1993–94 FIBA European League

The 1993–94 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1993–94 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 37th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 9, 1993, and ended on April 21, 1994. The competition's Final Four was held at Tel Aviv.

1993–94 FIBA European League
LeagueFIBA European League
SportBasketball
Regular Season
Top scorer Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos)
Final Four
Champions 7up Joventut
  Runners-up Olympiacos
Final Four MVP Žarko Paspalj (Olympiacos)

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
Universitatea Cluj 145–202 RTI Minsk 74–94 71–108
Rabotnički 152–135 Tunsgram-Honvéd 73–61 79–74
ASK Brocēni 203–190 KTP 110–92 93–98
Pezinok 151–167 Fidefinanz Bellinzona 79–76 72–91
Budivelnyk 143–170 Guildford Kings 58–84 85–86
Résidence 130–180 USK Praha 67–94 63–86
Kalev 0–40* Croatia Osiguranje 0–20 0–20
Vllaznia 130–172 SÜBA Sankt Pölten 60–94 70–78
Hapoel Tel Aviv 150–162 Benfica 83–75 67–87
CSKA Moscow 150–154 Smelt Olimpija 88–65 62–89
Canoe Jeans EBBC 172–165 Śląsk Wrocław 87–82 85–83
Keflavik 162–252 Žalgiris 98–128 64–124
Levski Sofia 178–174 Achilleas 109–91 69–83

*Kalev withdrew before the first leg and Croatia Osiguranje Split received a forfeit (20-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RTI Minsk 88–127 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 88–107 0–20*
Rabotnički 163–177 Pau-Orthez 74–86 89–91
ASK Brocēni 148–169 7up Joventut 79–81 69–88
Fidefinanz Bellinzona 180–194 Shampoo Clear Cantù 105–104 75–90
Guildford Kings 151–149 Hapoel Galil Elyon 86–78 65–71
USK Praha 148–185 Benetton Treviso 75–88 73–97
Croatia Osiguranje 132–146 Maes Pils 72–63 60–83
SÜBA Sankt Pölten 156–179 Cibona 78–85 78–94
Benfica 163–154 Smelt Olimpija 87–63 76–91
Canoe Jeans EBBC 144–168 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 84–83 60–85
Žalgiris 132–134 Efes Pilsen 60–77 72–57
Levski Sofia 147–165 Panathinaikos 68–84 79–81

*RTI Minsk refused to play the second leg and FC Barcelona received a forfeit (20-0) in this game.

Automatically qualified to the group stage

Group stage

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Key to colors
     Qualified to Playoff
     Eliminated

Group A

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Olympiacos 14251131047897+150
2. Real Madrid Teka 1423951123978+145
3. Limoges CSP 1423951013979+34
4. FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14228611321067+65
5. Maes Pils 14228610401072-32
6. Benetton Treviso 14217710851072+13
7. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 141841010221045-23
8. Guildford Kings 14140148891241-352

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Efes Pilsen 14241041005957+48
2. Panathinaikos 14239510761024+52
3. 7up Joventut 14239511161026+90
4. Buckler Beer Bologna 14239511391017+122
5. Cibona 14239511261069+57
6. Benfica 14195910161093-77
7. Pau-Orthez 141731110441155-111
8. Shampoo Clear Cantù 141621210111192-181

Quarterfinals

Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Buckler Beer Bologna 1–2 Olympiacos 77–64 69–89 62–65
7up Joventut 2–0 Real Madrid Teka 88–69 71–67
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 2–1 Efes Pilsen 54–50 64–73 76–62
Limoges CSP 1–2 Panathinaikos 75–68 48–59 73–87

Final four

Semifinals

April 19, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olympiacos 77–72 Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 65–79 7up Joventut

3rd place game

April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 83–100 Panathinaikos

Final

April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olympiacos 57–59 7up Joventut
1993–94 FIBA European League
Champions

7up Joventut
1st Title

Final standings

Team
7up Joventut
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Awards

AwardPlayerClubRef.
Season Top Scorer Nikos Galis Panathinaikos
Final Four MVP Žarko Paspalj Olympiacos
Finals Top Scorer Ferran Martínez 7up Joventut

1994 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

PositionPlayerClubRef.
Point guard Nikos Galis Panathinaikos
[1]
Shooting guard Georgios Sigalas Olympiacos
Small forward Jordi Villacampa 7up Joventut
Power forward Žarko Paspalj (MVP) Olympiacos
Center Corny Thompson 7up Joventut

References

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