2002–03 ULEB Cup

The 2002–03 ULEB Cup was the inaugural season of Europe's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, the ULEB Cup, which is organised by Euroleague Basketball. The 2003 ULEB Cup Finals were played between Pamesa Valencia and Krka, and won by Valencia, their first title in a European-wide competition. As the winners of the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, Valencia qualified for the European top-tier level 2003–04 Euroleague.

ULEB Cup
Season2002–03
Duration15 October 2002 – 24 April 2003
(competition proper)
Number of games150
Number of teams24 (competition proper)
Finals
ChampionsSpain Pamesa Valencia
1st title
  Runners-upSlovenia Krka
Finals MVPSerbia and Montenegro Dejan Tomašević
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jamie Arnold 20.3
Rebounds United States K'zell Wesson 12.7
Assists United States Scooter Barry 5.3
Index Rating Australia Chris Anstey 24.1

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 10 countries, instead of the initial 32, participated in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup.[1][2][3] The majority of champion teams that could not play in the Euroleague chose to compete in the 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup, apart from the champions of Russia, Netherlands and Belgium. The inaugural ULEB Cup also didn't feature teams from Greece, Lithuania and Israel as they chose to play in FIBA's competition.

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.[1]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(32 teams)
Elimination rounds
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season

Teams

League positions after Playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses:[2][3]

Regular season
Spain Adecco Estudiantes (4th) Italy Eurocellulari Roseto (9th) Germany RheinEnergie Köln (2nd) Slovenia Pivovarna Laško (3rd)
Spain Pamesa Valencia (6th) Italy Metis Varese (10th) Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (3rd) Croatia Zadar (2nd)
Spain Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada (7th) Italy Snaidero Udine (12th) Germany Opel Skyliners (4th) Netherlands Ricoh Astronauts (1st)
Spain Caprabo Lleida (8th) France Cholet (3rd) Belgium Telindus Oostende (1st) Russia Ural Great (1st)
Spain DKV Joventut (9th) France Élan Chalon (4th) Belgium Spirou (2nd) Serbia and Montenegro FMP (3rd)
Italy Generali Group Trieste (7th) France Gravelines (5th) Slovenia Krka (2nd) Turkey Darüssafaka (3rd)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3][4][5]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Regular season Round 1 16 July 2002 15 October 2002
Round 2 22 October 2002
Round 3 29 October 2002
Round 4 5 November 2002
Round 5 12 November 2002
Round 6 3 December 2002
Round 7 10 December 2002
Round 8 17 December 2002
Round 9 7 January 2003
Round 10 14 January 2003
Elimination rounds Eighthfinals 15 January 2003 4 February 2003 11 February 2003
Quarterfinals 25 February 2003 4 March 2003
Semifinals 18 March 2003 25 March 2003
Finals 15 April 2003 24 April 2003

Regular season

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four first qualified teams advanced to the elimination rounds, while the two last teams were eliminated.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GRA JOV URA UDI BON FUE
1 France Gravelines 10 7 3 851 796 +55 17 Advance to elimination rounds 88–82 86–68 91–83 88–63 83–72
2 Spain DKV Joventut 10 6 4 837 824 +13 16 95–87 94–82 77–69 88–72 87–82
3 Russia Ural Great 10 5 5 877 824 +53 15 87–94 101–73 86–61 96–84 117–89
4 Italy Snaidero Udine 10 5 5 823 805 +18 15 84–67 84–90 90–86 92–78 93–64
5 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 4 6 786 845 59 14 84–80 81–78 72–64 76–84 99–81
6 Spain Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada 10 3 7 809 889 80 13 78–87 78–73 81–90 90–83 94–77
Source: ULEB Cup

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FMP VAL ROS LAŠ SKY OOS
1 Serbia and Montenegro FMP Železnik 10 9 1 796 669 +127 19 Advance to elimination rounds 80–67 78–76 81–62 82–60 92–52
2 Spain Pamesa Valencia 10 8 2 847 710 +137 18 85–61 98–62 93–74 94–66 90–69
3 Italy Eurocellulari Roseto 10 5 5 786 778 +8 15 72–82 77–57 89–76 84–79 85–69
4 Slovenia Pivovarna Laško 10 4 6 751 828 77 14 59–89 78–83 79–77 85–81 76–68
5 Germany Opel Skyliners 10 3 7 731 795 64 13 59–68 63–72 83–78 75–68 90–79
6 Belgium Telindus Oostende 10 1 9 748 879 131 11 77–83 80–108 77–86 92–94 85–75
Source: ULEB Cup

