2013–14 EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge

Competition details
Season	2013–14
Teams	32
Games played	157 (total)
Dates	24 October 2013 – 27 April 2014
Final positions
Champions	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (1st title)
Runners-up	Triumph Lyubertsy
Third place	Royal Halı Gaziantep
Fourth place	Szolnoki Olaj
Awards
Final Four MVP	Andrea Cinciarini
Statistical leaders
Points	Sharaud Curry 20.1
Rebounds	Maxime De Zeeuw 8.0
Assists	Anton Glazunov 7.1
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The 2013–14 EuroChallenge was the 11th edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The winner and the runner-up of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the 2014–15 Eurocup season.

The Final Four was held in PalaDozza in Bologna, Italy. The host of the tournament, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia won the Final by beating Triumph Lyubertsy 79–65. Italian player Andrea Cinciarini received the Final Four MVP award.

Competition format changes

This year's EuroChallenge saw a number of innovations, including the division of the participating clubs into two main Conferences for the Regular Season - Conference 1 and Conference 2 - based on a broad geographical criteria. This year no qualification round was held. The 32 teams were divided into eight round-robin groups of four teams each for the regular season. The two best-placed teams qualified to the next phase of the competition.^[1]

Teams

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

Regular season
Szolnoki Olaj (2nd)	Krasnye KryliaTH (6th)	Tartu University Rock (2nd)	Tsmoki Minsk (1st)
Atomerőmű SE (3rd)	Triumph Lyubertsy (7th)	Rakvere Tarvas (3rd)	Rilski Sportist (3rd)
Fortress Jászberényi (5th)	Ural Yekaterinburg[lower-alpha 1] (1st)	JDA Dijon (8th)	Bakken Bears (1st)
Ingoknito Fashion Körmend (6th)	Mureș (2nd)	Cholet (10th)	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (7th)
ZZ Leiden (1st)	Oradea (3rd)	Team TEHO Sport (2nd)	Ventspils (2nd)
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (3rd)	Gaz Metan Mediaș (4th)	Kataja (3rd)	Krka (9th)
GasTerra Flames (4th)	Okapi Aalstar (4th)	Tofaş (8th)	Södertälje Kings (1st)
Kyiv (14th)	Port of Antwerp Giants (5th)	Royal Halı Gaziantep (9th)	Zepter Vienna (1st)

Draw

The draws for the 2013–14 FIBA EuroChallenge were held on Friday, July 5 in Munich, Germany. Teams were seeded into four pots of four teams in accordance with the FIBA Club ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.

The 32 clubs registered for this year's competition were divided into two conferences (1 and 2), based on broad geographical criteria.^[2]

