EuroChallenge 2009/10

EuroChallenge 2009/10
Duration		November 24, 2009 - May 2, 2010
Order of execution		7th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		32
Final Four
venue		Goettingen
master		BG Göttingen
Runner-up		Krasnye Krylja Samara
Finals - MVP		/ Taylor Rochestie (Göttingen)
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↑ Eurocup 2009/10

The season 2009/10 was the seventh  season of the FIBA Europe discharged Euro Challenge .

The title was won for the first time by the BG Göttingen from Germany .

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The 32 participants were divided into eight groups with four teams each in the first group phase. The group winners and the runners-up continued to play in the Last16 phase with four groups of four teams. The two best in each group qualified for the quarter-finals, which was played in a best-of-three series. The semi-finals, the final and the third place match took place in a Final Four tournament.

Participants in the main round

32 teams took part in the regular season of the Eurochallenge.

• 24 clubs were directly qualified for the main draw
• 8 clubs as losers in the qualifying round of the Eurocup

Attendees
Country / League	number	Teams (VJP 1 )
Belgium ( ELB )	4th	Dexia Mons-Hainaut 2 (2)	Generali Okapi Aalstar (3)	Antwerp Giants (4)	Belgacom Liège (5)
France ( LNB )	4th	Chorale Roanne 2 (5)	BCM Gravelines (6)	Élan Chalon (7)	Strasbourg IG (8)
Russia ( PBL )	3	Kuban Locomotive (7)	BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk (8)	Krasnye Krylya (11)
Ukraine ( Super League )	3	BK Donetsk 2 (2)	Chimik Juschny (3)	BK Kiev (4)
Cyprus ( Division 1 )	3	APOEL Nicosia 2 (1)	Keravnos Strovolou (2)	Proteas EKA AEL (3)
Germany ( BBL )	2	BG Goettingen (5)	Artland Dragons (9)
Croatia ( A-1 league )	2	KK Zagreb (3)	Cedevita Zagreb (6)
Netherlands ( FEB )	2	MyGuide Amsterdam 2 (1)	EiffelTowers (2)
Estonia ( KME )	1	Tartu skirt (2)
Italy ( Lega A )	1	Scavolini Pesaro (8)
Latvia ( LBL )	1	BK VEF Rīga 2 (3)
Montenegro ( MBL )	1	KK Budućnost (1)
Austria ( Admiral League )	1	WBC power plant Wels 2 (2)
Romania ( Divizia A )	1	CSU Asesoft Ploieşti (1)
Serbia ( KLS )	1	FMP Železnik (4)
Turkey ( TBL )	1	Banvit BK (12)
Belarus ( BPL )	1	BC Minsk-2006 (1)

¹ Previous year placement in the national leagues

²Loser in the qualifying round of the Eurocup

1st group stage

The first group stage matches took place between November 24, 2009 and January 12, 2010.

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BG 74 Göttingen	6th	4th	2	491	434
2. Budućnost	6th	4th	2	435	415
3. BCM Gravelines	6th	4th	2	421	420
4. Kuban locomotive	6th	0	6th	386	464

	Goettingen	Podgorica	Gravelines	Krasnodar
BG Göttingen	*	74: 80	81 : 51	92 : 71
Budućnost	92 : 84	*	74: 82	61 : 49
BCM Gravelines	64: 72	70 : 59	*	77 : 68
Kuban locomotive	76: 88	56: 69	66: 77	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. APOEL Nicosia	6th	4th	2	495	456
2. Eiffeltowers Den Bosch	6th	4th	2	482	474
3. Strasbourg IG	6th	3	3	504	499
4. Chimik Yuschne	6th	1	5	496	548

	Nicosia	the Bosch	Strasbourg	Yuschne
APOEL Nicosia	*	81 : 66	85 : 83 a.d.	104 : 71
EiffelTowers	82 : 74	*	85: 90	83 : 68
Strasbourg IG	76 : 67	70: 74	*	97 : 93
Chimik Yuschne	78: 84	91: 92	95 : 88	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Krasnye Krylya	6th	5	1	487	410
2. Scavolini Pesaro	6th	5	1	470	397
3rd BC Minsk-2006	6th	2	4th	417	487
4. MyGuide Amsterdam	6th	0	6th	359	439

	Samara	Pesaro	Minsk	Amsterdam
Krasnye Krylya	*	70 : 58	106 : 68	71 : 51
Scavolini	92 : 86	*	93 : 85	66 : 41
BC-2006	72: 76	49: 80	*	67 : 64
MyGuide	69: 78	66: 81	68: 76	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Élan Chalon	6th	4th	2	467	452
2. AEL Limassol	6th	3	3	466	473
3. Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6th	3	3	452	454
4. Cedevita Zagreb	6th	2	4th	496	548

	Chalon	Limassol	Mons	Zagreb
Élan Sportif	*	81 : 74	81 : 62	80 : 77
Proteas EKA AEL	72 : 69	*	86 : 68	81 : 73
Dexia	84 : 67	82 : 71	*	85 : 64
KK Cedevita	83: 89	100 : 82	85 : 71	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Belgacom Liège	6th	5	1	479	454
2. Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	6th	3	3	470	466
3. BK Donetsk	6th	2	4th	502	516
4. CSU Asesoft Ploieşti	6th	2	4th	470	485

