FIBA EuroCup 2006/07

FIBA EuroCup 2006/07
Duration		November 7, 2006 - April 15, 2007
Order of execution		4th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		31
Final Four
venue		Girona
master		Akasvayu Girona
Runner-up		Azovmash Mariupol
Finals - MVP		Ariel McDonald (Akasvayu)
← FIBA EuroCup 2005/06 FIBA EuroCup 2007/08 →
↑ ULEB Cup 2006/07

The season 2006/07 was the fourth season of the FIBA Europe discharged Euro Challenge and the second under the name EuroCup.

Akasvayu Girona from Spain won the title for the first time .

mode

The tournament began with a group stage of seven groups of 4 teams each and one group of three teams. The group winners and the runners-up played in the second group stage with four groups of four teams each. This was followed by the quarter-finals, which were played in a best-of-three series. The semi-finals, the final and the third place match took place in a Final Four tournament.

Attendees

31 teams took part in the FIBA ​​EuroCup 2006/07.

Attendees
Country / League	number	Teams
France ( LNB )	3	JDA Dijon	Adecco ASVEL Villeurbanne	BCM Gravelines
Russia ( Super League )	3	Dynamo Lyubertsy	Urals Great Perm	Rostov locomotive
Ukraine ( Super League )	3	Chimik Yuschne	BK Azovmash Mariupol	BK Kiev
Belgium ( ELB )	2	Spirou BC Charleroi	Liège Basket
Greece ( A1 )	2	Marousi Athens	Panionios Athens
Latvia ( LBL )	2	BK Barons Rīga	ASK Riga
Israel ( Ligat ha'Al )	2	Ironi Iscar Nahariya	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Spain ( Liga ACB )	2	Estudiantes Madrid	Akasvayu Girona
Turkey ( TBL )	2	Banvit BK	Turk Telecom
Bulgaria ( NBL )	1	PBK CSKA Sofia
Estonia ( KME )	1	BC Kalev
Italy ( Serie A )	1	Virtus Bologna
Lithuania ( LKL )	1	KK Šiauliai
Netherlands ( FEB )	1	Amsterdam astronauts
Romania ( Divizia A )	1	CSU Asesoft Ploieşti
Serbia ( KLS )	1	Vojvodina Srbijagas
Czech Republic ( NBL )	1	ČEZ Nymburk
Hungary ( Nemzeti Bajnokság I / A )	1	Atomerőmű SE Paks
Cyprus ( Division 1 )	1	DTL EKA AEL

1st group stage

The first group stage matches took place between November 7th and December 12th, 2006.

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Club Estudiantes	6th	5	1	551	524
2. JDA Dijon	6th	4th	4th	496	475
3. Ironi Iscar Naharija	6th	3	3	513	505
4. CSU Asesoft Ploieşti	6th	0	6th	519	575

	Madrid	Dijon	Nahariya	Ploieşti
Estudiantes	*	80 : 75	92 : 83	117 : 111 a.d.
Joan of Arc	81 : 75	*	85 : 68	98 : 86
Ironi Iscar	85: 90	91 : 80	*	98 : 71
CSU Asesoft	89: 97	75: 77	87: 88	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Dynamo Lyubertsy	6th	5	1	470	396
2. Spirou Charleroi	6th	4th	2	418	409
3. Chimik Yuschne	6th	3	3	457	467
4. Barons Riga	6th	0	6th	384	457

	Lyubertsy	Charleroi	Yuschne	Riga
dynamo	*	75 : 52	91 : 75	80 : 61
Spirou	61: 66	*	70 : 63	80 : 66
Chimik	93 : 82	79: 81	*	79 : 76
Barons	54: 76	60: 74	67: 68	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Rostov locomotive	6th	4th	2	451	397
2. Azovmash Mariupol	6th	4th	2	454	417
3. Banvit BK	6th	4th	2	456	414
4. Atomerőmű SE Paks	6th	0	6th	379	512

	Rostov	Mariupol	Banvit	Paks
locomotive	*	70 : 63	75 : 59	102 : 58
BK Azovmash	72 : 68	*	69 : 60	88 : 62
Banvit BK	80 : 67	84 : 82	*	91 : 60
Atomerőmű SE	65: 69	73: 80	61: 82	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Akasvayu Girona	6th	6th	0	519	432
2. KK Šiauliai	6th	2	4th	494	502
3. BCM Gravelines	6th	2	4th	479	522
4. Maccabi Rishon LeZion	6th	2	4th	452	488

	Girona	Šiauliai	Gravelines	LeZion
Akasvayu	*	81 : 76	93 : 65	99 : 82
KK Šiauliai	71: 92	*	101: 106 a.d.	92 : 62
BCM Gravelines	72: 78	83: 86	*	91 : 74
Maccabi Rishon	66: 76	78 : 68	90 : 62	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Liège Basket	4th	3	1	293	261
2. BC Kalev / Cramo	4th	2	2	283	284
3. BK Kiev	4th	1	3	277	308

	Liège	Tallinn	Kiev
Belgacom	*	73 : 56	80 : 62
BC Kalev / Cramo	64: 75	*	75 : 64
BK Kiev	79 : 65	72: 88	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Marousi Athens	6th	5	1	452	411
2. ASK Riga	6th	3	3	450	449
3. ČEZ Nymburk	6th	3	3	454	460
4. KK Vojvodina Srbijagas	6th	1	5	419	455

