2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
League FIBA EuroCup Challenge
Sport Basketball
Top scorer United States LeVar Seals (22.9)
Romania U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca
Finals
Champions Russia CSK VVS Samara
  Runners-up Cyprus Keravnos

The 2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the 5th edition of Europe's fourth-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs.[1] This season, 16 teams participated. Russian team CSK VVS Samara won the title, by beating 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 UMFN Njardvik
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

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 UMFN Njardvik 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. All return legs were played on January 18.

Team 1 Agg. 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 and on March 1. All return legs were played on March 8.

Team 1 Agg. 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. 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 Kevlavik 136 22.6
3 Russia Nikita Shabalkin Russia CSK VVS Samara 270 22.5
4 United States Jeb Ivey Iceland UMFN Njardvik 127 21.2
5 Iceland Fridrik Stefánsson Iceland UMFN Njardvik 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 Fridrik Stefánsson Iceland UMFN Njardvik 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

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