ULEB Cup 2002/03

ULEB Cup 2002/03
Duration		October 15, 2002 - April 24, 2003
Order of execution		1st season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		24
Play-offs
master		Pamesa Valencia
Runner-up		KK Krka Novo mesto
Finals - MVP		Dejan Tomašević (Pamesa)
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The 2002/03 season was the first season of the ULEB Cup hosted by the ULEB , which is now known as the EuroCup.

Pamesa Valencia from Spain won the title .

mode

24 teams from eleven nations took part. The season began on October 15, 2002 and ended with the final second leg on April 24, 2003. In the group stage, the 24 teams played in four groups of six teams each. A double round was played everyone against everyone. The first four of each group reached the round of 16. The winners in this, as well as in the quarter-finals, in the semi-finals and in the final, were determined in the first and second leg.

Participants in the main round

country	number	Teams
Spain	5	Pamesa Valencia	Adecco Estudiantes	Jabones Pardo	Caprabo Lleida	DKV Joventut
Italy	4th	Generali Group Trieste	Eurocellulari Roseto	Metis Varese	Snaidero Udine
Germany	3	Telekom Baskets Bonn	Opel Skyliners	RheinEnergie Cologne
France	3	Cholet Basket	Élan Chalon	BCM Gravelines
Belgium	2	Spirou BC Charleroi	Telindus Ostend
Slovenia	2	KK Krka Novo mesto	KK Pivovarna Laško
Yugoslavia	1	FMP Železnik Belgrade
Croatia	1	KK Zadar
Netherlands	1	Ricoh astronauts
Russia	1	Urals Great Perm
Turkey	1	Darüşşafaka SK

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BCM Gravelines	10	7th	3	851	796
2. DKV Joventut	10	6th	4th	837	824
3. Urals Great Perm	10	5	5	877	824
4. Snaidero Udine	10	5	5	823	805
5. Telekom Baskets Bonn	10	4th	6th	786	845
6. Jabones Pardo	10	3	7th	809	889

	Gravelines	Badalona	Perm	Udine	Bonn	Fuenlabrada
BCM Gravelines	*	88 : 82	86 : 68	91 : 83	88 : 63	83 : 72
DKV Joventut	95 : 87	*	94 : 82	77 : 69	88 : 72	87 : 82
Urals Great	87: 94	101 : 73	*	86 : 61	96 : 84	117 : 89
Snaidero	84 : 67	84: 90	90 : 86	*	92 : 78	93 : 64
Telecom Baskets	84 : 80	81 : 78	72 : 64	76: 84	*	99 : 81
Jabones Pardo	78: 87	78 : 73	81: 90	90 : 83	94 : 77	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. FMP Železnik	10	9	1	796	669
2. Pamesa Valencia	10	8th	2	847	710
3. Eurocellulari Roseto	10	5	5	786	778
4. Pivovarna Laško	10	4th	6th	751	828
5. Skyliners Frankfurt	10	3	7th	731	795
6th BC Ostend	10	1	9	748	879

	Belgrade	Valencia	Roseto	Laško	Frankfurt	East End
FMP Železnik	*	80 : 67	78 : 76	81 : 62	82 : 60	92 : 52
Pamesa Valencia	85 : 61	*	98 : 62	93 : 74	94 : 66	90 : 69
Eurocellulari Roseto	72: 82	77 : 57	*	89 : 76	84 : 79	85 : 69
Pivovarna Laško	59: 89	78: 83	79 : 77	*	85 : 81	76 : 68
Opel Skyliners	59: 68	63: 72	83 : 78	75 : 68	*	90 : 79
Telindus	77: 83	80: 108	77: 86	92: 94	85 : 75	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Krka Novo mesto	10	7th	3	869	802
2. Adecco Estudiantes	10	7th	3	890	794
3. RheinEnergie Cologne	10	6th	4th	814	811
4. Generali Group Trieste	10	4th	6th	806	849
5. Élan Chalon	10	4th	6th	785	821
6. Darüşşafaka SK	10	2	8th	779	866

	Novo	Madrid	Cologne	Trieste	Chalon	Istanbul
KK Krka	*	92 : 74	85 : 75	101 : 83	75 : 71	79 : 76
Adecco Estudiantes	88 : 79	*	87 : 66	121 : 76	76: 78	105 : 79
RheinEnergie	87 : 83	79 : 74	*	84 : 80	86 : 76	98 : 60
Generali Group	70: 87	78: 85	86: 88	*	75 : 68	84 : 72
Élan Sportif	102 : 99	72: 78	91 : 85	70: 88	*	78 : 75
Darüşşafaka SK	76: 89	95: 102	89 : 66	73: 86	84 : 79	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Metis Varese	10	6th	4th	784	769
2. Caprabo Lleida	10	6th	4th	838	794
3. Spirou Charleroi	10	6th	4th	780	764
4. KK Zadar	10	5	5	794	828
5. Cholet Basket	10	4th	6th	830	820
6. Ricoh Astronauts	10	3	7th	761	812

	Varese	Lleida	Charleroi	Zadar	Cholet	Amsterdam
Metis Varese	*	87 : 78	75 : 69	88 : 86	81 : 76	80 : 72
Caprabo Lleida	82 : 78	*	72: 76	85 : 77	99 : 84	89 : 67
Spirou Charleroi	79 : 71	75: 87	*	80 : 66	98 : 90	67: 77
KK Zadar	73 : 71	81 : 79	66: 86	*	91 : 90	90 : 80
Cholet Basket	85 : 74	93 : 79	94 : 73	75 : 65	*	72: 74
Ricoh astronauts	69: 79	76: 88	66: 77	94: 99	86 : 71	*

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
Spirou BC Charleroi	121: 129	DKV Joventut	64 : 56	57: 73
Generali Group Trieste	159: 172	FMP Železnik Belgrade	73: 91	86 : 81
Urals Great Perm	153: 165	Caprabo Lleida	84 : 79	69: 86
KK Pivovarna Laško	147: 155	KK Krka Novo mesto	78: 79	69: 76
RheinEnergie Cologne	156: 169	Pamesa Valencia	72: 76	84: 93
KK Zadar	158 : 149	BCM Gravelines	94 : 71	64: 78
Eurocellulari Roseto	148: 156	Adecco Estudiantes Madrid	80 : 72	68: 84
Snaidero Udine	142: 150	Metis Varese	83 : 77	59: 73

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
DKV Joventut	160 : 159	FMP Železnik Belgrade	80 : 66	80: 93
Caprabo Lleida	168: 180	KK Krka Novo mesto	91 : 86	77: 94
Pamesa Valencia	185 : 177	KK Zadar	105 : 84	80: 93
BC Reflex Belgrade	160 : 156	DKV Joventut	81 : 73	79: 83

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
DKV Joventut	148: 151	KK Krka Novo mesto	82 : 69	66: 82
Pamesa Valencia	136 : 130	Adecco Estudiantes Madrid	68 : 55	68: 75

final

venue	date	home	guest	Result
Novo Mesto	04/15/2003	KK Krka Novo mesto	Pamesa Valencia	76: 78
Valencia	04/24/2003	Pamesa Valencia	KK Krka Novo mesto	90 : 78

Finals (MVP)

See also : Most Valuable Player

• Dejan Tomašević (Pamesa Valencia)

Web links

• Official website
• Eurobasket.com