Eurocup 2008/09

ULEB Eurocup 2008/09
Duration		November 28, 2008 - April 5, 2009
Order of execution		7th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		48
Main rounds - MVP		Chuck Eidson (Lietuvos)
Rising Star Trophy		Milan Mačvan (Hemofarm)
Coach of the year		Oktay Mahmuti (Treviso)
Final Four
venue		Turin
master		Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
Runner-up		BK Khimki
Finals - MVP		Marijonas Petravičius (Lietuvos)
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The season 2008/09 was the seventh season of the ULEB discharged Euro Cup . It was the first time the competition was held under this name.

Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius from Lithuania won the title for the second time .

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48 teams from 22 nations took part. The season began on November 28, 2008 and ended with the final on April 5, 2009. First a qualification was held. In the first qualifying round, 16 teams faced each other in a return leg. The winner from the addition of the two games qualified for the second qualifying round. The loser got the right to play in the EuroChallenge . In the second qualifying round, 8 teams seeded for this round met 8 winners of qualifying round 1. The winner from the addition of the two games qualified for the group stage. The loser got the right to play in the EuroChallenge. 32 teams took part in the first group stage. In addition to the 24 directly qualified teams, there were eight teams from the second qualifying round. The 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each. A double round was played everyone against everyone. The two best in each group advanced to the second group stage. The round of 16 was played for the first time in the history of the Eurocup. As in the first group stage, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four. A double round was played everyone against everyone. The two best in each group made it to the quarter-finals. The winner of the tournament was determined in a Final 8 tournament.

Participants in the main round

country	number	Team (placement in the national championship)
Russia	5	BK Khimki (2)	Dynamo Moscow (3)	Urals Great Perm (4)	UNICS Kazan (5)	Triumph Lyubertsy (6)
France	4th	Chorale Roanne (2)	ASVEL (3)	Le Havre (5)	Cholet (8)
Spain	4th	Pamesa Valencia (6)	Iurbentia Bilbao (7)	Cajasol (8)	Gran Canaria (9)
Germany	3	Telecom Baskets (2)	Artland Dragons (6)	Brose Baskets (7)
Greece	3	Maroussi (4)	Aris (5)	Panellinios (6)
Serbia	3	Hemofarm Vrsac (2)	Red Star Belgrade (3)	FMP Belgrade (4)
Turkey	3	Turk Telecom (2)	Beşiktaş (3)	Galatasaray (4)
Belgium	2	Spirou Charleroi (2)	BC Ostend (5)
Italy	2	Fortitudo Pallacanestro (8)	Benetton Treviso (10)
Israel	2	Bnei HaSharon (3)	Hapoel Jerusalem (6)
Latvia	2	Barons LMT Riga (1)	ASK Riga (2)
Lithuania	2	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (2)	Šiauliai (3)
Poland	2	Turów Zgorzelec (2)	Czarni Slupsk (10)
Ukraine	2	Azovmash (1)	BK Kiev (2)
Bulgaria	1	Lukoil Academic (1)
Estonia	1	Tartu skirt (1)
Croatia	1	Zadar (1)
Montenegro	1	Budućnost (1)
Netherlands	1	Amsterdam (1)
Austria	1	Alliance Swans (1)
Switzerland	1	Benetton Friborg (1)
Czech Republic	1	Nymburk (1)

Qualification for the group stage

1st qualifying round

pairing				1st game	2nd game
A.	KK Šiauliai	136- 167	Galatasaray Cafe Crown	73-73	63- 94
B.	MyGuide Amsterdam	133- 146	FMP Železnik Belgrade	66 -60	67- 83
C.	Czarni Slupsk	136- 151	UNICS Kazan	76 -62	50- 89
D.	Alliance Swans Gmunden	146 -139	Tartu skirt	86 -64	60- 75
E.	Panellinios Athens	154 -124	Telekom Baskets Bonn	69 -54	85 -70
F.	Triumph Lyubertsy	146- 159	BASE Ostend	78-78	68- 81
G	Benetton Friborg Olympic	bye
H	ASK Riga	142 -137	Cholet Basket	69 -62	73- 75

