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{{Short description|International club basketball competition}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title          = EuroChallenge
| current_season =   
| logo           = FIBA EuroChallenge logo.png
| pixels         = 250
| caption        = Primary logo (2013–2015)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_s-UpOfA-I7ki4E0Tw3qmM3.coid_JGbQBI6cIvU8eT1aIOLuO0.articleMode_on.html | title=EuroChallenge Logo Unveiled &#124; FIBA Europe }}</ref>
| formerly       = FIBA Europe League <br /> (2003–2005)<br />FIBA EuroCup <br /> (2005–2008)
| sport          = Basketball
| founded        = 2003
| folded         = 2015
| replaced       = [[FIBA Europe Cup]]
| fame           = 
| motto          = We Are Basketball
| teams          = 32
| promotion      = [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] (finalists)
| relegation     = 
| levels         = 3 (2004–15)
| pyramid        = European professional club basketball system
| domestic_cup   = 
| continent      = {{flagicon|EUR}} [[FIBA Europe]] ([[Europe]])
| country        = [[FIBA Europe]] member associations
| champion       = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[JSF Nanterre|Nanterre]] <br /> (1st title)
| most_champs    = 12 teams <br /> (1 title each)
| website        = [http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/ EuroChallenge]
| singles        = 
| ceo            = 
| TV             = 
}}

'''FIBA EuroChallenge''' (called the '''FIBA Europe League''' in 2003–05, and '''FIBA EuroCup''' in 2005–08)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/33556/448/item |title=ULEB, FIBA Europe announce new competitions names, formats – News – Welcome to Eurocup.<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722223920/http://www.ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/33556/448/item |archive-date=2008-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was the [[European professional club basketball system|3rd-tier]] continental club [[basketball]] competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run by [[FIBA Europe]]. It is not to be confused with the [[FIBA EuroCup Challenge]] – the defunct 4th-tier competition, which was also organized and run by FIBA Europe, played between 2002–03 and 2006–07. In 2015, FIBA dissolved the EuroChallenge, in order to start the [[Basketball Champions League]] (BCL) and [[FIBA Europe Cup]] (FEC), in order to extend opportunities outside the competitions organized by the [[Euroleague Basketball]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-board-pushes-ahead-with-attractive-club-competitions-model1| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180310012520/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-board-pushes-ahead-with-attractive-club-competitions-model1| url-status = live| archive-date = March 10, 2018| title = FIBA Europe Board pushes ahead with attractive club competitions model - FIBA.basketball}} </ref>

==History==
The competition was created in 2003, following the defections of most of the top European basketball teams from the former [[FIBA SuproLeague]], which heralded the formation of the new version of the [[EuroLeague|Turkish Airlines EuroLeague]], under the umbrella of [[Euroleague Basketball (company)|Euroleague Basketball]]. FIBA was aiming to create a competition similar to the former [[Suproleague]] to rival the [[Euroleague]]. From the [[2004–05 FIBA Europe League|2004–05 season]] and after FIBA sanctioned the [[Euroleague]] and the [[ULEB Cup]], the EuroChallenge was considered to be the 3rd strongest international professional basketball competition for men's clubs in Europe, after both the [[EuroLeague|Turkish Airlines EuroLeague]] and the [[ULEB Eurocup|EuroCup]] (both of which fall under the supervision of [[Euroleague Basketball (company)|Euroleague Basketball]]). Though, during the first two seasons of the competition's coexistence with the [[ULEB Eurocup|EuroCup]], the EuroChallenge (under the name FIBA Europe League) was favored by Italian, Russian and Greek teams, making both competitions quite comparable in strength.

Since the 2007-08 and following am agreement between [[ULEB]] and FIBA the two EuroChallenge finalists were [[promotion and relegation|promoted]] to the next season's [[European professional club basketball system|2nd tier level]], the [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] competition.