	Marousi	Riga	Nymburk	Novi Sad
GS Marousi	*	79 : 75	85 : 74	80 : 62
ASK Riga	60: 62	*	77 : 67	85 : 71
ČEZ Nymburk	76 : 66	87: 93	*	70 : 68
KK Vojvodina	64: 80	83 : 60	71: 80	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Türk Telecom	6th	5	1	506	470
2. Panionios Athens	6th	4th	2	487	446
3. Urals Great Perm	6th	2	4th	461	490
4. CSKA Sofia	6th	1	5	474	522

	Ankara	Athens	Perm	Sofia
Turk Telecom	*	82 : 75	96 : 79	93 : 86
Panionios	84 : 76	*	80 : 62	88 : 70
Urals Great	71: 80	70: 77	*	93 : 79
CSKA Sofia	75: 79	86 : 83 a.d.	78: 86	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Virtus Bologna	6th	5	1	540	404
2. AEL Limassol	6th	4th	2	494	454
3. ASVEL Villeurbanne	6th	3	3	495	456
4. Amsterdam Astronauts	6th	0	6th	361	576

	Bologna	Limassol	Lyon	Amsterdam
Virtus	*	76 : 70	96 : 75	90 : 47
DTL EKA AEL	88 : 83	*	84 : 58	82 : 49
ASVEL Adecco	73: 91	89 : 70	*	92 : 70
Astronauts	51: 104	79: 95	65: 113	*

2nd group stage

The second group stage matches took place between January 9 and February 20, 2007.

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Estudiantes Madrid	6th	5	1	488	419
2. AEL Limassol	6th	5	1	449	418
3. Liège Basket	6th	1	5	462	511
4. KK Šiauliai	6th	1	5	490	541

	Madrid	Limassol	Liège	Šiauliai
Estudiantes	*	70 : 60	93 : 81	95 : 70
DTL EKA AEL	63 : 62 a.d.	*	70 : 64	94 : 85
Belgacom	73: 87	58: 77	*	104 : 97 a.d.
KK Šiauliai	72: 81	79: 85	87 : 82	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Azovmash Mariupol	6th	5	1	457	395
2. Dynamo Lyubertsy	6th	4th	2	429	393
3. ASK Riga	6th	3	3	413	476
4. Marousi Athens	6th	0	6th	427	462

	Mariupol	Lyubertsy	Riga	Marousi
Azovmash	*	79 : 68	87 : 58	78 : 72 a.d.
dynamo	68 : 51	*	91 : 68	63 : 54
ASK Riga	57: 79	68 : 63	*	92 : 88 a.d.
GS Marousi	72: 83	73: 76	68: 70	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Türk Telecom	6th	5	1	471	452
2. Panionios Athens	6th	3	3	426	405
3rd Rostov locomotive	6th	3	3	429	431
4. Spirou Charleroi	6th	1	5	413	451

	Ankara	Athens	Rostov	Charleroi
Turk Telecom	*	78 : 77	92 : 80	81 : 71
Panionios	68: 71	*	75 : 57	80 : 68
locomotive	83 : 72	60: 62	*	75 : 66
Spirou BC	73: 77	71 : 64	64: 74	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Akasvayu Girona	6th	6th	0	592	487
2. Virtus Bologna	6th	4th	2	530	508
3. JDA Dijon	6th	2	4th	470	534
4. BC Kalev / Cramo	6th	0	6th	453	516

	Girona	Bologna	Dijon	Tallinn
Akasvayu	*	106 : 74	117 : 83	107 : 82
Virtus	84: 89	*	95 : 77	98 : 76
Joan of Arc	89: 90	78: 94	*	68 : 64
BC Kalev / Cramo	75: 83	82: 85	74: 75	*

Quarter finals

The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three series. The games took place from March 9-14, 2007.

Game#		total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	Estudiantes Madrid	2-0	Dynamo Lyubertsy	80 : 70	78 : 74
2	Turk Telecom	0: 2	Virtus Bologna	87: 95	54: 59
3	Panionios Athens	1: 2	Akasvayu Girona	68: 76	82 : 69	49: 83
4th	BK Azovmash Mariupol	2: 1	AEL Limassol	88 : 63	79: 85	97 : 69

Final Four

Final Four MVP:
Ariel McDonald

The Final Four took place from April 13th to 15th, 2007 in the Palau Girona-Fontajau in Girona .

	Semifinals					final
	April 13, 2007
	1	Estudiantes Madrid	58
	2	Akasvayu Girona	89			April 15, 2007
						2	Akasvayu Girona	79
	April 13, 2007					3	Azovmash Mariupol	72
	3	Virtus Bologna	73
	4th	Azovmash Mariupol	74
						3rd place match
						April 15, 2007
						1	Estudiantes Madrid	62
						4th	Virtus Bologna	80

Final Four MVP

• Ariel McDonald (Akasvayu Girona)

Web links

• EuroCup 2007 - homepage of the competition on the website of FIBA Europe ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ McDonald Shoots Girona To Title. April 15, 2007, accessed April 21, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Girona Thrilled To Host Final Four. FIBA Europa , April 12, 2007, accessed April 21, 2013 .