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; Mitteldeutscher; Asesoft Ploiești; Ural Great Perm; CSK VVS Samara; (1 title each)
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	FIBA EuroChallenge - (3rd tier)
Official website	FIBA EuroCup EuroChallenge

The FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the 4th-tier level (it was the 3rd-tier level during the inaugural 2002–03 season), transnational professional continental 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 FIBA 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).

Names of the competition[]

FIBA Europe Champions Cup: (2002–2003)
FIBA Europe Cup: (2003–2005)
FIBA EuroCup Challenge: (2005–2007)

The finals[]

Year	Champion	Score	Second place
Year	Final			Third and fourth place
2002–03 Details	Aris	84–83	Prokom Trefl Sopot	Ventspils	Hemofarm
2003–04 Details	Mitteldeutscher	84–68	SAOS Dijon	Tuborg Pilsener	Dynamo Moscow Region
2004–05 Details	Asesoft Ploiești	75–74	Lokomotiv Rostov	Dynamo Moscow Region	Bandırma Banvit
2005–06 Details	Ural Great Perm	154–147 80–67 / 74–80	Khimik	Olympia Larissa	Lappeenrannan NMKY
2006–07 Details	CSK VVS Samara	184–166 83–85 / 101–81	Keravnos	Pizza Express Apollon	Dnipro

Finals MVP[]

Season	Player	Pos.	Club
2002–03	Will Solomon	PG/SG	Aris
2003–04	Marijonas Petravičius	PF/C	Mitteldeutscher
2004–05	Vladimir Kuzmanović	SG	Asesoft Ploieşti
2005–06	Derrick Alston	PF/C	Ural Great Perm
2006–07	Nikita Shabalkin	SF / PF	CSK VVS Samara

Titles by club[]

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion years
1	Aris	1	0	2002–03
	Mitteldeutscher	1	0	2003–04
	Asesoft Ploieşti	1	0	2004–05
	Ural Great Perm	1	0	2005–06
	CSK VVS Samara	1	0	2006–07
6	Prokom Trefl Sopot	0	1
	Dijon	0	1
	Lokomotiv Kuban	0	1
	Khimik	0	1
	Keravnos	0	1
Total		5	5

Winning rosters[]

FIBA Europe Champions Cup:

2002–03 Aris

Willie Solomon, Ryan Stack, , Fedor Likholitov, Prodromos Nikolaidis, , Ioannis Gagaloudis, Dimitar Angelov, Miroslav Raičević, Dimitrios Charitopoulos, , Kostas Kakaroudis, (Head Coach: Vangelis Alexandris)

FIBA Europe Cup:

2003–04 Mitteldeutscher

Wendell Alexis, Manuchar Markoishvili, , Marijonas Petravičius, Misan Nikagbatse, , Stephen Arigbabu, , , , Peter Fehse, , (Head Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2004–05 Asesoft Ploieşti

Catalin Burlacu, , Nikola Bulatović, Vladimir Kuzmanović, , , , Antonio Alexe, Levente Szijarto, , , , , Saša Ocokoljić (Head Coach: )

FIBA EuroCup Challenge:

2005–06 Ural Great Perm

Derrick Alston, Terrell Lyday, Vasili Karasev, Jurica Golemac, Jasmin Hukić, Andre Hutson, , Egor Vyaltsev, Vadim Panin, Evgeni Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Dedushkin, , , (Head Coach: Sharon Drucker)

2006–07 CSK VVS Samara

Nikita Shabalkin, Omar Cook, Georgios Diamantopoulos, Kelvin Gibbs, Evgeni Voronov, , , , , , , Anton Glazunov, , Valeri Likhodey (Head Coach: Valeri Tikhonenko)