2013–14 Euroleague

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2013–14 was the 14th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the fourth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 57th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

Euroleague
Scene of the Mediolanum Forum in Milan during the Final Four
Competition details
Season 2013–14
Teams 24
Games played 248
Dates 1 October 2013 – 18 May 2014
Final positions
Champions Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
6th title
Runners-up Real Madrid
Third place FC Barcelona
Fourth place CSKA Moscow
Awards
MVP Sergio Rodríguez
Final Four MVP Tyrese Rice
Coach of the Year David Blatt
Rising Star Bogdan Bogdanović
Best Defender Bryant Dunston
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Keith Langford
17.7
Points Keith Langford
17.6
Rebounds Joffrey Lauvergne
8.6
Assists Dimitris Diamantidis
6.2
Records
Average attendance 8,130
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2014.

Euroleague Basketball Company, in its annual meeting in Barcelona, determined the site of the season's Euroleague Final Four venue. London was originally supposed to host the Final Four, but it was decided that the 2014 Euroleague Final Four be held at the Mediolanum Forum, in Milan. In the championship final game, Maccabi Electra defeated the previous season's runners-up, Real Madrid, by a score of 98-86 after overtime, and won its sixth Euroleague title in the club's history.

Allocation

There were three routes to participation in the Euroleague:

  • The 14 teams with an A-Licence from the 2012–13 Euroleague, based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.[1]
  • The 2012–13 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
  • 14 places were allocated from a list of 30 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 14 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. The first 8 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition.
  • If the Eurocup champion was qualified by receiving a B license, or some team with it resigned from the competition, a wild card had to be given by the Euroleague.

The Euroleague had the right to cancel an A license for one of the following reasons:[2]

  • The club had the lowest ranking of all clubs with an A Licence according to the Club Ranking.
  • The club had ranked among the clubs placed in the bottom half of the national championship final standings.
  • The club had financial problems.
  • In the ACB (Spain), when the champion and/or the runner-up of the league were teams without an A license. In that case, the A license club with the lowest position would play Eurocup in the next season. If that happened three times in five years, the A license of the club would be cancelled.

Euroleague allocation criteria

A licenses

Classification after the 2012–13 season, including also the 2010–11 and the 2011–12 seasons.[3]

RankTeamPoints
1. FC Barcelona144
2. Olympiacos138
3. Panathinaikos136
4. Real Madrid128
5. Maccabi Electra128
6. CSKA Moscow119
7. Montepaschi Siena118
    
RankTeamPoints
8. Anadolu Efes98
9. Laboral Kutxa94
10. Unicaja87
11. Fenerbahçe Ülker87
12. Žalgiris86
13. EA7 Milano52
14. Asseco Prokom35
Notes
  • EA7 Milano had a two-year A license, awarded in June 2012.[4]
  • Asseco Prokom lost its A license, as it was the last qualified in the A licensed team tanking. The license was converted into a wildcard.

B licenses

B licenses could be given to every team without an A license. If in the allocation appeared a team with an A license, the next team in the criteria would receive the B license, which qualified directly to the Regular Season.[5]

Key to colors
     A licensed teams
     B licensed teams
     WC teams
     Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round
TeamLeaguePos.
1. Real MadridACB1st
2. CSKA MoscowVTB and PBL1st
3. Montepaschi SienaSerie A1st
4. GalatasarayTBL1st
5. ŽalgirisLKL1st
6. PanathinaikosGBL1st
7. NanterreLNB Pro A1st
8. Brose BambergBBL1st
9. PartizanABA1st
10. Stelmet Zielona GóraPLK1st
11. Crvena ZvezdaABA2nd
12. FC BarcelonaACB2nd
13. Lokomotiv KubanVTB and PBL2nd
14. Acea RomaWithdrew[6]Serie A2nd
    
