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 | ||||||||||
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 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 | ||||||||||
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2004–05 → | ||||||||||
Team allocation
editThere 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
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| Ural Great (2nd)
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Aris BSA (5th)
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Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th)
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 Kalev Tallinn (5th)
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| UNICS (3rd)
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TIM Maroussi (6th)
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 Anwil Wloclawek (1st)
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 Honka Playboys (1st)
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| Khimki (4th)
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 Azovmash (1st)
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Polonia Warsaw (4th)
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 GHP Bamberg (2nd)
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| Dynamo Moscow (7th)
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Odesa (2nd)
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 Hemofarm (5th)
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 Skonto (2nd)
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 SLUC Nancy (6th)
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Kyiv (3rd)
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Vojvodina NIS (8th)
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 Alita (3rd)
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| Paris Basket Racing (7th)
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 Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut (2nd)
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 Široki Hercegtisak (1st)
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 Turk Telekom (4th)
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| STB Le Havre (8th)
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Telindus Oostende (3rd)
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 ECM Nymburk (2nd)
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| Peristeri (4th)
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Strauss Iscar Nahariya (2nd)
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 EKA AEL Limassol (1st)
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Qualifying round
editGroup A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | UNICS
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12 | 11 | 1 | 1058 | 804 | +254 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Azovmash Mariupol
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12 | 7 | 5 | 919 | 875 | +44 | |
| 3 | Türk Telekom
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12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 914 | −15 | |
| 4 | Telindus Oostende
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12 | 6 | 6 | 979 | 1000 | −21 | |
| 5 | Široki Hercegtisak
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12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 952 | −53 | |
| 6 | STB Le Havre
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12 | 4 | 8 | 797 | 890 | −93 | |
| 7 | Alita
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12 | 2 | 10 | 852 | 968 | −116 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Anwil Włocławek
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12 | 9 | 3 | 902 | 867 | +35 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Hemofarm
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12 | 8 | 4 | 960 | 882 | +78 | |
| 3 | EKA AEL Limassol
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12 | 7 | 5 | 842 | 840 | +2 | |
| 4 | Khimki
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12 | 6 | 6 | 972 | 968 | +4 | |
| 5 | Peristeri
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12 | 5 | 7 | 914 | 948 | −34 | |
| 6 | Paris Basket Racing
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12 | 4 | 8 | 885 | 946 | −61 | |
| 7 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut
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12 | 3 | 9 | 897 | 921 | −24 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ural Great
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14 | 11 | 3 | 1253 | 1064 | +189 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv
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14 | 10 | 4 | 1154 | 990 | +164 | |
| 3 | GHP Bamberg
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14 | 10 | 4 | 1045 | 1053 | −8 | |
| 4 | Aris BSA
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14 | 9 | 5 | 1171 | 1072 | +99 | |
| 5 | Polonia Warsaw
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14 | 7 | 7 | 1145 | 1156 | −11 | |
| 6 | Kyiv
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14 | 5 | 9 | 1046 | 1107 | −61 | |
| 7 | Skonto
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14 | 3 | 11 | 1031 | 1193 | −162 | |
| 8 | Honka Playboys
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14 | 1 | 13 | 941 | 1151 | −210 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Dynamo Moscow
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14 | 11 | 3 | 1233 | 1090 | +143 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Strauss Iscar Nahariya
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14 | 11 | 3 | 1251 | 1134 | +117 | |
| 3 | TIM Maroussi
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14 | 10 | 4 | 1161 | 1037 | +124 | |
| 4 | NIS Vojvodina
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14 | 9 | 5 | 1193 | 1115 | +78 | |
| 5 | ECM Nymburk
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14 | 6 | 8 | 1172 | 1179 | −7 | |
| 6 | SLUC Nancy
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14 | 5 | 9 | 1107 | 1148 | −41 | |
| 7 | Odesa
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14 | 3 | 11 | 1084 | 1182 | −98 | |
| 8 | Kalev Tallinn
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14 | 1 | 13 | 984 | 1300 | −316 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Play-offs
edit| 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 |
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 UNICS 1st title |