1992–93 FIBA European League

1992–93 FIBA European League
League	FIBA European League
Sport	Basketball
Regular Season
Top scorer	Zdravko Radulović (Cibona)
Final Four
Champions	Limoges CSP
Runners-up	Benetton Treviso
Final Four MVP	Toni Kukoč (Benetton Treviso)

The 1992–93 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1992–93 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 36th season of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It featured 42 competing teams from 33 different countries. The final of the competition was held on April 15, 1993, at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, with Limoges CSP defeating Benetton Treviso, by a score of 59–55. The defending title holder, Partizan, was not allowed in the competition because of United Nations Security Council Resolution 757, which imposed sanctions against Yugoslavia.

Competition system

42 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria was used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a Quarterfinal Playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games).
The four winners of the Quarterfinal Playoff qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizani Tirana	133–232	CSKA Sofia	75–107	58–125
Dinamo Tbilisi	180–237	Śląsk Wrocław	85–124	95–113
Universitatea	146–188	USK Praha	59–85	87–103
ZTE Heraklith	154–185	Budivelnyk	79–86	75–99
Keflavik	191–256	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	100–130	91–126
Pezoporikos Larnaca	130–211	PAOK	61–104	69–107
Žalgiris	169–177	Smelt Olimpija	80–74	89–103
Kalev	153–154	Guildford Kings	80–75	73–79
Efes Pilsen	174–123	Benetton Fribourg	91–59	83–64
NMKY Helsinki	160–152	Union SPI Basket Flyers	95–63	65–89
CSKA Moscow	174–168	Commodore Den Helder	95–94	79–74
Etzella	130–218	Benfica	72–113	58–105
Scania Södertälje	169–190	Maes Pils	86–93	83–97

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Sofia	151–200	Real Madrid Teka	73–103	78–97
Śląsk Wrocław	154–195	Scavolini Pesaro	72–91	82–104
USK Praha	152–175	Estudiantes Argentaria	84–99	68–76
Budivelnyk	165–210	Knorr Bologna	80–114	85–96
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	245–191	ASK Brocēni	126–103	119–88
Crvena zvezda	0–4^*	PAOK	0–2	0–2
Smelt Olimpija	166–176	Olympiacos	85–88	81–88
Guildford Kings	129–143	Limoges CSP	72–72	57–71
Efes Pilsen	120–131	Pau-Orthez	65–67	55–64
NMKY Helsinki	175–192	Cibona	87–83	88–109
CSKA Moscow	173–174	Zadar	95–86	78–88
Benfica	156–189	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	75–89	81–100
Hapoel Tel Aviv	164–170	Maes Pils	88–80	76–90

Automatically qualified to the group stage

^*Crvena zvezda was drawn for the competition but was not allowed to compete due to UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia. PAOK went through with a walkover.

^**Partizan was drawn for the competition but was not allowed to compete due to UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia. FIBA decided not to replace Partizan with another team for the Regular Season Group Stage, so the 15 qualified clubs had to be unevenly distributed in this round (a group of 8 teams and another of only 7).

Regular season

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are 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 are not in the same group)
Points scored in all group matches
Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Key to colors
	Qualified to Playoff
	Eliminated

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	PAOK	12	8	4	879	839	+40
2.	Limoges CSP	12	7	5	816	757	+59
3.	Scavolini Pesaro	12	7	5	887	877	+10
4.	Knorr Bologna	12	6	6	938	893	+45
5.	Joventut Marbella	12	6	6	945	946	−1
6.	Cibona	12	5	7	909	976	−67
7.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	12	3	9	934	1020	−86
8.	Partizan**	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Real Madrid Teka	14	12	2	1181	1031	+150
2.	Benetton Treviso	14	10	4	1127	1073	+54
3.	Olympiacos	14	8	6	1057	1023	+34
4.	Pau-Orthez	14	8	6	1113	1100	+13
5.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	14	8	6	1099	1105	−6
6.	Zadar	14	5	9	1096	1198	−102
7.	Estudiantes Argentaria	14	4	10	1132	1131	+1
8.	Maes Pils	14	1	13	1092	1236	−144

Quarterfinals

Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Pau-Orthez	0–2	PAOK	86–103	65–81
Olympiacos	1–2	Limoges CSP	70–67	53–59	58-60
Knorr Bologna	0–2	Real Madrid Teka	56–76	58–79
Scavolini Pesaro	1–2	Benetton Treviso	94–92	94–101	58–77

Final four

Semifinals

April 13, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid Teka	52–62	Limoges CSP
PAOK	77–79	Benetton Treviso

3rd place game

April 15, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid Teka	70–76	PAOK

Final

April 15, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Benetton Treviso	55–59	Limoges CSP

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

Final standings

	Team
	Limoges CSP
	Benetton Treviso
	PAOK
	Real Madrid Teka

Awards

Award	Player	Club
Season Top Scorer	Zdravko Radulović	Cibona
Final Four MVP	Toni Kukoč	Benetton Treviso
Finals Top Scorer	Terry Teagle	Benetton Treviso

1993 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

Position	Player	Club	Ref.
Point guard	John Korfas	PAOK	^[1]
Shooting guard	Jure Zdovc	Limoges CSP
Small forward	Toni Kukoč (MVP)	Benetton Treviso
Power forward	Cliff Levingston	PAOK
Center	Stefano Rusconi	Benetton Treviso

References

↑ Champions Cup 1992–93.

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[1] Champions Cup 1992–93.