FIBA EuroChallenge


FIBA EuroChallenge was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run by FIBA Europe. It is not to be confused with the FIBA EuroCup Challenge – the now defunct 4th-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, which was also organized and run by FIBA Europe, and played during the 2002–03 to 2006–07 seasons. In 2015, FIBA dissolved the EuroChallenge, in order to start the Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup, in order to compete with the EuroLeague and EuroCup competitions, which are organized by the rival EuroLeague Basketball.

EuroCup promotion

Each season's two EuroChallenge finalists were 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. From the 2004–05 season, EuroChallenge was 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. Though, during the first two seasons of the competition's coexistence with the EuroCup, the EuroChallenge was favored by Italian, Russian and Greek teams, making both competitions quite comparable in strength.
In 2015, FIBA Europe dissolved the EuroChallenge, to start a new self-anointed second-tier competition, called the Basketball Champions League, in an attempt to compete with the EuroCup.

Final Fours

All-time EuroChallenge Finals/Final Four MVP award winners (2004–2015)

SeasonMVP
2003–04 Martin Müürsepp
2004–05 Kelly McCarty
2005–06 Rudy Fernández
2006–07 Ariel McDonald
2007–08 Giedrius Gustas
2008–09 Keith Langford
2009–10 Taylor Rochestie
2010–11 Goran Ikonić
2011–12 Pops Mensah-Bonsu
2012–13 Tre Simmons
2013–14 Andrea Cinciarini
2014–15 Jamal Shuler

Records and statistics

Performances by club

ClubWonRunner-upYears wonYears runner-up
Krasnye Krylia Samara1120132010
Nanterre102015–
Pallacanestro Reggiana102014–
Beşiktaş102012–
Krka Novo mesto102011–
BG Göttingen102010–
Virtus Bologna102009–
Barons LMT102008–
Girona102007–
Joventut Badalona102006–
Dyanmo Saint Petersburg102005–
UNICS Kazan102004–
Maroussi01–2004
Kyiv01–2005
Khimki01–2006
Azovmash01–2007
Dexia Mons-Hainaut01–2008
Cholet01–2009
Lokomotiv Kuban01–2011
Élan Chalon01–2012
Pınar Karşıyaka01–2013
Triumph Lyubertsy01–2014
Trabzonspor01–2015
Total1212

Performances by country

Individual records and statistical leaders

All-Star Game

Winning rosters

FIBA Europe League

FIBA EuroCup

FIBA EuroChallenge