2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
LeagueFIBA EuroCup Challenge
SportBasketball
Top scorer LeVar Seals (22.9)
U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca
Finals
Champions CSK VVS-Samara
  Runners-up Keravnos

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.

Teams of the 2006-07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

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

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos 166–184 CSK VVS-Samara 85–83 81–101
2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

CSK VVS-Samara
1st title

Individual statistics

Points

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

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

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

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