2003–04 Euroleague

Sports season 2002–03 2004–05 2003–04 Euroleague Yad_Eliyahu_Arena_Tel_Aviv_-_panoramio.jpg 300 The Final Four was held at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (4th title) ITA Skipper Bologna RUS CSKA Moscow ITA Montepaschi Siena 24 Regular Season MVP Arvydas Sabonis EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP LTU Top 16 MVP Arvydas Sabonis EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP LTU Final Four MVP Anthony Parker EuroLeague Final Four MVP USA Arvydas Sabonis 26.3 LTU Lynn Greer 25.1 USA Arvydas Sabonis 10.7 LTU Ed Cota 5.7 USA The 2003–04 Euroleague was the fourth season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 47th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2003–04 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 countries. The final of the competition was held in Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel, with hosts Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv,The venue for each year's Final Four is determined before the previous year's Final Four, before it can possibly be known who will advance. defeating Skipper Bologna, by a score of 118–74. Team allocation Distribution The table below shows the default access list. Teams entering in this roundRegular season(24 teams) 15 teams with 3-year licences 2 best-placed teams from: Spain 1 best-placed team from: Germany Greece Israel Italy Slovenia Yugoslavia 1 Wild cardTop 16(16 teams) 3 group winners from the regular season 3 group runners-up from the regular season 3 group third-placed teams from the regular season 3 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season 3 group fifth-placed teams from the regular season 1 group sixth-placed team from the regular seasonFinal four(4 teams) 4 group winners from the top 16 Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders) Licensed clubs: 3-year licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs WC: Wild card Regular seasonLicensed clubsITA Benetton Treviso (1st)GRE Olympiacos (4th)LIT Žalgiris (1st)ITA Skipper Bologna (2nd)ESP FC Barcelona (1st)THRUS CSKA Moscow (1st)ITA Montepaschi Siena (4th)ESP Tau Cerámica (6th)SLO Union Olimpija (2nd)FRA Pau-Orthez (1st)TUR Efes Pilsen (1st)FRA Adecco ASVEL (2nd)TUR Ülker (2nd)GRE AEK (2nd)CRO Cibona VIP (2nd)Associated clubsITA Lottomatica Roma (3rd)ESP Pamesa Valencia (2nd)POL Idea Śląsk (3rd)WCGRE Panathinaikos (1st)ESP Unicaja Málaga (3rd)SLO Krka (1st)GER ALBA Berlin (1st)ISR Maccabi Elite (1st)FRY Partizan Mobtel (1st) Regular season 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 + Key to colors     Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16 Group A TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ESP FC Barcelona 14 12 2 1086 937 +149 2. CRO Cibona VIP 14 8 6 1122 1101 +21 3. TUR Ülker 14 8 6 1023 1050 -27 4. SLO Union Olimpija 14 6 8 1093 1123 -30 5. FRA Pau-Orthez 14 6 8 1141 1130 +11 6. GRE AEK 14 6 8 1066 1099 -33 7. SCG Partizan Mobtel 14 6 8 1081 1078 +3 8. ITA Lottomatica Roma 14 4 10 997 1091 -94Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. RUS CSKA Moscow 14 11 3 1118 984 +134 2. ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 11 3 1261 1169 +92 3. ITA Skipper Bologna 14 8 6 1206 1173 +33 4. ITA Montepaschi Siena 14 8 6 1142 1142 0 5. GRE Panathinaikos 14 7 7 1141 1113 +28 6.LIT Žalgiris 14 6 8 1083 1068 +15 7. ESP Unicaja Málaga 14 4 10 1051 1111 -60 8. SLO Krka 14 2 12 947 1189 -242 Group C TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. TUR Efes Pilsen 14 10 4 1066 1002 +64 2. ITA Benetton Treviso 14 10 4 1185 1067 +118 3. ESP Pamesa Valencia 14 9 5 1149 1089 +60 4. ESP Tau Cerámica 14 9 5 1183 1127 +56 5. GRE Olympiacos 14 7 7 1109 1108 +1 6. POL Idea Śląsk Wrocław 14 6 8 1110 1163 -53 7. GER Alba Berlin 14 3 11 1075 1170 -95 8. FRA Adecco ASVEL 14 2 12 982 1133 -151 Top 16 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. This was the last season in which teams advanced directly from the Top 16 to the Final Four. A quarterfinal round was introduced in the 2004–05 season. The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules. The teams were placed into four pools, as follows: Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, Efes Pilsen Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams Skipper Bologna, Pamesa Valencia, Benetton Treviso, Cibona Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams Union Olimpija, Ülker, Montepaschi Siena, Tau Cerámica Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team Pau-Orthez, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, Žalgiris Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions: No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group. If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority. Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home. + Key to colors     Top place in each group advanced to Final four Group D TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. RUS CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 477 436 +41 2. ESP Tau Cerámica 6 4 2 505 477 +28 3. CRO Cibona VIP 6 2 4 422 449 -27 4. GRE Olympiacos 6 1 5 436 477 -41Group E TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ITA Skipper Bologna 6 5 1 484 457 +27 2. TUR Efes Pilsen 6 4 2 427 390 +37 3. FRA Pau-Orthez 6 2 4 452 486 −34 4. SLO Union Olimpija 6 1 5 438 468 −30 Group F TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ITA Montepaschi Siena 6 4 2 498 461 +37 2. ITA Benetton Treviso 6 4 2 510 494 +16 3. ESP FC Barcelona 6 2 4 445 452 −7 4. GRE Panathinaikos 6 2 4 460 506 −46Group G TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 6 4 2 452 406 +46 2.ESP Pamesa Valencia 6 4 2 418 421 -3 3.LIT Žalgiris 6 3 3 520 507 +13 4. TUR Ülker 6 1 5 449 505 −56 Euroleague 2003-04 Top 16 Group G Final four 2003–04 Euroleague Final Four Semifinals April 29, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv Montepaschi Siena ITA 102–103 Skipper Bologna ITA 2 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 93–85 CSKA Moscow RUS 1 |} 3rd place game May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv Montepaschi Siena ITA 94–97 CSKA Moscow RUS 2 |} Final May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 118–74 Skipper Bologna ITA 1 |} 2003–04 Euroleague ChampionsISR 100px Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 4th Title Final standings Team 15px ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ITA Skipper Bologna RUS CSKA Moscow ITA Montepaschi Siena Awards Top Scorer USA Lynn Greer (POL Śląsk Wrocław) Regular season MVP LIT Arvydas Sabonis (LIT Žalgiris) Top 16 MVP LIT Arvydas Sabonis (LIT Žalgiris) Final Four MVP USA Anthony Parker (ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv) Finals Top Scorer USA Anthony Parker (ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv) & SCG Miloš Vujanić (ITA Skipper Bologna) All-Euroleague First Team LIT Šarūnas Jasikevičius (ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv) USA Marcus Brown (RUS CSKA Moscow) SCG Dejan Bodiroga (ESP FC Barcelona) TUR Mirsad Türkcan (RUS CSKA Moscow) LIT Arvydas Sabonis (LIT Žalgiris) All-Euroleague Second Team SCG Miloš Vujanić (ITA Skipper Bologna) USA Lynn Greer (POL Śląsk Wrocław) BEL David Vanterpool (ITA Montepaschi Siena) ARG Andrés Nocioni (ESP Tau Cerámica) CRO Nikola Vujčić (ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv) References and notes External links Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage. Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site. TalkBasket.net https://web.archive.org/web/20070928102943/http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/ 2007-09-28 - Basketball forum. Category:EuroLeague seasons