FIBA EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge

Current season, competition or edition: 2013–14 EuroChallenge
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2003
Motto	We Are Basketball
No. of teams	32
Country	FIBA Europe member associations
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Krasnye Krylia Samara (1st title)
Most titles	10 teams from 7 countries (1 title each)
Level on pyramid	3rd tier
Promotion to	Eurocup - 2nd tier (Finalists)
Official website	EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and EuroCup in 2005–08) is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe. It is not to be confused with the EuroCup Challenge – the now defunct 4th tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe, which was also organized and run by FIBA Europe, and played during the 2002–03 to 2006–07 seasons.

Eurocup promotion

Each season's two EuroChallenge finalists get promoted to the next season's 2nd tier level, the Eurocup competition.

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. Since the 2004–05 season, EuroChallenge is 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.

Finals

Year	Host City	Champion	Runner Up	Final
2003–04 Details	Kazan	UNICS Kazan	Maroussi	87–63
2004–05 Details	Istanbul	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	Kyiv	85–74
2005–06 Details	Kiev	Joventut Badalona	Khimki	88–63
2006–07 Details	Girona	Girona (Akasvayu)	Azovmash	79–72
2007–08 Details	Limassol	Barons LMT	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	63–62
2008–09 Details	Bologna	Virtus Bologna (Fiere)	Cholet	77–75
2009–10 Details	Göttingen	BG Göttingen	Krasnye Krylia Samara	83–75
2010–11 Details	Ostend	KK Krka	Lokomotiv Kuban	83–77
2011–12 Details	Debrecen	Beşiktaş	Élan Chalon	91–86
2012–13 Details	Izmir	Krasnye Krylia Samara	Pınar Karşıyaka	77–76
2013–14 Details

Winning rosters

FIBA Europe League

2003–04 UNICS Kazan (Russia): Chris Anstey, Saulius Štombergas, Martin Müürsepp, Eurelijus Žukauskas, LaMarr Greer, Petr Samoylenko, Valentin Kubrakov, Nikolai Khryapa, Alexander Miloserdov, Aleksei Zozulin, Victor Keyru, Alexei Lobanov, Vladimir Shevel, Taras Osipov (Head Coach: Stanislav Eremin)

2004–05 Dynamo St. Petersburg (Russia): Kelly McCarty, Ed Cota, Ognjen Aškrabić, Jón Arnór Stefánsson, Vladimir Veremeenko, Andrei Ivanov, Vladimir Shevel, Denis Khloponin, David Bluthenthal, Mate Milisa, Andrei Sepelev, Igor Krotenkov, Anatoli Goritskov, Dramir Zibirov (Head Coach: David Blatt)

EuroCup

2005–06 Joventut Badalona (Spain): Rudy Fernández, Elmer Bennett, Luboš Bartoň, Andrew Betts, Paco Vazquez, Álex Mumbrú, Robert Archibald, Jesse Young, Aloysius Anagonye, Marcelinho Huertas, Dmitry Flis, Andre Turner, Ricky Rubio, Pau Ribas, Henk Norel (Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses)

2006–07 Akasvayu Girona (Spain): Ariel McDonald, Bootsy Thornton, Gregor Fučka, Fernando San Emeterio, Dainius Šalenga, Marko Marinović, Germán Gabriel, Marc Gasol, Darryl Middleton, Dalibor Bagarić, Víctor Sada, Marko Kešelj (Head Coach: Svetislav Pešić)

2007–08 Barons LMT Riga (Latvia): Demetrius Alexander, Giedrius Gustas, Armands Šķēle, Dainius Adomaitis, Michal Hlebowicki, J. P. Batista, Raimonds Vaikulis, Mārtiņš Kravčenko, Kaspars Bērziņš, Artūrs Brūniņš, Rinalds Sirsniņš, Rūdolfs Rozītis (Head Coach: Kārlis Muižnieks)

EuroChallenge

2008–09 Virtus Bologna (Italy): Sharrod Ford, Petteri Koponen, Brett Blizzard, Jamie Arnold, Alex Righetti, Earl Boykins, Guilherme Giovannoni, Roberto Chiacig, Keith Langford, Riccardo Malagoli, Dušan Vukčević, Reyshawn Terry, Federico Lestini, Dimitri Lauwers (Head Coach: Matteo Boniciolli)

2009–10 BG Göttingen (Germany): Robert Kulawick, Christopher McNaughton, Tobias Welzel, Taylor Rochestie, John Little, Ben Jacobson, Chester Frazier, Michael Meeks, Jason Boone, Dwayne Anderson, Chris Oliver, Antoine Jordan (Head Coach: John Patrick)

