Basketball European Cup 2008/2009

In the 2008/2009 season, the Eurocup took place under the auspices of ULEB and FIBA Europe . If in 2008 54 clubs played in the tournament, in the 2008/2009 season only 48 teams took part in the competition. The Final Eight was held at the Palasport Olimpico Arena in Turin from April 2 to 5, 2009. The European Cup was won by the Lithuanian basketball club Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) , who defeated BC Khimki in the final with 80–74 vice-champions of Russia "(Moscow region) .

Content

Teams European Cup 2008/2009

A country	Qty	Team (place in national championships)
Russia	five	Khimki (Moscow Oblast) (2)	Dynamo (Moscow) (3)	Ural Great (Perm) (4)	UNICS (Kazan) (5)	Triumph (Lyubertsy) (6)
Spain	four	Pamesa (Valencia) (6)	Bilbao (7)	Cajasol (8)	Gran Canaria (9)
France	four	Roanne (2)	Villeurbanne (3)	Le Havre (5)	Cholet (8)
Greece	3	Maroussi (4)	Aris (5)	Panellinios (6)
Italy	2	Fortitudo (8)	Beneton (Treviso) (10)
Serbia	3	Hemofarm (Vrsac) (2)	Red Star (Belgrade) (3)	Ironman (4)
Turkey	3	Turk Telecom (2)	Besiktas (3)	Galatasaray (4)
Germany	3	Telecom Bonn (2)	Quakenbruck (6)	Bamberg (7)
Lithuania	2	Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) (2)	Siauliai (3)
Poland	2	Turov (2)	Slupsk (10)
Latvia	2	BC Barons / LMT (1)	ASK (Riga) (2)
Israel	2	Bnei Hasharon (3)	Hapoel I (6)
Ukraine	2	Azovmash (Mariupol) (1)	BC Kiev (2)
Belgium	2	Charleroi (2)	Ostend (5)
Switzerland	one	Olympic Freiburg (1)
Austria	one	Gmunden (1)
Estonia	one	Tartu Yulikool / Rock (1)
Montenegro	one	Buduchnost (1)
Croatia	one	Zadar (1)
Bulgaria	one	Lukoil Academic (1)
Czech	one	Nymburk (1)
Netherlands	one	Amsterdam (1)

Top 32

Group A

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Maroussi	6	four	2	493	468	+25
2.	Zadar	6	four	2	505	480	+25
3.	ASK Riga	6	3	3	496	478	+18
four.	Roanne	6	one	five	430	498	−68

Group B

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	UNICS	6	6	0	488	435	+53
2.	Dynamo M	6	four	2	492	442	+50
3.	Barons	6	one	five	443	489	-46
four.	Academician	6	one	five	454	511	-57

Group C

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Khimki	6	five	one	459	400	+59
2.	Benetton	6	four	2	478	443	+35
3.	Besiktas	6	3	3	459	471	-12
four.	Le Havre	6	0	6	413	495	-82

Group D

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Turk Telecom	6	four	one	393	344	+49
2.	Panellinios	6	3	3	453	435	+18
3.	Aris	6	3	3	457	459	-2
four.	Bnei Hasharon	6	2	four	362	427	-65

Group E

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Azovmash	6	four	2	484	472	+12
2.	Lietuvos Rytas	6	3	3	491	465	+26
3.	Villeurbanne	6	3	3	475	514	-39
four.	Gran Canaria	6	2	four	481	480	+1

Group F

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Charleroi	6	five	one	485	415	+70
2.	Crvena Star	6	five	one	490	425	+65
3.	Turov	6	2	four	411	453	-42
four.	Bamberg	6	0	6	340	433	-93

Group G

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Pamesa	6	6	0	497	414	+83
2.	Quakenbruck	6	3	3	464	495	-31
3.	Fortitudo	6	2	four	470	457	+13
four.	Iron	6	one	five	398	463	-65

Group H

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Bilbao	6	6	0	481	411	+70
2.	Hemofarm	6	3	3	441	469	-28
3.	Nymburk	6	2	four	446	482	-36
four.	Buduchnost	6	one	five	419	425	-6

Top 16

The second group stage started on January 27, 2009 .


