2002–03 Euroleague

Sports season 2001–02 2003–04 2002–03 Euroleague 2002–03 Barcelona Palau San Jordi 001.jpg 300 The Final Four was held in Palau Sant Jordi ESP FC Barcelona (1st title) ITA Benetton Treviso ITA Montepaschi Siena RUS CSKA Moscow 24 (from 13 countries) 220 (total) Regular Season MVP USA 20px Joseph Blair EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP Top 16 MVP TUR 20px Mirsad Türkcan EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP Final Four MVP EuroLeague Final Four MVP Serbia and Montenegro 20px Dejan Bodiroga TUR 20px Mirsad Türkcan 24.0 FRY 20px Miloš Vujanić 25.8 TUR 20px Mirsad Türkcan 11.8 USA 20px Ed Cota 6.5 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 countries without qualifying rounds as FIBA organised its own top-tier competition and many teams competed in the 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup. The final of the competition was held in Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, with hosts FC Barcelona defeating Benetton Treviso 76–65. Team allocation Distribution The table below shows the default access list. Teams entering in this roundRegular season(24 teams) 17 teams with 3-year licences 2 best-placed teams from: Spain 1 best-placed team from: Greece Italy Poland Yugoslavia 1 Wild card.Top 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 clubsFRA ASVEL (1st)ESP FC Barcelona (3rd)ISR Maccabi Elite (1st)FRA Pau-Orthez (2nd)ESP Real Madrid (5th)LIT Žalgiris (2nd)GRE Olympiacos (2nd)TUR Efes Pilsen (1st)RUS CSKA Moscow (5th)GRE Panathinaikos (3rd)THTUR Ülker (2nd)SLO Union Olimpija (1st)ITA Benetton Treviso (1st)CRO Cibona VIP (1st)FRY Budućnost (2nd)ITA Skipper Bologna (2nd)GER ALBA Berlin (1st)Associated clubsITA Kinder Bologna (3rd)ESP Tau Cerámica (1st)FRY Partizan Mobtel (1st)ITA Montepaschi Siena (5th)WCESP Unicaja Málaga (2nd)GRE AEK (1st)POL Idea Śląsk (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 Group A main WL points wins Euroleague AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH complete 11 3 1253 1108 11 3 1137 1048 8 6 1072 998 8 6 1085 1087 7 7 1066 1118 6 8 1076 1124 4 10 1064 1172 1 13 1000 1098 ITA Benetton Treviso ESP FC Barcelona TUR Efes Pilsen ITA Skipper Bologna CRO Cibona VIP FRA Pau-Orthez GER Alba Berlin GRE AEK Q ER ER ER ER ER green1 Advance to Top 16 Group B main WL points wins Euroleague AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH complete 11 3 1103 1039 9 5 1126 1090 9 5 1105 1052 7 7 1060 1058 7 7 1129 1081 6 8 1132 1092 5 9 1141 1195 2 12 1108 1297 GRE Panathinaikos ESP Tau Cerámica SLO Union Olimpija ESP Unicaja Málaga ISR Maccabi Elite ITA Montepaschi Siena LIT Žalgiris SCG Budućnost Q ER ER ER ER ER ER green1 Advance to Top 16 Group C main WL points wins Euroleague AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH complete 12 2 1148 1004 10 4 1115 1064 7 7 1066 1041 6 8 1102 1119 6 8 1114 1138 6 8 1094 1113 5 9 1039 1125 4 10 1109 1183 RUS CSKA Moscow TUR Ülker GRE Olympiacos ITA Virtus Bologna FRA ASVEL ESP Real Madrid POL Idea Śląsk Wrocław SCG Partizan Mobtel Q ER ER ER ER ER green1 Advance to Top 16 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. Group D main WL points wins Euroleague AAA BBB CCC DDD complete 5 1 499 399 4 2 425 431 2 4 447 499 1 5 474 516 RUS CSKA Moscow TUR Efes Pilsen CRO Cibona VIP ESP Unicaja Málaga Q ER green1 Advance to Final Four Group E main WL points wins Euroleague AAA BBB CCC DDD complete 4 2 510 484 3 3 350 448 3 3 482 506 2 4 480 484 ITA Montepaschi Siena ITA Skipper Bologna GRE Panathinaikos TUR Ülker Q ER green1 Advance to Final Four Group F main WL points wins Euroleague AAA BBB CCC DDD complete 6 0 522 452 4 2 537 477 2 4 502 516 0 6 448 564 ITA Benetton Treviso ISR Maccabi Elite ESP Tau Cerámica ITA Virtus Bologna Q ER green1 Advance to Final Four Group G main WL points wins Euroleague AAA BBB CCC DDD complete 5 1 448 424 3 3 427 419 3 3 445 438 1 5 436 475 ESP FC Barcelona GRE Olympiacos SLO Union Olimpija FRA ASVEL Q ER green1 Advance to Final Four Final four 2003 Euroleague Final Four The Final Four was played from 9 May until 11 May 2003 and was held in the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. main 2 high yes yes Semifinals9 May Final11 May RUS CSKA Moscow 71 ESP FC Barcelona 76 ITA Montepaschi Siena 62 ITA Benetton Treviso 65 ESP FC Barcelona 76 ITA Benetton Treviso 65 RUS CSKA Moscow 78 ITA Montepaschi Siena 79 Awards Top Scorer PlayerTeam SCG Miloš Vujanić SCG Partizan Regular season MVP PlayerTeam USA Joseph Blair TUR Ülker Top 16 MVP PlayerTeam TUR Mirsad Türkcan ITA Montepaschi Siena Final Four MVP PlayerTeamSCG Dejan Bodiroga ESP FC Barcelona Finals Top Scorer PlayerTeamSCG Dejan Bodiroga ESP FC Barcelona All-Euroleague First Team PlayerTeam USA Tyus Edney ITA Benetton Treviso USA Alphonso Ford ITA Montepaschi Siena SCG Dejan Bodiroga ESP FC Barcelona ESP Jorge Garbajosa ITA Benetton Treviso USA Victor Alexander RUS CSKA Moscow All-Euroleague Second Team PlayerTeam SCG Miloš Vujanić SCG Partizan USA Marcus Brown TUR Efes Pilsen ARG Andrés Nocioni ESP Tau Cerámica TUR Mirsad Türkcan ITA Montepaschi Siena CRO Nikola Vujčić ISR Maccabi Elite Euroleague All-Stars On 2 October 2002 Euroleague All-Star Team led by Tyus Edney defeated Real Madrid in exhibition game 91–85.Euroleague All-Stars vs Real Madrid Real Madrid – Euroleague All-Stars 85–91 Real Madrid (22+15+21+27): Michael Hawkins 2, Alberto Herreros 16, Angulo 7, Derrick Alston 6, Hernández-Sonseca 11; Digbeu 14, Dragan Tarlac 16, Victoriano 13, Macej Lampe, Nadeau. Euroliga Stars(21+23+14+33): Tyus Edney 16, McDonald 9, Alvertis 2, Turkcan 2, Nicola 8; Kakiouzis 18, Luis Scola 8, Gregor Fucka 11, Navarro 3, Shelef 2, Vujcic 12, Weis; Coach: Zeljko Obradovic. See also 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup References 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. 02-03 Awards Category:EuroLeague seasons