The FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the 4th-tier level (it was the 3rd-tier level during the inaugural 2002–03 season), transnational professional continental club

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competition in Europe. It was run and organized by

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. The league was founded in 2002, and ceased in 2007. Each season's finalists were promoted to the next season's more prestigious 3rd-tier level competition, the

FIBA EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

History

The competition was played during the 2002–03 to 2006–07 seasons. It was variously known as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup (2002–03), the FIBA Europe Cup (2003–05), and the FIBA EuroCup Challenge (2005–07).

Names of the competition

* FIBA Europe Champions Cup: (2002–2003) * FIBA Europe Cup: (2003–2005) * FIBA EuroCup Challenge: (2005–2007)

The finals

Finals MVP

Titles by club

Winning rosters

FIBA Europe Champions Cup: * 2002–03 Aris Willie Solomon, Ryan Stack, Ivan Grgat, Fedor Likholitov, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Ioannis Lappas, Ioannis Gagaloudis, Dimitar Angelov,

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, Dimitrios Charitopoulos, Nikos Orfanos, Kostas Kakaroudis, Dimitris Merachtsakis (

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: Vangelis Alexandris) FIBA Europe Cup: * 2003–04 Mitteldeutscher

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, Paul Burke,

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, Misan Nikagbatse, Sebastian Machowski, Stephen Arigbabu,

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, Per Ringstrom, Chauncey Leslie, Peter Fehse, Paul Bayer,

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) * 2004–05 Asesoft Ploiești Cătălin Burlacu, Ivan Krasic, Nikola Bulatović,

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, Paul Helcioiu, Marko Rakočević, Rares Apostol, Antonio Alexe, Levente Szijarto, Predrag Materić, Nicolae Toader,

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, Adrian Blidaru, Saša Ocokoljić (

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, Terrell Lyday, Vasily Karasev,

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, Jasmin Hukić,

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, Andrei Trushkin, Egor Vyaltsev, Vadim Panin, Evgeni Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Dedushkin, Arseni Kuchinsky, Vyacheslav Shushakov,

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(

: Sharon Drucker) * 2006–07 CSK VVS Samara

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, Georgios Diamantopoulos, Kelvin Gibbs, Evgeni Voronov, Pavel Agapov, Gennadi Zelenskiy, Yaroslav Strelkin,

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, Pavel Ulyanko, Taras Osipov,

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, Alexei Kiryanov, Valeri Likhodey (

: Valeri Tikhonenko)

External links

FIBA EuroCup Challenge Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:FIBA Eurocup Challenge International club basketball competitions Defunct basketball cup competitions in Europe 2002 establishments in Europe 2007 disestablishments in Europe Recurring sporting events established in 2002 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007