TeamLeaguePos.
15. BanvitTBL2nd
16. Lietuvos RytasLKL2nd
17. OlympiacosGBL2nd
18. StrasbourgWCLNB Pro A2nd
19. OldenburgBBL2nd
20. IgokeaWithdrewABA3rd
21. Telenet OostendeBLB1st
22. ČEZ NymburkNBL1st
23. BudivelnykWCUBL1st
24. Maccabi HaifaWithdrewBSL1st
25. Lukoil AcademicWithdrewNBL1st
26. ZZ LeidenWithdrewDBL1st
27. VEF RīgaLBL1st
28. Turów ZgorzelecPLK2nd
Notes
  • Adriatic: the places were awarded to the top teams in the Regular Season. If the third or fourth qualified won the Final Four, it would be granted with the first spot, moving the champion and the runner-up of the Regular Season to the second and third spots. In February 2012, Euroleague Basketball clarified the situation of the Adriatic League spots, saying the three first teams in the Adriatic League Final Four would qualify.[7] Due to the different interpretation of both associations, Euroleague and Liga ABA negotiated a solution to be applied only for the 2012–13 season.

Finally, both organizations agreed that if the team that was in the first position after the Regular Season met all of the B-licence minimum requirements, it would qualify to Euroleague. In that case, Igokea did not meet the required criteria, so Euroleague Basketball applied the 2012–13 Euroleague Bylaws, by which the 2013 ABA Final Four champion and the runner-up, would take the first two Adriatic positions in that order, whilst the next highest regular season team would take the final Adriatic position.[8][9][10]

  • Russia: the places were awarded to the best teams, by a ranking determined by their positions in the VTB United League, and Russian Professional Basketball League.[11] VTB points prevail in case of tie.[12]

C licenses and wild cards
To the Regular Season

Vacant C license of Lokomotiv Kuban (2012–13 Eurocup champion), qualified with a B license, Asseco Prokom's lost A license, and the B license rejected by Acea Roma converted to a wild card:

To the Qualification Rounds

Competition format changes

As new, for this Euroleague season, the eliminated teams in the Regular Season, were dropped to the Eurocup.[13]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):

Regular season
Real Madrid (A) Galatasaray (1st) CSKA Moscow (A) Partizan (1st)
FC Barcelona (A) Anadolu Efes (A) Lokomotiv Kuban (EC) Crvena zvezda (2nd)
Laboral Kutxa (A) Fenerbahçe (A) Brose Bamberg (1st) Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (A)
Unicaja (A) Nanterre (1st) Bayern Munich (WC) Stelmet Zielona Góra (1st)
Panathinaikos (A) SIG Strasbourg (WC) Montepaschi Siena (A) Budivelnyk (WC)
OlympiacosTH (A) Žalgiris (A) EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (A)
Qualifying rounds
Banvit (2nd) Lietuvos rytas (2nd) EWE Oldenburg (2nd) Telenet Oostende (1st)
ČEZ Nymburk (1st) VEF Rīga (1st) Khimki (WC) Cimberio Varese (WC)

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2013–14 Euroleague Qualifying rounds

The eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format, from October 1 until October 4, 2013. All games were played in the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania.

First round Second round Third round
         
Cimberio Varèse 74
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 79
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 87
Lietuvos rytas 99
Lietuvos rytas 80
VEF Rīga 71
Lietuvos rytas 75
Telenet Oostende 66
ČEZ Nymburk 78
Banvit 87
Banvit 80
Telenet Oostende 82
Khimki 79
Telenet Oostende 90

Draw

The draws for the 2013–14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague were held on Thursday, 4 July. Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.

Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

FC Barcelona
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Real Madrid

Maccabi Electra
CSKA Moscow
Montepaschi Siena
Anadolu Efes

Laboral Kutxa
Unicaja
Fenerbahçe Ülker
Žalgiris

Galatasaray
Lokomotiv Kuban
Budivelnyk
Brose Bamberg

EA7 Milano
Partizan
Crvena Zvezda
Stelmet Zielona Góra

Bayern Munich
Nanterre
Strasbourg
Lietuvos Rytas (q)

Regular season
Location of teams of the 2013–14 Euroleague group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The regular season was played between October 17 and December 20.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were 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 four places in each group advanced to Top 16
     Bottom two teams in each group entered 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 round

