ULEB Cup 2003/04

ULEB Cup 2003/04
Duration		November 11, 2003 - April 13, 2004
Order of execution		2nd season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		36
Play-offs
master		Hapoel Jerusalem
Runner-up		real Madrid
Finals - MVP		Kelly McCarty (Hapoel)
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The 2003/04 season was the second season of the ULEB Cup hosted by the ULEB , which is now known as the EuroCup.

Hapoel Jerusalem from Israel won the title .

mode

36 teams from 16 nations took part. The season began on November 11, 2003 and ended with the final on April 13, 2004.

In the group stage, the 36 teams played in 6 groups of six teams each. A double round was played everyone against everyone. The two best in each group and the four best third placed reached the round of 16. The winners in this, as well as in the quarter-finals and in the semi-finals were determined in the first and second leg. The final was played in one game.

Participants in the main round

country	number	Teams
Spain	6th	Estudiantes Madrid	CB Gran Canaria	DKV Joventut	Etosa Alicante	real Madrid	Caprabo Lleida
Germany	4th	Telekom Baskets Bonn	BS Energy Braunschweig	RheinEnergie Cologne	Opel Skyliners Frankfurt
Serbia and Montenegro	4th	BC Reflex Belgrade	KK Red Star Belgrade	KK Budućnost	Atlas Belgrade
France	3	Le Mans Sarthe Basket	BCM Gravelines	Cholet Basket
Italy	3	Breil Milano	Metis Varese	Virtus Bologna
Croatia	3	Croatia Osiguranje Split	KK Zadar	KK Zagreb
Belgium	2	Spirou BC Charleroi	RBC Verviers-Pepinster
Greece	2	Ionikos NF Egnatia Bank	Macedonicos
Netherlands	2	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	Demon astronauts
Bulgaria	1	Lukoil academy
Israel	1	Hapoel Jerusalem
Latvia	1	BK Ventspils
Lithuania	1	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Austria	1	Kapfenberg Bulls
Poland	1	Prokom Trefl Sopot
United Kingdom	1	Brighton Bears

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Breil Milano	10	8th	2	787	684
2. Real Madrid	10	7th	3	804	728
3. Lukoil academy	10	7th	3	855	828
4. Skyliners Frankfurt	10	6th	4th	786	715
5. KK Zagreb	10	2	8th	776	882
6. Demon Astronauts	10	0	10	656	827

	Milan	Madrid	Sofia	Frankfurt	Zagreb	Amsterdam
Breil Milano	*	94 : 65	77 : 67	69 : 68	97 : 75	83 : 56
real Madrid	61: 62	*	82 : 71	86 : 84	98 : 64	81 : 51
Lukoil academy	84 : 78	93 : 91	*	82: 84	116 : 115	89 : 70
Skyliners Frankfurt	67 : 61	69: 75	75: 76	*	88 : 59	93 : 69
KK Zagreb	74: 93	72: 75	80: 87	81: 86	*	90 : 78
Demon astronauts	67: 73	68: 90	76: 90	57: 72	64: 66	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Caprabo Lleida	10	8th	2	796	729
2. CB Gran Canaria	10	6th	4th	770	670
3. RheinEnergie Cologne	10	6th	4th	740	785
4. KK Zadar	10	5	5	773	734
5. Atlas Belgrade	10	3	7th	748	774
6. Kapfenberg Bulls	10	1	9	710	845

	Lleida	CB Gran	Cologne	Zadar	Belgrade	K'berg
Caprabo Lleida	*	69 : 66	88 : 65	71 : 66	79 : 71	105 : 70
Gran Canaria	90 : 77	*	90 : 63	71 : 64	76 : 67	71 : 64
RheinEnergie Cologne	65: 69	62: 77	*	78 : 75	66 : 64	85 : 73
KK Zadar	76: 85	72 : 66	73: 75	*	82 : 72	86 : 68
Atlas Belgrade	93 : 77	75 : 69	86: 89	72: 91	*	77 : 65
Kapfenberg Bulls	67: 76	57: 94	90: 92	76: 88	80 : 71	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Metis Varese	10	7th	3	844	770
2. BK Ventspils	10	7th	3	811	772
3. Spirou Charleroi	10	6th	4th	756	759
4. Red Star Belgrade	10	5	5	819	815
5. Etosa Alicante	10	3	7th	769	820
6. BCM Gravelines	10	2	8th	705	768

	Varese	Ventspils	Charleroi	Belgrade	Alicante	Gravelines
Metis Varese	*	85 : 75	100 : 75	93 : 84	93 : 78	80 : 63
BK Ventspils	66: 75	*	83 : 72	93 : 75	95 : 81	72 : 69
Spirou Charleroi	93 : 89	73: 79	*	84 : 77	80 : 64	72 : 66
Red Star Belgrade	85 : 76	82: 84	89 : 81	*	87: 89	81 : 62
Etosa Alicante	80: 83	84 : 76	55: 59	78: 81	*	89 : 71
BCM Gravelines	71 : 70	76: 88	57: 67	75: 78	85 : 71	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BC Reflex Belgrade	10	9	1	806	714
2. Hapoel Jerusalem	10	6th	4th	833	800
3. DKV Joventut	10	6th	4th	801	781
4. RBC Verviers-Pepinster	10	3	7th	755	779
5. Virtus Bologna	10	3	7th	769	816
6. Telecom Baskets	10	3	7th	747	815

