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| T Color: | white |
| Nextseason: | 2003–04 |
| Euroleague | |
| Season: | 2002–03 |
| Pixels: | 300 |
| Champions: |  FC Barcelona (1st title) |
| Runners Up: |  Benetton Treviso |
| Third Place: | Montepaschi Siena |
| Fourth Place: |  CSKA Moscow |
| Teams: | 24 (from 13 countries) |
| Games: | 220 (total) |
| Award4: | Regular Season MVP |
| Award4 Winner: |  Joseph Blair |
| Award4 Link: | EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP |
| Award5: | Top 16 MVP |
| Award5 Winner: |  Mirsad Türkcan |
| Award5 Link: | EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP |
| Award6: | Final Four MVP |
| Award6 Link: | EuroLeague Final Four MVP |
| Award6 Winner: | Dejan Bodiroga |
| Pir: | 24.0 |
| Ppg: | 25.8 |
| Rebounds Leader: | Mirsad Türkcan |
| Rpg: | 11.8 |
| Apg: | 6.5 |
The 2002–03 Euroleague was the third season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 46th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2002 - 03 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 countries. The final of the competition was held in Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, with hosts FC Barcelona defeating Benetton Treviso 76-65.
The table below shows the default access list.
| Teams entering in this round | ||
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| Regular season (24 teams) | ||
| Top 16 (16 teams) |
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| Final Four (4 teams) |
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)
| Regular season | |||||||
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| width=210 | Benetton Treviso (1st) | width=210 | width=210 | width=210 | |||
| width=210 | width=210 | Real Madrid WC | width=210 | width=210 | |||
| width=210 | width=210 | width=210 | width=210 | Žalgiris WC | |||
| width=210 | Montepaschi Siena (5th)WC | width=210 | width=210 | width=210 | |||
| Panathinaikos TH | CSKA Moscow (2nd)WC | ||||||
The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the top team advancing to the Final Four. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.
See main article: 2003 Euroleague Final Four. The Final Four was played from 9 May until 11 May 2003 and was held in the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.
On 2 October 2002 Euroleague All-Star Team led by Tyus Edney defeated Real Madrid in exhibition game 91-85.[1]
Real Madrid (22+15+21+27): Michael Hawkins 2, Alberto Herreros 16, Angulo 7, Derrick Alston 6, Hernández-Sonseca 11; Digbeu 14, Dragan Tarlac 16, Victoriano 13, Macej Lampe, Nadeau.
Euroliga Stars(21+23+14+33): Tyus Edney 16, McDonald 9, Alvertis 2, Turkcan 2, Nicola 8; Kakiouzis 18, Luis Scola 8, Gregor Fucka 11, Navarro 3, Shelef 2, Vujcic 12, Weis; Coach: Zeljko Obradovic.