EuroChallenge 2010/11

EuroChallenge 2010/11
Duration		September 28, 2010 - May 1, 2011
Order of execution		8th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		32
Final Four
venue		East End
master		KK Krka
Runner-up		Kuban locomotive
Finals - MVP		Goran Ikonić (Krka)
← EuroChallenge 2009/10 EuroChallenge 2011/12 →
↑ Eurocup 2010/11

The season 2010/11 was the eighth season of the FIBA Europe discharged Euro Challenge .

KK Krka from Slovenia won the title for the first time .

mode

The tournament started with a qualifying round. A group phase of eight groups with 4 teams each followed. 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.

Qualifying round

pairing			1st game	2nd game
BK Nizhny Novgorod	177 : 174	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	92:91	85 : 82
Keravnos Strovolou	108: 142	Szolnoki Olaj KK	52: 75	56: 67
Paris-Levallois Basket	141: 152	Maccabi Haifa	75 : 63	66: 89
Pinar Karşıyaka	164 : 128	Currently suffering	87 : 65	77 : 63
ETHA Engomis	135 : 130	Artland Dragons	69 : 61	66: 69
KK Bosna	132: 167	SLUC Nancy Basket	74: 91	58: 76
Lugano Tigers	166 : 157	Triumph Lyubertsy	85: 91	81 : 66
Norrkoping Dolphins	171 : 163	Okapi eel star	85 : 84	86 : 79
Chimik Yuschne	176 : 174	CSU Asesoft Ploieşti	90 : 83	86: 91
Steaua Bucharest	156 : 125	BK Kiev	77 : 59	79 : 66
BC Minsk-2006	167: 176	Antwerp Giants	87:87	80: 89
KK Helios Domžale	131: 154	BK Prostějov	62: 70	69: 84
Dexia Mons-Hainaut	147 : 126	Trefl Sopot	74 : 71	73 : 55
Benfica Lisbon	182 : 177	BK Ferro-SNTU	105: 105	77 : 72

Participants in the main round

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

• 10 clubs were directly qualified for the main draw
• 14 clubs as winners of the qualifying round of the Eurochallenge
• 8 clubs as losers in the qualifying round of the Eurocup

Attendees
Country / League	number	Teams (VJP) 1
Belgium ( ELB )	4th	Belgacom Lounger 3 (1)	Telenet Ostend (3)	Dexia Mons-Hainaut 2 (6)	Antwerp Giants 2 (5)
Russia ( PBL )	4th	MBK Dynamo Moscow 3 (4)	Spartak St.Petersburg 3 (7)	BK Nizhny Novgorod 2 (A)	Kuban Locomotive (5)
France ( LNB )	3	BCM Gravelines (4)	SLUC Nancy Basket 2 (5)	Entente Orléanaise 3 (6)
Germany ( BBL )	2	Skyliners Frankfurt 3 (7)	Telekom Baskets Bonn (4)
Israel ( Ligat ha'Al )	2	Barak Netanya (8)	Maccabi Haifa 2 (9)
Turkey ( TBL )	2	Turk Telecom (5)	Pınar Karşıyaka 2 (6)
Croatia ( A-1 league )	2	KK Zadar (2)	KK Zagreb 3 (4)
Cyprus ( Division 1 )	2	ETHA Engomis 2 (3)	APOEL Nicosia 3 (2)
Bulgaria ( National League )	1	Lukoil Academic 3 (1)
Estonia ( KML )	1	Tartu skirt (1)
Latvia ( LBL )	1	BK Ventspils (3)
Portugal ( LPB )	1	Benfica Lisbon 2 (1)
Romania ( Divizia A )	1	Steaua Bucharest 2 (5)
Slovenia ( SKL )	1	KK Krka (2)
Sweden ( Basketligan )	1	Norrkoping Dolphins 2 (1)
Switzerland ( National League )	1	Lugano Tigers 2 (1)
Czech Republic ( NBL )	1	BK Prostějov 2 (2)
Ukraine ( BSU )	1	Chimik Juschne 2 (10)
Hungary ( NBI / A )	1	Szolnoki Olaj KK 2 (4)

¹ Previous year placement in the national leagues

² Winner of the qualifying round of the Eurochallenge

³Loser in the qualifying round of the Eurocup

1st group stage

The first group stage matches took place between November 16, 2010 and December 21, 2010.

