2003–04 FIBA Europe League

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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
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

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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
  Ural Great (2nd)   Aris BSA (5th)   Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th)   Kalev Tallinn (5th)
  UNICS (3rd)   TIM Maroussi (6th)   Anwil Wloclawek (1st)   Honka Playboys (1st)
  Khimki (4th)   Azovmash (1st)   Polonia Warsaw (4th)   GHP Bamberg (2nd)
  Dynamo Moscow (7th)   Odesa (2nd)   Hemofarm (5th)   Skonto (2nd)
  SLUC Nancy (6th)   Kyiv (3rd)   Vojvodina NIS (8th)   Alita (3rd)
  Paris Basket Racing (7th)   Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut (2nd)   Široki Hercegtisak (1st)   Turk Telekom (4th)
  STB Le Havre (8th)   Telindus Oostende (3rd)   ECM Nymburk (2nd)
  Peristeri (4th)   Strauss Iscar Nahariya (2nd)   EKA AEL Limassol (1st)

Qualifying round

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Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Dynamo Moscow 14 11 3 1233 1090 +143 Advance to play-offs
2   Strauss Iscar Nahariya 14 11 3 1251 1134 +117
3   TIM Maroussi 14 10 4 1161 1037 +124
4   NIS Vojvodina 14 9 5 1193 1115 +78
5   ECM Nymburk 14 6 8 1172 1179 −7
6   SLUC Nancy 14 5 9 1107 1148 −41
7   Odesa 14 3 11 1084 1182 −98
8   Kalev Tallinn 14 1 13 984 1300 −316
Source: FIBA Europe

Play-offs

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
  Vojvodina6773
 
 
 
  UNICS7785
 
  UNICS767087
 
 
 
  Hemofarm527158
 
  GHP Bamberg6670
 
 
 
  Hemofarm8079
 
  UNICS93
 
 
 
  Ural Great68
 
  Ural Great1007988
 
 
 
  Khimki948567
 
  Ural Great967781
 
 
 
  Ironi Nahariya918973
 
  Türk Telekom7875
 
 
 
  Ironi Nahariya10198
 
  UNICS87
 
 
 
  TIM Maroussi 63
 
  TIM Maroussi7688
 
 
 
  Azovmash Mariupol7084
 
  TIM Maroussi859399
 
 
 
  Aris BSA7610190
 
  Aris BSA9698
 
 
 
  Anwil Włocławek8592
 
  TIM Maroussi92
 
 
 
  Hapoel Tel Aviv74Third place
 
  EKA AEL Limassol6673
 
  
 
  Hapoel Tel Aviv8789
 
  Hapoel Tel Aviv9283  Ural Great104
 
 
 
  Dynamo Moscow8280  Hapoel Tel Aviv112
 
  Telindus Oostende7470
 
 
  Dynamo Moscow9472
 
2003–04 FIBA Europe League
 
UNICS
1st title

See also

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References

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

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