Group A

Main article: Euroleague 2013–14 Regular Season Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 8 2 849 749+100  
2 CSKA Moscow 10 7 3 732 676+56 1–1 (+5)
3 FC Barcelona 10 7 3 786 736+50 1–1 (–5)
4 Partizan 10 3 7 668 715−47 1–1 (+29)
5 Nanterre 10 3 7 682 752−70 1–1 (–29)
6 Budivelnyk 10 2 8 737 832−95  

Group B

Main article: Euroleague 2013–14 Regular Season Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Real Madrid 10 10 0 889 652+237  
2 EA7 Milano 10 5 5 742 762−20 1–1 (+5)
3 Žalgiris 10 5 5 743 768−25 1–1 (–5)
4 Anadolu Efes 10 4 6 741 767−26  
5 Brose Bamberg 10 3 7 756 829−73 1–1 (+3)
6 Strasbourg 10 3 7 705 798−93 1–1 (–3)

Group C

Main article: Euroleague 2013–14 Regular Season Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Olympiacos 10 10 0 812 734+78  
2 Galatasaray 10 6 4 700 725−25  
3 Unicaja 10 5 5 756 712+44  
4 Bayern Munich 10 4 6 818 791+27  
5 Montepaschi Siena 10 3 7 674 706−32  
6 Stelmet Zielona Góra 10 2 8 707 799−92  

Group D

Main article: Euroleague 2013–14 Regular Season Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Maccabi Electra 10 8 2 764 711+53  
2 Laboral Kutxa 10 6 4 767 754+13 1–1 (+12)
3 Lokomotiv Kuban 10 6 4 740 729+11 1–1 (–12)
4 Panathinaikos 10 5 5 768 736+32  
5 Crvena Zvezda 10 4 6 804 779+25  
6 Lietuvos Rytas 10 1 9 686 820−134  

Top 16
Regular season game between Nanterre and CSKA Moscow

The Top 16 began on January 2 and ended on April 11, 2014.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head record between teams still tied.
  3. Head-to-head point differential.
  4. Point differential during the Top 16.
  5. Points scored during the Top 16.
  6. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 match.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs
     Eliminated

See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams were equal on points.

Group E

Main article: Euroleague 2013–14 Top 16 Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 FC Barcelona 14 12 2 1109 1009+100
2 EA7 Milano 14 10 4 1093 1011+82
3 Olympiacos 14 8 6 1058 996+62
4 Panathinaikos 14 7 7 961 958+3
5 Unicaja 14 6 8 1032 1063−31
6 Fenerbahçe Ülker 14 6 8 1078 1101−23
7 Laboral Kutxa 14 5 9 1061 1125−64
8 Anadolu Efes 14 2 12 967 1096−129

Group F

Main article: Euroleague 2013–14 Top 16 Group F
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 CSKA Moscow 14 12 2 1167 1035+132
2 Real Madrid 14 11 3 1180 1037+143
3 Maccabi Electra 14 8 6 1115 1090+25
4 Galatasaray 14 7 7 1072 1065+7
5 Lokomotiv Kuban 14 7 7 1081 1098−17
6 Bayern Munich 14 5 9 1040 1102−62
7 Partizan 14 4 10 954 1069−115
8 Žalgiris 14 2 12 1062 1182−120

Quarterfinals
Main article: 2013–14 Euroleague Quarterfinals

Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg
FC Barcelona 3–0 Galatasaray88–6184–6378–75
Real Madrid 3–2 Olympiacos88–7182–7776–7862–7183–69
CSKA Moscow 3–2 Panathinaikos77–7477–5159–6572–7374–44
EA7 Milano 1–3 Maccabi Electra99–10191–7763–7566–86

Final Four
Scene of the championship game at the Mediolanum Forum on 18 May
Main article: 2014 Euroleague Final Four

The Final Four was the last phase of the season and was held over a weekend. The semifinal games were played on 16 May, while the third place game and championship game were played on 18 May. The Final Four was held at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy.

