2003–04 FIBA Europe League
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| FIBA Europe League | ||||||||||
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| File:Baskethall Kazan.jpg The Final Four was played at the Basket-Hall Kazan | ||||||||||
| Season | 2003–04 | |||||||||
| Teams | 30 | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Russia UNICS (1st title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Greece TIM Maroussi | |||||||||
| Third place | Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||||||||
| Fourth place | Russia Ural Great Perm | |||||||||
| Final Four MVP | Estonia Martin Müürsepp | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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2004–05 → | ||||||||||
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]
Team allocation
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 | |||
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| Russia Ural Great (2nd) | Greece Aris BSA (5th) | Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th) | Estonia Kalev Tallinn (5th) |
| Russia UNICS (3rd) | Greece TIM Maroussi (6th) | Poland Anwil Wloclawek (1st) | Finland Honka Playboys (1st) |
| Russia Khimki (4th) | Ukraine Azovmash (1st) | Poland Polonia Warsaw (4th) | Germany GHP Bamberg (2nd) |
| Russia Dynamo Moscow (7th) | Ukraine Odesa (2nd) | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hemofarm (5th) | Latvia Skonto (2nd) |
| France SLUC Nancy (6th) | Ukraine Kyiv (3rd) | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina NIS (8th) | Lithuania Alita (3rd) |
| France Paris Basket Racing (7th) | Belgium Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut (2nd) | Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Hercegtisak (1st) | Turkey Turk Telekom (4th) |
| France STB Le Havre (8th) | Belgium Telindus Oostende (3rd) | Czech Republic ECM Nymburk (2nd) | |
| Greece Peristeri (4th) | Israel Strauss Iscar Nahariya (2nd) | Cyprus EKA AEL Limassol (1st) | |
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Qualifying round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia UNICS | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1058 | 804 | +254 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol | 12 | 7 | 5 | 919 | 875 | +44 | |
| 3 | Turkey Türk Telekom | 12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 914 | −15 | |
| 4 | Belgium Telindus Oostende | 12 | 6 | 6 | 979 | 1000 | −21 | |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Hercegtisak | 12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 952 | −53 | |
| 6 | France STB Le Havre | 12 | 4 | 8 | 797 | 890 | −93 | |
| 7 | Lithuania Alita | 12 | 2 | 10 | 852 | 968 | −116 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland Anwil Włocławek | 12 | 9 | 3 | 902 | 867 | +35 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm | 12 | 8 | 4 | 960 | 882 | +78 | |
| 3 | Cyprus EKA AEL Limassol | 12 | 7 | 5 | 842 | 840 | +2 | |
| 4 | Russia Khimki | 12 | 6 | 6 | 972 | 968 | +4 | |
| 5 | Greece Peristeri | 12 | 5 | 7 | 914 | 948 | −34 | |
| 6 | France Paris Basket Racing | 12 | 4 | 8 | 885 | 946 | −61 | |
| 7 | Belgium Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 12 | 3 | 9 | 897 | 921 | −24 |
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Source: FIBA Europe
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia Ural Great | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1253 | 1064 | +189 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1154 | 990 | +164 | |
| 3 | Germany GHP Bamberg | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1045 | 1053 | −8 | |
| 4 | Greece Aris BSA | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1171 | 1072 | +99 | |
| 5 | Poland Polonia Warsaw | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1145 | 1156 | −11 | |
| 6 | Ukraine Kyiv | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1046 | 1107 | −61 | |
| 7 | Latvia Skonto | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1031 | 1193 | −162 | |
| 8 | Finland Honka Playboys | 14 | 1 | 13 | 941 | 1151 | −210 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia Dynamo Moscow | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1233 | 1090 | +143 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Israel Strauss Iscar Nahariya | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1251 | 1134 | +117 | |
| 3 | Greece TIM Maroussi | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1161 | 1037 | +124 | |
| 4 | Serbia and Montenegro NIS Vojvodina | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1193 | 1115 | +78 | |
| 5 | Czech Republic ECM Nymburk | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1172 | 1179 | −7 | |
| 6 | France SLUC Nancy | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1107 | 1148 | −41 | |
| 7 | Ukraine Odesa | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1084 | 1182 | −98 | |
| 8 | Estonia Kalev Tallinn | 14 | 1 | 13 | 984 | 1300 | −316 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Play-offs
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro Vojvodina | 67 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia UNICS | 77 | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia UNICS | 76 | 70 | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm | 52 | 71 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Germany GHP Bamberg | 66 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm | 80 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia UNICS | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia Ural Great | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia Ural Great | 100 | 79 | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Russia Khimki | 94 | 85 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Russia Ural Great | 96 | 77 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Israel Ironi Nahariya | 91 | 89 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey Türk Telekom | 78 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel Ironi Nahariya | 101 | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia UNICS | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Greece TIM Maroussi | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Greece TIM Maroussi | 76 | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol | 70 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Greece TIM Maroussi | 85 | 93 | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Greece Aris BSA | 76 | 101 | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Greece Aris BSA | 96 | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland Anwil Włocławek | 85 | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Greece TIM Maroussi | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv | 74 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus EKA AEL Limassol | 66 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv | 87 | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv | 92 | 83 | Russia Ural Great | 104 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Russia Dynamo Moscow | 82 | 80 | Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium Telindus Oostende | 74 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia Dynamo Moscow | 94 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–04 FIBA Europe League |
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| Russia UNICS 1st title |