The 2007–08 ULEB Cup was the sixth season of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, the EuroCup, which is organized by Euroleague Basketball S.L. It was also the last season for the competition under the name of ULEB Cup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one tier below the EuroLeague level. On July 2, 2008, EuroLeague Basketball S.L. and FIBA Europe announced that the competition would be renamed to the Eurocup, starting with the 2008–09 season.
For the first time, 54 teams competed. The Final Eight was held from April 10, to April 13, in Turin, Italy, in the Palavela arena. The trophy was won by the Spanish club DKV Joventut, with the other finalist being another Spanish team, Akasvayu Girona. Dynamo Moscow took third place.
Teams of the 2007–08 ULEB Cup
Country Teams Clubs France 5 Nancy ASVEL Élan Chalon Strasbourg Pau-Orthez Germany 5 Artland Dragons EnBW Ludwigsburg Köln 99ers Alba Berlin Deutsche Bank Skyliners Russia 4 UNICS Khimki Dynamo Moscow Triumph Lyubertsy Spain 4 DKV Joventut Akasvayu Girona Kalise Gran Canaria Pamesa Valencia Belgium 3 Telindus Oostende Spirou Antwerp Giants Poland 3 Turów Zgorzelec ASCO Śląsk Wrocław Anwil Włocławek Serbia 3 Crvena zvezda Hemofarm FMP Turkey 3 Türk Telekom Galatasaray Café Crown Beşiktaş Cola Turka Greece 2 Panionios Forthnet Panellinios Israel 2 Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Galil Elyon Italy 2 Benetton Treviso Beghelli Fortitudo Bologna Latvia 2 ASK Riga Ventspils Netherlands 2 EiffelTowers EBBC Hanzevast Capitals Ukraine 2 Azovmash Kyiv Austria 1 Allianz Swans Gmunden Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 Bosna Bulgaria 1 Lukoil Academic Croatia 1 Zadar Czech Republic 1 ČEZ Nymburk Estonia 1 Kalev/Cramo Lithuania 1 Šiauliai Montenegro 1 Budućnost Portugal 1 Ovarense Aerosoles Romania 1 Asesoft Ploiești Switzerland 1 Benetton Fribourg United Kingdom 1 Guildford Heat
Teams details
+ Team Location Arena ASVEL Villeurbanne, L'Astroballe Akasvayu Girona Girona, Palau Girona-Fontajau Alba Berlin Berlin, Max-Schmeling-Halle Antwerp Giants Antwerp, Lotto Arena Anwil Włocławek Włocławek, Hala Mistrzow Artland Dragons Quakenbrück, Artland Arena ASCO Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław, Hala Orbita ASK Riga Riga, Arena Riga Azovmash Mariupol, Azovmash Arena Kalev/Cramo Tallinn, Saku Suurhall Kyiv Kyiv, Palace of Sports Benetton Fribourg Fribourg, Sainte-Croix Benetton Treviso Treviso, Palaverde Beşiktaş Istanbul, BJK Akatlar Arena Ventspils Ventspils, Ventspils Nafta Hall ČEZ Nymburk Nymburk, ČEZ Arena Asesoft Ploieşti, Sala Sporturilor Olimpia Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt, Ballsporthalle DKV Joventut Badalona, Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona Dynamo Moscow Moscow, Krylatskoe Sport Palace EiffelTowers Den Bosch Den Bosch, Maaspoort Sports end Events Élan Chalon Chalon-sur-Saône, Le Colisée Beghelli Fortitudo Bologna Bologna, PalaDozza Kalise Gran Canaria Las Palmas, Centro Insular Galatasaray Café Crown Istanbul, Ayhan Şahenk Spor Salonu Guildford Heat Guildford, The Spectrum Hanzevast Capitals Groningen, Martini Plaza Hapoel Galil Elyon Kfar Blum, Heichal ha Pais Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem, Malha Arena Khimki Khimki, Novator Palace of Sports Bosna Sarajevo, Mirza Delibašić Arena Budućnost Podgorica, Morača Sports Center FMP Belgrade, Železnik Hall Hemofarm Vršac, Millennium Center Köln 99ers Cologne, GEW Energy Dome Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg, Rundsporthalle Lukoil Academic Sofia, Universiada Hall Ovarense Ovar, Arena Dolce Vita Pamesa Valencia Valencia, Fuente San Luis Panellinios Kypseli, Panellinios Indoor Hall Panionios Forthnet Athens, Helliniko Indoor Arena Pau-Orthez Pau, Palais des Sports Turów Zgorzelec Zgorzelec, Centrum Sportowe Crvena Zvezda Belgrade, Pionir Hall Šiauliai Šiauliai, Šiaulių Arena Nancy Nancy, Jean Weille Palais Spirou Charleroi Charleroi, SpirouDome Strasbourg Strasbourg, Rhénus Sport Allianz Swans Gmunden Gmunden, Volksbank-Arena Telindus Oostende Ostend, Sleuyter Arena Triumph Lyubertsy Lyubertsy, SH Triumph Türk Telekom Ankara, Ankara Sport Hall UNICS Kazan, Basket Hall Arena Zadar Zadar, Jazine Basketball Hall
Format For the first time in its short history, this season's ULEB Cup featured a total of 54 teams, divided into 9 groups of 6 teams. The round-robin group stage was followed by knock-out stages, until the last 8 remaining teams met in the competition's first ever Final Eight tournament. Just as in the previous season, the official broadcast partner of the ULEB Cup was Eurosport. The regular season began in November 2007.
