EuroCup Challenge

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The EuroCup Challenge is a second-caliber professional basketball league with teams from countries affiliated to FIBA Europe. Each year's finalists are promoted to the more prestigious FIBA EuroCup competition.

Contents 1 Teams of 2006-2007 EuroCup Challenge 1.1 Czech Republic 1.2 Cyprus 1.3 Estonia 1.4 Iceland 1.5 Greece 1.6 Israel 1.7 Romania 1.8 Russia 1.9 Sweden 1.10 Switzerland 1.11 Ukraine 2 Champions 3 Winning Rosters 4 External links

[edit] Teams of 2006-2007 EuroCup Challenge

[edit] Czech Republic

• BC Brno
• BK Prostejov
• Mlekarna Kunin

[edit] Cyprus

• Keravnos
• Apollon Limassol

[edit] Estonia

• Tartu Rock

[edit] Iceland

• Keflavik SC
• Njardvik

[edit] Greece

• Olympiada Patras

[edit] Israel

• Galil Elyon Golan

[edit] Romania

• U Mobitelco Cluj

[edit] Russia

• CSK VSS Samara

[edit] Sweden

• Norrköping Basketförening

[edit] Switzerland

• BC Boncourt

[edit] Ukraine

• BC Dnipro
• Cherkasky

[edit] Champions

Year		Final
		Champion	Result	Runner-Up
2004		Mitteldeutscher BC	84 - 68	JDA Dijon
2005		CSU Asesoft Ploiesti	75 - 74	Lokomotiv Rostov
2006		Ural Great Perm	80 - 67/74 - 80	Khimik Yuzhny
2007		CSK VSS Samara	101-81/83-85	Keravnos

[edit] Winning Rosters

FIBA EUROPE CUP

2003-04 Mitteldeutscher Weissenfels (Germany)

Wendell Alexis, Manuchar Markoishvili, Paul Burke, Marijonas Petravičius, Misan Nikagbatse, Sebastian Machowski, Stephen Arigbabu, Jonas Elvikis, Per Ringstrom, Chauncey Leslie, Peter Fehse, Paul Bayer, Michael Krikemans (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2004-05 CSU Asesoft Ploiesti (Romania)

Catalin Burlacu, Ivan Krasic, Nikola Bulatovic, Vladimir Kuzmanovic, Paul Helcioiu, Marko Rakocevic, Rares Apostol, Antonio Alexe, Levente Szijarto, Predrag Materic, Nicolae Toader, Marko Pekovic, Adrian Blidaru, Sasa Ocokoljic (Coach: Mladjen Jojic)

FIBA EUROCUP CHALLENGE

2005-06 Ural Great Perm (Russia)

Derrick Alston, Terrell Lyday, Vasili Karasev, Jurica Golemac, Jasmin Hukic, Andre Hutson, Andrei Trushkin, Egor Vyaltsev, Vadim Panin, Evgeni Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Dedushkin, Arseni Kuchinsky, Vyacheslav Shushakov, Artem Kuzyakin (Coach: Sharon Drucker)

2006-07 CSK VVS Samara (Russia)

Nikita Shabalkin, Omar Cook, Georgios Diamantopoulos, Kelvin Gibbs, Evgeni Voronov, Pavel Agapov, Gennadi Zelenskiy, Yaroslav Strelkin, Oleg Baranov, Pavel Ulyanko, Taras Osipov, Anton Glazunov, Alexei Kiryanov, Valeri Likhodey (Coach: Valeri Tikhonenko)

Final Four MVP:

2003-04: Marijonas Petravičius (Mitteldeutscher)

2004-05: Vladimir Kuzmanović (CSU Asesoft)

[edit] External links

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge Homepage