	Liège	Krasnoyarsk	Donetsk	Ploieşti
Belgacom	*	73 : 65	74: 79	86 : 79
Yenisei	78: 84	*	92 : 81	74 : 73
BK Donetsk	81: 89	80: 90	*	86 : 74
CSU Asesoft	72: 73	75 : 71	97 : 95 a.d.	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Banvit BK	6th	5	1	538	479
2. FMP Belgrade	6th	5	1	523	488
3. VEF Riga	6th	2	4th	493	539
4. Okapi Aalstar	6th	0	6th	474	522

	Banvit	Belgrade	Riga	Aalst
Banvit	*	89 : 78	103 : 79	99 : 84
FMP Železnik	82 : 74	*	109 : 89	90 : 77
VEF Riga	78: 85	81: 85	*	79 : 76
Generali Okapi	78: 88	78: 79	81: 87	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Artland Dragons	6th	5	1	474	415
2. Antwerp Giants	6th	3	3	438	442
3. WBC Raiffeisen Wels	6th	3	3	409	424
4. Tartu skirt	6th	1	5	410	450

	Artland	Antwerp	catfish	Tartu
Dragons	*	70 : 53	79 : 68	94 : 71
Giants	73: 77	*	64: 68	68 : 63
WBC Raiffeisen	74 : 73	82: 90	*	64 : 60
Tartu skirt	76: 81	82: 90	58 : 53	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Chorale Roanne	6th	5	1	507	443
2. KK Zagreb	6th	3	3	461	481
3. Keravnos	6th	2	4th	444	467
4. BK Kiev	6th	2	4th	398	419

	Roanne	Zagreb	Strovolou	Kiev
Chorale Roanne	*	95 : 66	96 : 74	73 : 70
KK Zagreb	94 : 87	*	79 : 73	71 : 61
Keravnos	77: 89	82 : 81	*	76 : 52
BK Kiev	62: 67	83 : 70	70 : 62	*

2nd group stage (Last 16)

The Last 16 games took place between January 26, 2010 and March 9, 2010.

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BG Göttingen	6th	5	1	527	435
2. Krasnye Krylya	6th	4th	2	461	430
3. EiffelTowers Den Bosch	6th	2	4th	444	498
4. AEL Limassol	6th	1	5	450	519

	Goettingen	Samara	the Bosch	Limassol
BG Göttingen	*	89 : 68	89 : 69	92 : 59
Krasnye Krylya	82 : 74 a.d.	*	77 : 47	70 : 67
EiffelTowers	67: 86	85 : 80	*	91 : 79
Proteas EKA AEL	90: 97	68: 84	87 : 85 a.d.	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Zagreb	6th	4th	2	454	456
2. FMP Belgrade	6th	4th	2	462	441
3. Artland Dragons	6th	3	3	485	469
4. Belgacom Liège	6th	1	5	470	505

	Zagreb	Belgrade	Artland	Liège
KK Zagreb	*	78: 83	69 : 67	79: 94
FMP Železnik	63: 74	*	86 : 80	81 : 55
Dragons	70: 72 a.d.	82 : 72	*	86 : 78
Belgacom	79: 82	72: 77	92: 100	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Scavolini Pesaro	6th	4th	2	507	483
2. APOEL Nicosia	6th	3	3	465	469
3. Élan Chalon	6th	3	3	493	480
4. KK Budućnost	6th	2	4th	467	500

	Pesaro	Nicosia	Chalon	Podgorica
Scavolini	*	78 : 69	88 : 83	90 : 77
APOEL	70: 76	*	85 : 72	81 : 76
Élan Sportif	94 : 88	78: 84	*	87 : 59
Budućnost	90 : 87	89 : 76	76: 79	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Chorale Roanne	6th	4th	2	489	446
2. Antwerp Giants	6th	3	3	454	457
3. Banvit BK	6th	3	3	463	481
4. Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	6th	2	4th	485	507

	Roanne	Antwerp	Banvit	Krasnoyarsk
Chorale Basket	*	68 : 66	76 : 53	103 : 87
Giants	70: 89	*	72 : 59	81 : 72
Banvit BK	95 : 83	80: 88	*	94 : 85
BK Yenisei	75 : 70	89 : 77	77: 82	*

Quarter finals

The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three series. The games took place on March 23rd and 25th, 2010.

Game#		total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	FMP Železnik Belgrade	0: 2	BG Göttingen	69: 75	71: 76
2	Krasnye Krylja Samara	2-0	KK Zagreb	79 : 78	81 : 77
3	Antwerp Giants	0: 2	Scavolini Pesaro	63: 78	76: 92
4th	APOEL Nicosia	0: 2	Chorale Roanne Basket	78: 84	67: 89

Final Four

Final Four MVP: Taylor Rochestie

The Final Four took place in the Lokhalle in Göttingen .

	Semifinals					final
	April 30, 2010
	1	Krasnye Krylya	73
	2	Scavolini Pesaro	70			May 2, 2010
						1	Krasnye Krylja Samara	75
						3	BG Göttingen	83
	3	BG Göttingen	77
	4th	Chorale Roanne Basket	67
						3rd place match
						2	Scavolini Pesaro	80
						4th	Chorale Roanne	86

Final Four MVP

• / Taylor Rochestie (BG Göttingen)

Web links

• EuroChallenge - Homepage of the competition on the website of FIBA ​​Europe (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Göttingen Win EuroChallenge In Thrilling Final (English)
2. ↑ Triumph Of A System FIBA May 5, 2010