2013–14 Eurocup Basketball Explained

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Eurocup
Season:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2014–15
Champions:	Valencia 3rd title
Runners Up:	UNICS
Teams:	48 + 8
Duration:	October 15, 2013 – May 7, 2014
Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball MVP
Finals Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP
Pir:	26.7
Top Scorer:	Errick McCollum
Ppg:	20.2
Rpg:	10.1
Apg:	8.6

The 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball season was the 12th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the EuroLeague. Valencia, the winner of this competition, earned a place at the group stage of the next season's EuroLeague.^[1] Valencia beat UNICS in two legs. It was the first time since the 2002–03 season, that the Finals were played over two games.

Competition format changes

The competition increases from 32 to 48 teams in the Regular Season phase. The size of the groups will grow to six teams, where the first three qualified teams will join the Last 32 stage. Another innovation this season will see clubs divided into two regional conferences for the Regular Season phase.^[2]

Euroleague clubs that do not qualify for the Euroleague Top 16 will join the remaining 24 Eurocup teams for the Last 32 phase.

Teams

48 teams will participate in Eurocup Regular Season. 41 of them will qualify directly to this stage with the seven losers of the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds.^[3] For the Last 32, eight teams who didn't make the Top 16 in the 2013–14 Euroleague would enter.

+ Key to colors
Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Eightfinalist	Last 32	Regular season

Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships)
Regular season
(LNB)	5	ASVEL (3)	Élan Chalon (4)	BCM Gravelines (5)	Le Mans (7)	Paris-Levallois (12)
(BBL)	5	Oldenburg (2)	ratiopharm Ulm (3)	Alba Berlin (5)^[4]	Artland Dragons^WC (6)^[5]	Telekom Baskets Bonn^WC (7)^[6]
(Lega A)	4	Acea Roma (2)	Cimberio Varèse (3)	FoxTown Cantù (4)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari^WC (5)
(PBL + VTB)	4	Khimki (3)	Spartak Saint Petersburg (4)	UNICS (5)	Nizhny Novgorod (8)
(TBL)	4	Banvit (2)	Pınar Karşıyaka (4)	Beşiktaş Integral Forex (6)	Aykon TED Ankara (7)
(BLB)	3	Telenet Oostende (1)	Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2)	Spirou Charleroi (3)
(ACB)	3	CAI Zaragoza (3)	Valencia (6)	Bilbao^WC (7) ^[7]
(ABA)	2	KK Cedevita (6)	KK Cibona^WC (11)
(GBL)	2	Panionios (3)	PAOK (5)
(BSL)	2	Maccabi Haifa (1)	Hapoel Jerusalem (4)
(ABA)	1	KK Igokea (3)
(NBL)	1	Lukoil Academic (1)
(NBL)	1	ČEZ Nymburk (1)
(KML + VTB)	1	BC Kalev/Cramo^WC (1)
(Korisliiga)	1	Bisons Loimaa^WC (1)
(NBI/A)	1	Bericap Alba Fehérvár (1)
(LBL)	1	VEF Rīga (1)
(LKL)	1	Neptūnas (3)
(ABA)	1	KK MZT Aerodrom^WC (7)
(ABA)	1	KK Budućnost (5)
(RBD)	1	CSU Asesoft (1)
(ABA)	1	KK Radnički (4)
(ABA)	1	Union Olimpija^WC (8)
(UBL)	1	Khimik Yuzhny^WC (5) ^[8]
Last 32
(LNB)	2	JSF Nanterre (1)	Strasbourg IG (2)
(BBL)	1	Brose Baskets (1)
(Lega A)	1	Montepaschi Siena (1)
(LKL)	1	Lietuvos Rytas (2)
(ABA)	1	Crvena zvezda (2)
(PLK)	1	Stelmet Zielona Góra (1)
(UBL)	1	Budivelnyk (1)

Draw

The draws for the 2013–14 Eurocup were held on Saturday, 5 October, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.^[9]

Teams were divided into two geographical conferences with 24 teams and 4 groups each.For the each conference teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.

Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group if possible. Liga ABA teams (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) are considered as same country teams.^[10]

Western Conference

width=16%	Pot 1	width=16%	Pot 2	width=16%	Pot 3	width=16%	Pot 4	width=16%	Pot 5	width=16%	Pot 6
Valencia BC Alba Berlin Bilbao Basket ČEZ Nymburk	KK Cedevita Union Olimpija CAI Zaragoza FoxTown Cantù	Acea Roma Banco di Sardegna Sassari Cimberio Varèse Le Mans	Spirou Charleroi ASVEL Telenet Oostende Belfius Mons-Hainaut	ratiopharm Ulm KK Cibona BCM Gravelines Élan Chalon	Paris-Levallois Artland Dragons EWE Baskets Oldenburg Telekom Baskets Bonn

Eastern Conference

width=16%	Pot 1	width=16%	Pot 2	width=16%	Pot 3	width=16%	Pot 4	width=16%	Pot 5	width=16%	Pot 6
UNICS Khimki Spartak Saint Petersburg KK Budućnost	Nizhny Novgorod Banvit Beşiktaş Integral Forex Pınar Karşıyaka	Aykon TED Ankara VEF Rīga Hapoel Jerusalem Panionios	PAOK Maccabi Haifa Neptūnas KK Igokea	Radnički Kragujevac KK MZT Aerodrom Khimik Yuzhny Lukoil Academic	BC Kalev/Cramo Bisons Loimaa Bericap Alba Fehérvár CSU Asesoft

Regular season

The Regular Season began on Tuesday, October 15.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

Head-to-head record.
Head-to-head point differential.
Point differential during the Regular Season.
Points scored during the regular season.
Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Key to colors
	Top three teams in each group advance to Last 32.

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

Group E

See main article: Eurocup 2013–14 Regular Season Group E.

Group F

See main article: Eurocup 2013–14 Regular Season Group F.

Group G

See main article: Eurocup 2013–14 Regular Season Group G.

Group H

See main article: Eurocup 2013–14 Regular Season Group H.

Last 32 phase

The Last 32 runs from January 7 to February 19, 2014

If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 32 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

Head-to-head record.
Head-to-head point differential.
Point differential during the Last 32 phase.
Points scored during the Last 32 phase.
Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 32 phase match.

After Euroleague Regular Season
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships)
(LNB)	2	JSF Nanterre (1)	Strasbourg IG (2)
(BBL)	1	Brose Baskets (1)
(Lega A)	1	Montepaschi Siena (1)
(LKL)	1	Lietuvos Rytas (2)
(ABA)	1	Crvena zvezda (2)
(PLK)	1	Stelmet Zielona Góra (1)
(UBL)	1	Budivelnyk (1)

Key to colors
	Top two teams in each group advance to eight-finals.

Group I

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 Last 32 Group I.

Group J

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 Last 32 Group J.

Group K

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 Last 32 Group K.

Group L

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 Last 32 Group L.

Group M

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 Last 32 Group M.

Group N

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 Last 32 Group N.

Group O

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 Last 32 Group O.

Group P

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 Last 32 Group P.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball Knockout Stage. In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

The team that finished in the higher Last 32 place will play the second game of the series at home.
If both teams placed the same in the Last 32, the team with more Last 32 victories will play the second game at home.
In case of a tie in both place and victories, the team with the higher cumulative Last 32 point difference will play the second game at home.

Bracket

Finals

See main article: 2014 Eurocup Finals.

Game 2

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	20	533	26.65
2.	Esteban Batista	Pınar Karşıyaka	16	368	23.00
3.	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	16	343	21.44
4.	Errick McCollum	Panionios	16	339	21.19
5.	Caleb Green	Dinamo Basket Sassari	18	374	20.78

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Points	width=40	PPG
1.	Errick McCollum	Panionios	16	323	20.19
2.		Aykon TED Ankara	20	386	19.30
3.		Dinamo Basket Sassari	18	347	19.28
4.	Andrew Goudelock	UNICS	24	451	18.79
5.	Bobby Dixon	Pınar Karşıyaka	16	291	18.19

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rebounds	width=40	RPG
1.	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	20	202	10.10
2.	Dijon Thompson	Nizhny Novgorod	15	123	8.20
3.	Esteban Batista	Pınar Karşıyaka	16	130	8.13
4.	Trent Plaisted	Ratiopharm Ulm	17	118	6.94
5.	Marcus Lewis	BCM Gravelines	15	103	6.87

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Assists	width=40	APG
1.	Marko Marinović	Radnički Kragujevac	16	137	8.56
2.		BC Khimki	17	109	6.41
3.		Dinamo Basket Sassari	14	83	5.93
4.		Dinamo Basket Sassari	18	100	5.56
5.		Aykon TED Ankara	19	105	5.53

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week	Player	Team
1	Pietro Aradori	FoxTown Cantu	36
2	Mouphtaou Yarou	Radnički Kragujevac	41
3	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	41
4	Joe Ragland	FoxTown Cantu	36
5	Mike Green	Khimki Moscow	34
6	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	36
7	Sasu Salin	Union Olimpija	32
8	T. J. Carter	Panionios	34
9	Jason Love	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	34
10	Alando Tucker	Lukoil Academic	43