2010–11 KK Krka (Slovenia): Goran Ikonić, Matej Rojc, Simon Petrov, Edo Murić, Smiljan Pavič, Dušan Đorđević, Zoran Dragić, Chris Booker, Bojan Krivec, Dragiša Drobnjak, Jure Balažič (Head Coach: Aleksandar Džikić)

2011–12 Beşiktaş (Turkey): Mehmet Yagmur, Baris Hersek, Kartal Ozmizrak, Zoran Erceg, Mehmet Ali Yatagan, Adem Oren, Serhat Cetin, Marcelus Kemp, Carlos Arroyo, David Hawkins, Erwin Dudley, Pops Mensah-Bonsu (Head Coach: Ergin Ataman)

2012–13 BC Krasnye Krylia (Russia): Omar Thomas, Dmitry Kulagin, Viktor Zaryazhko, Lamayn Wilson, Jevgenij Vasiljev, Andre Smith, Chester Simmons, Anton Pushkov, Nikita Balashov, DeJuan Collins, Evgeny Kolesnikov, Miles (Head Coach: Sergei Bazarevich)

Records and statistics

Performances by club

Performance in the EuroChallenge by club

Club	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Krasnye Krylia Samara	1	1	2013	2010
Beşiktaş	1	0	2012	–
KK Krka	1	0	2011	–
BG Göttingen	1	0	2010	–
Virtus Bologna	1	0	2009	–
Barons LMT	1	0	2008	–
CB Sant Josep	1	0	2007	–
Joventut Badalona	1	0	2006	–
BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg	1	0	2005	–
BC UNICS Kazan	1	0	2004	–
Maroussi B.C.	0	1	–	2004
BC Kyiv	0	1	–	2005
BC Khimki	0	1	–	2006
BC Azovmash	0	1	–	2007
Dexia Mons-Hainaut	0	1	–	2008
Cholet Basket	0	1	–	2006
Lokomotiv Kuban	0	1	–	2011
Élan Chalon	0	1	–	2012
Pınar Karşıyaka	0	1	–	2013

Performances by country

Performance in the EuroChallenge by country

Country	Won	Runner-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Russia	3	3	Krasnye Krylia Samara (1), BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg (1), UNICS Kazan (1)	Krasnye Krylia Samara (1), Lokomotiv Kuban (1), BC Khimki (1)
Spain	2	0	CB Sant Josep (1), Joventut Badalona (1)	–
Turkey	1	1	Beşiktaş (1)	Pınar Karşıyaka (1)
Germany	1	0	BG Göttingen (1)	–
Latvia	1	0	Barons LMT (1)	–
Italy	1	0	Virtus Bologna (1)	–
Slovenia	1	0	KK Krka (1)	–
Ukraine	0	2	–	BC Kyiv (1), BC Azovmash (1)
France	0	2	–	Élan Chalon (1), Cholet Basket (1)
Greece	0	1	–	Maroussi B.C. (1)
Belgium	0	1	–	Dexia Mons-Hainaut (1)

Statistical leaders

See also: EuroChallenge Individual Statistics

Points

Season	Name	Team	PPG	Games
2003–04	Duane Woodward	EKA AEL Limassol	21.4	14
2004–05	Alvin Young	Bnei Hasharon	22.6	11
2005–06	Khalid El-Amin	Azovmash Mariupol	19.8	12
2006–07	Erwin Dudley	Türk Telekom B.K.	21.4	14
2007–08	Adrian Henning	Lappeenrannan NMKY	20.6	8
2008–09	Austin Nichols	Hyères-Toulon	19.6	10
2010–11	Ben Woodside	Gravelines Dunkerque	18.5	13
2011–12	Chris Copeland	Generali Okapi Aalstar	20.1	11
2012–13	Frank Hassell	Hapoel Holon	20.2	11

Rebounds

Season	Name	Team	RPG	Games
2003–04	Chris Ensminger	GHP Bamberg	12.6	12
2004–05	Art Long	Azovmash Mariupol	11.9	15
2005–06	Jaime Lloreda	Lokomotiv Rostov	11.5	13
2006–07	Tadas Klimavičius	KK Siauliai	9	12
2007–08	Kenny Adeleke	Banvit Bandırma	11	8
2008–09	Abdullahi Kuso	BC Sumykhimprom	8.8	10
2010–11	Kyle Landry	BK Prostějov	9.6	14
2011–12	Pops Mensah-Bonsu	Beşiktaş	11.8	11
2012–13	Frank Hassell	Hapoel Holon	11.6	11

