2002–03 Euroleague
The 2002–03 Euroleague was the third season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 46th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2002–03 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.
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Season | 2002–03 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 24 (from 13 countries) | ||||||||||||
Games played | 220 (total) | ||||||||||||
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Top 16 MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Final Four MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
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Regular seasonEdit
The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played 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 advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were 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 were 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 AEdit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Benetton Treviso | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1253 | 1108 | +145 | Advance to Top 16 |
2 | FC Barcelona | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1137 | 1048 | +89 | |
3 | Efes Pilsen | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1072 | 998 | +74 | |
4 | Skipper Bologna | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1085 | 1087 | −2 | |
5 | Cibona VIP | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1066 | 1118 | −52 | |
6 | Pau-Orthez | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1076 | 1124 | −48 | |
7 | Alba Berlin | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1064 | 1172 | −108 | |
8 | AEK | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1000 | 1098 | −98 |
Group BEdit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Panathinaikos | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1103 | 1039 | +64 | Advance to Top 16 |
2 | Tau Cerámica | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1126 | 1090 | +36 | |
3 | Union Olimpija | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1105 | 1052 | +53 | |
4 | Unicaja Málaga | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1060 | 1058 | +2 | |
5 | Maccabi Elite | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1129 | 1081 | +48 | |
6 | Montepaschi Siena | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1132 | 1092 | +40 | |
7 | Žalgiris | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1141 | 1195 | −54 | |
8 | Budućnost | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1108 | 1297 | −189 |
Group CEdit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1148 | 1004 | +144 | Advance to Top 16 |
2 | Ülker | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1115 | 1064 | +51 | |
3 | Olympiacos | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1066 | 1041 | +25 | |
4 | Virtus Bologna | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1102 | 1119 | −17 | |
5 | ASVEL | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1114 | 1138 | −24 | |
6 | Real Madrid | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1094 | 1113 | −19 | |
7 | Idea Śląsk Wrocław | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1039 | 1125 | −86 | |
8 | Partizan Mobtel | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1109 | 1183 | −74 |
Top 16Edit
The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the top team advancing to the Final Four. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.
Group DEdit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 5 | 1 | 499 | 399 | +100 | Advance to Final Four |
2 | Efes Pilsen | 6 | 4 | 2 | 425 | 431 | −6 | |
3 | Cibona VIP | 6 | 2 | 4 | 447 | 499 | −52 | |
4 | Unicaja Málaga | 6 | 1 | 5 | 474 | 516 | −42 |
Group EEdit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Montepaschi Siena | 6 | 4 | 2 | 510 | 484 | +26 | Advance to Final Four |
2 | Skipper Bologna | 6 | 3 | 3 | 350 | 448 | −98 | |
3 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 3 | 482 | 506 | −24 | |
4 | Ülker | 6 | 2 | 4 | 480 | 484 | −4 |
Group FEdit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Benetton Treviso | 6 | 6 | 0 | 522 | 452 | +70 | Advance to Final Four |
2 | Maccabi Elite | 6 | 4 | 2 | 537 | 477 | +60 | |
3 | Tau Cerámica | 6 | 2 | 4 | 502 | 516 | −14 | |
4 | Virtus Bologna | 6 | 0 | 6 | 448 | 564 | −116 |
Group GEdit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | FC Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 448 | 424 | +24 | Advance to Final Four |
2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 3 | 427 | 419 | +8 | |
3 | Union Olimpija | 6 | 3 | 3 | 445 | 438 | +7 | |
4 | ASVEL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 436 | 475 | −39 |
Final fourEdit
The Final Four was played from 9 May until 11 May 2003 and was held in the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.
Semifinals 9 May | Final 11 May | |||||
CSKA Moscow | 71 | |||||
FC Barcelona | 76 | |||||
FC Barcelona | 76 | |||||
Benetton Treviso | 65 | |||||
Montepaschi Siena | 62 | |||||
Benetton Treviso | 65 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
CSKA Moscow | 78 | |||||
Montepaschi Siena | 79 |
AwardsEdit
Top ScorerEdit
Player | Team |
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Miloš Vujanić | Partizan |
Regular Season MVPEdit
Player | Team |
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Joseph Blair | Ülker |
Top 16 MVPEdit
Player | Team |
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Mirsad Türkcan | Montepaschi Siena |
Final Four MVPEdit
Player | Team |
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Dejan Bodiroga | FC Barcelona |
Finals Top ScorerEdit
Player | Team |
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Dejan Bodiroga | FC Barcelona |
All-Euroleague First TeamEdit
Player | Team |
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Tyus Edney | Benetton Treviso |
Alphonso Ford | Montepaschi Siena |
Dejan Bodiroga | FC Barcelona |
Jorge Garbajosa | Benetton Treviso |
Victor Alexander | CSKA Moscow |
All-Euroleague Second TeamEdit
Player | Team |
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Miloš Vujanić | Partizan |
Marcus Brown | Efes Pilsen |
Andrés Nocioni | Tau Cerámica |
Mirsad Türkcan | Montepaschi Siena |
Nikola Vujčić | Maccabi Elite |
External linksEdit
- Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage.
- Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site.
- TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum.