2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

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.

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

Teams of the 2006-07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

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

Regular season

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

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Quarterfinals

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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   166–157   Prostějov 75–76 91–81
Pizza Express Apollon   168–146   U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca 82–71 86–75
Mlékárna Kunín   133–165   CSK VVS-Samara 64–84 69–81
Cherkaski Mavpy   169–175   Dnipro 89–87 80–88

Semifinals

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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   163–138   Dnipro 72–67 91–71
Pizza Express Apollon   127–151   CSK VVS-Samara 77–75 50–76

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos   166–184   CSK VVS-Samara 85–83 81–101
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CSK VVS-Samara
1st title

Individual statistics

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Points

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

Rebounds

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

Assists

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Rank Player Team Total APG
1   Omar Cook   CSK VVS Samara 80 6.7
2   Ivan Tomeljak   Pizza Express Apollon 49 4.9
3   George Tsintsadze   Tartu ÜSK Rock 29 4.8
4   Tanel Tein   Tartu ÜSK Rock 26 4.3
5   Stepán Vrubl   A plus OHL ŽS Brno 25 4.2

References

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