2003–04 Euroleague Explained

Nextseason:2004–05
2003–04 Euroleague
T Bg:
  1. EF6D0D
T Color:white
Pixels:300
Champions: Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (4th title)
Runners Up: Skipper Bologna
Third Place: CSKA Moscow
Teams:24
Award4:Regular Season MVP
Award4 Link:EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP
Award4 N:LTU
Award5:Top 16 MVP
Award5 Link:EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP
Award5 N:LTU
Award6:Final Four MVP
Award6 Link:EuroLeague Final Four MVP
Award6 N:USA
Pir:26.3
Pir N:LTU
Ppg:25.1
Ppg N:USA
Rpg:10.7
Rpg N:LTU
Apg:5.7
Apg N:USA

The 2003–04 Euroleague was the fourth season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 47th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2003 - 04 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 countries. The final of the competition was held in Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel, with hosts Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv,[1] defeating Skipper Bologna, by a score of 118-74.

Team allocation

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.

Teams entering in this round
Regular season
(24 teams)
Top 16
(16 teams)
  • 3 group winners from the regular season
  • 3 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 3 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 3 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
  • 3 group fifth-placed teams from the regular season
  • 1 group sixth-placed team from the regular season
Final four
(4 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the top 16

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)

Regular season
width=210 Benetton Treviso (1st)width=210 Unicaja Málaga (3rd)width=210 width=210
width=210 width=210 Tau Cerámica (6th)WCwidth=210 Krka (1st)width=210
width=210 width=210 width=210 width=210
width=210 Montepaschi Siena (4th)width=210 width=210 width=210 Idea Śląsk WC
FC Barcelona TH Olympiacos WC CSKA Moscow (1st)
Pamesa Valencia (2nd) Cibona VIP WC

Regular season

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:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Key to colors
    Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. FC Barcelona14 12 2 1086 937 +149
2. Cibona VIP14 8 6 1122 1101 +21
3. Ülker14 8 6 1023 1050 -27
4. Union Olimpija14 6 8 1093 1123 -30
5. Pau-Orthez14 6 8 1141 1130 +11
6. AEK14 6 8 1066 1099 -33
7. Partizan Mobtel14 6 8 1081 1078 +3
8. Lottomatica Roma14 4 10 997 1091 -94

Group B

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. CSKA Moscow14 11 3 1118 984 +134
2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv14 11 3 1261 1169 +92
3. Skipper Bologna14 8 6 1206 1173 +33
4. Montepaschi Siena14 8 6 1142 1142 0
5. Panathinaikos14 7 7 1141 1113 +28
6. Žalgiris14 6 8 1083 1068 +15
7. Unicaja Málaga14 4 10 1051 1111 -60
8. Krka14 2 12 9471189-242

Group C

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Efes Pilsen14 10 4 1066 1002 +64
2. Benetton Treviso14 10 4 1185 1067 +118
3. Pamesa Valencia14 9 5 1149 1089 +60
4. Tau Cerámica14 9 5 1183 1127 +56
5. Olympiacos14 7 7 11091108 +1
6. Idea Śląsk Wrocław14 6 8 1110 1163 -53
7. Alba Berlin14 3 11 1075 1170 -95
8. Adecco ASVEL14 2 12 982 1133 -151

Top 16

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.

This was the last season in which teams advanced directly from the Top 16 to the Final Four. A quarterfinal round was introduced in the 2004–05 season.

The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules.

The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:

Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:

  1. No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  2. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  3. If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority.

Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.

Key to colors
    Top place in each group advanced to Final four

Group D

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. CSKA Moscow6 5 1 477 436 +41
2. Tau Cerámica6 4 2 505 477 +28
3. Cibona VIP6 2 4 422 449 -27
4. Olympiacos6 1 5 436 477 -41

Group E

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Skipper Bologna6 5 1 484 457 +27
2. Efes Pilsen6 4 2 427 390 +37
3. Pau-Orthez6 2 4 452 486 −34
4. Union Olimpija6 1 5 438 468 −30

Group F

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Montepaschi Siena6 4 2 498 461 +37
2. Benetton Treviso6 4 2 510 494 +16
3. FC Barcelona6 2 4 445452 −7
4. Panathinaikos6 2 4 460 506 −46

Group G

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv6 4 2 452 406 +46
2. Pamesa Valencia6 4 2 418 421 -3
3. Žalgiris6 3 3 520 507 +13
4. Ülker6 1 5 449505 −56

Final four

See main article: 2003–04 Euroleague Final Four.

Semifinals

April 29, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv|}

3rd place game

May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv|}

Final

May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv|}

Final standings

width=25width=220Team
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Skipper Bologna
CSKA Moscow
Montepaschi Siena

Awards

Top Scorer

Regular Season MVP

Top 16 MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague First Team 2003 - 04

All-Euroleague Second Team 2003 - 04

External links

Notes and References

  1. The venue for each year's Final Four is determined before the previous year's Final Four, before it can possibly be known who will advance.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "2003–04 Euroleague".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.