EuroCup Challenge
| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Motto | We Are Basketball |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country(ies) | FIBA Europe members |
| Continent |  Europe |
| Ceased | 2007 |
| Last champion(s) |  CSK VVS Samara(1st title) |
| Most titles |  Aris BSA Thessaloniki Mitteldeutscher CSU Asesoft Ploiesti Ural Great Perm CSK VVS Samara(1 title each) |
| Official website | FIBA Europe EuroChallenge |
The EuroCup Challenge was the 4th tier level transnational professional club basketball competition in Europe. It was run and organized by FIBA Europe.
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[edit] Promotion to FIBA EuroCup
Each season's finalists were promoted to the next season's more prestigious 3rd tier level competition, the FIBA EuroCup.
[edit] 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).
[edit] Champions
| Season | Final Venue | Final | ||||
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| Champion | Result | Runner-Up | Final MVP | |||
| 2002-03 | Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki | Aris BSA Thessaloniki |
84 - 83 |  Prokom Trefl Sopot |
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| 2003-04 | Atatürk Sport Hall, İzmir | Mitteldeutscher |
84 - 68 |  JDA Dijon |
 Marijonas Petravičius |
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| 2004-05 | Sala Sporturilor Olimpia, Ploieşti | CSU Asesoft Ploiesti |
75 - 74 | Lokomotiv Rostov |
 Vladimir Kuzmanović |
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| 2005-06 | FSC Olyimp, Yuzhny Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm |
Ural Great Perm |
80 - 67 / 74 - 80 |  Khimik Yuzhny |
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| 2006-07 | Keravnos Arena, Nicosia Sport CSK VSS, Samara |
CSK VSS Samara |
83 - 85 / 101 - 81 |  Keravnos |
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[edit] Winning rosters
FIBA Europe Champions Cup:
2002-03 Aris Thessaloniki (Greece):
Willie Solomon, Ryan Stack, Ivan Grgat, Fedor Likholitov, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Ioannis Lappas, Giannis Gagaloudis, Dimitar Angelov, Miroslav Raičević, Dimitris Charitopoulos, Nikos Orfanos, Kostas Kakaroudis, Dimitris Merachtsakis (Head Coach: Vangelis Alexandris)
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 (Head Coach: Henrik Dettmann)
2004-05 CSU Asesoft Ploiesti (Romania):
Catalin Burlacu, Ivan Krasic, Nikola Bulatović, Vladimir Kuzmanović, Paul Helcioiu, Marko Rakočević, Rares Apostol, Antonio Alexe, Levente Szijarto, Predrag Materić, Nicolae Toader, Marko Peković, Adrian Blidaru, Saša Ocokoljić (Head Coach: Mladjen Jojic)
FIBA EuroCup Challenge:
2005-06 Ural Great Perm (Russia):
Derrick Alston, Terrell Lyday, Vasili Karasev, Jurica Golemac, Jasmin Hukić, Andre Hutson, Andrei Trushkin, Egor Vyaltsev, Vadim Panin, Evgeni Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Dedushkin, Arseni Kuchinsky, Vyacheslav Shushakov, Artem Kuzyakin (Head 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 (Head Coach: Valeri Tikhonenko)
[edit] External links
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