Conference 1

Conference 2

Regular season

The regular season began on November 5.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ANT	JDA	SPM	RAK
1	Port of Antwerp Giants	6	4	2	461	432	+29	10	Advance to last 16		—	81–59	77–72	78–73
2	JDA Dijon	6	4	2	425	396	+29	10			68–74	—	83–64	80–47
3	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	6	3	3	433	434	−1	9			83–76	66–70	—	78–71
4	Rakvere Tarvas	6	1	5	389	446	−57	7			77–75	64–65	57–70	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GAZ	KRA	ORA	ASE
1	Royal Halı Gaziantep	6	4	2	456	423	+33	10	Advance to last 16		—	71–63	69–74	75–63
2	Krasnye Krylia	6	4	2	493	447	+46	10			89–96	—	84–75	79–75
3	Oradea	6	3	3	463	465	−2	9			73–71	74–89	—	90–74
4	Atomerőmű SE	6	1	5	407	484	−77	7			61–74	56–89	78–77	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TAR	VEN	SÖD	ZEP
1	Tartu University Rock	6	4	2	478	408	+70	10	Advance to last 16		—	65–66	99–65	83–60
2	Ventspils	6	4	2	420	419	+1	10			63–81	—	73–76	61–56
3	Södertälje Kings	6	3	3	441	473	−32	9			72–76	83–80	—	82–73
4	Zepter Vienna	6	1	5	415	454	−39	7			82–74	71–78	73–76	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TRI	GAZ	KYI	KÖR
1	Triumph Lyubertsy	6	5	1	494	409	+85	11	Advance to last 16		—	94–72	94–58	90–74
2	Gaz Metan Mediaș	6	4	2	468	461	+7	10			81–84	—	82–69	77–72
3	Kyiv	6	2	4	456	478	−22	8			54–52	74–83	—	102–64
4	Ingoknito Fashion Körmend	6	1	5	451	521	−70	7			60–70	68–73	103–99	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		REG	TEHO	OKA	GTF
1	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	6	4	2	453	430	+23	10	Advance to last 16		—	86–75	80–63	78–61
2	Team TEHO Sport	6	3	3	467	476	−9	9			75–71	—	74–77	77–83
3	Okapi Aalstar	6	3	3	451	467	−16	9			71–78	87–90	—	83–82
4	GasTerra Flames	6	2	4	446	444	+2	8			85–60	72–76	63–70	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		URA	KRK	TOF	JÁS
1	Ural Yekaterinburg	6	5	1	482	444	+38	11	Advance to last 16		—	79–68	74–70	88–85
2	Krka	6	3	3	425	398	+27	9			80–75	—	71–61	76–61
3	Tofaş	6	3	3	451	425	+26	9			77–82	81–72	—	86–72
4	Fortress Jászberényi	6	0	6	377	468	−91	6			64–84	41–58	54–76	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHO	BAK	KAT	ZZL
1	Cholet	6	5	1	441	397	+44	11	Advance to last 16		—	84–67	70–69	74–52
2	Bakken Bears	6	3	3	443	450	−7	9			66–68	—	101–90	79–81
3	Kataja	6	2	4	436	444	−8	8			76–70	66–68	—	77–63
4	ZZ Leiden	6	2	4	396	425	−29	8			67–76	61–62	72–58	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TSM	SZO	MUR	RIL
1	Tsmoki-Minsk	6	4	2	479	450	+29	10	Advance to last 16		—	76–68	79–83	94–75
2	Szolnoki Olaj	6	4	2	441	434	+7	10			69–68	—	68–76	73–66
3	Mureș	6	3	3	473	471	+2	9			82–84	72–85	—	92–85
4	Rilski Sportist	6	1	5	445	483	−38	7			73–78	76–78	70–68	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Last 16

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TAR	KRA	ANT	GAZ
1	Tartu University Rock	6	5	1	487	418	+69	11	Advance to quarterfinals		—	94–73	82–74	97–67
2	Krasnye Krylia	6	4	2	467	434	+33	10			74–75	—	87–67	78–60
3	Port of Antwerp Giants	6	3	3	454	461	−7	9			64–59	71–75	—	97–79
4	Gaz Metan Mediaș	6	0	6	428	523	−95	6			66–90	77–80	79–81	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group J

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 6 4 2 479 441 +38 10 Szolnoki Olaj KK 6 4 2 460 442 +18 10 KK Krka 6 3 3 447 445 +2 9 Cholet Basket 6 1 5 434 492 −58 7

REG KRK CHO SZO Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 82–71 82–65 90–68 KK Krka 66–69 80–63 89–78 Cholet Basket 81–78 88–93 70–85 Szolnoki Olaj KK 90–78 65–48 74–67

Group K

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Royal Halı Gaziantep 6 6 0 436 376 +60 12 Triumph Lyubertsy 6 4 2 424 414 +10 10 BK Ventspils 6 1 5 385 427 −42 7 JDA Dijon 6 1 5 404 432 −28 7

JDA GAZ VEN TRI JDA Dijon 76–82 74–72 66–68 Royal Halı Gaziantep 69–60 72–61 64–59 BK Ventspils 69–59 46–71 66–71 Triumph Lyubertsy 72–69 74–78 80–71

