Eurocup Basketball
The Eurocup ( 2002-2008 ULEB Cup ) has made a transmitted under the umbrella of the ULEB competition for European club basketball teams of men. He is the second most important of all competitions under the discharged annually Basketball European Cup after the ULEB Euro League and before the Euro Challenge of FIBA Europe.
History
Once discharged from the FIBA Europe Cup competitions, the Korać Cup and Saporta Cup, were set in 2002, founded the ULEB for season 2002/ 03 the ULEB Cup, which was the second most important European Cup in basketball from then and still is.
The first club, who secured the trophy, was the Spanish representative Pamesa Valencia. The game mode and the number of participants changed continuously over the years. In the 2007 /08 season, the ULEB increased the number of participating clubs to 54, which led to large discrepancies with FIBA , which ceased EuroCup Challenge then.
2008, the competition was renamed the Eurocup and permanently limited to 32 teams, as the achievement gap in the tournament had been too great before the ULEB decided from the 2013/14 season the tournament with 48 clubs unsubscribe.
Current game mode
The Eurocup is played wiefolgt from the 2013/14 season:
Historic game modes
As the number and composition of the participants in the game mode in the history of the competition has changed continuously.
In the first season the group stage was played six teams in four groups, each of which four have qualified for the next round, in the eighth, quarter and semi-finals and the final of the knockout system in return game ( Heim-/Auswärtsspiel ) were played. In the season 2003/ 04 on the mode has been largely retained. Only the final was centrally held in Charleroi, where it took place in the following three years.
In the 2007 /08 Eurocup season major changes to the group stage were made. This was held in nine groups of six teams, with the top three in each group and the five best Fourth group qualified for the newly introduced sixteenth - finals, followed by the second round. The eight winners of the second round qualified for a Final Eight tournament in Turin, in the quarter and semi-finals and the final was played in single knockout games in four days. The following year, the number of participants was reduced again. It played eight groups of four teams, the two best teams to have qualified for the knockout stages. The winners from this played again in the Final Eight in Turin the winner.
Between the 2009/10 season and the 2012/13 season, 32 teams played constantly in the EuroCup, except the 2012/13 ( a Final game ) with a Final Four was completed.
Playoffs
* The " Most Valuable Player " (MVP) in each case was a member of the winning team of the " Final Four " tournament, the final series or the final game.
Statistics
- State of Statistics: March 26, 2014
* A semi-final when Serbia and Montenegro