2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Sports season
2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
LeagueFIBA EuroCup Challenge
SportBasketball
Top scorerUnited States LeVar Seals (22.9)
Romania U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca
Finals
ChampionsRussia CSK VVS-Samara
  Runners-upCyprus Keravnos
FIBA EuroCup Challenge seasons

The 2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the fifth edition of Europe's fourth-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs.[1] The season had the participation of 16 teams. The Russian club CSK VVS-Samara won the title, after beating the Cypriot club Keravnos in the Final.

Teams of the 2006-07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Country Teams Clubs
Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 Mlékárna Kunín Prostějov A plus OHL ŽS Brno
Cyprus Cyprus 2 Keravnos Pizza Express Apollon
Iceland Iceland 2 Keflavík Njarðvík
Ukraine Ukraine 2 Dnipro Cherkaski Mavpy
Estonia Estonia 1 Tartu ÜSK Rock
Greece Greece 1 Olympias Patras
Israel Israel 1 Hapoel Galil Elyon
Romania Romania 1 U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca
Russia Russia 1 CSK VVS-Samara
Sweden Sweden 1 Holmen Norrköping
Switzerland Switzerland 1 Boncourt
2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
Russia
CSK VVS-Samara BC
1st title

Regular season

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals
     Eliminated

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Czech Republic Prostějov 6 4 2 506 488 +18 1–1 (+1)
2. Cyprus Pizza Express Apollon 6 4 2 479 477 +2 1–1 (-1)
3. Greece Olympias Patras 6 3 3 473 448 +25
4. Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon 6 1 5 502 547 −45

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Romania U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca 6 4 2 477 494 −17 2–0 (+10)
2. Cyprus Keravnos 6 4 2 522 491 +31 0–2 (-10)
3. Czech Republic A plus OHL ŽS Brno 6 3 3 470 440 +30
4. Switzerland Boncourt 6 1 5 448 492 −44

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Russia CSK VVS-Samara 6 5 1 495 446 +49
2. Ukraine Cherkaski Mavpy 6 4 2 544 518 +26
3. Estonia Tartu ÜSK Rock 6 3 3 508 497 +11
4. Iceland Njarðvík 6 0 6 501 583 −82

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Ukraine Dnipro 6 5 1 495 446 +49
2. Czech Republic Mlékárna Kunín 6 4 2 540 478 +62
3. Sweden Holmen Norrköping 6 2 4 510 549 −39
4. Iceland Keflavík 6 1 5 544 616 −72

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on January 11, 2007. All return legs were played on January 18, 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos Cyprus 166–157 Czech Republic Prostějov 75–76 91–81
Pizza Express Apollon Cyprus 168–146 Romania U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca 82–71 86–75
Mlékárna Kunín Czech Republic 133–165 Russia CSK VVS-Samara 64–84 69–81
Cherkaski Mavpy Ukraine 169–175 Ukraine Dnipro 89–87 80–88

Semifinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on February 28, 2007 and on March 1, 2007. All return legs were played on March 8.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos Cyprus 163–138 Ukraine Dnipro 72–67 91–71
Pizza Express Apollon Cyprus 127–151 Russia CSK VVS-Samara 77–75 50–76

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos Cyprus 166–184 Russia CSK VVS-Samara 85–83 81–101
2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
Russia
CSK VVS-Samara
1st title

Individual statistics

Points

Rank Player Team Total PPG
1 United States LeVar Seals Romania U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca 183 22.9
2 Denmark Thomas Soltau Iceland Keflavík 136 22.6
3 Russia Nikita Shabalkin Russia CSK VVS-Samara 270 22.5
4 United States Jeb Ivey Iceland Njarðvík 127 21.2
5 Iceland Friðrik Stefánsson Iceland Njarðvík 549 16.1

Rebounds

Rank Player Team Total RPG
1 United States Erryol Bing Switzerland Boncourt 78 13.0
2 United States Jonathan Oden Cyprus Pizza Express Apollon 100 10.0
3 Iceland Friðrik Stefánsson Iceland Njarðvík 60 10.0
4 Lithuania Donatas Zavackas Ukraine Dnipro 96 9.6
5 Czech Republic Petr Benda Czech Republic A plus OHL ŽS Brno 549 16.1

Assists

Rank Player Team Total APG
1 United States Omar Cook Russia CSK VVS Samara 80 6.7
2 Croatia Ivan Tomeljak Cyprus Pizza Express Apollon 49 4.9
3 Georgia (country) George Tsintsadze Estonia Tartu ÜSK Rock 29 4.8
4 Estonia Tanel Tein Estonia Tartu ÜSK Rock 26 4.3
5 Czech Republic Stepán Vrubl Czech Republic A plus OHL ŽS Brno 25 4.2

References

  1. ^ ["FIBA Europe". Archived from the original on 2004-08-24.{5179A822-D4B1-4476-AD04-EDBC445D6DC6}&compID={0D93D753-CAD5-4604-A251-1402A6361BF3}]