FIBA Europe Cup

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Not to be confused with FIBA EuroCup Challenge, the defunct fourth-tier level competition.
FIBA Europe Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup
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Sport Basketball
Founded 30 June 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-30)
Inaugural season 2015–16
No. of teams 56 (from 32 countries)
Confederation FIBA Europe
Most recent champion(s) Germany Fraport Skyliners
(1st title)
Level on pyramid 3rd Tier on European Pyramid
Official website Official website

FIBA Europe Cup is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. Established in 2015, it is organized by FIBA Europe and has the aim to take the place of Eurocup (organised by Euroleague Basketball) as the second-tier competition in Europe, as FIBA requests the National Federations to commit to register their teams in this competition.

History

On June 30, 2015, FIBA announced it would start a new league to compete with Euroleague Basketball's Eurocup.[1] The new competition, that replaced EuroChallenge, was supposed to be open for up to 100 teams to enter.[1]

The first FIBA Europe Cup game was played on October 21, 2015, when Donar Groningen beat Egis Körmend 78–71.

Format

In the Regular season, all teams are divided in groups of four. The best two of each group, along with the best third-placed teams, advance to the Round of 32. In the Round of 32 all teams will once again play in groups of four, starting from the Round of 16 a knock-out tournament is played, concluding with a Final Four.

Champions

Year Host nation Final Third place
Champion Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
2016
Details		 France
Chalon-sur-Saône		 Germany
Skyliners (Fraport)		 66–62 Italy
Varese (Openjobmetis)		 France
Élan Chalon		 103–72 Russia
Enisey

Winning rosters

Final Four MVP's

Each year, the best player of the Final Four wins the FIBA Europe Cup Final Four MVP Award. Quantez Robertson was the first winner in 2016.

FIBA Europe Cup Final Four MVP winners
Season Player Nationality Club Ref(s)
2015–16 Quantez Robertson United States Fraport Skyliners [2]

See also

References

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External links

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