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. St. Petersburg	6th	5	1	507	441
2. Gravelines	6th	3	3	428	452
3. Szolnoki Olaj	6th	3	3	447	469
4. Nizhny Novgorod	6th	1	5	434	454

	St. Petersburg	Gravelines	Szolnok	Novgorod
St. Petersburg	*	85 : 77	88 : 70	92 : 83
Gravelines	58: 98	*	82 : 71	72 : 64
Szolnoki Olaj	88 : 72	70 : 69	*	86 : 82
Novgorod	65: 72	64: 70	76 : 62	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Ventspils	6th	4th	2	479	419
2. Maccabi Haifa	6th	3	3	435	475
3. Frankfurt Skyliners	6th	3	3	399	391
4. Chimik Yuschne	6th	2	4th	421	449

	Ventspils	Haifa	Frankfurt	Yuschne
BK Ventspils	*	99 : 62	62: 64	79 : 70
Maccabi	80: 86	*	54 : 53	75: 82
Skyliners	72 : 71	78: 83	*	72 : 60
Chimik	71: 82	77: 81	61 : 60	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Lukoil academy	6th	5	1	484	440
2. Benfica Lisbon	6th	3	3	442	483
3. Lugano Basket	6th	2	4th	466	452
4. Tartu skirt	6th	2	4th	442	459

	Sofia	Lisbon	Lugano	Tartu
Academics	*	92 : 71	90 : 81	74 : 64
Benfica	86 : 79 a.d.	*	89 : 84	80 : 74
Lugano Tigers	66: 69	74 : 52	*	73 : 61
Tartu skirt	72: 80	80 : 64	91 : 88 a.d.	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Norrkoping Dolphins	6th	4th	2	474	453
2. Barak Netanya	6th	3	3	453	444
3. Belgacom lounger	6th	3	3	468	475
4. Türk Telecom	6th	2	4th	501	524

	Norrkoping	Netanya	Liège	Ankara
Dolphins	*	70 : 64	92: 94	101 : 89
Barak Netanya	71 : 64	*	78 : 67	113 : 89
Liège	64: 70	70 : 67	*	79: 83
Turk Telecom	71: 77	84 : 60	85: 94	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Krka Novo mesto	6th	5	1	455	422
2. BK Prostějov	6th	5	1	478	440
3. Telecom Baskets	6th	2	4th	453	469
4. KK Zagreb	6th	0	6th	440	495

	Novo mesto	Prostějov	Bonn	Zagreb
KK Krka	*	78:62	70 : 65	78 : 60
BK Prostějov	89 : 77	*	86 : 63	86 : 77
Telecom Baskets	71: 74	75:81	*	79:62
KK Zagreb	75: 78	70: 74	96: 100 a.d.	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Kuban locomotive	6th	4th	2	503	458
2. Antwerp Giants	6th	3	3	440	450
3. CSA Steaua Bucureşti	6th	3	3	423	456
4. Dynamo Moscow	6th	2	4th	429	431

	Krasnodar	Antwerp	Bucharest	Moscow
Lok Kuban	*	96 : 69	78 : 59	90 : 89
Antwerp Giants	87 : 83 a.d.	*	78 : 65	72 : 53
CSA Steaua	87 : 78	80 : 75	*	72 : 59
dynamo	67: 78	73 : 59	88 : 60	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Pinar Karşıyaka	6th	4th	2	488	455
2. KK Zadar	6th	3	3	461	444
3. APOEL Nicosia	6th	3	3	437	440
4. ETHA Engomis	6th	2	4th	420	467

	Izmir	Zadar	Nicosia	Engomi
Pınar Karşıyaka	*	88 : 81	76 : 68	85 : 67
KK Zadar	82 : 77	*	95 : 73	81 : 67
APOEL	82 : 80	61 : 56	*	86 : 59
ETHA Engomis	75: 82	78 : 66	74 : 67	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Telenet Ostend	6th	4th	2	431	424
2. Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6th	3	3	440	443
3. SLUC Nancy	6th	3	3	465	463
4. Entente Orléanaise	6th	2	4th	439	445

	Ostend	Mons	Nancy	Orleans
Telenet	*	75 : 67	78 : 76	69 : 68
Dexia	71 : 68	*	76: 78	68 : 61
SLUC	72 : 69	79: 82	*	70 : 66
Entente	70: 72	82 : 76	92 : 90	*

2nd group stage (Last 16)

The Last 16 games took place between January 18, 2011 and March 1, 2011.

