1993–94 FIBA European League

(Redirected from EuroLeague 1993–94)

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. The competition was won by 7up Joventut against . Olympiacos by two points in the final match. It has been the club's only Euroleague (European League) title.

1993–94 FIBA European League
LeagueFIBA European League
SportBasketball
Regular Season
Top scorerGreece Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos)
Final Four
ChampionsSpain 7up Joventut
  Runners-upGreece Olympiacos
Final Four MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Paspalj (Olympiacos)
FIBA European League seasons

Limoges CSP, the defending champions, were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Panathinaikos.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's entrant was unable to participate for the second season in a row due to the UN economic sanctions. After the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic and Slovakia each had representative clubs in the competition for the first time.

Competition system

edit
  • 41 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 were 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.

Team allocation

edit

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
  • CW: Cup winners.
Group stage
  Limoges CSP (1st)TH   Olympiacos (1st)   Buckler Beer Bologna (1st)   Real Madrid Teka (1st)
Second round
  Benetton Treviso (2nd)   FCB Banca Catalana (3rd)   Pau-Orthez (2nd)   Hapoel Galil Elyon (1st)
  Shampoo Clear Cantù (3rd)   Maes Pils Mechelen (1st)   Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st)   Efes Pilsen (1st)
  7up Joventut (2nd)   Cibona (1st)   Panathinaikos (2nd)
First round
  Vllaznia (1st)   Guildford Kings (CW)   Žalgiris (1st)   CSKA Moscow (1st)
  UKJ SÜBA Sankt Pölten (1st)   Kalev Tallinn (1st)   Residence (1st)   Davay Pezinok (1st)
  RTI Minsk (1st)   KTP (1st)   Rabotnički (1st)   Smelt Olimpija (1st)
  Levski Sofia (1st)   Tunsgram-Honvéd (1st)   Canoe Jeans EBBC (1st)   Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st)
  Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd)   Keflavik (1st)   Śląsk Wroclaw (1st)   Budivelnyk (1st)
  Achileas Kaimakli (1st)   Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd)   Benfica (1st)
  USK Praha (1st)   ASK Brocēni (1st)   Universitatea Cluj (1st)

First round

edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.

Group stage

edit

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

edit
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Olympiacos 14 25 11 3 1047 897 +150
2.   Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1123 978 +145
3.   Limoges CSP 14 23 9 5 1013 979 +34
4.   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 22 8 6 1132 1067 +65
5.   Maes Pils 14 22 8 6 1040 1072 -32
6.   Benetton Treviso 14 21 7 7 1085 1072 +13
7.   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 18 4 10 1022 1045 -23
8.   Guildford Kings 14 14 0 14 889 1241 -352

Group B

edit
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Efes Pilsen 14 24 10 4 1005 957 +48
2.   Panathinaikos 14 23 9 5 1076 1024 +52
3.   7up Joventut 14 23 9 5 1116 1026 +90
4.   Buckler Beer Bologna 14 23 9 5 1139 1017 +122
5.   Cibona 14 23 9 5 1126 1069 +57
6.   Benfica 14 19 5 9 1016 1093 -77
7.   Pau-Orthez 14 17 3 11 1044 1155 -111
8.   Shampoo Clear Cantù 14 16 2 12 1011 1192 -181

Quarterfinals

edit

Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd 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

edit

Semifinals

edit

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

edit

April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

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

Final

edit

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

edit
Team
    7up Joventut
    Olympiacos
    Panathinaikos
  FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Awards

edit
Award Player Club Ref.
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

edit
Position Player Club Ref.
Point guard   Nikos Galis   Panathinaikos
Shooting guard   Georgios Sigalas   Olympiacos
Small forward   Jordi Villacampa   7up Joventut
Power forward   Žarko Paspalj (MVP)   Olympiacos
Center   Corny Thompson   7up Joventut

See also

edit

References

edit
edit