Assists

Season	Name	Team	APG	Games
2003–04	Stevin Smith	Strauss Iscar Nahariya	6.8	17
2004–05	Khalid El-Amin	Beşiktaş	7.2	20
2005–06	Maurice Whitfield	CEZ Nymburk	5.8	12
2006–07	Laurent Sciarra	JDA Dijon	8.9	11
2007–08	Jakov Vladović	KK Zagreb	6.8	11
2008–09	Earl Boykins	Virtus Bologna	5.5	14
2010–11	Ben Woodside	Gravelines Dunkerque	5.5	13
2011–12	Jared Jordan	Telekom Baskets	8.8	12
2012–13	Aaron Miles	Krasnye Krylia Samara	6.7	15

Steals

Season	Name	Team	SPG	Games
2003–04	Vidas Ginevičius	Alita Alytus	2.9	12
2004–05	Alvin Young	Bnei Hasharon	3.2	11
2005–06	Stevin Smith	Dynamo Moscow Region	2.3	12
2006–07	Laurent Sciarra	JDA Dijon	3	11
2007–08	Travis Conlan	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	2.5	12
2008–09	Brian Greene	BC Sumykhimprom	2.4	10
2010–11	Darnell Wilson	Antwerp Giants	2.1	14
2011–12	Kenneth Hasbrouck	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	2.1	11
2012–13	Jonte Flowers	Kataja Basket	6.7	13

Blocks

Season	Name	Team	BPG	Games
2003–04	Grigorij Khizhnyak	Peristeri Athens	2.5	11
2004–05	Toni Simik	KK Rabotnički	2	12
2005–06	Serhiy Lishchuk	Azovmash Mariupol	1.3	12
2006–07	Serhiy Lishchuk (2)	Azovmash Mariupol	2.1	17
2007–08	Janar Talts	Tartu Rock	1.5	13
2008–09	Sharrod Ford	Virtus Bologna	2	16
2010–11	Salah Mejri	Antwerp Giants	2	14
2011–12	Anthony Gaffney	Telekom Baskets	2.1	12
2012–13	Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann	Telekom Baskets	1.6	14

Individual highs

Top 8 results.

Points

Pos.	Player	Team	Game		2P	3P	FT	Season	Points
1	Deron Williams	Beşiktaş	vs	BG Göttingen	10/13	7/10	9/11	2011–12	50
2	Bryan Hopkins	Antwerp Giants	vs	Hapoel Holon	3/6	9/16	9/10	2012–13	42
	Jerome Dyson	Hapoel Holon	@	BCM Gravelines	6/8	7/13	9/10	2012–13
4	Fernando San Emeterio	Akasvayu Girona	vs	JDA Dijon	2/2	10/11	5/5	2006–07	39
	Johnell Smith	Svendborg Rabbits	vs	HKK Široki	13/17	0/0	13/14	2008–09
	Ernest Bremer	BC Nizhny Novgorod	@	Khimik Yuzhny	6/10	7/11	6/6	2011–12
7	Duane Woodward	AEL Limassol	@	Hapoel Tel Aviv	8/13	4/5	10/13	2003–04	38
	Kendrick Johnson	KK Rabotnički	vs	CEZ Nymburk	7/10	5/9	9/11	2004–05

Rebounds

Pos.	Player	Team	Game		Season	Rebounds
1	Kenny Adeleke	Banvit Bandırma	vs	K.R. Reykjavík	2007–08	21
2	Jaime Lloreda	Lokomotiv Rostov	@	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	2005–06	20
	Randal Falker	Cholet Basket	vs	Telekom Baskets	2008–09
	Lance Williams	Banvit Bandırma	@	Generali Okapi Aalstar	2009–10
	Pops Mensah Bonsu	Beşiktaş	vs	Élan Chalon	2011–12
6	Chris Ensminger	GHP Bamberg	vs	KK Hemofarm	2003–04	19
	Travon Bryant	Iraklis Thessaloniki	vs	Paris Basket Racing	2004–05
	Art Long	BC Azovmash	@	RBC Verviers-Pepinster	2004–05
	Jaime Lloreda	Lokomotiv Rostov	vs	KK Zadar	2005–06
	Ante Tomić	KK Zagreb	vs	BK Prostějov	2008–09
	Sean Finn	Lugano Basket	@	Triumph Lyubertsy	2010–11
	Márton Báder	Szolnoki Olaj KK	@	Hapoel Holon	2012–13

