2007–08 FIBA EuroCup

FIBA EuroCup
Awards
Season	2007–08
Champions	Barons LMT (1st title)
Runners-up	Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Third place	AEL Limassol
Fourth place	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Teams	32
Final Four MVP	Giedrius Gustas
Statistical leaders
Points	Adrian Henning 20.6
Rebounds	Kenny Adeleke 11.0
Assists	Jakov Vladovic 6.8
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The FIBA EuroCup is the former name of an international professional basketball club competition for clubs throughout Europe that was renamed the FIBA EuroChallenge in July 2008. The 2007–08 season, the last for the competition under the EuroCup banner, featured 38 competing teams, from 23 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on August 5, 2007, at the Kempinski Hotel in Munich.

The 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, organized by FIBA Europe, was the fifth season of the competition regarded as the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition, behind the Euroleague and ULEB Cup, the latter of which was renamed the Eurocup for 2008–09.

Format

In all, 38 teams were involved. Teams from the lowest ranked countries or teams who took lower place in their national championship play in Elimination Round 1. The winners of Elimination Round 1 meet teams who took higher place in their national championship in Elimination Round 2. The winners from Elimination Round 2, advance to the group stage (Qualifying Round). After group stage, teams play Quarter Final Round and then Final Four.

Elimination Round 1

In all in Elimination Round 1 12 teams. Each team plays two games (home and away). Winners from Elimination Round 1 advance to Elimination Round 2.

Elimination Round 2

The winners from Elimination Round 1 advance to Elimination Round 2. There also two games (home and away). The winners Elimination Round 2 advance to the group stage (Qualifying Round).

Qualifying Round

The winners of Elimination Round 2 advance to the Qualifying Round (group stage). In all in the group 16 teams. It: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D. The matches plays round-robin competition (home and away). Top two places advance to Quarter Final.

Quarter Final

Top two places of the groups advance to Quarter Final. The Quarter Finals games will be played two game (if need three games). The winners of the Quarter Final Round advance to the Final Four.

Final Four

Winners of the Quarter Final Round advance to the Final Four. It Semi-Finals and Final (including match for third place also). It was held on April 18 and April 20, in Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.

Teams of the 2007–08 EuroCup

Country	Teams	Teams (place in national championship)
Greece	5	PAOK BC (6)	Olympia Larissa (7)	Maroussi (8)	AEK Athens (9)	Olympiada Patras (10)
Russia	4	Lokomotiv (5)	Spartak (8)	CSK VSS Samara (9)	Ural Great (11)
Ukraine	4	Cherkasky (3)	Khimik (4)	BC Dnipro(6)	BC Odessa (9)
Cyprus	3	AEL Limassol (1)	APOEL (2)	Keravnos (4)
Croatia	2	KK Zagreb (3)	Cedevita Zagreb (5)
France	2	Cholet Basket (7)	BCM Gravelines (8)
Romania	2	Elba Timişoara (4)	U Mobitelco Cluj (5)
Belgium	1	Mons-Hainaut (6)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	KK Igokea (3)
Bulgaria	1	Spartak-Pleven (6)
Czech Republic	1	BK Prostějov (3)
Denmark	1	Bakken Bears (1)
Estonia	1	Tartu Ülikool/Rock (1)
Finland	1	Lappeenranta (6)
Georgia	1	Energy Invest (1)
Iceland	1	K.R. Reykjavík (2)
Israel	1	Ironi Nahariya (5)
Latvia	1	Barons LMT (3)
Macedonia	1	BC Strumica 2005 (1)
Netherlands	1	Amsterdam (6)
Slovenia	1	Zlatorog Laško (4)
Sweden	1	Plannja Basket (1)
Turkey	1	Banvit (7)

Preliminary rounds

First elimination round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Energy Invest Rustavi	140–188	MyGuide Amsterdam	77–87	63–101
Dnipro	146–145	Elba Timişoaraa	64–74	71–82
Cedevita	145–147	Strumica	76–72	75–69
Spartak Pleven	147–156	Olympiada Patras	76–71	85–71
Spartak Saint Petersburg	174–162	Odessa	86–76	86–88
Igokea	139–133	Bakken Bears	68–62	71–71

