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FIBA EuroChallenge

{{Short description|International club basketball competition}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = EuroChallenge

| current_season =

| logo = FIBA EuroChallenge logo.png

| pixels = 250

| caption = Primary logo (2013–2015){{cite web | url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_s-UpOfA-I7ki4E0Tw3qmM3.coid_JGbQBI6cIvU8eT1aIOLuO0.articleMode_on.html | title=EuroChallenge Logo Unveiled | FIBA Europe }}

| formerly = FIBA Europe League
(2003–2005)
FIBA EuroCup
(2005–2008)

| sport = Basketball

| founded = 2003

| folded = 2015

| replaced = FIBA Europe Cup

| fame =

| motto = We Are Basketball

| teams = 32

| promotion = EuroCup (finalists)

| relegation =

| levels = 3 (2004–15)

| pyramid = European professional club basketball system

| domestic_cup =

| continent = {{flagicon|EUR}} FIBA Europe (Europe)

| country = FIBA Europe member associations

| champion = {{flagicon|FRA}} Nanterre
(1st title)

| most_champs = 12 teams
(1 title each)

| website = [http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/ EuroChallenge]

| singles =

| ceo =

| TV =

}}

FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08){{Cite web |url=http://www.ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/33556/448/item |title=ULEB, FIBA Europe announce new competitions names, formats – News – Welcome to Eurocup. |access-date=2008-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722223920/http://www.ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/33556/448/item |archive-date=2008-07-22 |url-status=dead }} was the 3rd-tier continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run by FIBA Europe. It is not to be confused with the FIBA EuroCup Challenge – the defunct 4th-tier competition, which was also organized and run by FIBA Europe, played between 2002–03 and 2006–07. In 2015, FIBA dissolved the EuroChallenge, in order to start the Basketball Champions League (BCL) and FIBA Europe Cup (FEC), in order to extend opportunities outside the competitions organized by the Euroleague Basketball.{{cite web| url = https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-board-pushes-ahead-with-attractive-club-competitions-model1| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180310012520/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-board-pushes-ahead-with-attractive-club-competitions-model1| url-status = live| archive-date = March 10, 2018| title = FIBA Europe Board pushes ahead with attractive club competitions model - FIBA.basketball}}

History

The competition was created in 2003, following the defections of most of the top European basketball teams from the former FIBA SuproLeague, which heralded the formation of the new version of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, under the umbrella of Euroleague Basketball. FIBA was aiming to create a competition similar to the former Suproleague to rival the Euroleague. From the 2004–05 season and after FIBA sanctioned the Euroleague and the ULEB Cup, the EuroChallenge was considered to be the 3rd strongest international professional basketball competition for men's clubs in Europe, after both the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the EuroCup (both of which fall under the supervision of Euroleague Basketball). Though, during the first two seasons of the competition's coexistence with the EuroCup, the EuroChallenge (under the name FIBA Europe League) was favored by Italian, Russian and Greek teams, making both competitions quite comparable in strength.

Since the 2007-08 and following am agreement between ULEB and FIBA the two EuroChallenge finalists were promoted to the next season's 2nd tier level, the EuroCup competition.

In 2015, FIBA Europe dissolved the EuroChallenge, to start a new self-anointed second-tier competition, called the Basketball Champions League (BCL), in an attempt to compete with the EuroCup.{{cite web| url = https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-board-pushes-ahead-with-attractive-club-competitions-model1| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180310012520/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-board-pushes-ahead-with-attractive-club-competitions-model1| url-status = live| archive-date = March 10, 2018| title = FIBA Europe Board pushes ahead with attractive club competitions model - FIBA.basketball}}

