1993–94 FIBA European League

1993–94 FIBA European League FIBA European League Basketball Regular Season Euroleague MVP GRE Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos) Alphonso Ford Trophy Final Four 1994 FIBA European League Final Four ESP 7up Joventut (1st title) GRE Olympiacos FRY Žarko Paspalj (Olympiacos) Euroleague Final Four MVP FIBA European League 1992–93 FIBA European League 1992–93 1994–95 1994–95 FIBA European League 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. The competition was won by 7up Joventut. They eliminated two other spanish teams Real Madrid and Barcelona in the knockouts and then won against Olympiacos by two points in the final match. It has been the club's only Euroleague (European League) title. Limoges CSP, the defending champions, were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Panathinaikos. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's entrant was unable to participate for the second season in a row due to the UN economic sanctions. After the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic and Slovakia each had representative clubs in the competition for the first time. Competition system 41 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. Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holder 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs CW: Cup winners. Group stageFRA Limoges CSP (1st)THGRE Olympiacos (1st)ITA Buckler Beer Bologna (1st)ESP Real Madrid Teka (1st)Second roundITA Benetton Treviso (2nd)ESP FCB Banca Catalana (3rd)FRA Pau-Orthez (2nd)ISR Hapoel Galil Elyon (1st)ITA Shampoo Clear Cantù (3rd)BEL Maes Pils Mechelen (1st)GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st)TUR Efes Pilsen (1st)ESP 7up Joventut (2nd)CRO Cibona (1st)GRE Panathinaikos (2nd)First roundALB Vllaznia (1st)ENG Guildford Kings (CW)LIT Žalgiris (1st)RUS CSKA Moscow (1st)AUT UKJ SÜBA Sankt Pölten (1st)EST Kalev Tallinn (1st)LUX Residence (1st)SVK Davay Pezinok (1st)BLR 1991 RTI Minsk (1st)FIN KTP (1st)MKD 1992 Rabotnički (1st)SLO Smelt Olimpija (1st)BGR Levski Sofia (1st)HUN Tunsgram-Honvéd (1st)NED Canoe Jeans EBBC (1st)SUI Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st)CRO Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd)ISL Keflavik (1st)POL Śląsk Wroclaw (1st)UKR Budivelnyk (1st)CYP 1960 Achileas Kaimakli (1st)ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd)POR Benfica (1st)CZE USK Praha (1st)LAT ASK Brocēni (1st)ROM Universitatea Cluj (1st) First round Universitatea Cluj ROM 145–202 RTI Minsk BLR 1991 74–94 71–108 2 Rabotnički MKD 1992 152–135 Tunsgram-Honvéd HUN 73–61 79–74 1 ASK Brocēni LAT 203–190 KTP FIN 110–92 93–98 1 Pezinok SVK 151–167 Fidefinanz Bellinzona SUI 79–76 72–91 2 Budivelnyk UKR 143–170 Guildford Kings ENG 58–84 85–86 2 Résidence LUX 130–180 USK Praha CZE 67–94 63–86 2 Kalev EST 0–40* Croatia Osiguranje CRO 0–20 0–20 2 Vllaznia ALB 130–172 SÜBA Sankt Pölten AUT 60–94 70–78 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 150–162 Benfica POR 83–75 67–87 2 CSKA Moscow RUS 150–154 Smelt Olimpija SLO 88–65 62–89 2 Canoe Jeans EBBC NED 172–165 Śląsk Wrocław POL 87–82 85–83 1 Keflavik ISL 162–252 Žalgiris LTU 98–128 64–124 2 Levski Sofia BUL 178–174 Achilleas CYP 109–91 69–83 1 |} *Kalev withdrew before the first leg and Croatia Osiguranje Split received a forfeit (20–0) in both games. Second round RTI Minsk BLR 1991 88–127 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 88–107 