FIBA EuroCup Challenge

FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Sport	Basketball
Founded	2002
Ceased	2007
Motto	We Are Basketball
No. of teams	16
Continent	Europe
Last champion(s)	CSK VVS Samara (1st title)
Most titles	Aris BSA Thessaloniki Mitteldeutscher BC CSU Asesoft Ploiesti Ural Great Perm CSK VVS Samara (1 title each)
Level on pyramid	4th tier (Europe)
Promotion to	EuroChallenge - (3rd tier)
Official website	FIBA EuroCup EuroChallenge

The FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the 4th tier level transnational professional club basketball competition in Europe. It was run and organized by FIBA Europe. The league was founded in 2002 and ceased in 2006. Each season's finalists were promoted to the next season's more prestigious 3rd tier level competition, the EuroChallenge.

History

The competition was played during the 2002–03 to 2006–07 seasons. It was variously known as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup (2002–03), the FIBA Europe Cup (2003–05), and the FIBA EuroCup Challenge (2005–07).

Final Fours

Season	Host (Final phase/game)		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2002–03	Thessaloniki		Aris (BSA)	84–83	Trefl Sopot (Prokom)		BK Ventspils	91–90 (OT)	KK Hemofarm
2003–04	İzmir		Mitteldeutscher BC	84–68	JDA Dijon (SAOS)		Tuborg Pilsener	94–53	Dynamo Moscow Region
2004–05	Ploiești		CSU Asesoft Ploiești	75–74	Lokomotiv Rostov		Dynamo Moscow Region	79–45	Banvit
2005–06	Yuzhny Perm		Ural Great Perm	80–67 74–80	Khimik Yuzhny		Olympia Larissa	N/A	Lappeenranta
2006–07	Strovolos Samara		CSK VVS Samara	83–85 101–81	Keravnos		Apollon (Pizzaexpress)	N/A	Dnipro

Final MVP

Season	Player	Pos.	Team
2003–04	Marijonas Petravičius	C	Mitteldeutscher BC
2004–05	Vladimir Kuzmanović	G	CSU Asesoft Ploieşti

Winning rosters

FIBA Europe Champions Cup:

2002–03 Aris Thessaloniki (Greece):

Willie Solomon, Ryan Stack, Ivan Grgat, Fedor Likholitov, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Ioannis Lappas, Ioannis Gagaloudis, Dimitar Angelov, Miroslav Raičević, Dimitrios Charitopoulos, Nikos Orfanos, Kostas Kakaroudis, Dimitris Merachtsakis (Head Coach: Vangelis Alexandris)

FIBA Europe Cup:

2003–04 Mitteldeutscher BC (Germany):

Wendell Alexis, Manuchar Markoishvili, Paul Burke, Marijonas Petravičius, Misan Nikagbatse, Sebastian Machowski, Stephen Arigbabu, Jonas Elvikis, Per Ringstrom, Chauncey Leslie, Peter Fehse, Paul Bayer, Michael Krikemans (Head Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2004–05 CSU Asesoft Ploiesti (Romania):

Catalin Burlacu, Ivan Krasic, Nikola Bulatović, Vladimir Kuzmanović, Paul Helcioiu, Marko Rakočević, Rares Apostol, Antonio Alexe, Levente Szijarto, Predrag Materić, Nicolae Toader, Marko Peković, Adrian Blidaru, Saša Ocokoljić (Head Coach: Mladjen Jojic)

FIBA EuroCup Challenge:

2005–06 Ural Great Perm (Russia):

Derrick Alston, Terrell Lyday, Vasili Karasev, Jurica Golemac, Jasmin Hukić, Andre Hutson, Andrei Trushkin, Egor Vyaltsev, Vadim Panin, Evgeni Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Dedushkin, Arseni Kuchinsky, Vyacheslav Shushakov, Artem Kuzyakin (Head Coach: Sharon Drucker)

2006–07 CSK VVS Samara (Russia):

Nikita Shabalkin, Omar Cook, Georgios Diamantopoulos, Kelvin Gibbs, Evgeni Voronov, Pavel Agapov, Gennadi Zelenskiy, Yaroslav Strelkin, Oleg Baranov, Pavel Ulyanko, Taras Osipov, Anton Glazunov, Alexei Kiryanov, Valeri Likhodey (Head Coach: Valeri Tikhonenko)

External links

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge Homepage
• linguaspor