The ULEB Cup starts its sixth season hoping to offer fans the highest quality basketball

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2 Euroleague Basketball SL All rights reserved No part of the Official Uleb Cup Guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or be any means, electronic or mechanical, including, photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the Euroleague, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper or broadcast. Editor: Romano Petitti Cover: Euroleague Basketball Marketing Dept. Design: Laboratorio srl, Milano, Italy ULEB would like to thank all the 54 Clubs and their Press Officers for their co-operation in the production of the Official Guide. CREDITS 5

3 MONBILE The ULEB Cup starts its sixth season hoping to offer fans the highest quality basketball and with the conviction of having consolidated the competition in a high sporting level, following close behind Euroleague Basketball. This year we have set ourselves new challenges by modifying some crucial aspects of the competition with the aim of improving its competitiveness and quality. For the first time in ULEB Cup history we will have 54 teams participating. The expansion of the competition has been necessary due to the high number of requests to participate in the ULEB Cup competition received from clubs as well as our desire to maintain the high competitiveness and quality of the participating teams. I believe that we have achieved both goals. We have 54 teams from 26 different countries, including 7 countries which are completely new to the ULEB Cup competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Ukraine and Romania. We wish them all a very warm welcome. Among the teams we can find 11 current domestic leagues champions, 3 former European champions and 3 former ULEB Cup champions. Taking all these factors into account I can clearly predict that we will enjoy an amazing ULEB Cup season. I want to specially thank the National Leagues and Clubs which form part of our organisation for the total confidence demonstrated through all these years and I would like to encourage them to keep on working towards the improvement of this great sport. We are obliged to keep working to improve, year by year, the general level of our competitions so that our leagues, teams, fans and media can benefit fully. Welcome to the ULEB Cup season and good luck to you all. Eduardo Portela ULEB President 7

4 After a long summer we are finally able to welcome all those 54 teams from 26 countries who will participating in this sixth edition of ULEB Cup, some old and some new. This season ULEB Cup is proud to have the largest number of participating teams ever in the history of the competition. This expansion is a significant step towards making our commitment of bringing the best of European basketball to fans across the globe more tangible. During the season fans will find a changed competition format to be able to accommodate the larger number of teams that will culminate in an exciting Final Eight in Turin, Italy in April. As part of our committed interest in developing the sport of basketball we continue to rely on our broadcast partners, and friends, Eurosport who will be bringing the best of European basketball to the homes of many fans. Every Tuesday fans across the globe will have the opportunity to tune into the best basketball. This year is also a very special year for European club basketball as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. ULEB Cup will be enjoying a tip off ASK Rigas vs PBC Lukoil Academic Sofia in an attempt to commemorate the same final fifty years ago. This tip off will be the beginning of a season where teams and leagues will demonstrate their passion for basketball and their commitment in improving the competition on a European scale. Without this commitment and hard work from the participating teams, coaches, leagues, individuals in the basketball world, and of course FIBA as founder of continental basketball, ULEB Cup would not be what it is today, a highly competitive and fun championship. I would like to thank all teams and leagues who are participating in this sixth edition. I would like to wish them all the best of luck in the competition. I would also like to thank fans for their continued support in making this competition exciting and of the highest quality. Jordi Bertomeu Chief Executive Officer 9

5 HEBA - GREECE HELLENIC BASKETBALL CLUBS ASSOCIATION Address: Eratosthenous 1, Athens , Hellas President: Vassilis Economidis Phone: Fax: Website: secr@esake.gr EDUARDO PORTELA President ACB - SPAIN ASOCIACION DE CLUBS DE BALONCESTO Address: Iradier, Barcelona President: Eduardo Portela Marin General Manager: Josep Senespleda ALK - CZECH REPUBLIC ASOCIACE M. PRVOLIGOVYCH KLUBU Address: Zátopkova 100/ Praha 6 - Strahov President: Zdenek Briza Phone: BBL - GERMANY BASKETBALL BUNDESLIGA Address: Willy Brandt Platz, Köln President: Thomas Braumann Managing Director: Jan Pommer Phone: BBL - ENGLAND BRITISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE Address: The Gas Works Aylestone Road Leicester LE2 7LZ Chairman: Paul Blake Chief Operations Officer: Andy Webb BLB - BELGIUM BASKET LIGUE BELGIUM Address: Keizerstraat 63 B-8510 Marke President: Guy Vervaeke Phone/Fax: Fax: Website: cbf@cbf.cz BSL - ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE Address: 6 Haarbaa Street Tel Aviv Chairman: Avner Kopel General Manager: Edli Marcus UNION OF EUROPEAN LEAGUES OF BASKETBALL (ULEB) Iradier Barcelona-Spain Phone: Fax: uleb@uleb.net - Website: Fax: Website: pommer@basketballbundesliga.de Phone: Fax: Website: mail@bbl.org.uk Website: guy.vervaeke@skynet.be Phone: Fax: ulia-bsl@ip.tc FEB - NETHERLANDS FEDERATIE EREDIVISIE BASKETBALL Address: Houtrib, DG Monnickendam President: Henk Reekers Phone: Phone: Fax: Website: secretaria@liga-acb.es Fax: Website: feb@planet.nl LEGA BASKET - ITALY LEGA SOCIETÀ PALLACANESTRO SERIE A Address: Viale Aldo Moro Bologna President: Umberto Pieraccioni LNB - FRANCE LIGUE NATIONALE DE BASKETBALL Address: 117 Rue Du Chateau des Rentiers, Paris President: René Le Goff Phone: NLB LEAGUE- ABA - ADRIATIC BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Address: Dunajska Ljubljana, Slovenia President: Radovan Lorbek Phone: Fax: Website: info@legabasket.it LCB - PORTUGAL LIGA DOS CLUBES DE BASQUETEBOL Address: Rua Sacadura Cabral, 87-A Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo President: Paulo Mamede Fax: Website: contact@basketpro.com PLK - POLAND POLSKA LIGA KOSZYKOWKI Address: Erazma Ciolka 11-A Warszawa President: Janusz Wierzbowski Phone: Fax: Website: radovan.lorbek@adriaticbasket.com ÖBL - AUSTRIA ÖSTERREICHISCHE BASKETBALL BUNDESLIGA Address: Favoritenstrasse 22/11, A 1040 Wien President: Norbert Steger Phone: Fax: Website: lcb@lcb.pt LNBA - SWITZERLAND LIGUE NATIONALE DE BASKET Address: Rue de Parcs 84 Case Postale 71, 2006 Neuchatel President: François Barras LKL - LITHUANIA LIETUVOS KREPSINIO LYGA Address: Raitininku Str. 4 A LT 9200 Vilnius President: Sarunas Kliokys Phone: Fax: Website: info@lnba.ch Phone/Fax: Website: sarunas.kliokys@nafta.lt Phone: Fax: Website: office@oebl.at Phone: Fax: Website: biuro@plk.pl 10 ULEB CUP_OFFICIAL GUIDE ULEB MEMBERS 11