 
Semifinals
16 May		Championship game
18 May
 
      
 
 
 
 
 CSKA Moscow 67
 
 
 
 Maccabi Electra T.A. 68
 
 Maccabi Electra T.A. 98
 
 
 
 Real Madrid 86
 
 FC Barcelona 62
 
 
 Real Madrid100
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
 CSKA Moscow 78
 
 
 FC Barcelona 93

Attendances

Top 10
RoundGameHome teamVisitorAttendanceSources
1 Top 161 Partizan Real Madrid 21,374
2 Regular Season1 Crvena Zvezda Lokomotiv Kuban 19,000
3 Top 165 Panathinaikos FC Barcelona 18,500
4 Top 1611 Panathinaikos Fenerbahçe Ülker 17,500
5 Top 167 Panathinaikos Olympiacos 17,500
6 Top 163 Partizan CSKA Moscow 16,523
7 Top 165 Partizan Lokomotiv Kuban 15,565
8 Regular Season8 Partizan Budivelnyk 15,200
9 Quarter-finals4 Panathinaikos CSKA Moscow 14,750
10 Regular Season7 Laboral Kutxa Panathinaikos 14,196

Average home attendances
PosTeamGP Total High Low Average
1 Partizan 12 150,93121,3747,500 12,578
2 Panathinaikos 14 168,84218,5005,192 12,060
3 Fenerbahçe Ülker 12 137,75312,9683,230 11,313
4 Maccabi Electra 14 154,58011,06010,800 11,041
5 Laboral Kutxa 12 128,10614,1968,246 10,676
6 Real Madrid 15 155,52813,1926,899 10,369
7 Žalgiris 12 118,43312,0008,150 9,869
8 Crvena Zvezda 5 48,50019,0007,000 9,700
9 Olympiacos 13 [14] 125,07411,5005,500 9,656
10 EA7 Milano 14 125,26412,3314,630 8,947
11 Galatasaray 13 114,80911,4703,829 8,831
12 Brose 5 34,0006,8006,800 6,800
13 Unicaja 12 73,60410,6003,512 6,134
14 Lietuvos Rytas 5 30,3508,4503,350 6,070
15 Bayern Munich 12 72,4456,7005,011 6,037
16 Lokomotiv Kuban 12 70,4817,4704,274 5,873
17 Montepaschi Siena 5 27,5496,7554,020 5,510
18 FC Barcelona 14 71,6206,9383,134 5,116
19 CSKA Moscow 15 70,6745,2934,201 4,712
20 Anadolu Efes 12 55,3118,0782,080 4,609
21 Strasbourg 5 22,7156,1503,340 4,543
22 JSF Nanterre 5 21,0004,5003,000 4,200
23 Stelmet Zielona Góra 5 20,8594,8533,251 4,172
24 Budivelnyk 5 19,8005,6001,500 3,960
  • Updated to games played on 25 April 2014

Source: Euroleague Basketball

Individual statistics

Rating
Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Keith Langford EA7 Milano2544217.68
2. Malcolm Delaney Bayern Munich2441817.42
3. Rudy Fernández Real Madrid3153417.23

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Keith Langford EA7 Milano2543917.56
2. Justin Dentmon Žalgiris2440316.79
3. Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos2639215.08

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Joffrey Lauvergne Partizan242078.63
2. Richard Hendrix Lokomotiv Kuban231677.26
3. Andrés Nocioni Laboral Kutxa211386.57

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos291806.21
2. Carlos Arroyo Galatasaray251385.52
3. Thomas Heurtel Laboral Kutxa211115.29

Other statistics
Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game Jamon Gordon Anadolu Efes212.00
Blocks per game Bryant Dunston Olympiacos291.31
Turnovers per game Justin Dentmon Žalgiris243.71
Fouls drawn per game Keith Langford EA7 Milano256.52
Minutes per game Joffrey Lauvergne Partizan2432:19
2FG% Alex Tyus Maccabi Electra270.723
3FG% Valery Likhodey Lokomotiv Kuban210.546
FT% Milko Bjelica Laboral Kutxa
Anadolu Efes		220.931

Game highs
Category Name Team Stat
Rating Darjuš Lavrinovič Budivelnyk44
Points Andrés Nocioni Laboral Kutxa37
Rebounds Pops Mensah-Bonsu Galatasaray16
Furkan Aldemir
Assists7 occasions11
Steals Ricky Minard Budivelnyk6
Blocks3 occasions6
Turnovers4 occasions8
Fouls Drawn Keith Langford EA7 Milano13