In 2015, [[FIBA Europe]] dissolved the EuroChallenge, to start a new self-anointed second-tier competition, called the [[Basketball Champions League]] (BCL), in an attempt to compete with the [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-board-pushes-ahead-with-attractive-club-competitions-model1| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180310012520/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-board-pushes-ahead-with-attractive-club-competitions-model1| url-status = live| archive-date = March 10, 2018| title = FIBA Europe Board pushes ahead with attractive club competitions model - FIBA.basketball}} </ref>

==Final Fours==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"|Year
| style="width:1%;" rowspan="14"|
!colspan=3|Final
| style="width:1%;" rowspan="14"|
!colspan=3|Semifinalists
|-
!width=15%|Champion
!width=10%|Score
!width=15%|Second place
!width=15%|Third place
!width=10%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth place
|-
|2003–04<br />''[[2003–04 FIBA Europe League|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC UNICS|UNICS]]
|87–63
|{{flagicon|GRE|size=30px}} <br /> [[Maroussi B.C.|Maroussi TIM]]
|{{flagicon|ISR|size=30px}} <br /> [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|112–104
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[PBC Ural Great Perm|Ural Great Perm]]
|-
|2004–05<br />''[[2004–05 FIBA Europe League|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dynamo Saint Petersburg]]
|85–74
|{{flagicon|UKR|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Kyiv|Kyiv]]
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Khimki|Khimki]]
|86–79
|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}} <br /> [[Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball|Fenerbahçe]]
|-
|2005–06<br />''[[2005–06 FIBA EuroCup|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ESP|size=30px}} <br /> [[Club Joventut Badalona|DKV Joventut]]
|88–63
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Khimki|Khimki]]
|{{flagicon|UKR|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Kyiv|Kyiv]]
|83–81
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dynamo Saint Petersburg]]
|-
|2006–07<br />''[[2006–07 FIBA EuroCup|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ESP|size=30px}} <br /> [[CB Sant Josep|Akasvayu Girona]]
|79–72
|{{flagicon|UKR|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Azovmash|Azovmash]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}} <br /> [[Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna|VidiVici Bologna]]
|82–60
|{{flagicon|ESP|size=30px}} <br /> [[CB Estudiantes|MMT Estudiantes]]
|-
|2007–08<br />''[[2007–08 FIBA EuroCup|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|LAT|size=30px}} <br /> [[Barons LMT]]
|63–62
|{{flagicon|BEL|size=30px}} <br /> [[Dexia Mons-Hainaut]]
|{{flagicon|CYP|size=30px}} <br /> [[AEL Limassol (basketball)|Proteas EKA AEL]]
|79–70
|{{flagicon|EST|size=30px}} <br /> [[Tartu Ülikool Korvpallimeeskond|Tartu Ülikool Rock]]
|-
|2008–09<br />''[[2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}} <br /> [[Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna|Virtus BolognaFiere]]
|77–75
|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}} <br /> [[Cholet Basket|Cholet]]
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Triumph Lyubertsy|Triumph Lyubertsy]]
|94–82
|{{flagicon|CYP|size=30px}} <br /> [[AEL Limassol (basketball)|Proteas EKA AEL]]
|-
|2009–10<br />''[[2009–10 FIBA EuroChallenge|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|GER|size=30px}} <br /> [[BG Göttingen|Göttingen]]
|83–75
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Krasnye Krylia|Krasnye Krylia]]
|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}} <br /> [[Chorale Roanne Basket|Chorale Roanne]]
|86–80
|{{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}} <br /> [[U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro|Scavolini Spar Pesaro]]
|-
|2010–11<br />''[[2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|SLO|size=30px}} <br /> [[KK Krka|Krka]]
|83–77
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[PBC Lokomotiv Kuban|Lokomotiv Kuban]]
|{{flagicon|BEL|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Oostende|Telenet Oostende]] 
|94–92
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Spartak Saint Petersburg|Spartak Saint Petersburg]]
|-
|2011–12<br />''[[2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}} <br /> [[Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)|Beşiktaş Milangaz]]
|91–86
|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}} <br /> [[Élan Sportif Chalonnais|Élan Chalon]]
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Triumph Lyubertsy|Triumph Lyubertsy]]
|94–87
|{{flagicon|HUN|size=30px}} <br /> [[Szolnoki Olaj KK|Szolnoki Olaj]]
|-
|2012–13<br />''[[2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Krasnye Krylia|Krasnye Krylia]]
|77–76
|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}} <br /> [[Karşıyaka Basket|Pinar Karşıyaka]]
|{{flagicon|GER|size=30px}} <br /> [[EWE Baskets Oldenburg|EWE Baskets]]
|84–76
|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}} <br /> [[BCM Gravelines|Gravelines]]
|-
|2013–14<br />''[[2013–14 FIBA EuroChallenge|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}} <br /> [[Pallacanestro Reggiana|Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia]] 
|79–65
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> [[BC Triumph Lyubertsy|Triumph Lyubertsy]]
|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}} <br /> [[Gaziantep Basketbol|Gaziantep Royal Halı]]
|87–75 {{small|([[Overtime (basketball)|OT]])}}
|{{flagicon|HUN|size=30px}} <br /> [[Szolnoki Olaj KK|Szolnoki Olaj]]
|-
|2014–15<br />''[[2014–15 EuroChallenge|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}} <br /> [[Nanterre 92|JSF Nanterre]]
|64–63
|{{flagicon|TUR|size=30px}} <br /> [[Trabzonspor Basketball|Trabzonspor Medical Park]]
|{{flagicon|ROU|size=30px}} <br /> [[CS Energia|Energia Târgu Jiu]]
|83–80
|{{flagicon|GER|size=30px}} <br /> [[Skyliners Frankfurt|Fraport Skyliners]]
|}

