Posts Tagged ‘FIBA Europe Cup’
Nanterre beats Chalon 82-79 to win FIBA Europe Cup 2017
Two French clubs took to the hardwood to compete in Game 2 of the FIBA Europe Cup. In the end, it would be JSF Nanterre that would take the gold with the aggregate score of 140-137 after downing ES Chalon-Sur-Saone 82-79. Both teams came into this game with some momentum boosting them, having secured respective…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup semi-finals set
French club ES Chalon-Sur-Saone is the fourth and final team to secure its berth in the FIBA Europe Cup semi-finals. They secured their seat after defeating KK Cibona Zagreb, 83-78. They join Belgium’s BC Telenet Oostende, German team Telekom Baskets Bonn, and fellow French club JSF Nanterre. Chalon will face Oostende and Nanterre will do…
Read MoreFIBA Intercontinental Cup goes to Guaros de Lara
South America is the destination of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup title after Guaros de Lara clinched the season opening trophy with a 74-69 win over Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt. The game put the FIBA Europe Cup champions from Germany against the Liga Americas champs from Venezuela. The Skyliners had home court advantage, but Guaros de Lara…
Read MoreFraport Skyliners win FIBA Europe Cup
The FIBA Europe Cup’s maiden season is over and it is the Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany-BBL) that raise the gold above their heads. The German club defeated a tough Finals opponent in Openjobmetis Varese (Italy-Serie A), 62-66. The Finals game was filled with excitement and of course some great basketball. The boys in blue had…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup: Maccabi Rishon Advances
Israeli club Maccabi Rishon Le-Zion booked their ticket to FIBA Europe Cup Quarter-Finals after sweeping its series against BK Ventspils. They move on to face the Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany-BBL) who also swept their Octo-finals series against AEK Athens (Greece-A1). Maccabi Rishon is the fourth team to make through to the next stage of the…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup: Antwerp through
The quarter-final spots will be decided in the continent’s third tier club competition as the FIBA Europe Cup Eighthfinals get completed this week. The ties are moving into the second/deciding legs and the week’s action got underway with Port of Antwerp Giants defeating ASVEL Lyon at home to progress to the last eight of the…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup: last 16 continues
Four contests continued the first leg of the FIBA Europe Cup 1/8 Finals on Wednesday after two games on Tuesday opened the week’s action. There will be a further two games on Sunday and next Wednesday before the second leg contest in two weeks. BC Enisey took a slender first leg advantage on the road…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup: 1/8 finals underway
The Round of 16 is underway in the FIBA Europe Cup with two games opening the knockout phase of the competition, which will see club clash over two legs in pursuit of the quarter-final. On Tuesday, there were two contest between French and Belgian clubs, with the French clubs playing hosts in both games. Home…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup in Full Swing
56 teams from across Europe have tossed their names into the hat with the hopes of being the inaugural champion of the first ever FIBA Europe Cup. The second-tier competition sponsored by FIBA has replaced the EuroChallenge this season. Two conferences and 14 Groups (4 Teams each) have been formed and Round 1 of the…
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