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2003–04 FIBA Europe League
The 2003–04 FIBA Europe League was the first season of the FIBA Europe League, the newly established third tier in European basketball. A total number of 30 teams participated in the competition, five of which were domestic champions. UNICS took the title after winning the Final Four.[1]
| FIBA Europe League | ||||||||||
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The Final Four was played at the Basket-Hall Kazan | ||||||||||
| Season | 2003–04 | |||||||||
| Number of teams | 30 | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | UNICS (1st title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | TIM Maroussi | |||||||||
| Third place | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||||||||
| Fourth place | Ural Great Perm | |||||||||
| Final Four MVP | Martin Müürsepp | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
| Regular season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy (6th) | Hemofarm (5th) | Peristeri (4th) | Ural Great (2nd) |
| Paris Racing (7th) | Vojvodina NIS (8th) | Aris BSA (5th) | UNICS (3rd) |
| STB Le Havre (8th) | Široki Hercegtisak (1st) | TIM Maroussi (6th) | Khimki (4th) |
| Dexia Mons Hainaut (2nd) | ECM Nymburk (2nd) | EKA AEL Limassol (1st) | Dynamo Moscow (7th) |
| Telindus Oostende (3rd) | Alita (3rd) | Turk Telekom (4th) | Azovmash (1st) |
| GHP Bamberg (2nd) | Skonto (2nd) | Ironi Nahariya (2nd) | Odessa (2nd) |
| Anwil Wloclawek (1st) | Kalev (5th) | Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th) | Kyiv (3rd) |
| Polonia Warsaw (4th) | Honka Playboys (1st) | ||
Qualifying round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNICS | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1058 | 804 | +254 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Azovmash Mariupol | 12 | 7 | 5 | 919 | 875 | +44 | |
| 3 | Türk Telekom | 12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 914 | −15 | |
| 4 | Telindus Oostende | 12 | 6 | 6 | 979 | 1000 | −21 | |
| 5 | Široki Hercegtisak | 12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 952 | −53 | |
| 6 | STB Le Havre | 12 | 4 | 8 | 797 | 890 | −93 | |
| 7 | Alita | 12 | 2 | 10 | 852 | 968 | −116 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anwil Włocławek | 12 | 9 | 3 | 902 | 867 | +35 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Hemofarm | 12 | 8 | 4 | 960 | 882 | +78 | |
| 3 | EKA AEL Limassol | 12 | 7 | 5 | 842 | 840 | +2 | |
| 4 | Khimki | 12 | 6 | 6 | 972 | 968 | +4 | |
| 5 | Peristeri | 12 | 5 | 7 | 914 | 948 | −34 | |
| 6 | Paris Racing | 12 | 4 | 8 | 885 | 946 | −61 | |
| 7 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 12 | 3 | 9 | 897 | 921 | −24 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ural Great | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1253 | 1064 | +189 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1154 | 990 | +164 | |
| 3 | GHP Bamberg | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1045 | 1053 | −8 | |
| 4 | Aris BSA | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1171 | 1072 | +99 | |
| 5 | Polonia Warsaw | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1145 | 1156 | −11 | |
| 6 | Kyiv | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1046 | 1107 | −61 | |
| 7 | Skonto | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1031 | 1193 | −162 | |
| 8 | Honka Playboys | 14 | 1 | 13 | 941 | 1151 | −210 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Moscow | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1233 | 1090 | +143 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Ironi Nahariya | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1251 | 1134 | +117 | |
| 3 | TIM Maroussi | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1161 | 1037 | +124 | |
| 4 | NIS Vojvodina | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1193 | 1115 | +78 | |
| 5 | ECM Nymburk | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1172 | 1179 | −7 | |
| 6 | Nancy | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1107 | 1148 | −41 | |
| 7 | Odessa | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1084 | 1182 | −98 | |
| 8 | Kalev | 14 | 1 | 13 | 984 | 1300 | −316 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Play-offs
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vojvodina | 67 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UNICS | 77 | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UNICS | 76 | 70 | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hemofarm | 52 | 71 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GHP Bamberg | 66 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hemofarm | 80 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UNICS | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ural Great | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ural Great | 100 | 79 | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Khimki | 94 | 85 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ural Great | 96 | 77 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ironi Nahariya | 91 | 89 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Türk Telekom | 78 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ironi Nahariya | 101 | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UNICS | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TIM Maroussi | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TIM Maroussi | 76 | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Azovmash Mariupol | 70 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TIM Maroussi | 85 | 93 | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aris BSA | 76 | 101 | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aris BSA | 96 | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Anwil Włocławek | 85 | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TIM Maroussi | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 74 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
| EKA AEL Limassol | 66 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 87 | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 92 | 83 | Ural Great | 104 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dynamo Moscow | 82 | 80 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Telindus Oostende | 74 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynamo Moscow | 94 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "2003–04". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
External links
- Season review at the EuroChallenge site