== Finals/Final Four MVP award winners (2004–2015) ==
{{main|FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Season !! MVP 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2003–04 FIBA Europe League|2003–04]] || {{flagicon|EST}} [[Martin Müürsepp]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2004–05 FIBA Europe League|2004–05]] || {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Kelly McCarty]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2005–06 FIBA EuroCup|2005–06]] || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rudy Fernández (basketball)|Rudy Fernández]]  
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2006–07 FIBA EuroCup|2006–07]] || {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Ariel McDonald]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2007–08 FIBA EuroCup|2007–08]] || {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Giedrius Gustas]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge|2008–09]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Keith Langford]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2009–10 FIBA EuroChallenge|2009–10]] || {{flagicon|Montenegro}} [[Taylor Rochestie]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge|2010–11]] || {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Goran Ikonić]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge|2011–12]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Pops Mensah-Bonsu]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge|2012–13]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tre Simmons]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2013–14 FIBA EuroChallenge|2013–14]] || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Cinciarini]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[2014–15 FIBA EuroChallenge|2014–15]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamal Shuler]] 
|}

==Records and statistics==

===Performances by club===
[[File:Кубок Вызова по баскетболу 2012-2013.jpg|thumb|The 2013 EuroChallenge trophy, which was won by [[BC Krasnye Krylia|Krasnye Krylya]].]]

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Performance in the FIBA EuroChallenge by club
|-
!scope=col|Club
!scope=col|Won
!scope=col|Runner-up
!scope=col|Years won
!scope=col|Years runner-up
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[BC Krasnye Krylia|Krasnye Krylia Samara]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|1
| [[2012–13 EuroChallenge|2013]]
| [[2009–10 FIBA EuroChallenge|2010]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[JSF Nanterre|Nanterre]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2014–15 FIBA EuroChallenge|2015]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pallacanestro Reggiana]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2013–14 FIBA EuroChallenge|2014]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge|2012]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|SLO}} [[KK Krka|Krka Novo mesto]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge|2011]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|GER}} [[BG Göttingen]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2009–10 FIBA EuroChallenge|2010]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna|Virtus Bologna]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge|2009]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Barons LMT]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2007–08 FIBA EuroCup|2008]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[CB Girona|Girona]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2006–07 FIBA EuroCup|2007]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Joventut Badalona]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2005–06 FIBA EuroCup|2006]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dyanmo Saint Petersburg]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2004–05 FIBA Europe League|2005]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[BC UNICS|UNICS Kazan]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| [[2003–04 FIBA Europe League|2004]]
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Maroussi B.C.|Maroussi]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2003–04 FIBA Europe League|2004]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[BC Kyiv|Kyiv]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2004–05 FIBA Europe League|2005]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[BC Khimki|Khimki]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2005–06 FIBA EuroCup|2006]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[BC Azovmash|Azovmash]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2006–07 FIBA EuroCup|2007]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Dexia Mons-Hainaut]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2007–08 FIBA EuroCup|2008]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cholet Basket|Cholet]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge|2009]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Lokomotiv Kuban]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge|2011]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Élan Chalon]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge|2012]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Pınar Karşıyaka]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2012–13 EuroChallenge|2013]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[BC Triumph Lyubertsy|Triumph Lyubertsy]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2013–14 EuroChallenge|2014]]
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Trabzonspor Basketball|Trabzonspor]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| [[2014–15 FIBA EuroChallenge|2015]]
|-
! Total !! 12 !! 12 !! !!
|}