0–20* 2 Rabotnički MKD 1992 163–177 Pau-Orthez FRA 74–86 89–91 2 ASK Brocēni LAT 148–169 7up Joventut ESP 79–81 69–88 2 Fidefinanz Bellinzona SUI 180–194 Shampoo Clear Cantù ITA 105–104 75–90 2 Guildford Kings ENG 151–149 Hapoel Galil Elyon ISR 86–78 65–71 1 USK Praha CZE 148–185 Benetton Treviso ITA 75–88 73–97 2 Croatia Osiguranje CRO 132–146 Maes Pils BEL 72–63 60–83 2 SÜBA Sankt Pölten AUT 156–179 Cibona CRO 78–85 78–94 2 Benfica POR 163–154 Smelt Olimpija SLO 87–63 76–91 1 Canoe Jeans EBBC NED 144–168 Bayer 04 Leverkusen GER 84–83 60–85 2 Žalgiris LTU 132–134 Efes Pilsen TUR 60–77 72–57 2 Levski Sofia BUL 147–165 Panathinaikos GRE 68–84 79–81 2 |} *RTI Minsk refused to play the second leg and FC Barcelona received a forfeit (20–0) in this game. Group stage 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 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. GRE Olympiacos 14 25 11 3 1047 897 +150 2. ESP Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1123 978 +145 3. FRA Limoges CSP 14 23 9 5 1013 979 +34 4. ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 22 8 6 1132 1067 +65 5. BEL Maes Pils 14 22 8 6 1040 1072 -32 6. ITA Benetton Treviso 14 21 7 7 1085 1072 +13 7. GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 18 4 10 1022 1045 -23 8. ENG Guildford Kings 14 14 0 14 889 1241 -352 Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. TUR Efes Pilsen 14 24 10 4 1005 957 +48 2. GRE Panathinaikos 14 23 9 5 1076 1024 +52 3. ESP 7up Joventut 14 23 9 5 1116 1026 +90 4. ITA Buckler Beer Bologna 14 23 9 5 1139 1017 +122 5. CRO Cibona 14 23 9 5 1126 1069 +57 6. POR Benfica 14 19 5 9 1016 1093 -77 7. FRA Pau-Orthez 14 17 3 11 1044 1155 -111 8. ITA Shampoo Clear Cantù 14 16 2 12 1011 1192 -181 Quarterfinals Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home. 3 Buckler Beer Bologna ITA 1–2 Olympiacos GRE 77–64 69–89 62–65 2 7up Joventut ESP 2–0 Real Madrid Teka ESP 88–69 71–67 1 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 2–1 Efes Pilsen TUR 54–50 64–73 76–62 1 Limoges CSP FRA 1–2 Panathinaikos GRE 75–68 48–59 73–87 2 |} Final four 1994 FIBA European League Final Four Semifinals April 19, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv Olympiacos GRE 77–72 Panathinaikos GRE 1 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 65–79 7up Joventut ESP 2 |} 3rd place game April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 83–100 Panathinaikos GRE 2 |} Final April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv Olympiacos GRE 57–59 7up Joventut ESP 2 |} 1993–94 FIBA European LeagueChampionsESP 100px 7up Joventut 1st Title Final standings Team 15px ESP 7up Joventut GRE Olympiacos GRE Panathinaikos ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Awards Award Player Club Ref. Season Top Scorer GRE Nikos Galis GRE Panathinaikos Final Four MVP FRY Žarko Paspalj GRE Olympiacos Finals Top Scorer ESP Ferran Martínez ESP 7up Joventut 1994 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team EuroLeague All-Final Four Team Position Player Club Ref. Point guard GRE Nikos Galis GRE Panathinaikos Champions Cup 1993–94. Shooting guard GRE Georgios Sigalas GRE Olympiacos Small forward ESP Jordi Villacampa ESP 7up Joventut Power forward FRY Žarko Paspalj (MVP) GRE Olympiacos Center USA Corny Thompson ESP 7up Joventut See also 1993-94 FIBA European Cup 1993-94 FIBA Korać Cup References External links 1993–94 FIBA European League 1993–94 FIBA European League 1993-1994