FIBA Europe League 2003/04

FIBA Europe League 2003/04
Duration		October 14, 2003 - April 24, 2004
Order of execution		1st season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		30th
Final Four
venue		Kazan
master		UNICS Kazan
Runner-up		GS Marousi
Finals - MVP		Martin Müürsepp (UNICS)
FIBA Europe League 2004/05 →
↑ ULEB Cup 2003/04

The season 2003/04 was the first season of the FIBA Europe discharged Euro Challenge , which started under the name of Europe League.

UNICS Kazan from Russia won the title .

mode

The tournament started with a group stage consisting of two groups of eight teams and two groups of seven teams each. The top four in each group made it to the round of 16, followed by the quarter-finals. Both rounds were played in a best of three series. The two semi-finals, the game for third place, and the final took place as part of a Final Four tournament.

Attendees

30 teams took part in the FIBA ​​Europe League 2003/04.

Attendees
Country / League	number	Teams
Russia ( Super League )	4th	MBK Dynamo Moscow	BK Khimki	UNICS Kazan	Urals Great Perm
France ( LNB )	3	STB Le Havre	Paris Basket Racing	SLUC Nancy
Greece ( A1 )	3	Aris Thessaloniki	GS Marousi	GS Peristeri
Ukraine ( Super League )	3	BK Azovmash Mariupol	BK Kiev	BK Odessa
Belgium ( ELB )	2	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	Telindus Ostend
Israel ( Ligat ha'Al )	2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ironi Nahariya
Poland ( PLK )	2	Anwil Włocławek	Polonia Warsaw
Serbia and Montenegro ( KLS )	2	KK Hemofarm	KK Vojvodina Novi Sad
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( League D1 )	1	HKK Široki Brijeg
Germany ( BBL )	1	GHP Bamberg
Estonia ( KME )	1	Tallinna Kalev
Finland ( Korisliiga )	1	Espoon Honka
Latvia ( LBL )	1	BK discount Riga
Lithuania ( LKL )	1	Alita Alytus
Czech Republic ( NBL )	1	ČEZ Nymburk
Turkey ( TBL )	1	Türk Telekomspor
Cyprus ( Division 1 )	1	EKA AEL Limassol

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. UNICS Kazan	12	11	1	1058	804
2. Azovmash Mariupol	12	7th	5	919	875
3. Türk Telekomspor	12	6th	6th	899	914
4. Telindus Ostend	12	6th	6th	979	1000
5. HKK Široki Brijeg	12	6th	6th	899	952
6. STB Le Havre	12	4th	8th	797	890
7. Alita Alytus	12	2	10	852	968

	Kazan	Mariupol	Ankara	East End	Š. Brijeg	Le Havre	Alytus
UNICS	*	94 : 64	96 : 60	84 : 73	107 : 65	65 : 57	99 : 60
Azovmash	70: 74	*	80 : 56	73: 75	82 : 70	70 : 61	79 : 58
Turk Telecom	68: 91	62: 73	*	72: 73	85 : 62	75: 62	89 : 87
Telindus	74: 98	91: 94	102 : 87	*	79: 88	70: 71	85 : 75
Siroki	85 : 80	82 : 74	68: 75	91 : 80	*	78: 79 a.d.	77 : 69
STB	66: 82	65: 77	56: 93	77: 85	67: 69	*	75 : 73
Alita	63: 83	85 : 83	64: 77	90: 92	75 : 64	53: 62	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Anwil Włocławek	12	9	3	902	867
2. KK Hemofarm	12	8th	4th	960	882
3. EKA AEL Limassol	12	7th	5	842	840
4. BK Khimki	12	6th	6th	972	968
5. GS peristeri	12	5	7th	914	948
6. Paris Basket Racing	12	4th	8th	885	946
7. Dexia Mons-Hainaut	12	3	9	897	921

	Włocławek	Vršac	Limassol	Khimki	Peristeri	Paris	Mons
Anwil	*	78 : 70	54: 68	92 : 91	80 : 75	65 : 61	58: 70
Hemofarm	71: 74	*	68: 75	101 : 84	82 : 68	90 : 59	78 : 71
EKA AEL	57: 73	70: 74	*	87 : 68	63 : 57	72 : 67	69 : 68
Khimki	79: 86	79 : 72	79 : 64	*	90 : 79	79 : 71	94 : 79
Peristeri	74 : 71	66: 78	73 : 69	79 : 77	*	99: 108 a.d.	93 : 82
Racing basket	75: 80	79: 94	83 : 67	67: 81	82 : 80	*	66 : 60
Dexia	76: 91	79: 82	76: 81	91 : 71	66: 71	79 : 67	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Urals Great Perm	14th	11	3	1253	1064
2. Hapoel Tel Aviv	14th	10	4th	1154	990
3. GHP Bamberg	14th	10	4th	1045	1053
4. Aris Thessaloniki	14th	9	5	1171	1072
5. Polonia Warsaw	14th	7th	7th	1145	1156
6. BK Kiev	14th	5	9	1046	1107
7. BK discount Riga	14th	3	11	1031	1193
8. Honka Espoo	14th	1	13	941	1151