===Performances by country===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Performance in the FIBA EuroChallenge by country
|-
!scope=col|Country
!scope=col|Won
!scope=col|Runner-up
!scope=col|Winning clubs
!scope=col|Runners-up
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]]
| align=center|3
| align=center|4
| <small>[[BC Krasnye Krylia|Krasnye Krylia Samara]] (1), [[BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg]] (1), [[UNICS Kazan]] (1) </small>
| <small>[[BC Krasnye Krylia|Krasnye Krylia Samara]] (1), [[Lokomotiv Kuban]] (1), [[BC Khimki]] (1), [[BC Triumph Lyubertsy|Triumph Lyubertsy]] (1)</small>
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy]]
| align=center|2
| align=center|0
| <small>[[Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna|Virtus Bologna]] (1), [[Pallacanestro Reggiana]] (1) </small>
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain]]
| align=center|2
| align=center|0
| <small>[[CB Girona]] (1), [[Joventut Badalona]] (1) </small>
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|2
| <small>[[JSF Nanterre]] (1)</small>
| <small>[[Élan Chalon]] (1), [[Cholet Basket]] (1)</small>
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Turkey]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|2
| <small>[[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]] (1) </small>
| <small>[[Pınar Karşıyaka]] (1), [[Trabzonspor Basketball|Trabzonspor]] (1)</small>
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| <small>[[BG Göttingen]] (1) </small>
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Latvia]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| <small>[[Barons LMT]] (1) </small>
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Slovenia]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| <small>[[KK Krka]] (1) </small>
| –
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ukraine]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|2
| –
| <small>[[BC Kyiv]] (1), [[BC Azovmash]] (1)</small>

|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Greece]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| <small>[[Maroussi B.C.]] (1)</small>
|-
!scope=row|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Belgium]]
| align=center|0
| align=center|1
| –
| <small>[[Dexia Mons-Hainaut]] (1)</small>
|-
! Total !! 12 !! 12 !! !!
|}

===Individual records and statistical leaders===
{{main|FIBA EuroChallenge individual records}}
{{main|FIBA EuroChallenge individual statistics}}

==All-Star Game==
{{main|FIBA EuroChallenge All-Star Day}}

==Winning rosters==

===FIBA Europe League===
{{BC UNICS 2003–04 FIBA Europe League champions}}
{{BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg 2004–05 FIBA Europe League champions}}

===FIBA EuroCup===
{{Joventut Badalona 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup champions}}
{{Akasvayu Girona 2006–07 FIBA EuroCup champions}}
{{BK Barons 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup champions}}

===FIBA EuroChallenge===
{{Virtus Bologna 2008–09 EuroChallenge champions}}
{{BG Göttingen 2009–10 EuroChallenge champions}}
{{KK Krka 2010–11 EuroChallenge champions}}
{{Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball) 2011–12 EuroChallenge champions}}
{{BC Krasnye Krylia 2012–13 EuroChallenge champions}}
{{Pallacanestro Reggiana 2013–14 EuroChallenge champions}}
{{JSF Nanterre 2014–15 EuroChallenge champions}}

==See also==
*[[2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup|FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup]]
*[[FIBA Europe Conference North]]
*[[FIBA Europe Conference South]]

== References and notes ==
<references/>

== External links ==
* [http://www.fibaeurope.com/EuroChallenge/ FIBA EuroChallenge official website]

{{EuroChallenge seasons}}
{{EuroChallenge Final Four MVP}}
{{Basketball in Europe}}
{{Men's professional basketball leagues}}
{{European basketball cups}}

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