2013–14 EuroChallenge

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.

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
← 2012–13

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 (1st)
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)
  1. Ural Yekateringburg won the 2012–13 Russian Basketball Super League, the second division of Russian basketball.

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
Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4

BK Ventspils
Antwerp Giants
Okapi Aalstar
Cholet Basket

Joensuun Kataja
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
JDA Dijon
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

ZZ Leiden
Södertälje BBK
SPM Shoeters
GasTerra Flames

Rakvere Tarvas
Zepter Vienna
Bakken Bears
Team TEHO Sport Kotka

Conference 2
Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4

KK Krka
Krasnye Krylya Samara
Szolnoki Olaj KK
Triumph Lyubertsy

Tsmoki Minsk
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Tofaş Bursa
Atomerőmű SE

BC Körmend
BC Ural Yekaterinburg
Rilski Sportist
Royal Halı Gaziantep

BC Kyiv
Jászberényi KSE
BC Mureș
CSM Oradea

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.
Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to Last 16
     Eliminated

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

Key to colors
     Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals
     Advance to quarterfinals
     Eliminated

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

Group K

Group L

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 Olaj87–8373–8060–78
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 2–0 Krasnye Krylia75–6373–71
Royal Halı Gaziantep 2–0 Tsmoki-Minsk59–5868–67
Ural Yekaterinburg 0–2 Triumph Lyubertsy72–8067–110

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 Lyubertsy61
 
 
 
Szolnoki Olaj59
 
Triumph Lyubertsy65
 
 
 
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia79
 
Royal Halı Gaziantep55
 
 
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia66
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Szolnoki Olaj75
 
 
Royal Halı Gaziantep87

Individual statistics

Points

Rank Name Team Games Total PPG
1 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka1020120.1
2 Cory Higgins Triumph Lyubertsy1524817.9
3 Keith Benson Tsmoki-Minsk1220817.3
4 Aaron McGhee Ural Yekaterinburg1322317.2
5 Lance Harris Ural Yekaterinburg1321816.8

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Total RPG
1 Maxime De Zeeuw Port of Antwerp Giants11888.0
2 Aaron McGhee Ural Yekaterinburg131037.9
3 Oliver Stević Royal Halı Gaziantep151147.6
4 Keith Benson Tsmoki-Minsk12877.3
5 Janar Talts Tartu Ülikool/Rock151057.0

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Total APG
1 Anton Glazunov Ural Yekaterinburg13927.1
2 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka10676.7
3 Aaron Miles Krasnye Krylia13876.7
4 Andrea Cinciarini Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia12766.3
5 Barış Ermiş Royal Halı Gaziantep9546.0

Individual highs

CategoryPlayerNumber
Points Sharaud Curry38
Rebounds Lance Harris21
Assists Aaron Miles (2)13
Steals Demonte Harper8
Three pointers Jukka Matinen7
Kristo Saage
Blocks Jason Conrad7

Awards

Weekly MVP

Regular season

Week Player Team PIR
1 Maxime de Zeeuw Port of Antwerp Giants31
Greg Brunner Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
2 Chinemelu Elonu Tofaş Bursa35
3 Courdon Higgins Triumph Lyubertsy36
4 Rastko Dramićanin Fortress Jászberényi32
5 Keith Benson BC Tsmoki-Minsk36
6 Aaron McGhee BC Ural Yekaterinburg31
7 Sean Barnette BC Rilski Sportist38

Last 16

Week Player Team PIR
1 Aaron Miles Krasnye Krylia29
2 Aaron McGhee (2) BC Ural Yekaterinburg30
Dmitry Flis BC Ural Yekaterinburg
Barış Ermiş Royal Halı Gaziantep
3 Andrea Cinciarini Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia33
4 Vilmantas Dilys Tartu Ülikool/Rock30
Willie Kemp Gaz Metan Mediaș
5 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka26
6 James White Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia31

Quarterfinals

Week Player Team PIR
1 Lance Harris BC Ural Yekaterinburg28
Justin Holiday Szolnoki Olaj KK
2 Dejan Borovnjak Royal Halı Gaziantep31

Final Four MVP

See also

References

  1. "EuroChallenge". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
  2. "EuroChallenge Draw Seedings Released". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
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