2003–04 FIBA Europe League

The 2003–04 FIBA Europe League was the first season of the FIBA Europe League, the newly established third tier in European basketball and FIBA's top competition. A total number of 30 teams participated in the competition, five of which were domestic champions. UNICS took the title after winning the Final Four.^[1]

FIBA Europe League
The Final Four was played at the Basket-Hall Kazan
Season	2003–04
Teams	30
Finals
Champions	UNICS (1st title)
Runners-up	TIM Maroussi
Third place	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Fourth place	Ural Great Perm
Final Four MVP	Martin Müürsepp
Statistical leaders
Points Duane Woodward 21.4 Rebounds Chris Ensminger 12.6 Assists Stevin Smith 6.8
2004–05 →

Team allocation

There were five domestic champions and six runners-up (including Germany, Russia and Israel) in the new competition which sported a similar name to FIBA European League, the name under which the EuroLeague was known until 1996. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.

• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs

Regular season
Ural Great (2nd)	Aris BSA (5th)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th)	Kalev Tallinn (5th)
UNICS (3rd)	TIM Maroussi (6th)	Anwil Wloclawek (1st)	Honka Playboys (1st)
Khimki (4th)	Azovmash (1st)	Polonia Warsaw (4th)	GHP Bamberg (2nd)
Dynamo Moscow (7th)	Odesa (2nd)	Hemofarm (5th)	Skonto (2nd)
SLUC Nancy (6th)	Kyiv (3rd)	Vojvodina NIS (8th)	Alita (3rd)
Paris Basket Racing (7th)	Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut (2nd)	Široki Hercegtisak (1st)	Turk Telekom (4th)
STB Le Havre (8th)	Telindus Oostende (3rd)	ECM Nymburk (2nd)
Peristeri (4th)	Strauss Iscar Nahariya (2nd)	EKA AEL Limassol (1st)

Qualifying round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	UNICS	12	11	1	1058	804	+254	Advance to play-offs
2	Azovmash Mariupol	12	7	5	919	875	+44
3	Türk Telekom	12	6	6	899	914	−15
4	Telindus Oostende	12	6	6	979	1000	−21
5	Široki Hercegtisak	12	6	6	899	952	−53
6	STB Le Havre	12	4	8	797	890	−93
7	Alita	12	2	10	852	968	−116

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Anwil Włocławek	12	9	3	902	867	+35	Advance to play-offs
2	Hemofarm	12	8	4	960	882	+78
3	EKA AEL Limassol	12	7	5	842	840	+2
4	Khimki	12	6	6	972	968	+4
5	Peristeri	12	5	7	914	948	−34
6	Paris Basket Racing	12	4	8	885	946	−61
7	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	12	3	9	897	921	−24

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Ural Great	14	11	3	1253	1064	+189	Advance to play-offs
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	14	10	4	1154	990	+164
3	GHP Bamberg	14	10	4	1045	1053	−8
4	Aris BSA	14	9	5	1171	1072	+99
5	Polonia Warsaw	14	7	7	1145	1156	−11
6	Kyiv	14	5	9	1046	1107	−61
7	Skonto	14	3	11	1031	1193	−162
8	Honka Playboys	14	1	13	941	1151	−210

Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Dynamo Moscow	14	11	3	1233	1090	+143	Advance to play-offs
2	Strauss Iscar Nahariya	14	11	3	1251	1134	+117
3	TIM Maroussi	14	10	4	1161	1037	+124
4	NIS Vojvodina	14	9	5	1193	1115	+78
5	ECM Nymburk	14	6	8	1172	1179	−7
6	SLUC Nancy	14	5	9	1107	1148	−41
7	Odesa	14	3	11	1084	1182	−98
8	Kalev Tallinn	14	1	13	984	1300	−316

Source: FIBA Europe

Play-offs

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Vojvodina		67	73
	UNICS		77	85
							UNICS	76	70	87
							Hemofarm	52	71	58
	GHP Bamberg		66	70
	Hemofarm		80	79
													UNICS			93
													Ural Great			68
	Ural Great	100	79	88
	Khimki	94	85	67
							Ural Great	96	77	81
							Ironi Nahariya	91	89	73
	Türk Telekom		78	75
	Ironi Nahariya		101	98
																			UNICS			87
																			TIM Maroussi			63
	TIM Maroussi		76	88
	Azovmash Mariupol		70	84
							TIM Maroussi	85	93	99
							Aris BSA	76	101	90
	Aris BSA		96	98
	Anwil Włocławek		85	92
													TIM Maroussi			92
													Hapoel Tel Aviv			74			Third place
	EKA AEL Limassol		66	73
	Hapoel Tel Aviv		87	89
							Hapoel Tel Aviv		92	83									Ural Great			104
							Dynamo Moscow		82	80									Hapoel Tel Aviv			112
	Telindus Oostende		74	70
	Dynamo Moscow		94	72

2003–04 FIBA Europe League
UNICS 1st title

See also

• 2003-04 Euroleague
• 2003-04 ULEB Cup
• 2003–04 FIBA Europe Cup