2014 Eurocup Finals

2014 Eurocup Finals

Scene of the first match, held in Valencia
Event	2013–14 Eurocup Basketball
Valencia UNICS 165 140
First leg
Valencia UNICS 80 67
Date	1 May 2014 (2014-05-01)
Venue	Pabellón Municipal Fuente San Luis, Valencia
MVP	Justin Doellman (Valencia)
Attendance	8,500
Second leg
UNICS Valencia 73 85
Date	May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)
Venue	Basket Hall Arena, Kazan
Attendance	7,000

The 2014 Eurocup Finals were the concluding two games of the 2013–14 Eurocup season, the 11th season of Europe's second tier basketball league.

Route to the finals

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
The two teams met in the Last 32 phase already, as they both advance from Group O. UNICS won both games over Valencia, winning 82–75 at home and 73–76 away.

Valencia		Round	UNICS
Opponent	Result	Season	Opponent	Result
3rd in Group C (6–4)		Regular season	1st in Group G (10–0)
2nd in Group O (3–3)		Last 32	1st in Group O (5–1)
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
Khimki	157–156	Eightfinals	ČEZ Nymburk	167–117
Alba Berlin	159–132	Quarter-finals	Aykon TED Ankara	169–120
Nizhny Novgorod	163–128	Semi-finals	Crvena zvezda	136–130

Game 1

1 May 2014 18:30

Boxscore

Valencia	80–67	UNICS
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 22–15, 25–17, 6–23
Pts: Doellman 28 Rebs: Doellman 6 Asts: Lafayette 7		Pts: Veremeenko 19 Rebs: Eidson 11 Asts: Eidson, Zisis 4

Pabellón Fuente San Luis, Valencia Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Sreten Radovic (CRO), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Olegs Latisevs (LVA)

Game 2

7 May 2014 17:00

Boxscore

UNICS	73–85	Valencia
Scoring by quarter: 4–16, 21–23, 32–32, 16–14
Pts: Goudelock 22 Rebs: Eidson, Kurbanov 8 Asts: Eidson 4		Pts: Doellman 26 Rebs: Sato 7 Asts: Lafayette 6

Basket Hall Arena, Kazan Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Recep Ankarali (TUR), Elias Koromilas (GRE)

Most Valuable Player

Valencia's Justin Doellman was named the Eurocup Finals MVP, after averaging 27 points and 5.5 rebounds in the series.^[1]

References