Sport | Basketball |
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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 Mitteldeutscher Asesoft Ploiești Ural Great Perm CSK VVS Samara (1 title each) |
Level on pyramid | 4th Tier on European Pyramid |
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 2007. Each season's finalists were promoted to the next season's more prestigious 3rd tier level competition, the EuroChallenge.
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).
FIBA Europe Champions Cup:
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:
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)