FIBA Europe Cup

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Not to be confused with FIBA EuroCup Challenge, the defunct fourth-tier level competition.
FIBA Europe Cup
FIBA Europe Cup logo.svg
Founded30 June 2015; 6 years ago (2015-06-30)
First season2015–16
RegionEurope
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams32 (regular season)
48 (total)
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toChampions League
Current championsIsrael Ironi Nes Ziona
(1st title)
Most championships5 teams (1 title)
TV partnersYouTube (live streaming)
WebsiteFIBA.basketball/europecup
2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup

The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC)[1] is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is the European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions, although this is not the sole deciding factor.

History[]

Scene of the first leg of the 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final

On June 30, 2015, FIBA announced it would start a new league to compete with Euroleague Basketball's EuroCup.[2] The new competition, which replaced EuroChallenge, was supposed to be open for up to 100 teams to enter.[2]

The first FIBA Europe Cup game was played on October 21, 2015, when Donar Groningen beat Egis Körmend 78–71. In the 2016–17 season, FIBA started the Basketball Champions League and since then teams from the Champions League can be transferred to the Europe Cup through their position.

Format[]

Tournament[]

The tournament proper begins with a regular season of 32 teams, divided into eight groups. Seeding is used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst teams from the same country may not be drawn into groups together. Each team meets the others in its group in home and away games, in a round-robin format. The winning team and runner-up from each group then progress to the second round with 16 teams divided into four groups. Each team meets the others in its group in home and away games, in a round-robin format.[3]

For the play-offs, the winning team and runner-up from each group join them and play a two-legged format. Until 2019, the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams were dropped from the Basketball Champions League regular season. The regular season is usually played from October to December and the second round is played from December to January, whilst the play-offs start in February.[3]

Finals[]

The Finals were played in either a Final Four tournament format or with a two-legged series.

Year Final Semifinalists
Champion Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
2015–16
Details 		Germany
Fraport Skyliners 		66–62 Italy
Openjobmetis Varese 		France
Élan Chalon 		103–72 Russia
Enisey
2016–17
Details 		France
Nanterre 92 		140–137
(58–58 / 82–79) 		France
Élan Chalon 		Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn and Belgium Telenet Oostende
2017–18
Details 		Italy
Umana Reyer Venezia 		158–148
(69–77 / 81–79) 		Italy
Sidigas Avellino 		Netherlands Donar and Denmark Bakken Bears
2018–19
Details 		Italy
Banco di Sardegna Sassari 		170–163
(89–84 / 81–79) 		Germany
s.Oliver Würzburg 		Israel Hapoel Holon and Italy OpenjobMetis Varese
2019–20
Details 		Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[4][5] Semi-finalists: Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji, Denmark Bakken Bears,
Germany medi Bayreuth and Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
2020–21
Details 		Israel
Ironi Nes Ziona 		82–74 Poland
Arged BMSLAM Stal 		Romania
CSM Oradea 		85–76 Russia
Parma

Performance by club[]

Map of countries, teams from which have reached the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup.
  FIBA member country that has been represented in the regular season
  FIBA member country that has been represented in the qualifying rounds
  FIBA member country that had a club winning the competition
  Not represented
Main article: FIBA Europe Cup records and statistics

A total number of 83 clubs from 35 FIBA member countries have participated in the competition. The competition has been won by 2 clubs from 2 countries.

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Club 		Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Germany Skyliners Frankfurt 1 0 2016 –
France Nanterre 92 1 0 2017 –
Italy Reyer Venezia 1 0 2018 –
Italy Dinamo Sassari 1 0 2019 –
Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 1 0 2021 –
Italy Varese 0 1 – 2016
France Élan Chalon 0 1 – 2017
Italy Felice Scandone 0 1 – 2018
Germany Würzburg 0 1 – 2019
Poland Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 0 1 – 2021

Statistics[]

All-time leaders[]

Player Total Games
Points United States Trae Golden 897
51
Rebounds Senegal Michel Diouf 380
60

All-time records[]

Category
Efficiency United States Chase Fieler 46
Points United States John Roberson 39
United States Spencer Butterfield
Rebounds United States Maurice Sutton
Canada Ross Bekkering
Hungary Krisztofer Durázi		 19
Assists Finland Teemu Rannikko
18
Steals United States 9
Blocks Serbia Dejan Kravić 6
Estonia Janar Talts
Three-pointers United States Spencer Butterfield 11

Source: FIBA Europe Cup As of 2 May 2017.

Awards[]

After each round, the FIBA Europe Cup awards the "Top Performer" honour to the best player of the given round. In its inaugural season, the competition had a Final Four MVP award for the best player of a given Final Four. However, since 2015–16 the award has not been handed out.

Winning rosters[]

See also[]

    • Men's competitions
  • EuroLeague
  • Basketball Champions League
  • EuroCup Basketball
  • FIBA Europe Cup
    • Women's competitions
  • EuroLeague Women
  • EuroCup Women
  • SuperCup Women

References[]

  1. ^ Competition Regulations Page 4 of 49.
  2. ^ a b "FIBA Europe Board pushes ahead with attractive club competitions model". FIBA Europe. June 30, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup regulations" (PDF). FIBA.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. ^ "FIBA Europe 2019-20 club competitions will not resume, Board sets plan for 2020-21". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ "FIBA Europe confirms suspension of EuroLeague and EuroCup Women, FIBA Europe Cup until the end of the club season". FIBA. 13 March 2020.

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