	Final eight

Group I

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Dynamo Moscow	6	6	0	492	442	+50
2.	Khimki	6	3	3	479	457	+22
3.	Maroussi	6	2	four	443	470	−27
four.	Panellinios	6	one	five	467	512	−45

Group J

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Benetton	6	five	one	493	458	+35
2.	Zadar	6	3	3	497	513	−16
3.	UNICS	6	3	3	465	414	+51
four.	Turk Telecom	6	one	five	452	522	−70

Group K

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Pamesa	6	four	2	450	436	+14
2.	Hemofarm	6	four	2	460	428	+32
3.	Azovmash	6	3	3	477	457	+20
four.	Crvena Star	6	one	five	437	503	−66

Group L

	Team	AND	AT	P	Oz	OP	Difference
one.	Lietuvos Rytas	6	four	2	467	406	+61
2.	Bilbao	6	four	2	449	415	+34
3.	Charleroi	6	3	3	453	473	−20
four.	Quakenbruck	6	one	five	441	516	−75

Final Eight

The Eight Final was held from April 2 to 5, 2009 in Turin , Italy .

1/4 finals

1/2 finals

April, 4

The final

5th of April

I1

Dynamo M

85

K2

Hemofarm

93

Hemofarm

68

April 2

Lietuvos Rytas

73

J1

Benetton

79

L2

Lietuvos Rytas

85

Lietuvos Rytas

80

Khimki

74

K1

Pamesa

73

I2

Khimki

76

Khimki

79

April 3

Bilbao

73

L1

Bilbao

76

J2

Zadar

67

Final ( April 5 )

5th of April 5 p.m.	Protocol	Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) Lithuania	80:74	Khimki (Moscow region) Russia	Palasport Olympico , Turin Spectators: 3 985 Judges: Martin ( ), Godas ( ), Marichich ( )
		22:22, 13:22, 18:18, 27:12
		Petravičius (20), Babrauskas (18), Aidson (14)	Glasses	McCarthy (20), Delfino (16), Fridzon (11), Brains (11)

Matches 1/2 Finals (April 4)

Khimki (Moscow region) Russia - Bilbao ( ) - 79:73 (26:21, 14:14, 18:15, 21:23)

X: Delfino - 18. Fridzon - 14 + 8 rebounds. McCarthy - 12. B: Recker - 21. Banich - 15. Salgado - 9.

Hemofarm (Vrsac) ( ) - Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) Lithuania - 68:73 (14:24, 14:12, 19:13, 21:24)

L: Petravičius - 23. Lukauskis - 15. Aidson - 13. G: Joksimovic - 24. Maryanovic - 9 + 10 rebounds. Markovich - 9.

1/4 Finals Matches

In pairs 1-2 matches took place on April 2, in pairs 3-4 matches I will go on April 3.

Beneton (Treviso) ( ) - Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) Lithuania - 79:85 (27:18, 16:31, 19:16, 17:20)

Dynamo (Moscow) ( ) - Hemofarm (Vrsac) ( ) - 85:93 (18:20, 23:25, 19:25, 25:23)

Bilbao ( ) - Zadar ( ) - 76:67 (24:11, 15:20, 14:22, 23:14)

Pamesa (Valencia) ( ) - Khimki (Moscow region) Russia - 73:76 (20:20, 13:17, 21:17, 19:22)

V: Oliver - 18. Martinez - 11. Kuko - 9. Nielsen - 9. X: Wilkinson - 15. Delfino - 12. Garbajosa - 12. Fridzon - 11.

Rewards

Winner of the European Cup 2008/2009 :

Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) Lithuania

European Cup MVP 2008/2009

Chuck Aidson ( Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) ) ^[1]

2008/2009 European Cup Final MVP

Marionas Petravičius ( Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) )

Symbolic First European Cup 2008/2009

Chuck Aidson ( Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) )
Kelly McCarthy ( Khimki (Moscow region) )
Bostan Nachbar ( Dynamo (Moscow) )
Todor Gechevsky ( Zadar )
Marco Banic ( Bilbao )

Symbolic Second European Cup 2008/2009

Hamid El Amin ( Azovmash (Mariupol) )
Harry Neal ( Beneton (Treviso) )
Travis Hansen ( Dynamo (Moscow) )
Matt Nielsen ( Pames (Valencia) )
Sandro Nitsevich ( Beneton (Treviso) )

Rookie of the Year

Milan Machwan ( Hemofarm (Vrsac) )

Trainer of the Year

Oktay Mahmuti ( Beneton (Treviso) )

Notes

↑ 2008-09 Eurocup MVP: Chuck Eidson, Lietuvos Rytas

Links

[1] 2008-09 Eurocup MVP: Chuck Eidson, Lietuvos Rytas