2003–04 Euroleague

The 2003–04 Euroleague was the fourth season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 47th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall.. The 2003–04 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel, with hosts Maccabi Elite,[1] defeating Skipper Bologna, by a score of 118-74.

2003–04 Euroleague
The Final Four was held at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv
Competition details
Teams 24
Final positions
Champions Maccabi Elite (4th title)
Runners-up Skipper Bologna
Third place CSKA Moscow
Fourth place Montepaschi Siena
Awards
Regular Season MVP Arvydas Sabonis
Top 16 MVP Arvydas Sabonis
Final Four MVP Anthony Parker
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Arvydas Sabonis
26.3
Points Lynn Greer
25.1
Rebounds Arvydas Sabonis
10.7
Assists Ed Cota
5.7

Regular season

The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were 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 were 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
     Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. FC Barcelona 141221086937+149
2. Cibona VIP 148611221101+21
3. Ülker 148610231050-27
4. Union Olimpija 146810931123-30
5. Pau-Orthez 146811411130+11
6. AEK 146810661099-33
7. Partizan Mobtel 146810811078+3
8. Lottomatica Roma 144109971091-94

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. CSKA Moscow 141131118984+134
2. Maccabi Elite 1411312611169+92
3. Skipper Bologna 148612061173+33
4. Montepaschi Siena 1486114211420
5. Panathinaikos 147711411113+28
6. Žalgiris 146810831068+15
7. Unicaja Málaga 1441010511111-60
8. Krka 142129471189-242

Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Efes Pilsen 1410410661002+64
2. Benetton Treviso 1410411851067+118
3. Pamesa Valencia 149511491089+60
4. Tau Cerámica 149511831127+56
5. Olympiacos 147711091108+1
6. Idea Śląsk Wrocław 146811101163-53
7. Alba Berlin 1431110751170-95
8. Adecco ASVEL 142129821133-151

Top 16

The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the top team advancing to the Final Four. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.

This was the last season in which teams advanced directly from the Top 16 to the Final Four. A quarterfinal round was introduced in the 2004–05 season.

The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules.

The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:

Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:

  1. No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  2. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  3. If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority.

Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.

Key to colors
     Top place in each group advanced to Final four

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. CSKA Moscow 651477436+41
2. Tau Cerámica 642505477+28
3. Cibona VIP 624422449-27
4. Olympiacos 615436477-41

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Skipper Bologna 651484457+27
2. Efes Pilsen 642427390+37
3. Pau-Orthez 624452486−34
4. Union Olimpija 615438468−30

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Montepaschi Siena 642498461+37
2. Benetton Treviso 642510494+16
3. FC Barcelona 624445452−7
4. Panathinaikos 624460506−46

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Maccabi Elite 642452406+46
2. Pamesa Valencia 642418421-3
3. Žalgiris 633520507+13
4. Ülker 615449505−56

Final four

Semifinals

April 29, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Montepaschi Siena 102–103 Skipper Bologna
Maccabi Elite 93–85 CSKA Moscow

3rd place game

May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Montepaschi Siena 94–97 CSKA Moscow

Final

May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Maccabi Elite 118–74 Skipper Bologna
2003–04 Euroleague Champions

Maccabi Elite
4th Title

Final standings
Team
Maccabi Elite
Skipper Bologna
CSKA Moscow
Montepaschi Siena

Awards

Top Scorer

Regular Season MVP

Top 16 MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague First Team 2003–04

All-Euroleague Second Team 2003–04

References and notes
  1. The venue for each year's Final Four is determined before the previous year's Final Four, before it can possibly be known who will advance.
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