2007–08 FIBA EuroCup

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.

FIBA EuroCup
Season	2007–08
Number of teams	32
Finals
Champions	Barons LMT (1st title)
Runners-up	Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Third place	AEL Limassol
Fourth place	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Final Four MVP	Giedrius Gustas
Statistical leaders
Points Adrian Henning 20.6 Rebounds Kenny Adeleke 11.0 Assists Jakov Vladović 6.8
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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 rounds

In all in elimination round 1, 12 teams. Each team plays two games (home and away). The winners from elimination round 1 advance to elimination round 2. There also two games (home and away). The winners of elimination round 2 advance to the group stage (the qualifying round).

Qualifying round

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 the quarter-final.

Quarter-final

Top two places of the groups advance to quarter-finals. The quarter-final games will be played two game (if need three games). The winners of the quarter-final round advance to the Final Four.

Final Four

The Final Four matches include the semi-finals and final, and the match for third place. It was held on April 18 and April 20, in Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: title holders;):

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
• CW: Cup winners

PAOK (6th)	Lokomotiv Rostov (5th)	Zagreb (3rd)	Cholet (7th)
Olympia Larissa (7th)	Spartak Saint Petersburg (8th)	Cedevita Zagreb (5th)	BCM Gravelines (8th)
Maroussi (8th)	CSK VSS-Samara (9th)	Elba Timişoara (4th)	Dexia Mons-Hainaut (6th)
AEK Athens (9th)	Ural Great (10th)	U Mobitelco Cluj (5th)	Igokea (3rd)
Olympiada Patras (10th)	Cherkaski Mavpy (3rd)	Spartak Pleven (6th)	Prostějov (3rd)
Proteas EKA AEL (1st)	Khimik (4th)	Bakken Bears (1st)	Tartu Rock (1st)
APOEL (2nd)	Dnipro (6th)	Lappeenranta (6th)	Energy Invest Rustavi (1st)
Keravnos (3rd)	Odessa (9th)	KR (2nd)	Ironi Nahariya (5th)
Strumica 2005 (1st)	Barons/LMT (3rd)	Banvit (7th)	Plannja (1st)
MyGuide Amsterdam (6th)	Zlatorog Laško (4th)

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 Timişoara	64–74	82–71
Cedevita Zagreb	145–147	Strumica 2005	76–72	69–75
Spartak Pleven	147–156	Olympiada Patras	76–71	71–85
Spartak Saint Petersburg	174–162	Odessa	86–76	88–86
Igokea	139–133	Bakken Bears	68–62	71–71

Second elimination round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiada Patras	126–157	Ural Great	66–80	60–77
Spartak Saint Petersburg	146–140	Maroussi	62–65	84–75
Strumica	126–154	Lokomotiv Rostov	57–67	69–87
Igokea	171–179	Khimik	102–80	69–99
Barons LMT	161–160	Ironi Nahariya	81–77	80–83
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
Lappeenranta	173–166	Keravnos	87–71	86–95
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	170–141	Prostějov	94–69	76–72
PAOK	150–139	U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca	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

Qualifying round

A total number of sixteen teams participated in the qualifying round. They were divided over four groups of in each four teams. The top two teams in each group advance to quarter-final playoffs. The matches were played in a round-robin competition.

Group A

Main article: EuroCup 2007–08 Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TAR	SAM	LAP	PAOK
1	Tartu University Rock	6	5	1	481	438	+43	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	77–57	78–72	90–80
2	CSK VSS-Samara	6	5	1	459	426	+33	11			77–65	—	94–82	80–61
3	Lappeenranta	6	1	5	483	506	−23	7			94–102	76–78	—	83–74
4	PAOK Marfin	6	1	5	418	471	−53	7			58–69	65–73	80–76	—

Source: EuroCup

Group B

Main article: EuroCup 2007–08 Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MON	URA	MAV	BAN
1	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6	4	2	449	422	+27	10	Advance to quarter-finals		—	81–60	72–67	85–81
2	Ural Great	6	4	2	461	429	+32	10			60–58	—	93–73	77–74
3	Cherkaski Mavpy	6	3	3	465	507	−42	9			76–72	72–101	—	87–81
4	Banvit	6	1	5	473	490	−17	7			78–81	71–70	88–90	—

Source: EuroCup

Group C

Main article: EuroCup 2007–08 Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AEL	ZAG	OLY	SPA
1	Proteas EKA AEL	6	4	2	494	455	+39	10	Advance to quarter-finals		—	103–80	91–71	72–71
2	Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje	6	4	2	460	461	−1	10			82–77	—	63–58	80–76
3	Olympia Larissa	6	3	3	400	416	−16	9			74–70	64–63	—	58–63
4	Spartak Saint Petersburg	6	1	5	436	458	−22	7			77–81	83–92	66–75	—

Source: EuroCup

Group D

Main article: EuroCup 2007–08 Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	KHI	LOK	CHO
1	Barons LMT	6	4	2	463	439	+24	10	Advance to quarter-finals		—	78–84	87–75	76–66
2	Khimik	6	4	2	449	436	+13	10			65–71	—	78–62	75–72
3	Lokomotiv Rostov	6	2	4	423	438	−15	8			69–73	76–65	—	84–64
4	Cholet	6	2	4	430	461	−31	8			80–78	77–82	71–66	—

Source: EuroCup

Quarter-finals

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

Final Four

The Final Four was held from 18 until 20 April 2008 in Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 April
	Tartu University Rock	82
					20 April
	Barons LMT	88
					Barons LMT	63
	18 April
					Dexia Mons-Hainaut	62
	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	70
	Proteas EKA AEL	55
					Third place
					20 April
					Tartu University Rock	70
					Proteas EKA AEL	79

External links

• Official site