FIBA Europe EuroCup Women Competition
European inter-continental club competition

The EuroCup Women became a FIBA Europe competition in 2003 although the competition was created in 1974.

All member federations within the FIBA Europe zone are allowed to enter teams for this competition.

Some of the clubs that have taken part in EuroCup in recent years are made up of amateur basketball players.

There are just two differences in the format of the competition from the EuroLeague Women:

1. Qualification round for teams with low FIBA Europe ranking points. The matches are played over two legs with the winner qualifying for the group phase. This was not the case this season (2009-2010) with just 41 teams participating

2. The play-off series and final are two legged matches played home and away with the results based on aggregate score.

During the group phase, the teams are normally split into groups of 4. The top teams from each group automatically qualify for the play-off. However in 2009-2010, there are 8 groups of 4 teams and 3 groups of 3 teams.

Depending on the number of participants, a number of places are offered to the best 3rd placed teams. This season 10 clubs that finish in third place will qualify for the play-off.

This competition does not receive the same amount of television or web streaming coverage as the EuroLeague Women but it is possible to follow the play-by-play live actions of the matches here.

This page is updated all along the season as we follow the competition. You can subscribe to our RSS Feed to receive information on our news' updates.

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1. The news from the play-offs
2. The qualification round news

3. General news

08 April 2010: Sony Athinaikos lose second leg but lift the trophy

01 April 2010: Sony Athinaikos beat Nadezhda Orenburg (65-57) in first

31 March 2010: A preview of the finalists

18 March 2010: Nadezhda will play Sony Athinaikos in the final

11 March 2010: No luck at home for the hosts in game one

23 February 2010: Saarlouis, Dynamo Kursk, Nadezhda and Sony Athinaikos qualify for semi-final

17 February 2010: Municipal Targoviste and Saarlouis win at home

04 February 2010: USO Mondeville overturn first leg deficit

28 January 2010: Home teams dominate first leg of eighth-final

15 January 2010: 14 top seed proceed to next round

08 January 2010: Bad weather does not stop the competition

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19 December 2009: The draw for the sixteenth-finals with Montpellier as number one seeds

10 December 2009: Depleted USO Mondeville drop first game of season in EuroCup

04 December 2009: 9 teams book their ticket for the play-offs

27 November 2009: Ranking order beginning to take shape

19 November 2009: Week two round-up: MGS Apollon Kalamarias withdraw

12 November 2009: Good start for Mondeville and Montpellier

11 November 2009: Spartak Moscow Noginsk and KK Hemofarm Vrsac qualify for play-offs

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03 July 2010: 12 groups and 38 teams for 2010-2011 edition

10 November 2009: 2009-2010 competition preview

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Date created: 08 November 2009

Page update: 03 July 2010

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