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 and FIBA's top competition. 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
The Final Four was played at the Basket-Hall Kazan
Season2003–04
Number of teams30
Finals
ChampionsRussia UNICS (1st title)
  Runners-upGreece TIM Maroussi
Third placeIsrael Hapoel Tel Aviv
Fourth placeRussia Ural Great Perm
Final Four MVPEstonia Martin Müürsepp
Statistical leaders
Points United States Duane Woodward 21.4
Rebounds United States Chris Ensminger 12.6
Assists United States Stevin Smith 6.8

Team allocation

There were five domestic champions and six runners-up (including Germany, Russia and Israel) in the new competition which sported a similar name to FIBA European League, the name under which the Euroleague was known until 1996. 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
Russia Ural Great (2nd) Greece Aris BSA (5th) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th) Estonia Kalev (5th)
Russia UNICS (3rd) Greece TIM Maroussi (6th) Poland Anwil Wloclawek (1st) Finland Honka Playboys (1st)
Russia Khimki (4th) Ukraine Azovmash (1st) Poland Polonia Warsaw (4th) Germany GHP Bamberg (2nd)
Russia Dynamo Moscow (7th) Ukraine Odesa (2nd) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hemofarm (5th) Latvia Skonto (2nd)
France Nancy (6th) Ukraine Kyiv (3rd) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina NIS (8th) Lithuania Alita (3rd)
France Paris Racing (7th) Belgium Dexia Mons Hainaut (2nd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Hercegtisak (1st) Turkey Turk Telekom (4th)
France STB Le Havre (8th) Belgium Telindus Oostende (3rd) Czech Republic ECM Nymburk (2nd)
Greece Peristeri (4th) Israel Ironi Nahariya (2nd) Cyprus EKA AEL Limassol (1st)

Qualifying round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Russia UNICS 12 11 1 1058 804 +254 Advance to play-offs
2 Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol 12 7 5 919 875 +44
3 Turkey Türk Telekom 12 6 6 899 914 15
4 Belgium Telindus Oostende 12 6 6 979 1000 21
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Hercegtisak 12 6 6 899 952 53
6 France STB Le Havre 12 4 8 797 890 93
7 Lithuania Alita 12 2 10 852 968 116
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Poland Anwil Włocławek 12 9 3 902 867 +35 Advance to play-offs
2 Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm 12 8 4 960 882 +78
3 Cyprus EKA AEL Limassol 12 7 5 842 840 +2
4 Russia Khimki 12 6 6 972 968 +4
5 Greece Peristeri 12 5 7 914 948 34
6 France Paris Racing 12 4 8 885 946 61
7 Belgium Dexia Mons-Hainaut 12 3 9 897 921 24
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Russia Ural Great 14 11 3 1253 1064 +189 Advance to play-offs
2 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 14 10 4 1154 990 +164
3 Germany GHP Bamberg 14 10 4 1045 1053 8
4 Greece Aris BSA 14 9 5 1171 1072 +99
5 Poland Polonia Warsaw 14 7 7 1145 1156 11
6 Ukraine Kyiv 14 5 9 1046 1107 61
7 Latvia Skonto 14 3 11 1031 1193 162
8 Finland Honka Playboys 14 1 13 941 1151 210
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Russia Dynamo Moscow 14 11 3 1233 1090 +143 Advance to play-offs
2 Israel Ironi Nahariya 14 11 3 1251 1134 +117
3 Greece TIM Maroussi 14 10 4 1161 1037 +124
4 Serbia and Montenegro NIS Vojvodina 14 9 5 1193 1115 +78
5 Czech Republic ECM Nymburk 14 6 8 1172 1179 7
6 France Nancy 14 5 9 1107 1148 41
7 Ukraine Odesa 14 3 11 1084 1182 98
8 Estonia Kalev 14 1 13 984 1300 316
Source: FIBA Europe

Play-offs

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Serbia and Montenegro Vojvodina6773
 
 
 
Russia UNICS7785
 
Russia UNICS767087
 
 
 
Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm527158
 
Germany GHP Bamberg6670
 
 
 
Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm8079
 
Russia UNICS93
 
 
 
Russia Ural Great68
 
Russia Ural Great1007988
 
 
 
Russia Khimki948567
 
Russia Ural Great967781
 
 
 
Israel Ironi Nahariya918973
 
Turkey Türk Telekom7875
 
 
 
Israel Ironi Nahariya10198
 
Russia UNICS87
 
 
 
Greece TIM Maroussi 63
 
Greece TIM Maroussi7688
 
 
 
Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol7084
 
Greece TIM Maroussi859399
 
 
 
Greece Aris BSA7610190
 
Greece Aris BSA9698
 
 
 
Poland Anwil Włocławek8592
 
Greece TIM Maroussi92
 
 
 
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv74Third place
 
Cyprus EKA AEL Limassol6673
 
  
 
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv8789
 
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv9283Russia Ural Great104
 
 
 
Russia Dynamo Moscow8280Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv112
 
Belgium Telindus Oostende7470
 
 
Russia Dynamo Moscow9472
 
2003–04 FIBA Europe League
Russia
UNICS
1st title

See also

References

  1. "2003–04". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

Sources

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