Second elimination round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiada Patras	157–126	Ural Great	66–80	77–60
Spartak Saint Petersburg	146–140	Maroussi	62–65	75–84
Strumica	126–154	Lokomotiv Rostov	57–67	87–69
Igokea	171–179	Khimik	102–80	99–69
Barons LMT	161–160	Iscar Nahariya	81–77	83–80
MyGuide Amsterdam	125–161	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	63–73	62–88
Dnipro	122–168	AEL Limassol	53–64	69–104
Plannja	143–175	CSK VSS Samara	73–91	70–84
KR	162–191	Banvit	79–96	83–95
Zlatorog Laško	146–155	Olympia Larissa	64–72	82–83
Lappeenrannan	173–166	Keravnos	87–71	86–95
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	170–141	Prostějov	94–69	72–76
PAOK	150–139	U Mobitelco	79–74	71–65
AEK Athens	146–160	Cholet	91–82	55–78
Zagreb	185–150	BCM Gravelines	85–62	100–88
APOEL	173–178	Cherkaski Mavpy	90–74	83–104

Group Stage

In all there 4 groups, in each 4 teams. Top 2 best teams in each group advance to Quarter-final playoffs.The matches plays round-robin competition (home and away).

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	6	5	1	481	438	+43
2.	CSK VSS Samara	6	5	1	459	426	+33
3.	Lappeenrannan	6	1	5	483	506	-23
4.	PAOK BC	6	1	5	418	471	-53

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Mons-Hainaut	6	4	2	449	422	+27
2.	Ural Great	6	4	2	461	429	+32
3.	Cherkasky	6	3	3	465	507	-42
4.	Banvit	6	1	5	473	490	-17

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	AEL Limassol	6	4	2	494	455	+39
2.	KK Zagreb	6	4	2	460	461	-1
3.	Olympia Larissa	6	3	3	400	416	-16
4.	Spartak	6	1	5	436	458	-22

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Barons LMT	6	4	2	463	439	+24
2.	Khimik	6	4	2	449	436	+13
3.	Lokomotiv	6	2	4	432	438	-6
4.	Cholet Basket	6	2	4	430	461	-31

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	2–1	Ural Great	78–75	61–68	89–77
Dexia Mons-Hainaut	2–0	CSK VSS Samara	92–66	87–86
AEL Limassol	2–0	Khimik	70–65	87–76
Barons LMT	2–1	Zagreb	67–58	74–80	96–91

Final Four

The Final Four was held in Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.

Bracket

Semi-finals			Finals

April 18, Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	82
Barons LMT	88

			April 20, Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena
			Barons LMT	63
			Mons-Hainaut	62


			Third Place
April 18, Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena		April 20, Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena
Mons-Hainaut	70	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	70
AEL Limassol	55		AEL Limassol	79

Results

Semi-finals

April 18
17:30

Report

Tartu Ülikool/Rock	82–88	Barons LMT
Scoring by quarter: 29-22, 20-18, 15-23, 18-25

Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), David Chambon (FRA)

April 18
20:00

Report

Mons-Hainaut	70–55	AEL Limassol
Scoring by quarter: 21-12, 20-16, 9-13, 20-14

Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas (LTU), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Branislav Mrdak (SRB)

Third Place

April 20
17:30

Report

Tartu Ülikool/Rock	70–79	AEL Limassol
Scoring by quarter: 15-21, 19-20, 20-19, 16-19

Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

Final

April 20
20:00

Report

Barons LMT	63–62	Mons-Hainaut
Scoring by quarter: 23-15, 12-13, 17-21, 11-13

Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Kestutis Pilipauskas (LTU), David Chambon (FRA)

External links

Barons LMT 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup Champions
4 Kravčenko 5 Alexander 6 Rozītis 7 Vaikulis 8 Sirsniņš 9 Gustas 10 Adomaitis 11 Šķēle 12 Batista 13 Brūniņš 14 Bērziņš 15 Hlebowicki
Head coach: Muižnieks

EuroCup 2007–08
Champions	Barons LMT
Runners-up	Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Third place	Proteas EKA AEL
Four place	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Eliminated in quarter-finals	CSK VSS Samara Khimik KK Zagreb Ural Great
Eliminated in Group Stage	Banvit BC Cherkasky Cholet Basket Lappeenrannan Lokomotiv Rostov Olympia Larissa PAOK BC Spartak Saint Petersburg
Eliminated in Round 2	AEK Athens APOEL BC Dnipro BC Strumica BCM Gravelines BK Prostejov Iscar Nahariya K.R. Basket Keravnos KK Igokea Partizan Maroussi My Guide Amsterdam Olympiada Patras Plannja Basket U Mobitelco Cluj Zlatorog Lasko
Eliminated in Round 1	Bakken Bears BC Odessa Cedevita Zagreb Elba Timisoara Energy Invest Rustavi Spartak-Pleven
Group A Group B Group C Group D

FIBA EuroChallenge seasons
Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Final Fours	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2007–08 European international basketball competitions
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