Assists

1. Damir Mršić (Dynamo Moscow) 17 asts vs. ECM Nymburk (in 2003–04 season)
-'- Travis Conlan (Liege Basket) 17 asts @ KK Siauliai (in 2006–07 season)
3. Khalid El-Amin (Beşiktaş) 15 asts vs. Azovmash Mariupol (in 2004–05 season)
4. Hakan Köseoğlu (Tuborg Pilsener İzmir) 14 asts vs. Bnei Hasharon (in 2004–05 season)
-'- Eric Micoud (JDA Dijon) 14 asts vs. Ionikos NF (in 2004–05 season)
-'- Avishai Gordon (Galil Elyon Golan) 14 asts vs. BCM Gravelines (in 2005–06 season)
-'- Travis Conlan (Liege Basket) 14 asts vs. KK Siauliai (in 2006–07 season)
-'- Gregory Renfroe (VEF Rīga) 14 asts vs. KK FMP Belgrade (in 2009-10 season)
-'- Jared Jordan (Telekom Baskets Bonn) 14 asts @ Pınar Karşıyaka (in 2011-12 season)

Steals

1. Denis Mujagić (ECM Nymburk) 10 stls @ SLUC Nancy (in 2003–04 season)
2. Joe Ira Clark (UNICS Kazan) 9 stls @ Hapoel Galil Elyon (in 2004–05 season)
3. Petr Samoylenko (UNICS Kazan) 8 stls vs. Alita Alytus (in 2003–04 season)
-'- Alvin Young (Bnei Hasharon) 8 stls vs. Dexia Mons-Hainaut (in 2004–05 season)
-'- Kelvin Gibbs (Hapoel Tel Aviv) 8 stls vs. KK Lavovi 063 (in 2004–05 season)
-'- Adrian Pledger (Strauss Iscar Nahariya) 8 stls vs. Ural Great Perm (in 2004–05 season)
-'- Rolando Howell (Energa Czarni Slupsk) 8 stls vs. UNICS Kazan (in 2008–09 season)
-'- Curtis Millage (Khimik Yuzhny) 8 stls vs. Maccabi Haifa (in 2010–11 season)
-'- Franklin Robinson (Maccabi Haifa) 8 stls vs. Lukoil Academic (in 2010–11 season)
-'- Andre Harris (JDA Dijon) 8 stls @ Gaz Metan Mediaș (in 2012–13 season)
-'- Jermaine Flowers (Joensuun Kataja) 8 stls @ Asesoft Ploiești (in 2012–13 season)

Blocks

1. Vincent Jones (Ural Great Perm) 8 blks vs. GHP Bamberg (in 2003–04 season)
-'- Marcus Douthit (RBC Verviers-Pepinster) 8 blks vs. Ural Great Perm (in 2004–05 season)
3. Grigorij Khizhnyak (GS Peristeri Athens) 7 blks vs. Dexia Mons-Hainaut (in 2003–04 season)
-'- Kšyštof Lavrinovič (Ural Great Perm) 7 blks vs. Strauss Iscar Nahariya (in 2003–04 season)
5. Vincent Jones (Ural Great Perm) 6 blks vs. Skonto Riga (in 2003–04 season)
-'- Donald Little (Dynamo Moscow) 6 blks vs. ECM Nymburk (in 2003–04 season)
-'- Eurelijus Žukauskas (UNICS Kazan) 6 blks @ Alita Alytus (in 2003–04 season)
-'- Alexander Petrenko (Khimki Moscow) 6 blks @ Bnei Hasharon (in 2004–05 season)
-'- Denis Ershov (Khimki Moscow) 6 blks vs. SIG Basket Strasbourg (in 2004–05 season)
-'- Denis Ershov (Khimki Moscow) 6 blks @ UNICS Kazan (in 2004–05 season)
-'- Avis Wyatt (ABC Amsterdam) 6 blks @ Energy Invest Rustavi (in 2007–08 season)
-'- Janar Talts (Tartu Rock) 6 blks vs. Ural Great Perm (in 2007–08 season)
-'- Ken Johnson (Telekom Baskets Bonn) 6 blks vs. Keravnos (in 2008–09 season)
-'- Joakim Kjellbom (BC Armia) 6 blks vs. BG Göttingen (in 2011–12 season)

External links

• FIBA EuroChallenge official website