2007–08 FIBA EuroCup

The FIBA EuroCup is the former name of an international professional basketball club competition for clubs throughout Europe that was renamed the FIBA EuroChallenge in July 2008. The 2007–08 season, the last for the competition under the EuroCup banner, featured 38 competing teams, from 23 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on August 5, 2007, at the Kempinski Hotel in Munich.

FIBA EuroCup
Season2007–08
Teams32
Final positions
Champions Barons LMT (1st title)
Runners-up Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Third place AEL Limassol
Fourth place Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Awards
Final Four MVP Giedrius Gustas
Statistical leaders
Points Adrian Henning 20.6
Rebounds Kenny Adeleke 11.0
Assists Jakov Vladović 6.8

The 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, organized by FIBA Europe, was the fifth season of the competition regarded as the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition, behind the Euroleague and ULEB Cup, the latter of which was renamed the Eurocup for 2008–09.

Format

In all, 38 teams were involved. Teams from the lowest ranked countries or teams who took lower place in their national championship play in Elimination Round 1. The winners of Elimination Round 1 meet teams who took higher place in their national championship in Elimination Round 2. The winners from Elimination Round 2, advance to the group stage (Qualifying Round). After group stage, teams play Quarter Final Round and then Final Four.

Elimination Round 1

In all in Elimination Round 1 12 teams. Each team plays two games (home and away). Winners from Elimination Round 1 advance to Elimination Round 2.

Elimination Round 2

The winners from Elimination Round 1 advance to Elimination Round 2. There also two games (home and away). The winners Elimination Round 2 advance to the group stage (Qualifying Round).

Qualifying Round

The winners of Elimination Round 2 advance to the Qualifying Round (group stage). In all in the group 16 teams. It: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D. The matches plays round-robin competition (home and away). Top two places advance to Quarter Final.

Quarter Final

Top two places of the groups advance to Quarter Final. The Quarter Finals games will be played two game (if need three games). The winners of the Quarter Final Round advance to the Final Four.

Final Four

Winners of the Quarter Final Round advance to the Final Four. It Semi-Finals and Final (including match for third place also). It was held on April 18 and April 20, in Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: title holders;):

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • CW: Cup winners
PAOK (6th) Lokomotiv Rostov (5th) Zagreb (3rd) Cholet (7th)
Olympia Larissa (7th) Spartak Saint Petersburg (8th) Cedevita Zagreb (5th) BCM Gravelines (8th)
Maroussi (8th) CSK VSS-Samara (9th) Elba Timişoara (4th) Dexia Mons-Hainaut (6th)
AEK Athens (9th) Ural Great (10th) U Mobitelco Cluj (5th) Igokea (3rd)
Olympiada Patras (10th) Cherkaski Mavpy (3rd) Spartak Pleven (6th) Prostějov (3rd)
Proteas EKA AEL (1st) Khimik (4th) Bakken Bears (1st) Tartu Rock (1st)
APOEL (2nd) Dnipro (6th) Lappeenranta (6th) Energy Invest Rustavi (1st)
Keravnos (3rd) Odessa (9th) KR (2nd) Ironi Nahariya (5th)
Strumica 2005 (1st) Barons/LMT (3rd) Banvit (7th) Plannja (1st)
MyGuide Amsterdam (6th) Zlatorog Laško (4th)

Preliminary rounds

First elimination round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Energy Invest Rustavi 140–188 MyGuide Amsterdam 77–87 63–101
Dnipro 146–145 Elba Timişoara 64–74 82–71
Cedevita Zagreb 145–147 Strumica 2005 76–72 69–75
Spartak Pleven 147–156 Olympiada Patras 76–71 71–85
Spartak Saint Petersburg 174–162 Odessa 86–76 88–86
Igokea 139–133 Bakken Bears 68–62 71–71

Second elimination round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiada Patras 126–157 Ural Great 66–80 60–77
Spartak Saint Petersburg 146–140 Maroussi 62–65 84–75
Strumica 126–154 Lokomotiv Rostov 57–67 69–87
Igokea 171–179 Khimik 102–80 69–99
Barons LMT 161–160 Iscar Nahariya 81–77 80–83
MyGuide Amsterdam 125–161 Dexia Mons-Hainaut 63–73 62–88
Dnipro 122–168 AEL Limassol 53–64 69–104
Plannja 143–175 CSK VSS-Samara 73–91 70–84
KR 162–191 Banvit 79–96 83–95
Zlatorog Laško 146–155 Olympia Larissa 64–72 82–83
Lappeenranta 173–166 Keravnos 87–71 86–95
Tartu Ülikool/Rock 170–141 Prostějov 94–69 76–72
PAOK 150–139 U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca 79–74 71–65
AEK Athens 146–160 Cholet 91–82 55–78
Zagreb 185–150 BCM Gravelines 85–62 100–88
APOEL 173–178 Cherkaski Mavpy 90–74 83–104

Qualifying round

A total number of sixteen teams participated in the qualifying round. They were divided over four groups of in each four teams. The top two teams in each group advance to quarter-final playoffs. The matches were played in a round-robin competition.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TAR SAM LAP PAOK
1 Tartu University Rock 6 5 1 481 438 +43 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 77–57 78–72 90–80
2 CSK VSS-Samara 6 5 1 459 426 +33 11 77–65 — 94–82 80–61
3 Lappeenranta 6 1 5 483 506 −23 7 94–102 76–78 — 83–74
4 PAOK Marfin 6 1 5 418 471 −53 7 58–69 65–73 80–76 —
Source: EuroCup

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MON URA MAV BAN
1 Dexia Mons-Hainaut 6 4 2 449 422 +27 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 81–60 72–67 85–81
2 Ural Great 6 4 2 461 429 +32 10 60–58 — 93–73 77–74
3 Cherkaski Mavpy 6 3 3 465 507 −42 9 76–72 72–101 — 87–81
4 Banvit 6 1 5 473 490 −17 7 78–81 71–70 88–90 —
Source: EuroCup

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEL ZAG OLY SPA
1 Proteas EKA AEL 6 4 2 494 455 +39 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 103–80 91–71 72–71
2 Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje 6 4 2 460 461 −1 10 82–77 — 63–58 80–76
3 Olympia Larissa 6 3 3 400 416 −16 9 74–70 64–63 — 58–63
4 Spartak Saint Petersburg 6 1 5 436 458 −22 7 77–81 83–92 66–75 —
Source: EuroCup

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAR KHI LOK CHO
1 Barons LMT 6 4 2 463 439 +24 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 78–84 87–75 76–66
2 Khimik 6 4 2 449 436 +13 10 65–71 — 78–62 75–72
3 Lokomotiv Rostov 6 2 4 423 438 −15 8 69–73 76–65 — 84–64
4 Cholet 6 2 4 430 461 −31 8 80–78 77–82 71–66 —
Source: EuroCup

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tartu University Rock 2–1 Ural Great78–7561–6889–77
Dexia Mons-Hainaut 2–0 CSK VSS-Samara92–6687–86
Proteas EKA AEL 2–0 Khimik70–6587–76
Barons LMT 2–1 Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje67–5874–8096–91

Final Four

The Final Four was held from 18 until 20 April 2008 in Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 April
 
 
 Tartu University Rock82
 
20 April
 
 Barons LMT88
 
 Barons LMT63
 
18 April
 
 Dexia Mons-Hainaut62
 
 Dexia Mons-Hainaut70
 
 
 Proteas EKA AEL55
 
Third place
 
 
20 April
 
 
 Tartu University Rock70
 
 
 Proteas EKA AEL79
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