2nd qualifying round

pairing				1st game	2nd game
A.	Galatasaray Cafe Crown	147- 176	KK Budućnost Podgorica	85 -83	62- 93
B.	FMP Železnik Belgrade	138 -118	Urals Great Perm	69 -61	69 -57
C.	UNICS Kazan	161 -142	Hapoel Jerusalem	88 -66	73- 76
D.	Alliance Swans Gmunden	163- 178	Red Star Belgrade	82-82	81- 96
E.	Panellinios Athens	168 -165	BK Kiev	96 -69	72- 96
F.	STB Le Havre	172 -168	BASE Ostend	84- 85	88 -83
G	Benetton Friborg Olympic	125- 195	CB Gran Canaria	64- 92	61- 103
H	ASK Riga	151 -134	Cajasol Seville	83 -69	68 -65

1st group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1st GS Marousi	6th	4th	2	493	468
2. KK Zadar	6th	4th	2	505	480
3. ASK Riga	6th	3	3	496	478
4. Chorale Roanne	6th	1	5	430	498

	Marousi	Zadar	ASK Rīga	Roanne
GS Marousi	*	91 : 75	82 : 77	88 : 73
KK Zadar	87 : 79	*	83 : 68	82 : 70
ASK Riga	84 : 70	106 : 94	*	86 : 70
Chorale Roanne	72: 83	66: 84	79 : 75	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. UNICS Kazan	6th	6th	0	488	435
2. Dynamo Moscow	6th	4th	2	490	442
3. Barons Riga	6th	1	5	443	489
4. Lukoil academy	6th	1	5	454	509

	Kazan	Moscow	Barons	Sofia
UNICS	*	80 : 71	76 : 55	79 : 72
dynamo	77: 87	*	84 : 74	94 : 78
Barons Riga	81: 86	61: 80	*	84: 88
Lukoil academy	79: 80	62: 86	75: 88	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK Khimki	6th	5	1	459	400
2. Benetton Treviso	6th	4th	2	478	443
3. Beşiktaş Cola Turka	6th	3	3	459	471
4. STB Le Havre	6th	0	6th	413	495

	Khimki	Treviso	Istanbul	Le Havre
BK Khimki	*	80 : 71	91 : 65	79 : 55
Benetton Treviso	77 : 59	*	80: 89	91 : 67
Beşiktaş Cola Turka	69: 71	72: 77	*	96 : 91
STB Le Havre	63: 79	76: 82	61: 68	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Türk Telecom	6th	4th	2	393	344
2. Panellinios Athens	6th	3	3	452	435
3. Aris Thessaloniki	6th	3	3	457	459
4. Bnei Hasharon	6th	2	4th	362	426

	Ankara	Athens	Saloniki	hascharon
Turk Telecom	*	70 : 64	78 : 65	20 : 0
Panellinios Athens	82 : 74	*	69: 71	85 : 70
Aris Thessaloniki	79 : 75	72: 77	*	84 : 71
Bnei Hasharon	54: 76	78 : 76	89 : 86	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Azovmash Mariupol	6th	4th	2	484	472
2. Lietuvos rytas	6th	3	3	491	465
3. ASVEL	6th	3	3	475	514
4. CB Gran Canaria	6th	2	4th	481	480

	Mariupol	Vilnius	Lyon	Las Palmas
Azovmash Mariupol	*	76 : 66	87 : 74	92 : 90
Lietuvos rytas	83 : 64	*	95 : 74	74 : 64
ASVEL	85 : 83	93 : 90	*	69: 81
CB Gran Canaria	74: 82	94 : 83	78: 80	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Spirou Charleroi	6th	5	1	485	415
2. Red Star Belgrade	6th	5	1	490	425
3. Turów Zgorzelec	6th	2	4th	411	453
4. Brose Baskets	6th	0	6th	340	433

	Charleroi	RS Belgrade	Zgorzelec	Bamberg
Spirou	*	71 : 65	89 : 69	64 : 62
Red Star	93 : 91	*	97 : 69	82 : 65
Turów	61: 86	76: 86	*	67 : 56
Brose Baskets	65: 84	53: 67	39: 69	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Pamesa Valencia	6th	6th	0	497	414
2. Artland Dragons	6th	3	3	464	495
3. Fortitudo Bologna	6th	2	4th	470	457
4. FMP Belgrade	6th	1	5	398	463

	Valencia	Artland	Bologna	Belgrade
Pamesa Valencia	*	84 : 67	80 : 74	83 : 58
Artland Dragons	79: 89	*	87 : 78	73 : 62
Fortitudo	71: 77	89: 93	*	88 : 61
FMP Železnik	65: 84	93 : 65	59: 70	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Iurbentia Bilbao	6th	6th	0	481	411
2. Hemofarm Vršac	6th	3	3	441	469
3. ČEZ Nymburk	6th	2	4th	446	482
4. Budućnost Podgorica	6th	1	5	419	425

