# 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup

The 2007-08 FIBA EuroCup was the fifth season of FIBA's European professional competition and the last under the name EuroCup which is now used for the formerly known ULEB Cup. The competition - which was renamed the FIBA EuroChallenge in July 2008- featured 38 competing teams, from 23 different countries following the abolishment of the FIBA EuroCup Challenge in 2007. The draw for the groups was held on August 5, 2007, at the Kempinski Hotel in Munich.
The 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup, organized by FIBA Europe, was the fifth season of the competition regarded as the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition, behind the Euroleague and ULEB Cup, the latter of which was renamed the Eurocup for 2008–09.

## Format

In all, 38 teams were involved. Teams from the lowest ranked countries or teams who took lower place in their national championship play in elimination round 1. The winners of elimination round 1 meet teams who took higher place in their national championship in Elimination Round 2. The winners from Elimination Round 2, advance to the group stage (qualifying round). After group stage, teams play Quarter Final Round and then Final Four.

### Elimination rounds

In all in elimination round 1, 12 teams. Each team plays two games (home and away). The winners from elimination round 1 advance to elimination round 2. There also two games (home and away). The winners of elimination round 2 advance to the group stage (the qualifying round).

### Qualifying round

In all in the group 16 teams. It: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D. The matches plays round-robin competition (home and away). Top two places advance to the quarter-final.

### Quarter-final

Top two places of the groups advance to quarter-finals. The quarter-final games will be played two game (if need three games). The winners of the quarter-final round advance to the Final Four.

### Final Four

The Final Four matches include the semi-finals and final, and the match for third place. It was held on April 18 and April 20, in Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.

## Team allocation

There were 6 domestic champions and 3 runners-up. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: title holders;):
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
* CW: Cup winners
| PAOK (6th) | Lokomotiv Rostov (5th) | Zagreb (3rd) | Cholet (7th) |
| Olympia Larissa (7th) | Spartak Saint Petersburg (8th) | Cedevita Zagreb (5th) | BCM Gravelines (8th) |
| Maroussi (8th) | CSK VSS-Samara (9th) | Elba Timişoara (4th) | Dexia Mons-Hainaut (6th) |
| AEK Athens (9th) | Ural Great (10th) | U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca (5th) | Igokea (3rd) |
| Olympiada Patras (10th) | Cherkaski Mavpy (3rd) | Spartak Pleven (6th) | Prostějov (3rd) |
| Proteas EKA AEL (1st) | Khimik (4th) | Bakken Bears (1st) | Tartu Rock (1st) |
| APOEL (2nd) | Dnipro (6th) | Lappeenranta (6th) | Energy Invest Rustavi (1st) |
| Keravnos (3rd) | Odesa (9th) | KR (2nd) | Ironi Nahariya (5th) |
| Strumica 2005 (1st) | Barons/LMT (3rd) | Banvit (7th) | Plannja (1st) |
| MyGuide Amsterdam (6th) | Zlatorog Laško (4th) | | |

## Preliminary rounds
### First elimination round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Energy Invest Rustavi | 140–188 | MyGuide Amsterdam | 77–87 | 63–101 |
| Dnipro | 146–145 | Elba Timişoara | 64–74 | 82–71 |
| Cedevita Zagreb | 145–147 | Strumica 2005 | 76–72 | 69–75 |
| Spartak Pleven | 147–156 | Olympiada Patras | 76–71 | 71–85 |
| Spartak Saint Petersburg | 174–162 | Odesa | 86–76 | 88–86 |
| Igokea | 139–133 | Bakken Bears | 68–62 | 71–71 |

### Second elimination round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Olympiada Patras | 126–157 | Ural Great | 66–80 | 60–77 |
| Spartak Saint Petersburg | 146–140 | Maroussi | 62–65 | 84–75 |
| Strumica | 126–154 | Lokomotiv Rostov | 57–67 | 69–87 |
| Igokea | 171–179 | Khimik | 102–80 | 69–99 |
| Barons LMT | 161–160 | Ironi Nahariya | 81–77 | 80–83 |
| MyGuide Amsterdam | 125–161 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 63–73 | 62–88 |
| Dnipro | 122–168 | AEL Limassol | 53–64 | 69–104 |
| Plannja | 143–175 | CSK VSS-Samara | 73–91 | 70–84 |
| KR | 162–191 | Banvit | 79–96 | 83–95 |
| Zlatorog Laško | 146–155 | Olympia Larissa | 64–72 | 82–83 |
| Lappeenranta | 173–166 | Keravnos | 87–71 | 86–95 |
| Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 170–141 | Prostějov | 94–69 | 76–72 |
| PAOK | 150–139 | U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca | 79–74 | 71–65 |
| AEK Athens | 146–160 | Cholet | 91–82 | 55–78 |
| Zagreb | 185–150 | BCM Gravelines | 85–62 | 100–88 |
| APOEL | 173–178 | Cherkaski Mavpy | 90–74 | 83–104 |

## Qualifying round

A total number of sixteen teams participated in the qualifying round. They were divided over four groups of in each four teams. The top two teams in each group advance to quarter-final playoffs. The matches were played in a round-robin competition.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TAR | SAM | LAP | PAOK |
| 1 | Tartu University Rock | 6 | 5 | 1 | 481 | 438 | +43 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 77–57 | 78–72 | 90–80 |
| 2 | CSK VSS-Samara | 6 | 5 | 1 | 459 | 426 | +33 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | 77–65 | — | 94–82 | 80–61 |
| 3 | Lappeenranta | 6 | 1 | 5 | 483 | 506 | −23 | 7 | | 94–102 | 76–78 | — | 83–74 |
| 4 | PAOK Marfin | 6 | 1 | 5 | 418 | 471 | −53 | 7 | | 58–69 | 65–73 | 80–76 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | MON | URA | MAV | BAN |
| 1 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 6 | 4 | 2 | 449 | 422 | +27 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 81–60 | 72–67 | 85–81 |
| 2 | Ural Great | 6 | 4 | 2 | 461 | 429 | +32 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | 60–58 | — | 93–73 | 77–74 |
| 3 | Cherkaski Mavpy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 465 | 507 | −42 | 9 | | 76–72 | 72–101 | — | 87–81 |
| 4 | Banvit | 6 | 1 | 5 | 473 | 490 | −17 | 7 | | 78–81 | 71–70 | 88–90 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | AEL | ZAG | OLY | SPA |
| 1 | Proteas EKA AEL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 494 | 455 | +39 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 103–80 | 91–71 | 72–71 |
| 2 | Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje | 6 | 4 | 2 | 460 | 461 | −1 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | 82–77 | — | 63–58 | 80–76 |
| 3 | Olympia Larissa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 400 | 416 | −16 | 9 | | 74–70 | 64–63 | — | 58–63 |
| 4 | Spartak Saint Petersburg | 6 | 1 | 5 | 436 | 458 | −22 | 7 | | 77–81 | 83–92 | 66–75 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | KHI | LOK | CHO |
| 1 | Barons LMT | 6 | 4 | 2 | 463 | 439 | +24 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 78–84 | 87–75 | 76–66 |
| 2 | Khimik | 6 | 4 | 2 | 449 | 436 | +13 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | 65–71 | — | 78–62 | 75–72 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Rostov | 6 | 2 | 4 | 423 | 438 | −15 | 8 | | 69–73 | 76–65 | — | 84–64 |
| 4 | Cholet | 6 | 2 | 4 | 430 | 461 | −31 | 8 | | 80–78 | 77–82 | 71–66 | — |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Tartu University Rock | 2–1 | Ural Great | 78–75 | 61–68 | 89–77 |
| Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 2–0 | CSK VSS-Samara | 92–66 | 87–86 | |
| Proteas EKA AEL | 2–0 | Khimik | 70–65 | 87–76 | |
| Barons LMT | 2–1 | Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje | 67–58 | 74–80 | 96–91 |

## Final Four

The Final Four was held from 18 until 20 April 2008 in Limassol, Spyros Kyprianou Arena.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 18 April | 18 April |
| Tartu University Rock | 82 |
| Tartu University Rock | 82 | 20 April | 20 April |
| Barons LMT | 88 | 20 April | 20 April |
| Barons LMT | 88 | Barons LMT | 63 |
| 18 April | 18 April | | Barons LMT | 63 |
| 18 April | 18 April | Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 62 |
| Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 70 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 62 |
| Proteas EKA AEL | 55 | | |
| Proteas EKA AEL | 55 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 20 April | 20 April |
| | | Tartu University Rock | 70 |
| | | Proteas EKA AEL | 79 |