Valencia Basket Club S.A.D. , commonly known as Valencia Basket ( pronounced [baˈlenθja βasˈket] ), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia , Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup , with home games played at the Font de Sant Lluís . The club is owned by retail tycoon Juan Roig .
32-443: Eurocup or EuroCup may refer to: Basketball [ edit ] EuroCup Basketball , second-tier level European professional men's basketball competition FIBA Europe Cup , fourth-tier level European professional men's basketball competition EuroCup Women , the second-caliber professional women's basketball league Motorsport [ edit ] Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 ,
64-431: A Formula Renault 2.0 championship Formula Renault V6 Eurocup , former (2003–2004) Formula Renault 3.5 championship Eurocup Mégane Trophy , a Renault Mégane championship, started in 2005 SEAT León Eurocup , Seat León touring car racing series by SEAT Sport See also [ edit ] European Cup (disambiguation) Euro Bowl (rugby league) Eurobowl , European American football contest Euro-Cup ,
96-502: A change in format. Given that the FIBA EuroChallenge was known as EuroCup until 2008, a new era of stronger cooperation between ULEB and FIBA Europe was set in 2008. The number of the new competition was increased to a total of 48 and the winner of the 3rd tier FIBA EuroCup Challenge , formerly known as EuroCup would get an automatic qualification for the tournament's following season, for first time. Though initially advertised as
128-467: A horse race in Germany LEN Euro Cup , a water polo competition UEFA European Championship , association football competition involving the men's national teams of UEFA Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title EuroCup . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
160-465: A new competition, the ULEB Cup and EuroCup Basketball are now considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding. Since the 2021–22 season both EuroCup finalists qualify for next season's EuroLeague. Until then only the winner was entitled to the one year licence. The title has been won by 14 clubs, 3 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in
192-507: A regular seating capacity of at least 2,500 (all seated), and an additional minimum capacity of 200 VIP seats available. By comparison, EuroLeague licensed clubs host their home games in arenas that seat at least 10,000 people, while EuroLeague associated clubs must have arenas that seat 5,000. After a given EuroCup season, before the finals, annual EuroCup awards are handed out to players and coaches. These awards include: A total number of 179 clubs from 30 countries have participated in
224-587: A score of 81–71, in Lyon , France. Continuing on with some of the club's best years, the 2001–02 ACB season was historic for the club, as it reached the Spanish ACB League finals, where they could not win any games in their series against FC Barcelona . Before this first success in reaching the finals of the Spanish league's playoffs, Pamesa Valencia won its first European-wide title, by defeating Krka Novo Mesto in
256-505: A score of 89–75, in the final of the 1998 Copa del Rey , which was played in Valladolid . One year later, on 13 April 1999, the club played in the final of the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup , but was defeated by Benetton Treviso , 64–60, in the final played in Zaragoza . Three years later, the club repeated the same success, but Montepaschi Siena won the final of the 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup , by
288-412: Is an annual professional basketball club competition organized by Euroleague Basketball . The league is regarded as Euroleague Basketball 's second-tier professional basketball club tournament. Founded as ULEB Cup in 2002, the competition lasted until 2008 when a new competition was introduced after an agreement between ULEB and FIBA under the name of EuroCup for the 2008–09 season , following
320-545: The 1994–95 season . In 1995, Valencia was relegated to the Spanish 2nd-tier level EBA League , after falling in the league's relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca . In the next season, after being the runner-up in Liga EBA, in a non-promoting season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragoza 's ACB place to join the top league, where it has remained until nowadays. On 2 February 1998, Pamesa Valencia won its first Spanish national title, after beating Pinturas Bruguer Badalona , by
352-607: The 2002–03 ULEB Cup , which would then also allow the club to make its debut in the European top-tier level EuroLeague . In its first EuroLeague participation, Pamesa Valencia qualified for the Top 16 , but was eliminated there, after not contesting its game at Nokia Arena against Maccabi Tel Aviv , adducing security issues in Israel . On 18 April 2010, Power Electronics Valencia won its second European title, by beating Alba Berlin , 67–44, in
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#1732847966788384-572: The 2010 EuroCup Finals , which was played in Vitoria-Gasteiz . This allowed the club to come back to the top level EuroLeague, seven years after its first participation in the tournament. This time, Valencia reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals , where it was eliminated by Real Madrid , who won the playoff series by a 3–2 margin. The club's third European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 7 May 2014, when Valencia beat UNICS Kazan , in
416-576: The 2016–17 season , the EuroCup's first phase is the Regular Season , in which 20 teams participate. The participants include 20 clubs automatically entered into the Regular Season. Each team plays two games (home-and-away) against every other team in its group. At the end of the Regular Season, the field is cut from 20 to 16. The next phase, known as the Top 16 , then begins, featuring the 16 survivors of
448-505: The double-legged finals . During its first season of existence, the team played its home games at the La Canaleta Sports Complex in the municipality of Mislata . Since 1987 Valencia Basket plays its home games at the 8,500 seat Font de Sant Lluís arena. The arena is better known as La Fonteta . The club is expected to move to a new 15,600-seat arena called Roig Arena (previously proposed as Casal España Arena), with
480-452: The double-legged finals . On 5 June 2017, Valencia Basket qualified for its second Spanish Liga ACB Finals series, after defeating Baskonia in the semifinals of the 2017 national league playoffs . This time, the club won its first ever Spanish national domestic league championship, on 16 June 2017, by defeating Real Madrid with a 3–1 series score in the ACB league's finals. In the same season,
512-679: The Eastern Conference and the Western Conference, for the Regular Season phase. The size of the groups grew to six teams, where the first three qualified teams joined the Last 32 stage. In addition, the eight EuroLeague clubs that did not qualify for the EuroLeague Top 16 phase, joined the remaining 24 EuroCup teams and the Finals were decided by a double-legged series. For the 2014–15 season ,