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KRK EST KOL TRI CHA DAR
1 Slovenia Krka 10 7 3 869 802 +67 17 Advance to elimination rounds 92–74 85–75 101–83 75–71 79–76
2 Spain Adecco Estudiantes 10 7 3 890 794 +96 17 88–79 87–66 121–76 76–78 105–79
3 Germany RheinEnergie Köln 10 6 4 814 811 +3 16 87–83 79–74 84–80 86–76 98–60
4 Italy Generali Group Trieste 10 4 6 806 849 43 14 70–87 78–85 86–88 75–68 84–72
5 France Élan Chalon 10 4 6 785 821 36 14 102–99 72–78 91–85 70–88 78–75
6 Turkey Darüşşafaka 10 2 8 779 866 87 12 76–89 95–102 89–66 73–86 84–79
Source: ULEB Cup

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VAR LLE SPI ZAD CHO AMS
1 Italy Metis Varese 10 6 4 784 769 +15 16 Advance to elimination rounds 87–78 75–69 88–86 81–76 80–72
2 Spain Caprabo Lleida 10 6 4 838 794 +44 16 82–78 72–76 85–77 99–84 89–67
3 Belgium Spirou 10 6 4 780 764 +16 16 79–71 75–87 80–66 98–90 67–77
4 Croatia Zadar 10 5 5 794 828 34 15 73–71 81–79 66–86 91–90 90–80
5 France Cholet 10 4 6 830 820 +10 14 85–74 93–79 94–73 75–65 72–74
6 Netherlands Ricoh Astronauts 10 3 7 761 812 51 13 69–79 76–88 66–77 94–99 86–71
Source: ULEB Cup

Elimination rounds

In the elimination rounds, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

In the draw for the elimination rounds, the four group winners and four group runners-up were seeded, and the four group third-placed teams and four group fourth-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same country could not be drawn against each other.

Bracket

 
Eighthfinals
February 4 – February 11
Quarterfinals
February 25 – March 4
Semifinals
March 18 – March 25
Finals
April 15 – April 24
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Belgium Spirou6457121
 
 
 
Spain DKV Joventut5673 129
 
Spain DKV Joventut8068148
 
 
 
Serbia and Montenegro FMP6677 143
 
Italy Generali Trieste7386159
 
 
 
Serbia and Montenegro FMP9181 172
 
Spain DKV Joventut8266148
 
 
 
Slovenia Krka6982 151
 
Russia Ural Great8469153
 
 
 
Spain Caprabo Lleida7986 165
 
Spain Caprabo Lleida9177168
 
 
 
Slovenia Krka8694 180
 
Slovenia Pivovarna Laško7869147
 
 
 
Slovenia Krka7976 155
 
Slovenia Krka7876154
 
 
 
Spain Pamesa Valencia9078 168
 
Germany RheinEnergie Köln7284156
 
 
 
Spain Pamesa Valencia7693 169
 
Spain Pamesa Valencia10580185
 
 
 
Croatia Zadar8493 177
 
Croatia Zadar9464158
 
 
 
France Gravelines7178 149
 
Spain Pamesa Valencia6868136
 
 
 
Spain Adecco Estudiantes5575 130
 
Italy Eurocellulari Roseto8068148
 
 
 
Spain Adecco Estudiantes7284 156
 
Spain Adecco Estudiantes77101178
 
 
 
Italy Metis Varese5988 147
 
Italy Snaidero Udine8359142
 
 
Italy Metis Varese7773 150
 

Source: ULEB Cup

Eighthfinals

The first legs were played on 4 February, and the second legs were played on 11 February 2003.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spirou Belgium 121–129 Spain DKV Joventut 64–56 57–73
Generali Group Trieste Italy 159–172 Serbia and Montenegro FMP 73–91 86–81
Ural Great Russia 153–165 Spain Caprabo Lleida 84–79 69–86
Pivovarna Laško Slovenia 147–155 Slovenia Krka 78–79 69–76
RheinEnergie Köln Germany 156–169 Spain Pamesa Valencia 72–76 84–93
Zadar Croatia 158–149 France Gravelines 94–71 64–78
Eurocellulari Roseto Italy 148–156 Spain Adecco Estudiantes 80–72 68–84
Snaidero Udine Italy 142–150 Italy Metis Varese 83–77 59–73

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 25 February, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2003.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DKV Joventut Spain 148–143 Serbia and Montenegro FMP 80–66 68–77
Caprabo Lleida Spain 168–180 Slovenia Krka 91–86 77–94
Pamesa Valencia Spain 185–177 Croatia Zadar 105–84 80–93
Adecco Estudiantes Spain 178–147 Italy Metis Varese 77–59 101–88

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 18 March, and the second legs were played on 25 March 2003.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DKV Joventut Spain 148–151 Slovenia Krka 82–69 66–82
Pamesa Valencia Spain 136–130 Spain Adecco Estudiantes 68–55 68–75

Finals

The first leg was played on 15 April, and the second leg was played on 24 April 2003.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Krka Slovenia 154–168 Spain Pamesa Valencia 78–90 76–78

Awards

Finals MVP

Player Team
Serbia and Montenegro Dejan TomaševićSpain Pamesa Valencia

References

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