beat Germany in the final and wins the gold medal, Shin Kyung has a great chance of winning the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of this European Cup.

For the final battle against Germany, Turkish men's basketball coach Ataman hopes that the referee will reduce misjudgments and bluntly said: This is the matchup between the two strongest teams in this competition. In the end, the team that performs better and deserves victory should win the championship without being disturbed by the referee's penalty.

Ataman firmly believes that the Turkish men's basketball team is better at the moment and is ready to win; Ataman also firmly believes that Turkey can win the championship. He said: I don't like losing in the finals, I like to win. If I reach the finals, I will win.

Attaman led his team to win the European Basketball League championship in 2021, 2022 and 2024.