Awards

Euroleague 2013–14 MVP

Euroleague 2013–14 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2013–14

[17]

All-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub Team
Sergio Rodríguez Real Madrid Ricky Hickman Maccabi Electra
Keith Langford EA7 Milano Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos
Rudy Fernández Real Madrid Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow
Sonny Weems CSKA Moscow Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid
Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Stéphane Lasme Panathinaikos

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

MVP Weekly

Regular season
Game Player Team PIR
1 Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid27
2 Nik Caner-Medley Unicaja29
3 Bryant Dunston Olympiacos33
4 DeMarcus Nelson Crvena Zvezda31
5 Justin Dentmon Žalgiris32
6 Vladimir Dragičević Stelmet Zielona Góra32
7 Boštjan Nachbar FC Barcelona31
8 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos29
9 Darjuš Lavrinovič Budivelnyk44
10 Boban Marjanović Crvena Zvezda33

Top 16
Game Player Team PIR
1 Vassilis Spanoulis (2) Olympiacos39
2 Marcelinho Huertas FC Barcelona30
3 Rudy Fernández Real Madrid30
4 Krunoslav Simon Lokomotiv Kuban35
5 Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow31
6 Justin Dentmon (2) Žalgiris33
7 Ante Tomić FC Barcelona36
8 Ante Tomić (2) FC Barcelona40
9 Zoran Dragić Unicaja30
10 Malcolm Delaney Bayern Munich24
11 Rudy Fernández (2) Real Madrid33
12 Derrick Brown Lokomotiv Kuban34
13 Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos31
14 Justin Dentmon (3) Žalgiris40

Quarter-finals
Game Player Team PIR
1 Ricky Hickman Maccabi Electra36
2 Ioannis Bourousis Real Madrid24
Curtis Jerrells EA7 Milano
3 Bryant Dunston (2) Olympiacos32
4 Bryant Dunston (3) Olympiacos25
5 Sasha Kaun CSKA Moscow29

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team
October 2013 Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid
November 2013 Derrick Brown Lokomotiv Kuban
December 2013 Stratos Perperoglou Olympiacos
January 2014 Nenad Krstić CSKA Moscow
February 2014 Ante Tomić FC Barcelona
March 2014 Ante Tomić (2) FC Barcelona
April 2014 Alex Tyus Maccabi Electra

See also

References
  1. "In-The-Game.org Euroleague three-year-ranking". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  2. 2012–13 Euroleague bylaws
  3. Euroleague three-year-ranking Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine In-the-game.
  4. Euroleague board awards two-year Turkish Airlines Euroleague license to EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Euroleague.net 20 June 2012
  5. ECA Shareholders Meeting prepares to ring in the 2012-13 season Euroleague.net, July 5, 2012
  6. Rome announces it will not play in Turkish Airlines Euroleague
  7. ABA League – Clarification Regarding Clubs Participating in the 2013-14 Euroleague Euroleague.net 25 February 2013
  8. Euroleague Basketball - ABA League Agreement on Access to the 2013-14 Euroleague Euroleague 5 March 2013
  9. Red Star makes Euroleague
  10. Partizan books ticket for next Euroleague
  11. "Euroleague agrees to VTB United League proposal". Archived from the original on 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
  12. Евролига-2013/14: "Химкам" осталась надежда только на wild card
  13. Eurocup changes format, expands to 48 teams for 2013-14 season; EurocupBasketball.com, 14 June 2013
  14. Not included one closed-door game
  15. Euroleague.net Rodríguez voted bwin MVP of the 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague.
  16. Euroleague.net Rice is bwin MVP of 2014 Final Four.
  17. 2012–13 All-Euroleague First and Second teams announced. Euroleague.net. Retrieved on 2013-05-06.
  18. Euroleague.net Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy goes to Keith Langford, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.
  19. Euroleague.net Coaches vote Bryant Dunston of Olympiacos this season's Best Defender.
  20. Euroleague.net Euroleague coaches choose Partizan's Bogdanovic for Rising Star Trophy.


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