544-524: The Regular Season in four-team groups. As in the Regular Season, each Top 16 group is contest in a double round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the third phase, the Playoffs . Each playoff series is best-of-three , and the winners of each series advance to the next round persistently until the Finals. Home advantage in the series goes to the best placed team in the Top 16. The Finals features
576-538: The Year All-EuroLeague Second Team All-EuroCup First Team All-EuroCup Second Team Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section a player must have either: The women's team of Valencia Basket was created in 2014 and promoted to Liga Femenina in 2018, winning
608-559: The agreement, starting with the 2016–17 season, the competition would be named 7DAYS EuroCup. This title partnership was set to run for three seasons. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their domestic leagues competitions. For this purpose, the clubs from countries participating in the ABA League qualify for the competition based on their performance in the ABA League, and not their domestic leagues. Starting with
640-634: The club also reached the finals of both the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup), and the EuroCup , but they lost those finals to Real Madrid, and fellow Spanish side, Unicaja , respectively. By winning the Spanish League championship, Valencia also sealed their return to the next season's top-tier level EuroLeague competition, for the 2017–18 season . The club's fourth European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 16 April 2019, when Valencia beat Alba Berlin , in
672-462: The competition are Valencia Basket , with four titles. The current champions are Gran Canaria , winning their first title after defeating Turk Telekom in the 2023 Finals. The competition was created in 2002, as the ULEB Cup, and has had several names: On 7 July 2016, Chipita and Euroleague Basketball announced a strategic agreement to sponsor the European competition across the globe. According to
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#1732847966788704-404: The competition contained 36 teams at the group stage. There were 6 groups, each containing 6 teams. The 36 teams consisted of the 7 teams that were eliminated in the 2014–15 Euroleague season qualification rounds , and 29 teams that qualified directly to the 2014–15 EuroCup, either through 2013–14 season results, or through wild cards . The top four teams from each of the Regular Season groups with
736-478: The competition. Source: Valencia Basket Valencia Basket was founded on 27 September 1986, after Valencia CF decided to fold its basketball section. On 4 May 1988, while in its second season in the Primera División B, which was the second-tier league of Spanish basketball at that time, the team won its first promotion to the Spanish top-tier level ACB , where the team remained until
768-453: The eight EuroLeague clubs that did not qualify for the EuroLeague Top 16 phase qualified to join the Last 32 stage. For the 2015–16 season , the competition contained 36 clubs automatically entered into the Regular Season and the eight EuroLeague clubs that did not qualify for the EuroLeague Top 16 phase qualified to join the Last 32 stage. Effective as of the 2012–13 season , all EuroCup clubs must host their home games in arenas that have
800-486: The final became a one-off game, but all other knockout ties remained two-legged. In the 2007–08 season , the initial phase, now called the Regular Season, was only used to reduce the field to 32 teams. The survivors were paired into two-legged knockout ties, with the winners advancing to another set of two-legged ties. The survivors then entered the first-ever Final Eight phase in the competition's history, consisting of one-off knockout games. The following 2008–09 season ,
832-529: The final game against Real Club Celta de Vigo in Valencia. This access to the first division and the relegation of CB Estudiantes made Valencia Basket the only club with masculine and feminine representation in the first division in the 2018–2019 season. In the first season competing on the first division, Valencia Basket achieved a ticket to their first Copa de la Reina de baloncesto , celebrated in Vitoria between
864-613: The inauguration scheduled for 2024. Valencia Basket has had several sponsorship names over the years: Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Notes: Blue † – homegrown player ; Red * – overseas player ; Green ‡ – youth player ACB Most Valuable Player ACB Finals MVP Spanish Cup MVP Spanish Supercup MVP All-ACB First Team All-ACB Second Team ACB Slam Dunk Champion EuroCup Finals MVP EuroCup Rising Star Award EuroCup Coach of
896-451: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EuroCup&oldid=1163567710 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages EuroCup Basketball EuroCup Basketball , commonly known as the EuroCup and currently called BKT EuroCup for sponsorship reasons,
928-674: The last for the Final Eight. The last stage of the EuroCup, the EuroCup Finals, was reduced from eight teams to four, starting with the 2009–10 season . This stage was directly analogous to the EuroLeague Final Four , and like that stage of the EuroLeague , consisted of one-off knockout semifinals, followed by a single-game final. Unlike the EuroLeague Final Four, in which the third-place game and final are held two days after
960-437: The semifinals, the corresponding games of the EuroCup were held the day after the semifinals. In the 2012–13 season , the final was decided by a single game format, after double-legged semifinals and quarterfinals. For the 2013–14 season , the competition increased from 32 to 48 teams in the Regular Season phase. Another innovation that started in the 2013–14 season, was that the clubs were divided into two regional conferences,
992-420: The two remaining series winners in a best-of-three series with home advantage in the series to the best placed team in the Top 16. Historically, the competition began with a group phase in which the starting field was reduced to 16 teams. The survivors then advanced to a knockout phase. In the inaugural 2002–03 season , the knockout phase consisted entirely of two-legged ties. In the following 2003–04 season ,
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1024-411: Was the first in which preliminary rounds were conducted. That year saw two preliminary rounds held, the first involving 16 teams, and the second involving the eight winners, plus eight teams that had received byes into that round. The survivors of the second preliminary round joined 24 direct qualifiers in the Regular Season. This season also saw the introduction of the Last 16 group phase, and proved to be
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