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Founded | 30 June 2015 |
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First season | 2015–16 |
Region | Europe |
Confederation | FIBA Europe |
Number of teams | 32 (regular season) 48 (total) |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | Champions League |
Current champions | ![]() (1st title) |
Most championships | 6 teams (1 title) |
TV partners | YouTube (live streaming) |
Website | FIBA.basketball/europecup |
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The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) [1] is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions, although this is not the sole deciding factor.
The league was founded in 2015 as a replacement of the FIBA EuroChallenge.
On June 30, 2015, FIBA announced it would start a new league to compete with Euroleague Basketball's EuroCup. [2] The new competition, which replaced EuroChallenge, was supposed to be open for up to 100 teams to enter. [2]
The first FIBA Europe Cup game was played on October 21, 2015, when Donar Groningen beat Egis Körmend 78–71. In the 2016–17 season, FIBA started the Basketball Champions League and since then teams from the Champions League can be transferred to the Europe Cup through their position.
The tournament proper begins with a regular season of 32 teams, divided into eight groups. Seeding is used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst teams from the same country may not be drawn into groups together. Each team meets the others in its group in home and away games, in a round-robin format. The winning team and runner-up from each group then progress to the second round with 16 teams divided into four groups. Each team meets the others in its group in home and away games, in a round-robin format. [3]
For the play-offs, the winning team and runner-up from each group join them and play a two-legged format. Until 2019, the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams were dropped from the Basketball Champions League regular season. The regular season is usually played from October to December and the second round is played from December to January, whilst the play-offs start in February. [3]
The Finals were played in either a Final Four tournament format or with a two-legged series.
Year | Final | Semifinalists | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
2015–16 Details | ![]() Fraport Skyliners | 66–62 | ![]() Openjobmetis Varese | ![]() Élan Chalon | 103–72 | ![]() Enisey | ||
2016–17 Details | ![]() Nanterre 92 | 140–137 (58–58 / 82–79) | ![]() Élan Chalon | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2017–18 Details | ![]() Umana Reyer Venezia | 158–148 (69–77 / 81–79) | ![]() Sidigas Avellino | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2018–19 Details | ![]() Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 170–163 (89–84 / 81–79) | ![]() s.Oliver Würzburg | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2019–20 Details | Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe [4] [5] | Semi-finalists: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
2020–21 Details | ![]() Ironi Nes Ziona | 82–74 | ![]() Arged BMSLAM Stal | ![]() CSM Oradea | 85–76 | ![]() Parma | ||
2021–22 Details | ![]() Bahçeşehir Koleji | 162–143 (72–69 / 90–74) | ![]() UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | ![]() ![]() | ||||
A total number of 130 clubs from 38 FIBA member countries have participated in the competition. The competition has been won by 6 clubs from 5 different countries.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 2016 | – |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2017 | – |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2018 | – |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2019 | – |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2021 | – |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2022 | – |
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2016 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2017 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2018 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2019 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2021 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | – | 2022 |
Statistics as of 11 June 2022.
Players in bold were active in the most recent FIBA Europe Cup season. [6]
Rank | Player | Nation | Points | Games | Per game | Years | Club(s) |
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1 | Michel Diouf [7] | ![]() | 931 | 76 | 12.3 | 2015– | Bakken Bears |
2 | Trae Golden | ![]() | 897 | 51 | 17.6 | 2015– | ETHA Engomis, ESSM Le Portel, Avtodor, Bahçeşehir Koleji |
3 | Darko Jukić | ![]() | 728 | 71 | 11.8 | 2015– | Bakken Bears |
4 | Worthy de Jong | ![]() | 782 | 51 | 14.3 | 2015–2022 | ZZ Leiden |
5 | Ryan Evans | ![]() | 616 | 46 | 12.4 | 2018– | Bakken Bears |
Rank | Player | Nation | Rebounds | Games | Per game | Years | Club(s) |
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1 | Michel Diouf | ![]() | 463 | 73 | 6.3 | 2015– | Bakken Bears |
2 | Tony Taylor | ![]() | 318 | 36 | 8.8 | 2016– | Enisey, Karşıyaka |
3 | Darko Jukić | ![]() | 308 | 74 | 4.2 | 2015– | Bakken Bears |
4 | Željko Šakić | ![]() | 291 | 42 | 6.9 | 2015–2022 | Cluj-Napoca, Avtodor |
5 | Thomas Koenis | ![]() | 279 | 52 | 5.4 | 2015– | ZZ Leiden, Donar |
Rank | Player | Nation | Rebounds | Games | Per game | Years | Club(s) |
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1 | Trae Golden | ![]() | 298 | 51 | 5.8 | 2015– | ETHA Engomis, ESSM Le Portel, Avtodor, Bahçeşehir Koleji |
2 | John Roberson | ![]() | 318 | 36 | 8.8 | 2016– | Élan Chalon, ASVEL, Enisey |
3 | Adama Darboe | ![]() | 229 | 60 | 3.8 | 2015– | Bakken Bears |
4 | Worthy de Jong | ![]() | 208 | 51 | 4.1 | 2015–2022 | ZZ Leiden |
5 | Tony Taylor | ![]() | 188 | 49 | 8.8 | 2016– | Enisey, Karşıyaka |
Category | |||
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Efficiency | ![]() | 46 | |
Points | ![]() | 39 | |
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Rebounds | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 19 | |
Assists | ![]() | 18 | |
Steals | ![]() | 9 | |
Blocks | ![]() | 6 | |
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Three-pointers | ![]() | 11 | |
Source: FIBA Europe Cup As of 2 May 2017.
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