	Bilbao	Vršac	Nymburk	Podgorica
Iurbentia	*	78 : 67	93 : 72	69 : 66
KK Hemofarm	62: 82	*	82 : 74	89 : 85
ČEZ Nymburk	79: 92	80: 82	*	75 : 70
KK Budućnost	65: 67	70 : 59	63: 66	*

2nd group stage

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Dynamo Moscow	6th	6th	0	492	442
2. BK Khimki	6th	3	3	479	457
3rd GS Marousi	6th	2	4th	443	470
4. Panellinios Athens	6th	1	5	470	512

	dynamo	Khimki	Marousi	Athens
dynamo	*	73 : 68	94 : 73	91 : 84
BK Khimki	69: 77	*	94 : 69	101 : 94
GS Marousi	76: 80	71 : 58	*	83: 85
Panellinios	72: 77	73: 89	59: 71	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Benetton Treviso	6th	5	1	493	458
2. KK Zadar	6th	3	3	497	513
3. UNICS Kazan	6th	3	3	465	414
4. Türk Telecom	6th	1	5	452	522

	Treviso	Zadar	Kazan	Ankara
Benetton	*	68 : 66	94 : 81	89 : 87
KK Zadar	76: 84	*	93: 91	94 : 86
UNICS	81 : 59	69: 71	*	72 : 57
Turk Telecom	67: 99	89 : 82	66: 86	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Pamesa Valencia	6th	4th	2	450	436
2. Hemofarm Vršac	6th	4th	2	460	428
3. Azovmash Mariupol	6th	3	3	477	457
4. Red Star Belgrade	6th	1	5	437	503

	Valencia	Vršac	Mariupol	Belgrade
Pamesa	*	68 : 66	65 : 60	82 : 80
KK Hemofarm	66 : 62	*	84 : 74	88 : 73
Azovmash	91 : 88	89 : 71	*	62: 74
Red Star	73: 85	65: 91	72: 95	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Iurbentia Bilbao	6th	4th	2	449	415
2. Lietuvos rytas	6th	4th	2	467	406
3. Spirou Charleroi	6th	3	3	453	473
4. Artland Dragons	6th	1	5	441	516

	Bilbao	Vilnius	Charleroi	Artland
Bilbao	*	67 : 59	82 : 78	71 : 62
Lietuvos rytas	73 : 71	*	77 : 56	105 : 64
Spirou BC	59: 79	78 : 74	*	88 : 79
Artland Dragons	84 : 79	70: 79	82: 94	*

Final 8 tournament

The Final 8 tournament took place from April 2nd to 5th, 2009 at the Palasport Olimpico in Turin .

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Dynamo Moscow	85
	Hemofarm Vršac	93
					Hemofarm Vršac	68
					Lietuvos rytas	73
	Benetton Treviso	79
	Lietuvos rytas	85
									Lietuvos rytas	80
									BK Khimki	74
	Pamesa Valencia	73
	BK Khimki	76
					BK Khimki	79
					Iurbentia Bilbao	73
	Iurbentia Bilbao	76
	KK Zadar	67

Honors

Regular Season MVP: Chuck Eidson

At the Final Eight weekend in Turin, the following actors from the past season received special awards:

Finals MVP

• Marijonas Petravičius (Lietuvos Rytas)

All-Eurocup First Team 2008/09

• Chuck Eidson (Lietuvos Rytas) - Regular Season MVP
• Kelly McCarty (BK Chimki)
• Boštjan neighbor (Dynamo Moscow)
• Marko Banić (Bilbao Basket)
• Todor Gečevski (KK Zadar)

All-Eurocup Second Team 2008/09

• Khalid El-Amin (Türk Telekom)
• Gary Neal (Benetton Treviso)
• Travis Hansen (Dynamo Moscow)
• Matt Nielsen (Valencia BC)
• Sandro Nicević (Benetton Treviso)

Coach of the Year

• Oktay Mahmuti (Benetton Treviso)

Rising Star Trophy

• Milan Mačvan (Hemofarm Vršac)

Web links

• Official website of the Euro Cup ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Competition draw ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved November 21, 2008.