2005–06 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

2005–06 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
League	FIBA EuroCup Challenge
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Ural Great Perm
Runners-up	Khimik

The 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the fourth edition of Europe's fourth-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. 24 teams participated in the season's competition. The Russian team Ural Great Perm won the title, after beating the Ukrainian team Khimik in the double-legged final.

Teams of the 2005-06 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Country	Teams	Clubs
Czech Republic	3	Mlékárna Kunín	A plus OHL ŽS Brno	Prostějov
Cyprus	3	APOEL	Apollon Limassol	Keravnos Keo
Albania	1	Valbona Bajram Curri
Austria	1	Superfund Bulls
Azerbaijan	1	Gala Baku
Croatia	1	Dubrovnik
Denmark	1	Skovbakken
Finland	1	Lappeenrannan NMKY
Greece	1	Olympia Larissa
Hungary	1	Debreceni Vadkakasok
Iceland	1	Keflavík
Israel	1	Ironi Ashkelon
Latvia	1	Rīga
Netherlands	1	Tulip Den Bosch
Portugal	1	Madeira
Romania	1	U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca
Russia	1	Ural Great Perm
Switzerland	1	Boncourt
Turkey	1	Bandırma Banvit
Ukraine	1	Khimik

Regular season

Key to colors

	Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Keravnos Keo 4 3 1 318 271 +47 1–1 (+10) 2. Olympia Larissa 4 3 1 365 271 +94 1–1 (-10) 3. Valbona Bajram Curri 4 0 4 246 387 -141

Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Boncourt 4 3 1 355 332 +23 1–1 (+1) 2. Debreceni Vadkakasok 4 3 1 353 341 +12 1–1 (-1) 3. Prostějov 4 0 4 326 361 –35

Group C Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Lappeenrannan NMKY 4 4 0 341 299 +42 2. Keflavík 4 1 3 354 373 –19 1–1 (+13) 3. Rīga 4 1 3 336 359 –23 1–1 (-13)

Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Madeira 4 3 1 361 331 +30 2. Tulip Den Bosch 4 2 2 296 317 –21 3. Skovbakken 4 1 3 314 323 –9

Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. APOEL 4 3 1 357 316 +41 2. Ironi Ashkelon 4 2 2 336 350 –14 3. U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca 4 1 3 316 343 –27

Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Mlékárna Kunín 4 3 1 341 320 +21 1–1 (+11) 2. Bandırma Banvit 4 3 1 286 287 –1 1–1 (-11) 3. Superfund Bulls 4 0 4 282 302 –20

Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Apollon Limassol 4 3 1 326 274 +52 2. Dubrovnik 4 2 2 313 320 –7 3. A plus OHL ŽS Brno 4 1 3 277 322 –45

Group H Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. Ural Great Perm 4 4 0 358 303 +55 2. Khimik 4 1 3 314 297 +17 1–1 (+21) 3. Gala Baku 4 1 3 278 350 –72 1–1 (-21)

Top 16

The top 16 were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on December 8. All return legs were played on December 15.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympia Larissa	159–145	Boncourt	79–63	80–82
Debreceni Vadkakasok	149–143	Keravnos Keo	81–71	68–72
Keflavík	177–213	Madeira	87–108	90–105
Tulip Den Bosch	181–183	Lappeenrannan NMKY	104–102	77–81
Ironi Ashkelon	187–179	Mlékárna Kunín	95–103	92–76
Bandırma Banvit	142–159	APOEL	76–59	66–100
Dubrovnik	144–189	Ural Great Perm	78–85	66–104
Khimik	196–152	Apollon Limassol	110–76	86–76

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on January 19. All return legs were played on January 26.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympia Larissa	167–159	Madeira	90–64	77–95
Debreceni Vadkakasok	159–167	Lappeenrannan NMKY	88–73	71–94
Ironi Ashkelon	136–175	Ural Great Perm	69–90	67–85
APOEL	134–164	Khimik	82–71	52–93

Semifinals

The semifinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on February 23. All return legs were played on March 2.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Khimik	167–159	Lappeenrannan NMKY	88–61	71–49
Olympia Larissa	136–165	Ural Great Perm	71–81	65–84

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Khimik	147–154	Ural Great Perm	67–80	80–74

2005–06 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
Ural Great Perm 1st title

References