FIBA Europe Cup

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

Not to be confused with FIBA EuroCup Challenge, the defunct fourth-tier level competition.
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded30 June 2015 (2015-06-30)
First season2015–16
RegionEurope
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams32 (regular season)
48 (total)
Promotion toChampions League
Current champions Dinamo Sassari (1st title)
Most championships4 teams (1 title)
Websitewww.fiba.com/europecup
2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup

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 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 Third and fourth place
Champion Score Second place
2015–16
Details
Fraport Skyliners		 66–62
Openjobmetis Varese
Élan Chalon
Enisey
2016–17
Details
Nanterre 92		 140–137
(58–58 / 82–79)
Élan Chalon		 Telekom Baskets Bonn and Telenet Oostende
2017–18
Details
Umana Reyer Venezia		 158–148
(69–77 / 81–79)
Sidigas Avellino		 Donar and Bakken Bears
2018–19
Details
Banco di Sardegna Sassari		 170–163
(89–84 / 81–79)
s.Oliver Würzburg		 Hapoel Holon and OpenjobMetis Varese
2019–20
Details		 Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] Semi-finalists: Bahçeşehir Koleji, Bakken Bears,
medi Bayreuth and Pınar Karşıyaka

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.

Club		 Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Skyliners Frankfurt 1 0 2016 –
Nanterre 92 1 0 2017 –
Reyer Venezia 1 0 2018 –
Dinamo Sassari 1 0 2019 –
Varese 0 1 – 2016
Élan Chalon 0 1 – 2017
Felice Scandone 0 1 – 2018
Würzburg 0 1 – 2019

Statistics

All-time leaders
Player Total Games
Points Trae Golden897
51
Rebounds Michel Diouf380
60

All-time records
Category
Efficiency Chase Fieler46
Points John Roberson39
Spencer Butterfield
Rebounds Maurice Sutton
Ross Bekkering
Krisztofer Durázi		19
Assists Teemu Rannikko
18
Steals Kim Adams9
Blocks Dejan Kravić6
Janar Talts
Three-pointers Spencer Butterfield11

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

References
  1. Competition Regulations Page 4 of 49.
  2. "FIBA Europe Board pushes ahead with attractive club competitions model". FIBA Europe. June 30, 2015.
  3. "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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