1994 FIBA European League Final Four

1994 FIBA European League Final Four

Tournament details
Arena	Yad Eliyahu Arena Tel Aviv,  Israel
Dates	April 1994
Final positions
Champions	7up Joventut (1st title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Third place	Panathinaikos
Fourth place	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Awards and statistics
MVP	Žarko Paspalj

The 1994 FIBA European League Final Four, or 1994 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, was the 1993–94 season's FIBA European League Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

7up Joventut won its first title, after defeating Olympiacos in the final game.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Olympiacos	77
	Panathinaikos	72
					Olympiacos	57
					7up Joventut	59
	7up Joventut	79
	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	65
					Third place
					Panathinaikos	100
					FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	83

Semifinals

Olympiacos – Panathinaikos

19 April 1994 19:30

Boxscore

Olympiacos	77–72	Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 36–36, 41–36
Pts: Paspalj 22 Rebs: Tarpley 16 Asts: Tomić 2		Pts: Volkov 32 Rebs: Volkov, Vranković 8 Asts: Galis 2

Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)

7up Joventut – FC Barcelona

19 April 1994 21:30

Boxscore

7up Joventut	79–65	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Scoring by half: 31–36, 48–29
Pts: T. Jofresa 21 Rebs: Martínez, Smith 16 Asts: Smith, Villacampa 1		Pts: Epi 23 Rebs: Roberts 7 Asts: three players 1

Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv Referees: Danko Radić (CRO), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)

Third place game

21 April 1994 19:30

Boxscore

Panathinaikos	100–83	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Scoring by half: 54–49, 46–34
Pts: Galis 30 Rebs: Vranković 19 Asts: Galis, Vranković 3		Pts: Roberts 19 Rebs: Massenburg 10 Asts: Díez 2

Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv Referees: Danko Radić (CRO), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)

Final

April 21 21:30

Boxscore

Olympiacos	57–59	7up Joventut
Scoring by half: 39–39, 18–20
Pts: Paspalj 15 Rebs: Tarpley 14 Asts: Tomić 1		Pts: Martínez 17 Rebs: Martínez, Smith 10 Asts: Smith, Thompson 1

Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Stefano Cazzaro (ITA)

Olympiacos

7up Joventut

Starters: P R A PG 4 Efthimis Bakatsias 2 1 0 SG 5 Georgios Sigalas 14 3 0 SF 8 Žarko Paspalj 15 6 0 PF 15 Roy Tarpley 12 14 0 C 10 Panagiotis Fasoulas 2 10 0 Reserves: P R A PG 6 Antonis Stamatis 0 0 0 PG 11 Milan Tomić 10 1 1 C 14 Dragan Tarlać 0 0 0 Head coach: Giannis Ioannidis

1993–94 FIBA European League Champions 7up Joventut 1st title

Starters: P R A PG 5 Rafa Jofresa 4 3 0 SG 8 Jordi Villacampa 16 4 0 SF 15 Mike Smith 6 10 1 PF 10 Corny Thompson 9 4 1 C 13 Ferran Martínez 17 10 0 Reserves: P R A PG 6 Tomàs Jofresa 5 0 0 C 12 Juan Antonio Morales 2 2 0 Head coach: Željko Obradović

Final standings

	Team
1.	7up Joventut
2.	Olympiacos
3.	Panathinaikos
4.	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Awards

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
Player	Team	Ref.
Nikos Galis	Panathinaikos	[1]
Georgios Sigalas	Olympiacos
Jordi Villacampa	Joventut Badalona
Žarko Paspalj (MVP)	Olympiacos
Corny Thompson	Joventut Badalona

References

External links

• 1993–94 EuroLeague at FIBAEurope.com
• Linguasport
• 1994 Final Four at Euroleague.net, interview to Jordi Villacampa