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FIBA Europe Cup
The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA Europe's second level competition. Clubs mainly qualify based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions, although this is not the sole deciding factor. The winner is decided by a two-legged final.
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. The new competition, which replaced FIBA EuroChallenge, was supposed to be open for up to 100 teams to enter. A former 4th-tier FIBA competition, the FIBA EuroCup Challenge, was named as the FIBA Europe Cup between 2003 and 2005.
The 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup attracted 16 domestic champions and 8 runners-up, including KK Cibona, Pallacanestro Cantu, ASVEL, Pallacanestro Varese, CEZ Nymburk, BK Ventspils, PBC Academic and Krka. The first FIBA Europe Cup game was played on October 21, 2015, when Donar Groningen beat Egis Körmend 78–71. Frankfurt Skyliners won the 1st edition in a Final Four tournament and represented Europe in the 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, following the FIBA-EuroLeague dispute. In the 2016–17 season, FIBA started the Basketball Champions League and since then clubs from the Champions League can be transferred to the Europe Cup through their position.
The tournament proper begins with a regular season of 48 clubs divided into 8 groups. Seeding is used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst clubs from the same country may not be drawn together. Each club meets the others in home and away games, in a round-robin format. The winner and runner-up from each group progress to the second round, with 16 clubs divided into 4 groups. For the play-offs, the winner runner-up from each group play a two-legged format. Until 2019, the fifth and sixth-placed clubs were dropped from the Basketball Champions League regular season.
The Finals were played in either a Final Four tournament format or with a two-legged series.
A total number of 140 clubs from 38 FIBA member countries have participated in the competition. The competition has been won by eight clubs from seven countries. Clubs from Italy have been most successful, as 2 won the title and 3 other finished as runners-up.
Statistics as of 11 June 2022
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FIBA Europe Cup
The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA Europe's second level competition. Clubs mainly qualify based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions, although this is not the sole deciding factor. The winner is decided by a two-legged final.
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. The new competition, which replaced FIBA EuroChallenge, was supposed to be open for up to 100 teams to enter. A former 4th-tier FIBA competition, the FIBA EuroCup Challenge, was named as the FIBA Europe Cup between 2003 and 2005.
The 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup attracted 16 domestic champions and 8 runners-up, including KK Cibona, Pallacanestro Cantu, ASVEL, Pallacanestro Varese, CEZ Nymburk, BK Ventspils, PBC Academic and Krka. The first FIBA Europe Cup game was played on October 21, 2015, when Donar Groningen beat Egis Körmend 78–71. Frankfurt Skyliners won the 1st edition in a Final Four tournament and represented Europe in the 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, following the FIBA-EuroLeague dispute. In the 2016–17 season, FIBA started the Basketball Champions League and since then clubs from the Champions League can be transferred to the Europe Cup through their position.
The tournament proper begins with a regular season of 48 clubs divided into 8 groups. Seeding is used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst clubs from the same country may not be drawn together. Each club meets the others in home and away games, in a round-robin format. The winner and runner-up from each group progress to the second round, with 16 clubs divided into 4 groups. For the play-offs, the winner runner-up from each group play a two-legged format. Until 2019, the fifth and sixth-placed clubs were dropped from the Basketball Champions League regular season.
The Finals were played in either a Final Four tournament format or with a two-legged series.
A total number of 140 clubs from 38 FIBA member countries have participated in the competition. The competition has been won by eight clubs from seven countries. Clubs from Italy have been most successful, as 2 won the title and 3 other finished as runners-up.
Statistics as of 11 June 2022