EuroCup Basketball

BKT EuroCup

File:EuroCup Basketball logo.svg
Founded	2002
First season	2002–03
Region	Europe
Number of teams	20
Promotion to	EuroLeague
Current champions	Gran Canaria (1st title) (2022–23)
Most championships	Valencia (4 titles)
TV partners	List of broadcasters
Website	eurocupbasketball.com

EuroCup Basketball, commonly known as the EuroCup and currently called 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball club competition that has been organized by Euroleague Basketball since 2002. Behind the EuroLeague, the league is regarded as Europe's second-tier professional basketball club tournament.

Founded in 2002 under the name ULEB Cup, the competition has been known as the Eurocup since the 2008–09 season, following a change in format. The ULEB Cup and EuroCup Basketball are considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding.

The two EuroCup finalists qualify for next season's EuroLeague.

The title has been won by 14 clubs, 3 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition are Valencia Basket, with four titles. The current champions are Virtus Bologna, winning their first title after defeating Bursaspor Basketbol in the 2022 Finals.

History

The competition was created in 2002, as the ULEB Cup, and has had several names:

• 2002–03 to 2007–08 ULEB Cup
• 2008–09 to 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball
• 2016–17 to present EuroCup Basketball

Sponsorship names

On 7 July 2016, Chipita and Euroleague Basketball announced a strategic agreement to sponsor the European competition across the globe. According to the agreement, starting with the 2016–17 season, the competition would be named 7DAYS EuroCup. This title partnership was set to run for three seasons.

Logos

Evolution of the EuroCup logo
2002–2008	2008–2016	2016–present
File:Cup uleb.png	File:ULEB Eurocup logo.png	File:EuroCup Basketball logo.svg

Qualification

Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their domestic leagues competitions. For this purpose, the clubs from countries participating in the ABA League qualify for the competition based on their performance in the ABA League, and not their domestic leagues.

Results

Year		Final				Semifinalists
		Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2002–03 Details		Pamesa Valencia	168–154 (78–90 / 78–76)	Krka		Adecco Estudiantes and DKV Joventut
2003–04 Details		Template:Country data ISRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hapoel Jerusalem	83–72	Real Madrid		Adecco Estudiantes and Template:Country data SCGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Reflex FMP
2004–05 Details		Template:Country data LTUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Lietuvos rytas	78–74	Makedonikos		Template:Country data SCGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hemofarm and Pamesa Valencia
2005–06 Details		Dynamo Moscow	73–60	Aris TT Bank		Template:Country data SCGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hemofarm and Template:Country data ISRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hapoel Jerusalem
2006–07 Details		Real Madrid	87–75	Template:Country data LTUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Lietuvos rytas		FMP and UNICS
2007–08 Details		DKV Joventut	79–54	Akasvayu Girona		Dynamo Moscow	84–67	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Galatasaray Café Crown
2008–09 Details		Template:Country data LTUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Lietuvos rytas	80–74	Khimki		Hemofarm and iurbentia Bilbao Basket
2009–10 Details		Power Electronics Valencia	67–44	Alba Berlin		Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	76–67	Panellinios
2010–11 Details		UNICS	92–77	Cajasol		Cedevita	59–57	Benetton Bwin
2011–12 Details		Khimki	77–68	Valencia Basket		Template:Country data LTUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Lietuvos rytas	71–62	Spartak Saint Petersburg
2012–13 Details		Lokomotiv Kuban	75–64	Uxúe Bilbao Basket		Template:Country data UKRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Budivelnyk and Valencia Basket
2013–14 Details		Valencia Basket	165–140 (80–67 / 73–85)	UNICS		Crvena zvezda Telekom and Nizhny Novgorod
2014–15 Details		Khimki	174–130 (66–91 / 83–64)	Herbalife Gran Canaria		Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Banvit and UNICS
2015–16 Details		Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Galatasaray Odeabank	140–133 (66–62 / 78–67)	Strasbourg		Dolomiti Energia Trento and Herbalife Gran Canaria
2016–17 Details		Unicaja	2–1 (68–62 / 79–71 / 58–63)	Valencia Basket		Template:Country data ISRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hapoel Jerusalem and Lokomotiv Kuban
2017–18 Details		Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Darüşşafaka	2–0 (78–81 / 67–59)	Lokomotiv Kuban		Bayern Munich and Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
2018–19 Details		Valencia Basket	2–1 (89–75 / 92–95 / 89–63)	Alba Berlin		Template:Country data ANDTemplate:Namespace detect showall MoraBanc Andorra and UNICS Kazan
2019–20 Details		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

See also

Men's competitions

• EuroLeague
• EuroCup Basketball
• Basketball Champions League
• FIBA Europe Cup

Women's competitions

• EuroLeague Women
• EuroCup Women
• SuperCup Women

External links

• EuroCup official website
• All-time statistics with links to all results