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| Formerly | FIBA Europe League (2003–2005) FIBA EuroCup (2005–2008) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Ceased | 2015 |
| Replaced by | FIBA Europe Cup |
| Motto | We Are Basketball |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Country | FIBA Europe member associations |
| Continent |  FIBA Europe (Europe) |
| Last champion(s) |  Nanterre(1st title) |
| Most titles | 12 teams (1 title each) |
| Level onpyramid | 3 (2004–15) |
| Promotion to | EuroCup (finalists) |
| Official website | EuroChallenge |
FIBA EuroChallenge (called theFIBA Europe League in 2003–05, andFIBA EuroCup in 2005–08)[2] was the3rd-tier continental clubbasketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run byFIBA Europe. It is not to be confused with theFIBA 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 theBasketball Champions League (BCL) andFIBA Europe Cup (FEC), in order to extend opportunities outside the competitions organized by theEuroleague Basketball.[3]
The competition was created in 2003, following the defections of most of the top European basketball teams from the formerFIBA SuproLeague, which heralded the formation of the new version of theTurkish Airlines EuroLeague, under the umbrella ofEuroleague Basketball. FIBA was aiming to create a competition similar to the formerSuproleague to rival theEuroleague. From the2004–05 season and after FIBA sanctioned theEuroleague and theULEB Cup, the EuroChallenge was considered to be the 3rd strongest international professional basketball competition for men's clubs in Europe, after both theTurkish Airlines EuroLeague and theEuroCup (both of which fall under the supervision ofEuroleague Basketball). Though, during the first two seasons of the competition's coexistence with theEuroCup, 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 betweenULEB and FIBA the two EuroChallenge finalists werepromoted to the next season's2nd tier level, theEuroCup competition.
In 2015,FIBA Europe dissolved the EuroChallenge, to start a new self-anointed second-tier competition, called theBasketball Champions League (BCL), in an attempt to compete with theEuroCup.[4]
| Club | Won | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Krasnye Krylia Samara | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2010 |
| Nanterre | 1 | 0 | 2015 | – |
 Pallacanestro Reggiana | 1 | 0 | 2014 | – |
 Beşiktaş | 1 | 0 | 2012 | – |
 Krka Novo mesto | 1 | 0 | 2011 | – |
 BG Göttingen | 1 | 0 | 2010 | – |
| Virtus Bologna | 1 | 0 | 2009 | – |
 Barons LMT | 1 | 0 | 2008 | – |
 Girona | 1 | 0 | 2007 | – |
| Joventut Badalona | 1 | 0 | 2006 | – |
| Dyanmo Saint Petersburg | 1 | 0 | 2005 | – |
| UNICS Kazan | 1 | 0 | 2004 | – |
 Maroussi | 0 | 1 | – | 2004 |
 Kyiv | 0 | 1 | – | 2005 |
| Khimki | 0 | 1 | – | 2006 |
| Azovmash | 0 | 1 | – | 2007 |
 Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 0 | 1 | – | 2008 |
| Cholet | 0 | 1 | – | 2009 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 0 | 1 | – | 2011 |
| Élan Chalon | 0 | 1 | – | 2012 |
| Pınar Karşıyaka | 0 | 1 | – | 2013 |
| Triumph Lyubertsy | 0 | 1 | – | 2014 |
| Trabzonspor | 0 | 1 | – | 2015 |
| Total | 12 | 12 |
| Country | Won | Runner-up | Winning clubs | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 3 | 4 | Krasnye Krylia Samara (1),BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg (1),UNICS Kazan (1) | Krasnye Krylia Samara (1),Lokomotiv Kuban (1),BC Khimki (1),Triumph Lyubertsy (1) |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | Virtus Bologna (1),Pallacanestro Reggiana (1) | – |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | CB Girona (1),Joventut Badalona (1) | – |
| France | 1 | 2 | JSF Nanterre (1) | Élan Chalon (1),Cholet Basket (1) |
| Turkey | 1 | 2 | Beşiktaş (1) | Pınar Karşıyaka (1),Trabzonspor (1) |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | BG Göttingen (1) | – |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | Barons LMT (1) | – |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | KK Krka (1) | – |
| Ukraine | 0 | 2 | – | BC Kyiv (1),BC Azovmash (1) |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | – | Maroussi B.C. (1) |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | – | Dexia Mons-Hainaut (1) |
| Total | 12 | 12 |