Last 32

Week	Player	Team
1	Omar Thomas	Dinamo Basket Sassari	30
2	Trenton Meacham	JSF Nanterre	33
3	Donta Smith (2)	Maccabi Haifa	40
4	Esteban Batista	Pınar Karşıyaka	46
5	Vladimir Golubović (2)	Aykon TED Ankara	51
6	Caleb Green	Dinamo Basket Sassari	34

Eighthfinals

Week	Player	Team
1	Darjuš Lavrinovič	Budivelnyk Kyiv	38
2	align=left	Vladimir Golubović (3)	align=left		38

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team
1	Justin Doellman	Valencia BC	34
2	Reggie Redding	Alba Berlin	40

Semifinals

Game	Player	Team
1	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia BC	31
2	Nikos Zisis	UNICS	31

Finals

Game	Player	Team
1	Justin Doellman (2)	Valencia BC	35
2	Justin Doellman (3)	Valencia BC	34

Eurocup MVP

Andrew Goudelock^[11] (UNICS)

Eurocup Finals MVP

Justin Doellman^[12] (Valencia BC)

All-Eurocup Teams

Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club	Ref
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	DeMarcus Nelson	Crvena Zvezda	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem	^[13]
		UNICS	Reggie Redding	Alba Berlin
	Dijon Thompson	Nizhny Novgorod	Caleb Green	Dinamo Sassari
	Justin Doellman	Valencia BC	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia BC
	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	Darjuš Lavrinovič	Budivelnyk Kyiv

Coach of the Year

Andrea Trinchieri^[14] (UNICS)

Rising Star

Bojan Dubljević^[15] (Valencia Basket)

Notes and References

Web site: Eurocup - Welcome to Eurocup . Eurocupbasketball.com . 2014-05-16.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130618093241/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/114318/3735/eurocup-changes-format-expands-to-48-teams-for-2013-14-season Eurocup changes format, expands to 48 teams for 2013-14 season
https://web.archive.org/web/20130719051725/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/114892/3735 Teams announced for newly expanded 2013-14 Eurocup!
http://www.albaberlin.de/team/news/basketballteam/2013-07-04/albatrosse-gehen-2013-2014-im-eurocup-an-den-start.html Albatrosse gehen 2013/2014 im Eurocup an den Start
http://www.artland-dragons.de/saison/news/news-detail/article/dragons-erhalten-eurocup-wildcard.html Dragons erhalten Eurocup-Wildcard
http://www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de/news/2013-07-05/telekom-baskets-steigen-in-den-eurocup-auf.html Telekom Baskets steigen in den Eurocup auf
http://www.bilbaobasket.biz/es/noticias/leer%20m%C3%A1s/209/El%20Bilbao%20Basket%20disputar%C3%A1%20la%20Eurocup%202013-2014.html El Bilbao Basket disputará la Eurocup 2013-2014
http://www.bc.khimik.com.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1754:-qq----eurocup&catid=1:news&Itemid=30 БК "Химик" участник основной сетки Eurocup
Web site: 2013-14 Eurocup Regular Season draw set for Saturday, October 5 - Latest - Welcome to Eurocup . https://web.archive.org/web/20130930151047/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/117141/3735/2013-14-eurocup-regular-season-draw-set-for-saturday-october-5 . dead . September 30, 2013 . Eurocupbasketball.com . 2013-09-27 . 2014-05-16.
Web site: 2013-14 Eurocup regular season draw criteria and procedure - Latest - Welcome to Eurocup . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006091530/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/119306/3735 . dead . October 6, 2013 . Eurocupbasketball.com . 2013-10-05 . 2014-05-16.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140509001254/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/136559/3735 2013-14 Eurocup MVP: Andrew Goudelock, UNICS
https://web.archive.org/web/20140509001243/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/eurocup-finals/valencia-kazan-2014/main-page/i/136804/8775 Valencia's Doellman claims Eurocup Finals MVP trophy!
https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000447/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/136252/3735 2013-14 All-Eurocup First, Second teams named
https://web.archive.org/web/20140426123146/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/136168 2013-14 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Andrea Trinchieri, UNICS
https://web.archive.org/web/20141018005619/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/135857/3735 2013-14 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket

2013–14 Eurocup Basketball Explained

Competition format changes

Teams

Draw

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

Regular season

Western Conference

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Eastern Conference

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Last 32 phase

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Group M

Group N

Group O

Group P

Knockout phase

Bracket

Finals

Game 2

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Last 32

Eighthfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Teams

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

See also

Notes and References