Euroleague 2002-03
Encyclopedia
The Euroleague
is an international basketball
club
competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2002–2003 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Palau Sant Jordi
, Barcelona
, Spain, with hosts FC Barcelona defeating Benetton Treviso
76-65.
system is adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the top team advancing to the Final Four. Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the Regular Season.
Tiebreakers:
(
FC Barcelona )
(
Panathinaikos )
(
Benetton Treviso
) Alphonso Ford
( Montepaschi Siena
) Dejan Bodiroga
( FC Barcelona ) Jorge Garbajosa
( Benetton Treviso
) Victor Alexander
(
CSKA Moscow
)
(
Partizan Belgrade
) Marcus Brown
(
Efes Pilsen
) Andrés Nocioni
( TAU Vitoria
) Mirsad Türkcan ( Montepaschi Siena ) Nikola Vujčić
(
Maccabi Tel Aviv )
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
is an international basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2002–2003 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Palau Sant Jordi
Palau Sant Jordi
Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain...
, Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain, with hosts FC Barcelona defeating Benetton Treviso
Pallacanestro Treviso
Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group...
76-65.
Regular season
The first phase is a regular season, in which the competing teams are drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advance to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.Top 16
The surviving teams are divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robinRound-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
system is adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the top team advancing to the Final Four. Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the Regular Season.
Final four
The culminating stage of the Euroleague in which the four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff. The team which is victorious in the Final will be Euroleague champion.Regular season
| Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advance to Top 16 |
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| Eliminated |
Tiebreakers:
- Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
14 | 11 | 3 | 1253 | 1108 | +147 |
| 2. | FC Barcelona |
14 | 11 | 3 | 1137 | 1048 | +89 |
| 3. | Efes Pilsen |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1072 | 998 | +74 |
| 4. | Skipper Bologna Fortitudo Bologna Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is an Legadue Basket professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. It's currently sponsored by Conad.-History:... |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1085 | 1087 | -2 |
| 5. |  Cibona ZagrebKK Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona is a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian League and the Adriatic League.-History:The club was founded in 1946 under the name Sloboda... |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1066 | 1118 | -52 |
| 6. |  Pau-OrthezÉlan Béarnais Pau-Orthez The Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez is a French professional basketball club that is based in Pau. They play their home games at the Palais des Sports de Pau.- History :... |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1076 | 1124 | -48 |
| 7. |  ALBA BerlinALBA Berlin -Depth Chart:* Denotes injured player.-Championships:*German Championships: 8 *German Cups: 6 *Korać Cups: 1 -Notable players:- Season by season :-External links:... |
14 | 4 | 10 | 1064 | 1172 | -108 |
| 8. | AEK Athens AEK Athens BC AEK BC , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, is a Greek professional sports basketball club based in Athens, Greece. The club was established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War .... |
14 | 1 | 13 | 1000 | 1098 | -98 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Panathinaikos |
14 | 11 | 3 | 1103 | 1039 | +64 |
| 2. | Tau Vitoria Saski Baskonia Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain... |
14 | 9 | 5 | 1126 | 1090 | +36 |
| 3. |  Olimpija LjubljanaKK Union Olimpija -Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir... |
14 | 9 | 5 | 1105 | 1052 | +53 |
| 4. | Unicaja Málaga |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1060 | 1058 | +2 |
| 5. | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1129 | 1081 | +48 |
| 6. | Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basket Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana... |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1132 | 1092 | +40 |
| 7. |  Žalgiris KaunasBC Žalgiris BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League... |
14 | 5 | 9 | 1141 | 1195 | -54 |
| 8. | Budućnost Podgorica KK Buducnost Podgorica KK Budućnost Podgorica is a professional basketball club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is a part of Budućnost Podgorica sport society. The team currently competes in First Montenegrin Opportunity League and regional Adriatic League... |
14 | 2 | 12 | 1108 | 1297 | -189 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
14 | 12 | 2 | 1148 | 1004 | +144 |
| 2. | Ülkerspor Ülkerspor -History:Ülkerspor had been founded in 1975 but its basketball department was created in 1993 by buying a Turkish League spot from Nasaşspor. It won Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006 with greats including Harun Erdenay, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael Anderson, Orhun Ene, Kevin Rankin and... |