Group L

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts BC Ural Yekaterinburg 6 5 1 487 460 +27 11 Tsmoki Minsk 6 4 2 537 430 +107 10 Team TEHO Sport Kotka 6 2 4 445 521 −76 8 Bakken Bears 6 1 5 455 513 −58 7

KTP URA BAK MIN Team TEHO Sport Kotka 75–86 82–79 64–100 BC Ural Yekaterinburg 66–61 85–71 69–65 Bakken Bears 86–90 92–84 76–83 Tsmoki Minsk 104–73 96–97 89–51

Quarterfinals

The quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three series. The dates of the matches were 11, 13 and 18 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game at home court.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Tartu University Rock	1–2	Szolnoki Olaj	87–83	73–80	60–78
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	2–0	Krasnye Krylia	75–63	73–71
Royal Halı Gaziantep	2–0	Tsmoki-Minsk	59–58	68–67
Ural Yekaterinburg	0–2	Triumph Lyubertsy	72–80	67–110

Final Four

The Final Four was played between the four winners of the quarterfinals at PalaDozza in Bologna, Italy. It was the second time the EuroChallenge Final Four was held in Bologna.

	Semifinals 25 April				Final 27 April
	Triumph Lyubertsy	61
	Szolnoki Olaj	59
					Triumph Lyubertsy	65
					Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	79
	Royal Halı Gaziantep	55
	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	66
					Third place game
					Szolnoki Olaj	75
					Royal Halı Gaziantep	87

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	PPG
1	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	10	201	20.1
2	Cory Higgins	Triumph Lyubertsy	15	248	17.9
3	Keith Benson	Tsmoki-Minsk	12	208	17.3
4	Aaron McGhee	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	223	17.2
5	Lance Harris	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	218	16.8

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	RPG
1	Maxime De Zeeuw	Port of Antwerp Giants	11	88	8.0
2	Aaron McGhee	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	103	7.9
3	Oliver Stević	Royal Halı Gaziantep	15	114	7.6
4	Keith Benson	Tsmoki-Minsk	12	87	7.3
5	Janar Talts	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	15	105	7.0

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	APG
1	Anton Glazunov	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	92	7.1
2	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	10	67	6.7
3	Aaron Miles	Krasnye Krylia	13	87	6.7
4	Andrea Cinciarini	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	12	76	6.3
5	Barış Ermiş	Royal Halı Gaziantep	9	54	6.0

Individual highs

Category	Player	Number
Points	Sharaud Curry	38
Rebounds	Lance Harris	21
Assists	Aaron Miles (2)	13
Steals	Demonte Harper	8
Three pointers	Jukka Matinen	7
	Kristo Saage
Blocks	Jason Conrad	7

Awards

Weekly MVP

Regular season

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Maxime de Zeeuw	Port of Antwerp Giants	31
	Greg Brunner	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
2	Chinemelu Elonu	Tofaş Bursa	35
3	Courdon Higgins	Triumph Lyubertsy	36
4	Rastko Dramićanin	Fortress Jászberényi	32
5	Keith Benson	BC Tsmoki-Minsk	36
6	Aaron McGhee	BC Ural Yekaterinburg	31
7	Sean Barnette	BC Rilski Sportist	38

Last 16

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Aaron Miles	Krasnye Krylia	29
2	Aaron McGhee (2)	BC Ural Yekaterinburg	30
	Dmitry Flis	BC Ural Yekaterinburg
	Barış Ermiş	Royal Halı Gaziantep
3	Andrea Cinciarini	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	33
4	Vilmantas Dilys	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	30
	Willie Kemp	Gaz Metan Mediaș
5	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	26
6	James White	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	31

Quarterfinals

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Lance Harris	BC Ural Yekaterinburg	28
	Justin Holiday	Szolnoki Olaj KK
2	Dejan Borovnjak	Royal Halı Gaziantep	31

See also

• 2013–14 Euroleague
• 2013–14 Eurocup

References