2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge
The 2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge was the sixth edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational men's professional club basketball FIBA EuroChallenge Tournament, and the first under the FIBA EuroChallenge name, organized by FIBA Europe. A total number of 32 teams participated in the regular season and a total of 40 teams competed including the qualifying rounds. Virtus Bologna won its first EuroChallenge title after defeating Cholet in the Final of the Final Four, which was hosted in Bologna.
Format
In all there are 40 teams from 21 countries, plus sixteen teams from the 2008–09 Eurocup Basketball first preliminary round and second preliminary round. The competition is jointly run by FIBA Europe.Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round :QR: Losers from qualifying rounds
- WC: Wild card
 Ural Great |  Base Oostende |  Cajasol |  Hapoel Migdal Jerusalim |
| Triumph Lyubertsy | Dexia Mons-Hainaut |  Cholet |  Galatasaray |
| Lokomotiv Rostov |  Tartu Rock |  Benetton Olympic Fribourg |  Olympia Larissa |
 Kyiv | Kalev |  Allianz Swans Gmunden |  Keravnos |
| Khimik |  Šiauliai |  Telekom Bonn |  Virtus Bologna |
 Energa Czarni Slupsk |  Ventspils |  EclipseJet MyGuide Amsterdam |
Qualifying rounds
Thirty-two teams will participate in the first round and sixteen in the second.First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Regular season
Group A
| LIE | CAJ | VEN | SLU | |
| LIE | 69-62 | 89-84 | 89-64 | |
| CAJ | 78-79 | 98-51 | 89-75 | |
| VEN | 54-73 | 78-70 | 94-88 | |
| SLU | 91-93 | 53-83 | 91-75 |
Group B
| URA | TBB | HYE | KER | |
| URA | 82-54 | 84-76 | 85-64 | |
| TBB | 64-70 | 71-61 | 78-55 | |
| HYE | 94-83 | 72-86 | 87-76 | |
| KER | 81-94 | 73-64 | 85-88 |
Group C
| CHO | LOK | SUM | BEN | |
| CHO | 76-72 | 100-77 | 79-52 | |
| LOK | 65-66 | 99-72 | 66-65 | |
| SUM | 81-82 | 84-89 | 90-73 | |
| BEN | 63-82 | 61-69 | 70-67 |
Group D
| AEL | DEN | ŠIA | GMU | |
| AEL | 95-77 | 102-76 | 86-62 | |
| DEN | 87-76 | 96-82 | 77-70 | |
| ŠIA | 77-75 | 82-80 | 89-76 | |
| GMU | 77-85 | 75-84 | 68-78 |
Group E
| OLD | AMS | JER | LAR | |
| OLD | 78-62 | 79-70 | 76-73 | |
| AMS | 76-73 | 73-74 | 68-64 | |
| JER | 81-88 | 81-83 | 20-0* | |
| LAR | 89-75 | 77-73 | 54-71 |
Group F
| DEX | GAL |  ZAG | KHI | |
| DEX | 91-65 | 99-69 | 82-76 | |
| GAL | 80-68 | 87-72 | 94-51 | |
| ZAG | 66-84 | 78-82 | 88-78 | |
| KHI | 95-90 | 87-75 | 62-70 |
Group G
| VIR | CSK | OOS | TAR | |
| VIR | 75-69 | 70-69 | 95-85 | |
| CSK | 72-70 | 86-72 | 58-66 | |
| OOS | 76-87 | 98-75 | 87-73 | |
| TAR | 73-75 | 58-80 | 92-82 |
Group H
| TRI | KYI | DBS | KAL | |
| TRI | 67-64 | 76-58 | 75-69 | |
| KYI | 66-65 | 78-46 | 90-75 | |
| DBS | 77-71 | 58-66 | 61-57 | |
| KAL | 81-87 | 82-76 | 77-75 |
Top 16
Group I
| CHO | TBB | LIE | DEN | |
| CHO | 71-54 | 71-78 | 85-68 | |
| TBB | 68-71 | 79-64 | 84-77 | |
| LIE | 70-80 | 59-67 | 81-68 | |
| DEN | 70-72 | 83-63 | 67-58 |
Group J
| VIR | KYI | OLD | GAL | |
| VIR | 68-64 | 81-82 | 93-77 | |
| KYI | 57-69 | 64-54 | 95-62 | |
| OLD | 73-64 | 73-86 | 85-93 | |
| GAL | 91-104 | 73-80 | 82-89 |
Group K
| AEL | URA | CAJ | LOK | |
| AEL | 102-75 | 88-78 | 74-60 | |
| URA | 83-57 | 61-72 | 69-60 | |
| CAJ | 56-64 | 76-81 | 74-61 | |
| LOK | 69-87 | 86-84 | 63-61 |
Group L
| TRI | AMS | DEX | CSK | |
| TRI | 76-75 | 76-73 | 86-67 | |
| AMS | 68-85 | 87-75 | 84-69 | |
| DEX | 83-68 | 86-93 | 101-85 | |
| CSK | 65-81 | 70-74 | 73-77 |