14 | 10 | 4 | 1115 | 1064 | +51 |
| 3. | Olympiacos Olympiacos BC Olympiacos B.C. , also known simply as Olympiacos and Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional basketball club, part of Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. The basketball club, founded in 1931, is one of the most successful in Greece and a traditional powerhouse in European competitions... |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1066 | 1041 | +25 |
| 4. | Virtus Bologna Virtus Bologna -Notable players: Marco Bonamico 9 seasons: '75-'76, '77-'78, '80-'86, '88-'89 Carlo Caglieris 6 seasons: '75-'81 Pietro Generali 6 seasons: '75-'76, '78-'83 Gianni Bertolotti 5 seasons: '75-'80 Terry Driscoll 3 seasons: '75-'78 Eric Luc Leclerc 1 season: '75-'76 Luigi Serafini 2 seasons: '75-'77... |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1102 | 1119 | -17 |
| 5. | ASVEL Villeurbanne |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1114 | 1138 | -24 |
| 6. | Real Madrid Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto .... |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1094 | 1113 | -19 |
| 7. |  Idea Śląsk Wrocław |
14 | 5 | 9 | 1039 | 1125 | -86 |
| 8. | Partizan Belgrade KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague.... |
14 | 4 | 10 | 1109 | 1183 | -72 |
Top 16
| First place in each group advance to the Final Four | |
| Eliminated from contention |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
6 | 5 | 1 | 499 | 399 | +100 |
| 2. | Efes Pilsen |
6 | 4 | 2 | 425 | 431 | -6 |
| 3. | Cibona Zagreb KK Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona is a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian League and the Adriatic League.-History:The club was founded in 1946 under the name Sloboda... |
6 | 2 | 4 | 447 | 499 | -52 |
| 4. | CB Málaga |
6 | 1 | 5 | 474 | 516 | -42 |
Group E
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basket Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana... |
6 | 4 | 2 | 510 | 484 | +26 |
| 2. | Skipper Bologna Fortitudo Bologna Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is an Legadue Basket professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. It's currently sponsored by Conad.-History:... |
6 | 3 | 3 | 450 | 448 | +2 |
| 3. | Panathinaikos |
6 | 3 | 3 | 482 | 506 | −24 |
| 4. | Ülkerspor Ülkerspor -History:Ülkerspor had been founded in 1975 but its basketball department was created in 1993 by buying a Turkish League spot from Nasaşspor. It won Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006 with greats including Harun Erdenay, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael Anderson, Orhun Ene, Kevin Rankin and... |
6 | 2 | 4 | 480 | 484 | −4 |
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
6 | 6 | 0 | 522 | 452 | +70 |
| 2. | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
6 | 4 | 2 | 537 | 477 | +60 |
| 3. | Tau Vitoria Saski Baskonia Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain... |
6 | 2 | 4 | 502 | 516 | −14 |
| 4. | Virtus Bologna Virtus Bologna -Notable players: Marco Bonamico 9 seasons: '75-'76, '77-'78, '80-'86, '88-'89 Carlo Caglieris 6 seasons: '75-'81 Pietro Generali 6 seasons: '75-'76, '78-'83 Gianni Bertolotti 5 seasons: '75-'80 Terry Driscoll 3 seasons: '75-'78 Eric Luc Leclerc 1 season: '75-'76 Luigi Serafini 2 seasons: '75-'77... |
6 | 0 | 6 | 448 | 564 | −116 |
Group G
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Barcelona |
6 | 5 | 1 | 448 | 424 | +24 |
| 2. | Olympiacos Olympiacos BC Olympiacos B.C. , also known simply as Olympiacos and Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional basketball club, part of Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. The basketball club, founded in 1931, is one of the most successful in Greece and a traditional powerhouse in European competitions... |
6 | 3 | 3 | 427 | 419 | +8 |
| 3. | Olimpija Ljubljana KK Union Olimpija -Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir... |
6 | 3 | 3 | 445 | 438 | +7 |
| 4. | ASVEL Villeurbanne |
6 | 1 | 5 | 436 | 475 | −39 |
Semifinal 1
| Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basket Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana... |
62 – 65 | Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain... , Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
May 9, 2003 |
Semifinal 2
| FC Barcelona |
76 – 71 | CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain... , Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
May 9, 2003 |
Third Place
| Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basket Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana... |
79 – 78 | CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain... , Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
May 11, 2003 |
Final
| FC Barcelona |
76 – 65 | Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain... , Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
May 11, 2003 |
| Euroleague 2003 Champions |
|---|
 FC Barcelona First title |
Final Four MVP
Dejan BodirogaDejan Bodiroga
Dejan Bodiroga is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.He is offten considered as one of the best players who did not play in the NBA....