	Belgrade	Jerusalem	Badalona	Pepinster	Bologna	Bonn
BC Reflex Belgrade	*	77 : 75	77 : 73	87 : 84	84 : 53	84 : 69
Hapoel Jerusalem	77: 91	*	91 : 70	84 : 82	101 : 84	85 : 79
DKV Joventut	90 : 68	84 : 77	*	74 : 68	70: 78	88 : 75
RBC Verviers	64: 84	79: 83	71: 77	*	86 : 71	70 : 61
Virtus Bologna	69: 78	71: 79	91: 103	66: 72	*	98 : 73
Telecom Baskets	60: 76	83 : 80	85 : 72	92 : 79	70: 82	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Estudiantes Madrid	10	9	1	833	728
2. Macedonicos	10	6th	4th	778	786
3. Le Mans Sarthe	10	5	5	791	773
4. KK Budućnost	10	5	5	820	835
5. Eiffel Towers	10	3	7th	818	832
6. Energy Braunschweig	10	2	8th	769	855

	Madrid	Kozani	Le Mans	Podgorica	Nijmegen	Be silent
Estudiantes Madrid	*	87 : 55	82 : 76	90 : 77	85 : 75	91 : 87
Macedonicos	61: 78	*	99 : 97	87 : 75	98 : 79	95 : 76
Le Mans Sarthe	74 : 67	69: 73	*	78 : 67	83 : 73	86 : 64
KK Budućnost	71: 84	85 : 74	85 : 81	*	103 : 101	95 : 80
EiffelTowers	75: 84	78 : 62	83 : 56	88: 91	*	90 : 81
Energy Braunschweig	77: 85	62: 74	80: 91	73 : 71	89 : 77	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Lietuvos rytas	10	8th	2	786	660
2. Prokom Trefl Sopot	10	7th	3	790	696
3. Brighton Bears	10	4th	6th	791	807
4. Croatia Osiguranje Split	10	4th	6th	792	868
5. Cholet Basket	10	4th	6th	762	817
6. Ionikos NF	10	3	7th	794	867

	Vilnius	Sopot	Brighton	Split	Cholet	Nea F'feia
Lietuvos rytas	*	70 : 67	62: 71	103 : 56	74 : 72	102 : 69
Prokom Trefl Sopot	74 : 61	*	88 : 76	93 : 66	86 : 65	92 : 90
Brighton Bears	62: 64	57: 68	*	86: 87	112 : 103	86 : 81
Croatia Osiguranje	65: 84	86 : 78	85: 91	*	100 : 73	84 : 75
Cholet Basket	52: 76	64 : 61	82 : 74	88 : 72	*	74 : 72
Ionikos NF	72: 90	61: 83	87 : 76	97 : 91	90 : 89	*

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
Macedonicos	147: 153	Caprabo Lleida	89 : 63	58: 90
Spirou BC Charleroi	147: 158	Estudiantes Madrid	56: 74	91 : 84
real Madrid	148 : 142	CB Gran Canaria	87 : 68	61: 63
RheinEnergie Cologne	157: 174	Metis Varese	68: 79	89: 95
BK Ventspils	133: 180	BC Reflex Belgrade	61: 71	72: 109
DKV Joventut	147 : 143	Breil Milano	78 : 62	69: 81
Hapoel Jerusalem	159 : 153	Prokom Trefl Sopot	77 : 67	82: 86
Lukoil academy	155: 185	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	77: 80	78: 105

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hapoel Jerusalem	159 : 153	Lietuvos rytas	79 : 72	80: 81
Caprabo Lleida	150: 163	CB Estudiantes Madrid	82 : 73	68: 96
real Madrid	130 : 124	Metis Varese	68 : 67	62 : 57
Reflex Belgrade	160 : 156	DKV Joventut	81 : 73	79: 83

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Reflex Belgrade	146: 148	Hapoel Jerusalem	70 : 69	76: 79
CB Estudiantes Madrid	148: 165	real Madrid	75: 83	73: 82

final

venue	date	winner	opponent	Result
Charleroi	04/13/2004	Hapoel Jerusalem	real Madrid	82 : 73

Finals (MVP)

See also : Most Valuable Player

• Kelly McCarty (Hapoel Jerusalem)

Web links

• Official website
• Eurobasket.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2003-04 Eurocup, phase by phase. (No longer available online.) ULEB , archived from the original on April 14, 2014 ; accessed on December 10, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.