Final Fours

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"|Year

| style="width:1%;" rowspan="14"|

!colspan=3|Final

| style="width:1%;" rowspan="14"|

!colspan=3|Semifinalists

width=15%|Champion

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Second place

!width=15%|Third place

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Fourth place

2003–04
Details

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
UNICS

|87–63

|{{flagicon|GRE|size=30px}}
Maroussi TIM

|{{flagicon|ISR|size=30px}}
Hapoel Tel Aviv

|112–104

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Ural Great Perm

2004–05
Details

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Dynamo Saint Petersburg

|85–74

|{{flagicon|UKR|size=30px}}
Kyiv

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Khimki

|86–79

|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}}
Fenerbahçe

2005–06
Details

|{{flagicon|ESP|size=30px}}
DKV Joventut

|88–63

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Khimki

|{{flagicon|UKR|size=30px}}
Kyiv

|83–81

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Dynamo Saint Petersburg

2006–07
Details

|{{flagicon|ESP|size=30px}}
Akasvayu Girona

|79–72

|{{flagicon|UKR|size=30px}}
Azovmash

|{{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}}
VidiVici Bologna

|82–60

|{{flagicon|ESP|size=30px}}
MMT Estudiantes

2007–08
Details

|{{flagicon|LAT|size=30px}}
Barons LMT

|63–62

|{{flagicon|BEL|size=30px}}
Dexia Mons-Hainaut

|{{flagicon|CYP|size=30px}}
Proteas EKA AEL

|79–70

|{{flagicon|EST|size=30px}}
Tartu Ülikool Rock

2008–09
Details

|{{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}}
Virtus BolognaFiere

|77–75

|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}}
Cholet

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Triumph Lyubertsy

|94–82

|{{flagicon|CYP|size=30px}}
Proteas EKA AEL

2009–10
Details

|{{flagicon|GER|size=30px}}
Göttingen

|83–75

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Krasnye Krylia

|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}}
Chorale Roanne

|86–80

|{{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}}
Scavolini Spar Pesaro

2010–11
Details

|{{flagicon|SLO|size=30px}}
Krka

|83–77

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Lokomotiv Kuban

|{{flagicon|BEL|size=30px}}
Telenet Oostende

|94–92

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Spartak Saint Petersburg

2011–12
Details

|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}}
Beşiktaş Milangaz

|91–86

|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}}
Élan Chalon

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Triumph Lyubertsy

|94–87

|{{flagicon|HUN|size=30px}}
Szolnoki Olaj

2012–13
Details

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Krasnye Krylia

|77–76

|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}}
Pinar Karşıyaka

|{{flagicon|GER|size=30px}}
EWE Baskets

|84–76

|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}}
Gravelines

2013–14
Details

|{{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}}
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

|79–65

|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}}
Triumph Lyubertsy

|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}}
Gaziantep Royal Halı

|87–75 {{small|(OT)}}

|{{flagicon|HUN|size=30px}}
Szolnoki Olaj

2014–15
Details

|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}}
JSF Nanterre

|64–63

|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}}
Trabzonspor Medical Park

|{{flagicon|ROU|size=30px}}
Energia Târgu Jiu

|83–80

|{{flagicon|GER|size=30px}}
Fraport Skyliners

Finals/Final Four MVP award winners (2004–2015)

{{main|FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP}}

class="wikitable sortable"
SeasonMVP
style="text-align: center;" | 2003–04{{flagicon|EST}} Martin Müürsepp
style="text-align: center;" | 2004–05{{flagicon|Russia}} Kelly McCarty
style="text-align: center;" | 2005–06{{flagicon|ESP}} Rudy Fernández
style="text-align: center;" | 2006–07{{flagicon|SLO}} Ariel McDonald
style="text-align: center;" | 2007–08{{flagicon|LTU}} Giedrius Gustas
style="text-align: center;" | 2008–09{{flagicon|USA}} Keith Langford
style="text-align: center;" | 2009–10{{flagicon|Montenegro}} Taylor Rochestie
style="text-align: center;" | 2010–11{{flagicon|BIH}} Goran Ikonić
style="text-align: center;" | 2011–12{{flagicon|GBR}} Pops Mensah-Bonsu
style="text-align: center;" | 2012–13{{flagicon|USA}} Tre Simmons
style="text-align: center;" | 2013–14{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Cinciarini
style="text-align: center;" | 2014–15{{flagicon|USA}} Jamal Shuler

