1993–94 FIBA European League

1993–94 FIBA European League
1993–94 FIBA European League
League	FIBA European League
Sport	Basketball
Regular Season
Top scorer	Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos)
Final Four
Champions	7up Joventut
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Final Four MVP	Žarko Paspalj (Olympiacos)
FIBA European League seasons
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1993–94 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 37th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 9, 1993, and ended on April 21, 1994. The competition's Final Four was held at Tel Aviv.

Competition system edit

42 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a quarterfinal playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games).
The four winners of the quarterfinal playoff qualified for the final stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

First round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universitatea Cluj	145–202	RTI Minsk	74–94	71–108
Rabotnički	152–135	Tunsgram-Honvéd	73–61	79–74
ASK Brocēni	203–190	KTP	110–92	93–98
Pezinok	151–167	Fidefinanz Bellinzona	79–76	72–91
Budivelnyk	143–170	Guildford Kings	58–84	85–86
Résidence	130–180	USK Praha	67–94	63–86
Kalev	0–40^*	Croatia Osiguranje	0–20	0–20
Vllaznia	130–172	SÜBA Sankt Pölten	60–94	70–78
Hapoel Tel Aviv	150–162	Benfica	83–75	67–87
CSKA Moscow	150–154	Smelt Olimpija	88–65	62–89
Canoe Jeans EBBC	172–165	Śląsk Wrocław	87–82	85–83
Keflavik	162–252	Žalgiris	98–128	64–124
Levski Sofia	178–174	Achilleas	109–91	69–83

^*Kalev withdrew before the first leg and Croatia Osiguranje Split received a forfeit (20-0) in both games.

Second round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RTI Minsk	88–127	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	88–107	0–20^*
Rabotnički	163–177	Pau-Orthez	74–86	89–91
ASK Brocēni	148–169	7up Joventut	79–81	69–88
Fidefinanz Bellinzona	180–194	Shampoo Clear Cantù	105–104	75–90
Guildford Kings	151–149	Hapoel Galil Elyon	86–78	65–71
USK Praha	148–185	Benetton Treviso	75–88	73–97
Croatia Osiguranje	132–146	Maes Pils	72–63	60–83
SÜBA Sankt Pölten	156–179	Cibona	78–85	78–94
Benfica	163–154	Smelt Olimpija	87–63	76–91
Canoe Jeans EBBC	144–168	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	84–83	60–85
Žalgiris	132–134	Efes Pilsen	60–77	72–57
Levski Sofia	147–165	Panathinaikos	68–84	79–81

^*RTI Minsk refused to play the second leg and FC Barcelona received a forfeit (20-0) in this game.

Automatically qualified to the group stage

Group stage edit

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

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

Key to colors
	Qualified to Playoff
	Eliminated

Group A edit

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Olympiacos	14	25	11	3	1047	897	+150
2.	Real Madrid Teka	14	23	9	5	1123	978	+145
3.	Limoges CSP	14	23	9	5	1013	979	+34
4.	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	14	22	8	6	1132	1067	+65
5.	Maes Pils	14	22	8	6	1040	1072	-32
6.	Benetton Treviso	14	21	7	7	1085	1072	+13
7.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	14	18	4	10	1022	1045	-23
8.	Guildford Kings	14	14	0	14	889	1241	-352

Group B edit

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Efes Pilsen	14	24	10	4	1005	957	+48
2.	Panathinaikos	14	23	9	5	1076	1024	+52
3.	7up Joventut	14	23	9	5	1116	1026	+90
4.	Buckler Beer Bologna	14	23	9	5	1139	1017	+122
5.	Cibona	14	23	9	5	1126	1069	+57
6.	Benfica	14	19	5	9	1016	1093	-77
7.	Pau-Orthez	14	17	3	11	1044	1155	-111
8.	Shampoo Clear Cantù	14	16	2	12	1011	1192	-181

Quarterfinals edit

Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Buckler Beer Bologna	1–2	Olympiacos	77–64	69–89	62–65
7up Joventut	2–0	Real Madrid Teka	88–69	71–67
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	2–1	Efes Pilsen	54–50	64–73	76–62
Limoges CSP	1–2	Panathinaikos	75–68	48–59	73–87

Final four edit

Semifinals edit

April 19, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos	77–72	Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	65–79	7up Joventut

3rd place game edit

April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	83–100	Panathinaikos

Final edit

April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos	57–59	7up Joventut

1993–94 FIBA European League Champions
7up Joventut 1st Title

Final standings edit

	Team
	7up Joventut
	Olympiacos
	Panathinaikos
	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Awards edit

Award	Player	Club
Season Top Scorer	Nikos Galis	Panathinaikos
Final Four MVP	Žarko Paspalj	Olympiacos
Finals Top Scorer	Ferran Martínez	7up Joventut

1994 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team edit

Position	Player	Club	Ref.
Point guard	Nikos Galis	Panathinaikos	^[1]
Shooting guard	Georgios Sigalas	Olympiacos
Small forward	Jordi Villacampa	7up Joventut
Power forward	Žarko Paspalj (MVP)	Olympiacos
Center	Corny Thompson	7up Joventut

References edit

^ Champions Cup 1993–94.

External links edit

[1] Champions Cup 1993–94.

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