Regular season
All 54 teams in 9 groups (in each group 6 teams) played a round-robin competition (home and away). 3 teams from each group advanced to the Knockout stage (Sixteenth-finals). The 5 teams with the best results advanced, as did the fourth place in the group also advanced to the Playoff.
Top 32
A draw was held to determine the eighth-finals match-ups. Each round was played as two games (home and away) to advance to the next stage. The winners were determined by points difference. Draws in the first games were possible. Example: UNICS 86, Real 80, first game. Real 99, UNICS 80, second game. Points difference, UNICS 166-179, Real win.
Top 16
The winners from the Sixteen-finals advanced to the eighth finals. The games were played as two games (home and away). The winners were determined by points difference.
Final eight
The winners of the eighth finals played the Final Eight. It was held from April 10 to April 13.
Regular season + Key to colors Top three places in each group, plus highest-ranked fourth-place team, advance to Top 32
Group A
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. DKV Joventut 10 9 1 913 675 238 2. Türk Telekom 10 9 1 920 831 89 3. Bosna 10 4 6 860 880 -20 4. Šiauliai 10 4 6 781 826 -45 5. Alba Berlin 10 4 6 790 815 -25 6. Guildford Heat 10 0 10 689 926 -237Group B
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Beşiktaş Cola Turka 10 10 0 823 704 119 2. Ventspils 10 6 4 829 765 64 3. Köln 99ers 10 6 4 792 808 -16 4. Élan Chalon 10 5 5 807 795 12 5. FMP 10 3 7 752 779 -27 6. Ovarense Aerosoles 10 0 10 760 912 -152
Group C
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Akasvayu Girona 10 7 3 846 747 99 2. Galatasaray Café Crown 10 7 3 805 725 80 3. Hemofarm 10 6 4 822 813 9 4. Asesoft Ploiești 10 4 6 758 763 -5 5. Spirou 10 4 6 718 747 -29 6. Hanzevast Capitals 10 2 8 761 915 -154Group D
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Pamesa Valencia 10 8 2 798 730 68 2. Khimki 10 8 2 849 790 59 3. Azovmash 10 6 4 791 796 -5 4. Nancy 10 4 6 796 794 2 5. Anwil Włocławek 10 4 6 751 783 -32 6. Deutsche Bank Skyliners 10 0 10 700 792 -92
Group E
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Triumph Lyubertsy 10 8 2 792 686 106 2. Budućnost 10 7 3 781 709 72 3. Allianz Swans Gmunden 10 5 5 748 763 -15 4. Antwerp Giants 10 4 6 754 791 -37 5. Hapoel Galil Elyon 10 3 7 784 839 -55 6. Benetton Fribourg 10 3 7 737 808 -71Group F
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Dynamo Moscow 10 8 2 913 809 104 2. Telindus Oostende 10 6 4 814 799 15 3. Crvena zvezda 10 6 4 839 848 -9 4. ČEZ Nymburk 10 5 5 825 802 23 5. Beghelli Fortitudo Bologna 10 4 6 745 759 -14 6. Panellinios 10 1 9 722 841 -119
Group G
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Kalise Gran Canaria 10 8 2 820 752 68 2. ASVEL 10 6 4 864 809 55 3. Panionios Forthnet 10 5 5 822 818 4 4. ASCO Śląsk Wrocław 10 5 5 785 760 25 5. EnBW Ludwigsburg 10 3 7 811 852 -41 6. Kalev/Cramo 10 3 7 727 838 -111Group H
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Benetton Treviso 10 7 3 833 762 71 2. Kyiv 10 7 3 802 735 67 3. Lukoil Academic 10 6 4 886 811 75 4. Artland Dragons 10 5 5 723 793 -70 5. ASK Riga 10 3 7 723 728 -5 6. Pau-Orthez 10 2 8 692 830 -138
Group I
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Turów Zgorzelec 10 8 2 743 695 48 2. Zadar 10 6 4 850 761 89 3. UNICS 10 5 5 799 732 67 4. Hapoel Jerusalem 10 5 5 820 856 -36 5. EiffelTowers EBBC 10 3 7 788 863 -75 6. Strasbourg 10 3 7 688 781 -93
Top 32
The draw to determine a bracket for the elimination rounds of the 2007–08 ULEB Cup was held on Monday, January 28, 2008, at 13:30 CET in the Museu Olimpic i de l'Esport in Barcelona.
Top 16
Final eight
Quarter finals April 10, Palavela, Turin
April 11, Palavela, Turin
Semi finals April 12, Palavela, Turin
3rd place game April 13, Palavela, Turin
Final April 13, Palavela, Turin
2007–08 ULEB Cup Champions DKV Joventut 1st title
Finals MVP Rudy Fernández (DKV Joventut)
External links 2007–08 ULEB Cup @ Eurocupbasketball.com