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FC Barcelona )Best Young Player (Under 22)
Antonis FotsisAntonis Fotsis
Antonis Fotsis is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.09 m power forward...
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Panathinaikos )All-Euroleague First Team 2002–2003
Tyus EdneyTyus Edney
Tyus Dwayne Edney is an American professional basketball player. A point guard for UCLA from 1991–1995, Edney led the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA National Championship. He also led Žalgiris Kaunas to the 1999 Euroleague title...
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Benetton TrevisoPallacanestro Treviso
Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group...
) Alphonso Ford
Alphonso Ford
Alphonso Gene Ford was an American professional basketball player. A 1.93 m tall shooting guard, he was one of the greatest scorers in college basketball history. Ford played professionally in both the NBA and the Euroleague, where he confirmed his tremendous scoring ability and became a...
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Montepaschi SienaMens Sana Basket
Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana...
) Dejan Bodiroga
Dejan Bodiroga
Dejan Bodiroga is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.He is offten considered as one of the best players who did not play in the NBA....
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FC Barcelona ) Jorge GarbajosaJorge Garbajosa
Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro, Jr., nicknamed "Garbo" , is a Spanish professional basketball player. At 2.07 m , he plays both power forward and small forward.-Pro career:*1994-97 Taugres*1997-00 TAU Cerámica...
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Benetton TrevisoPallacanestro Treviso
Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group...
) Victor Alexander
Victor Alexander
Victor Joe Alexander is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 1st round of the 1991 NBA Draft after playing collegiately at Iowa State University...
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CSKA MoscowPBC CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...
)
All-Euroleague Second Team 2002–2003
Miloš VujanićMiloš Vujanic
Miloš Vujanić is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 1.90 m tall point guard.-Pro career:Vujanić started his professional career with KK Crvena zvezda in 1999. After two seasons at the club, he signed for KK Partizan in summer 2001...
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Partizan BelgradeKK Partizan
Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague....
) Marcus Brown
Marcus Brown
Marcus James Brown is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'4" , he played as a shooting guard. Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. athletes to ever play abroad...
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Efes PilsenEfes Pilsen SK
Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü also known simply as Anadolu Efes or Efes, formerly known as Efes Pilsen is a professional basketball team based in the city of Istanbul in Turkey....
) Andrés Nocioni
Andrés Nocioni
Andrés Marcelo Nocioni is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is under contract with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, but is playing for Peñarol de Mar del Plata during the NBA lockout. A regular member of the Argentine national team, Nocioni was part of the team that won a gold medal at...
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TAU VitoriaSaski Baskonia
Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain...
) Mirsad Türkcan (
Montepaschi Siena ) Nikola VujčićNikola Vujcic
Nikola Vujčić is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is 2.11 m tall. He can play at both the center and power forward positions. He last played for Efes Pilsen SK for the 2010–11 season.-Player profile:...
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Maccabi Tel Aviv )External links
- Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage.
- Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site.
- TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum.