FIBA EuroCup 2007/08

FIBA EuroCup 2007/08
Duration		October 30, 2007 - April 20, 2008
Order of execution		5th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		16
Final Four
venue		Limassol
master		Barons LMT
Runner-up		Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Finals - MVP		Giedrius Gustas (Barons LMT)
← FIBA EuroCup 2006/07 EuroChallenge 2008/09 →
↑ ULEB Cup 2007/08

The season 2007/08 was the fifth season of the FIBA Europe discharged Euro Challenge and the last under the name EuroCup. In July 2008 the competition was renamed EuroChallenge.

The Barons LMT won the title for the first time .

mode

The tournament started with two qualifying rounds. A group phase of four groups with 4 teams each followed. The group winners and the runners-up played in 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.

qualification

1 round

The first qualifying round games were played on October 30 and November 6, 2007.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Energy Invest Rustavi	140: 188	MyGuide Amsterdam	77: 87	063: 101
BK Dnipro	146 : 145	Elba Timișoara	64: 74	82 : 71
Cedevita Zagreb	145: 147	KK Strumica 2005	76 : 72	69: 75
BK Spartak Pleven	147: 156	Olympiada patron	76 : 71	71: 85
BK Spartak Saint Petersburg	174 : 162	BK Odessa	86 : 76	88 : 86
KK Igokea Partizan	139 : 133	Bakken Bears	68 : 62	71:71

2nd round

The second qualifying round games were played on November 20 and 27, 2007.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Olympiada patron	126: 157	Urals Great Perm	66: 80	60: 77
Spartak St. Petersburg	146 : 140	GS Marousi	62: 65	84 : 75
KK Strumica 2005	126: 154	Rostov locomotive	57: 67	69: 87
KK Igokea Partizan	171: 179	Chimik Yuschne	102 : 800	69: 99
Barons LMT	161 : 160	Iscar Nahariya	81 : 77	80: 83
MyGuide Amsterdam	125: 161	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	63: 73	62: 88
BK Dnipro	122: 168	Proteas EKA AEL	53: 68	069: 104
Plannja Basket	143: 175	ZSK WWS Samara	73: 91	70: 84
KR Reykjavík	162: 191	Banvit BK	79: 96	83: 95
Zlatorog Laško	146: 155	GS Olympia Larisa	64: 72	82: 83
Lappeenrannan NMKY	173 : 166	Keravnos Strovoulou	87 : 71	86: 95
Tartu skirt	170 : 141	BK Prostějov	94 : 69	76 : 72
PAOK Thessaloniki	150 : 139	U-Mobitelco Cluj	79 : 74	71 : 65
AEK Athens	146: 160	Cholet Basket	91 : 62	55: 78
KK Zagreb	185 : 150	BCM Gravelines	85 : 62	100 : 880
APOEL Nicosia	173: 178	Cherkassky Mawpy	90 : 74	83: 104 a.d.

Participants in the main round

16 teams took part in the regular season of the EuroChallenge.

Attendees
Country / League	number	Teams
Russia ( Super League )	4th	Urals Great Perm	BK Spartak Saint Petersburg	Rostov locomotive	ZSK WWS Samara
Greece ( A1 )	2	PAOK Thessaloniki	GS Olympia Larisa
Ukraine ( Super League )	2	Cherkassky Mawpy	Chimik Yuschne
Belgium ( ELB )	1	Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Estonia ( KME )	1	Tartu skirt
Finland ( FBL )	1	Lappeenrannan NMKY
France ( LNB )	1	Cholet Basket
Croatia ( KBL )	1	KK Zagreb
Latvia ( LBL )	1	Barons LMT
Turkey ( TBL )	1	Banvit BK
Cyprus ( Division 1 )	1	Proteas EKA AEL

Group stage

The first group stage matches took place between December 21, 2007 and January 21, 2008.

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Tartu skirt	6th	5	1	481	438
2. ZSK WWS Samara	6th	5	1	459	426
3. Lappeenrannan NMKY	6th	1	5	483	506
4. PAOK	6th	1	5	418	471

	Tartu	Samara	Lappeenranta	Saloniki
Tartu skirt	*	77 : 57	78 : 72	90 : 80
ZSK WWS	77 : 65	*	94 : 82	80 : 61
NMKY	94: 102	76: 78	*	83 : 74
PAOK	58: 69	65: 73 a.d.	80 : 76	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6th	4th	2	449	422
2. Urals Great Perm	6th	4th	2	461	429
3. Cherkassky Mawpy	6th	3	3	465	507
4. Banvit BK	6th	1	5	473	490

	Mons	Perm	Cherkassy	Banvit
Dexia	*	81 : 60	72 : 67	85 : 81
Urals Great	60 : 58	*	93 : 73	77 : 74
Mawpy	76 : 72	72: 101	*	87 : 81
Banvit BK	78: 81	71 : 70	88: 90	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Proteas EKA AEL	6th	4th	2	494	455
2. KK Zagreb	6th	4th	2	460	461
3. Olympia Larisa	6th	3	3	400	416
4. Spartak St.Petersburg	6th	1	5	436	458

	Limassol	Zagreb	Larisa	St. Petersburg
AEL	*	103 : 80	91 : 71	72 : 71
KK Zagreb	82 : 77	*	63 : 58	80 : 76
GS Olympia	74 : 70	64 : 63	*	58: 63
BK Spartak	77: 81	83: 92	66: 75	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1st Barons LMT	6th	4th	2	463	439
2. Chimik Yuschne	6th	4th	2	449	436
3rd Rostov locomotive	6th	2	4th	432	438
4. Cholet Basket	6th	2	4th	430	461

	Riga	Yuschne	Rostov	Cholet
Barons LMT	*	78: 84	87 : 75	76 : 66
Chimik	65: 71	*	78 : 62	75 : 72
locomotive	69: 73	76 : 65	*	84 : 64
Cholet	80 : 78	77: 82	71 : 66	*

Quarter finals

The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three series. The games took place from March 17th to March 25th, 2009.

Game#		total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	Tartu skirt	2: 1	Urals Great Perm	78 : 75	61: 68	89 : 77
2	ZSK WWS Samara	0: 2	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	66: 92	86: 87
3	Chimik Yuschne	0: 2	Proteas EKA AEL	65: 70	76: 87
4th	Barons LMT	2: 1	KK Zagreb	67 : 58	74: 80	96 : 91

Final Four

Final Four MVP: Giedrius Gustas

The Final Four took place April 18-20 , 2008 at the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center in Limassol , Cyprus .

	Semifinals					final
	April 18, 2008
	1	Tartu skirt	82
	2	Barons LMT	88			April 20, 2008
						2	Barons LMT	63
	April 18, 2008					3	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	62
	3	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	70
	4th	Proteas EKA AEL	55
						3rd place match
						April 20, 2008
						1	Tartu skirt	70
						4th	Proteas EKA AEL	79

Final Four MVP

• Giedrius Gustas (Barons LMT)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Barons Edge Dexia In Thriller To Win EuroCup Title. FIBA Europa , April 22, 2008, accessed on February 21, 2013 (English, match report). 
2. ^ Proteas Happy To Be Home. FIBA Europa , April 7, 2008, accessed February 21, 2013 .