Records and statistics

=Performances by club=

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class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ Performance in the FIBA EuroChallenge by club

scope=col|Club

!scope=col|Won

!scope=col|Runner-up

!scope=col|Years won

!scope=col|Years runner-up

scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} Krasnye Krylia Samara

| align=center|1

| align=center|1

| 2013

| 2010

scope=row|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nanterre

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2015

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pallacanestro Reggiana

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2014

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2012

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|SLO}} Krka Novo mesto

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2011

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|GER}} BG Göttingen

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2010

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|ITA}} Virtus Bologna

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2009

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|LAT}} Barons LMT

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2008

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|ESP}} Girona

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2007

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|ESP}} Joventut Badalona

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2006

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} Dyanmo Saint Petersburg

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2005

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} UNICS Kazan

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| 2004

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|GRE}} Maroussi

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2004

scope=row|{{flagicon|UKR}} Kyiv

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2005

scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} Khimki

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2006

scope=row|{{flagicon|UKR}} Azovmash

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2007

scope=row|{{flagicon|BEL}} Dexia Mons-Hainaut

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2008

scope=row|{{flagicon|FRA}} Cholet

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2009

scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Kuban

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2011

scope=row|{{flagicon|FRA}} Élan Chalon

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2012

scope=row|{{flagicon|TUR}} Pınar Karşıyaka

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2013

scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} Triumph Lyubertsy

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2014

scope=row|{{flagicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| 2015

Total1212

=Performances by country=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ Performance in the FIBA EuroChallenge by country

scope=col|Country

!scope=col|Won

!scope=col|Runner-up

!scope=col|Winning clubs

!scope=col|Runners-up

scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

| align=center|3

| align=center|4

| Krasnye Krylia Samara (1), BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg (1), UNICS Kazan (1)

| Krasnye Krylia Samara (1), Lokomotiv Kuban (1), BC Khimki (1), Triumph Lyubertsy (1)

scope=row|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

| align=center|2

| align=center|0

| Virtus Bologna (1), Pallacanestro Reggiana (1)

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|ESP}} Spain

| align=center|2

| align=center|0

| CB Girona (1), Joventut Badalona (1)

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|FRA}} France

| align=center|1

| align=center|2

| JSF Nanterre (1)

| Élan Chalon (1), Cholet Basket (1)

scope=row|{{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey

| align=center|1

| align=center|2

| Beşiktaş (1)

| Pınar Karşıyaka (1), Trabzonspor (1)

scope=row|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| BG Göttingen (1)

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| Barons LMT (1)

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|SLO}} Slovenia

| align=center|1

| align=center|0

| KK Krka (1)

| –

scope=row|{{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine

| align=center|0

| align=center|2

| –

| BC Kyiv (1), BC Azovmash (1)

scope=row|{{flagicon|GRE}} Greece

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| Maroussi B.C. (1)

scope=row|{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium

| align=center|0

| align=center|1

| –

| Dexia Mons-Hainaut (1)

Total1212

=Individual records and statistical leaders=

{{main|FIBA EuroChallenge individual records}}

{{main|FIBA EuroChallenge individual statistics}}

All-Star Game

{{main|FIBA EuroChallenge All-Star Day}}

Winning rosters

=FIBA Europe League=

{{BC UNICS 2003–04 FIBA Europe League champions}}

{{BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg 2004–05 FIBA Europe League champions}}

=FIBA EuroCup=

{{Joventut Badalona 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup champions}}

{{Akasvayu Girona 2006–07 FIBA EuroCup champions}}

{{BK Barons 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup champions}}

=FIBA EuroChallenge=

{{Virtus Bologna 2008–09 EuroChallenge champions}}

{{BG Göttingen 2009–10 EuroChallenge champions}}

{{KK Krka 2010–11 EuroChallenge champions}}

{{Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball) 2011–12 EuroChallenge champions}}

{{BC Krasnye Krylia 2012–13 EuroChallenge champions}}

{{Pallacanestro Reggiana 2013–14 EuroChallenge champions}}

{{JSF Nanterre 2014–15 EuroChallenge champions}}

See also

References and notes

External links

  • [http://www.fibaeurope.com/EuroChallenge/ FIBA EuroChallenge official website]

{{EuroChallenge seasons}}

{{EuroChallenge Final Four MVP}}

{{Basketball in Europe}}

{{Men's professional basketball leagues}}

{{European basketball cups}}

EuroChallenge

Category:Defunct basketball cup competitions in Europe

Category:2003 establishments in Europe

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2003

Category:2015 disestablishments in Europe

Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2015