The Intercontinental Derby (basketball)
| Other names | Ezelî Rekabet (The Eternal Rivalry) |
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| Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Teams | Fenerbahçe SK Galatasaray SK |
| First meeting | Galatasaray 20–0 Fenerbahçe 24 March 1933 |
| Latest meeting | Fenerbahçe 94–70 Galatasaray (17 May 2025) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 258 |
| Most wins | Fenerbahçe (135) |
| All-time series | Fenerbahçe: 135 Drawn: 3 Galatasaray: 120 |
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The Intercontinental Derby (Turkish: Kıtalararası Derbi), also known as the Eternal Rivalry (Turkish: Ezelî Rekabet), is the name given to any basketball match between Fenerbahçe SK and Galatasaray SK, teams of the Asian and the European parts of Istanbul respectively. Fenerbahçe is the most successful of the two clubs, having won more head to head fixtures and having clinched more trophies in the past seasons, including the highest level tier of European basketball, the EuroLeague trophy, where the winners are considered the biggest team of Europe.