Cholet clinched a thrilling win over BC Triumph on Friday night in Bologna to advance to the final of the EuroChallenge.

Claude Marquis had 20 points, Kevin Braswell 19 and Vincent Grier 16 as the French outfit prevailed 81-78.

FIBA Europe announced on Friday that the 2009 EuroChallenge Final Four will be held in the historic Italian city of Bologna, home of Final Four participant Virtus BolognaFiere.

The event will begin on the 24^th of April with the Semifinals and culminate two days later when a champion will be crowned.

BC Triumph joined the EuroChallenge Final Four party after pulling away from a determined Ural Great in the second half on Wednesday for a 78-63 victory.

In a battle of Russian outfits, the Moscow Region team overcame an upset in Game 1 to win the Quarter-Final series 2-1.

BC Triumph thrashed Ural Great 91-65 in Perm on Thursday to level the EuroChallenge Quarter-Final tie at 1-1.

Just two days removed from a 102-100 Game 1 defeat to Ural Great in the Moscow Region, Stanislav Eremine's Triumph hit the road and struck back with a vengeance.

Triumph guard Marque Perry's lay-up capped a 10-2 run to knot the score at 90-90 at the end of regulation, but Darius Vashington's three-point play in the final seconds of the extra period secured a 102-100 road win for Ural Great.