	Perm	Tel Aviv	Bamberg	Saloniki	Warsaw	Kiev	Riga	Espoo
Urals Great	*	76: 84	89 : 61	98 : 93	101 : 76	101 : 69	93 : 75	94 : 51
Hapoel	71: 76	*	85 : 75	71 : 64	98 : 70	97 : 77	99 : 67	95 : 58
GHP	80 : 78	73 : 69	*	78 : 64	69 : 59	77 : 73	74 : 56	70 : 68
Aris	74: 86	78 : 67	92 : 81	*	111 : 92	74 : 53	88 : 51	97 : 60
Polonia	92 : 81	84 : 77	76: 81	90 : 75	*	98 : 76	74: 75	96 : 79
BK Kiev	75: 86	66: 81	110 : 71	74: 75	77 : 74	*	75 : 67	66 : 58
Discount	87: 95	76: 87	67: 75	98: 107	84: 87	81 : 75	*	96 : 87
Honka	74: 99	50: 73	67: 80	73: 77	72: 77	67: 80	77 : 51	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. MBK Dynamo Moscow	14th	11	3	1233	1090
2. Ironi Nahariya	14th	11	3	1251	1134
3rd GS Marousi	14th	10	4th	1161	1037
4. KK Vojvodina Novi Sad	14th	9	5	1193	1115
5. ČEZ Nymburk	14th	6th	8th	1172	1179
6. SLUC Nancy	14th	5	9	1107	1148
7. BK Odessa	14th	3	11	1084	1182
8. Tallinna Kalev	14th	1	13	984	1300

	Moscow	Nahariya	Marousi	Novi Sad	Nymburk	Nancy	Odessa	Tallinn
dynamo	*	91: 94	85: 91	80 : 74	90 : 70	105 : 68	98 : 80	90 : 70
Irony	60: 72	*	83 : 74	72 : 64	108 : 83	85 : 76	112 : 69	103 : 74
Marousi	82: 84	97 : 72	*	71: 72	86 : 70	80 : 65	91 : 66	82 : 69
Vojvodina	78: 89	93 : 89 a.d.	74: 80	*	95 : 89	103 : 81	88 : 83	98 : 69
Nymburk	86: 89	85: 94	86 : 77	71: 82	*	82 : 70	98 : 85	94 : 75
SLUC	80 : 73	92: 99	70: 77	96 : 93 a.d.	83: 88	*	80 : 74	95 : 54
BK Odessa	75: 90	83: 87	80: 86	80: 83	66: 74	81 : 64	*	99 : 62
KK Kalev	82: 97	81: 93	61: 87	65: 96	99 : 96 a.d.	54: 87	69: 83	*

Round of 16

The round of 16 was played in a best-of-three series.

Game#		total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	KK Vojvodina Novi Sad	0: 2	UNICS Kazan	67: 77	73: 85
2	GS Marousi	2-0	BK Azovmash Mariupol	76 : 70	88 : 84
3	Türk Telekomspor	0: 2	Ironi Nahariya	78: 101	75: 98
4th	Telindus Ostend	0: 2	MBK Dynamo Moscow	74: 94	70: 72
5	Aris Thessaloniki	2-0	Anwil Włocławek	96 : 85	98 : 92 a.d.
6th	GHP Bamberg	0: 2	KK Hemofarm	66: 80	70: 79
7th	EKA AEL Limassol	0: 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	66: 87	73: 89
8th	Urals Great Perm	2: 1	BK Khimki	100 : 94	79: 85	88 : 67

Quarter finals

The quarterfinals were also played in a best-of-three series.

Game#		total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	KK Hemofarm	1: 2	UNICS Kazan	52: 67	71 : 70	58: 87
2	GS Marousi	2: 1	Aris Thessaloniki	85 : 76	93: 101	99 : 90
3	Urals Great Perm	2: 1	Ironi Nahariya	96 : 81	77: 89	81 : 73
4th	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2-0	Dynamo Moscow	92 : 82	83 : 80

Final Four

Final Four MVP:
Martin Müürsepp

The Final Four took place from April 22nd to 24th, 2004 in the Basket-Hall Arena Kazan in Kazan .

	Semifinals					final
	April 22, 2004
	1	UNICS Kazan	93
	2	Urals Great Perm	68			April 22, 2004
						1	UNICS Kazan	87
	April 22, 2004					3	GS Marousi	63
	3	GS Marousi	92
	4th	Hapoel Tel Aviv	64
						3rd place match
						April 22, 2004
						2	Urals Great Perm	104
						4th	Hapoel Tel Aviv	112

Final Four MVP

• Martin Müürsepp (UNICS Kazan)

Web links

• Europe League 2003/04 on fibaeurope.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unics Kazan 87 TIM Maroussi 63 (Eng.)