1993 FIBA European League Final Four

1993 FIBA European League Final Four

Tournament details
Arena	Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus,  Greece
Dates	April 1993
Final positions
Champions	Limoges CSP (1st title)
Runners-up	Benetton Treviso
Third place	PAOK
Fourth place	Real Madrid Teka
Awards and statistics
MVP	Toni Kukoč

The 1993 FIBA European League Final Four, or 1993 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, was the 1992–93 season's FIBA European League Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

Limoges CSP won its first title, after defeating Benetton Treviso in the final game. It was the first time a French team was the European champion.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	PAOK	77
	Benetton Treviso	79
					Benetton Treviso	55
					Limoges CSP	59
	Real Madrid Teka	52
	Limoges CSP	62
					Third place
					Real Madrid Teka	70
					PAOK	76

Semifinals

Real Madrid Teka – Limoges CSP

13 April 1993

Report

Real Madrid Teka	52–62	Limoges CSP
Scoring by quarter: 26–36, 26–26
Pts: Sabonis 19 Rebs: Brown, Sabonis 10 Asts: Lasa 5		Pts: Young 20 Rebs: Young 7 Asts: Bilba, Zdovc 3

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 12,000

PAOK – Benetton Treviso

13 April 1993 21:15

Report

PAOK	77–79	Benetton Treviso
Scoring by quarter: 51–45, 26–34
Pts: Prelević 21 Rebs: Levingston 12 Asts: three players 1		Pts: Rusconi 23 Rebs: Kukoč 8 Asts: Kukoč 10

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Iztok Rems (SLO)

Third place game

15 April 1993 19:00

Report

Real Madrid Teka	70–76	PAOK
Scoring by quarter: 38–46, 32–30
Pts: Biriukov 15 Rebs: Sabonis 18 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Barlow 20 Rebs: Fasoulas 14 Asts: Korfas, Prelević 3

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Roger Ekström (SWE)

Final

15 April 1993 21:15

Report

Benetton Treviso	55–59	Limoges CSP
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 27–37
Pts: Teagle 19 Rebs: Rusconi 15 Asts: Kukoč, Mian 3		Pts: Young 18 Rebs: Redden 10 Asts: Zdovc 3

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Iztok Rems (SLO)

Benetton Treviso

Limoges CSP

Starters: P R A PG 4 Marco Mian 5 3 3 SG 11 Terry Teagle 19 4 0 SF 7 Toni Kukoč 14 5 3 PF 12 Alberto Vianini 2 3 0 C 15 Stefano Rusconi 13 15 0 Reserves: P R A PG 6 Massimo Iacopini 2 4 0 C 10 Nino Pellacani 0 3 0 SG 13 Germán Scarone 0 0 0 Head coach: Petar Skansi

1992–93 FIBA European League Champions Limoges CSP 1st title

Starters: P R A PG 9 Jure Zdovc 9 1 3 SG 5 Jimmy Vérove 3 2 0 SF 8 Michael Young 18 7 1 PF 14 Jim Bilba 15 8 0 C 15 Willie Redden 6 10 1 Reserves: P R A PG 4 Frédéric Forte 4 1 2 PF 7 Richard Dacoury 3 4 0 C 13 Franck Butter 1 4 1 Head coach: Božidar Maljković

Awards

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
Player	Team	Ref.
John Korfas	PAOK	[1]
Jure Zdovc	Limoges
Toni Kukoč (MVP)	Treviso
Cliff Levingston	PAOK
Stefano Rusconi	Treviso

References

External links

• FIBA Europe-European Championship 1992-93
• Athens 1993: a surprise from France (Euroleague.net)
• Linguasport