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Spartak St. Petersburg	6th	5	1	497	435
2. Lukoil academy	6th	4th	2	486	447
3. Maccabi Haifa	6th	2	4th	453	519
4. Barak Netanya	6th	1	5	433	468

	St. Petersburg	Sofia	Maccabi	Netanya
BK Spartak	*	86 : 80	101 : 60	73 : 70
Academics	63: 71	*	87 : 69	84 : 76
Maccabi	92 : 86	78: 95	*	74: 77
Netanya	70: 80	67: 77	73: 80	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Krka Novo mesto	6th	5	1	455	418
2. Pınar Karşıyaka	6th	4th	2	525	475
3. Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6th	2	4th	441	481
4. Antwerp Giants	6th	1	5	390	437

	Novo mesto	Izmir	Mons	Antwerp
KK Krka	*	86 : 81	85 : 77	62 : 46
Pınar Karşıyaka	94 : 74	*	94 : 71	80: 86
Dexia	75: 84	76: 87	*	77 : 73
Giants	45: 64	82: 89 a.d.	58: 65	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BCM Gravelines	6th	5	1	463	448
2. BK Ventspils	6th	4th	2	503	418
3. Norrkoping Dolphins	6th	2	4th	453	505
4. Benfica Lisbon	6th	1	5	439	487

	Gravelines	Ventspils	Norrkoping	Lisbon
BCM Gravelines	*	74 : 70	75 : 65	91 : 82
BK Ventspils	80 : 62	*	104 : 69	100 : 65
Dolphins	87: 94	77 : 75	*	80 : 74
Benfica	64: 67	71: 74	83 : 75	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Telenet Ostend	6th	5	1	464	418
2. Kuban locomotive	6th	4th	2	465	425
3. BK Prostějov	6th	2	4th	483	495
4. KK Zadar	6th	1	5	444	518

	Ostend	Krasnodar	Prostějov	Zadar
Telenet	*	80 : 71	87 : 85	76 : 53
Lok Kuban	70 : 62	*	90 : 76	87 : 69
BK Prostějov	66: 74	67 : 66	*	99 : 82
KK Zadar	73: 85	71: 81	96 : 90	*

Quarter finals

The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three series. The games took place on March 22nd, 24th and 25th.

Game #		Total.		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	BK Spartak Saint Petersburg	2-0	Pınar Karşıyaka	78 : 73	89 : 71
2	Krka Novo mesto	2: 1	Lukoil academy	72: 78	75 : 61	71 : 69
3	BCM Gravelines	0: 2	Kuban locomotive	91: 92 a.d.	68: 86
4th	Telenet Ostend	2: 1	BK Ventspils	86 : 74	92: 97 a.d.	70 : 63

Final Four

The Final Four took place in the Sleuyter Arena in Ostend , Belgium .

	Semifinals					final
	April 29, 2011
	1	Spartak St. Petersburg	64
	2	Kuban locomotive	74			May 1, 2011
						2	Kuban locomotive	77
						3	Krka Novo mesto	83
	3	Krka Novo mesto	84
	4th	Telenet Ostend	69
						3rd place match
						1	Spartak St. Petersburg	92
						4th	Telenet Ostend	94

Final Four MVP

• Goran Ikonić (Krka Novo mesto)

Awards

MVP of the Season:
Jeremiah Massey

The following players received special awards from Yarone Arbel on behalf of FIBA Europe :

Best players by position

• Point Guard: Ben Woodside (BCM Gravelines)000
• Shooting Guard: Henry Domercant (Spartak St. Petersburg)
• Small Forward: Matt Lojeski (Telenet Ostend)0
• Power Forward: Jeremiah Massey (Kuban Locomotive)0
• Center: Chris Booker (Krka Novo Mesto)0000000

Best trainer

• Aleksandar Džikić (Krka Novo Mesto)

MVP of the entire competition

• Jeremiah Massey (Kuban Locomotive)

Web links

• EuroChallenge 2011 - Homepage of the competition on the website of FIBA Europe (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ KRKA Bring The Trophy To Slovenia. FIBA Europa , May 1, 2011, accessed on April 21, 2013 (English, match report). 
2. ↑ Season Awards / EuroChallenge 2011. FIBA Europe , May 6, 2011, accessed on April 21, 2013 (English, selection of the best players by Yarone Arbel).