The 2003–04 Euroleague was the fourth season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 47th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2003–04 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 countries. The final of the competition was held in Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel, with hosts Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv,[1] defeating Skipper Bologna, by a score of 118-74.
| 2003–04 Euroleague | |||||||||||||
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 The Final Four was held at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||
| Teams | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions |  Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (4th title) | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up |  Skipper Bologna | ||||||||||||
| Third place |  CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||
| Fourth place | Montepaschi Siena | ||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||
| Regular Season MVP |  Arvydas Sabonis | ||||||||||||
| Top 16 MVP | Arvydas Sabonis | ||||||||||||
| Final Four MVP |  Anthony Parker | ||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2002–03 2004–05 → | |||||||||||||
Team allocation
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.
| Teams entering in this round | |
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| Regular season (24 teams) |
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| Top 16 (16 teams) |
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| Final four (4 teams) |
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Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- WC: Wild card
| Regular season | |||
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| Benetton Treviso (1st) |
 Unicaja Málaga (3rd) |
 Adecco ASVEL (2nd) |
 ALBA Berlin (1st) |
| Skipper Bologna (2nd) |
Tau Cerámica (6th)WC |
 Krka (1st) |
Maccabi Elite (1st) |
| Lottomatica Roma (3rd) |
 Panathinaikos (1st) |
Union Olimpija (2nd) |
 Žalgiris (1st) |
| Montepaschi Siena (4th) |
AEK (2nd) |
 Efes Pilsen (1st) |
 Idea Śląsk (3rd)WC |
| FC Barcelona (1st)TH |
Olympiacos (4th)WC |
Ülker (2nd) |
CSKA Moscow (1st) |
| Pamesa Valencia (2nd) |
Pau-Orthez (1st) |
 Cibona VIP (2nd)WC |
 Partizan Mobtel (1st) |
Regular season
The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
| Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16 |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
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| 1. | Efes Pilsen |
14 | 10 | 4 | 1066 | 1002 | +64 |
| 2. | Benetton Treviso |
14 | 10 | 4 | 1185 | 1067 | +118 |
| 3. | Pamesa Valencia |
14 | 9 | 5 | 1149 | 1089 | +60 |
| 4. | Tau Cerámica |
14 | 9 | 5 | 1183 | 1127 | +56 |
| 5. | Olympiacos |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1109 | 1108 | +1 |
| 6. | Idea Śląsk Wrocław |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1110 | 1163 | -53 |
| 7. | Alba Berlin |
14 | 3 | 11 | 1075 | 1170 | -95 |
| 8. | Adecco ASVEL |
14 | 2 | 12 | 982 | 1133 | -151 |
Top 16
The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the top team advancing to the Final Four. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.
This was the last season in which teams advanced directly from the Top 16 to the Final Four. A quarterfinal round was introduced in the 2004–05 season.
The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules.
The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:
Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team
Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams
Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams
Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:
- No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
- No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
- If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority.
Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.
| Top place in each group advanced to Final four |
Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Final four
Semifinals
April 29, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Montepaschi Siena |
102–103 | Skipper Bologna |
| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv |
93–85 | CSKA Moscow |
3rd place game
May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Montepaschi Siena |
94–97 | CSKA Moscow |
Final
May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv |
118–74 | Skipper Bologna |
| 2003–04 Euroleague Champions |
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 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 4th Title |
Final standings
Awards
Top Scorer
Regular Season MVP
Top 16 MVP
Final Four MVP
Finals Top Scorer
All-Euroleague First Team 2003–04
All-Euroleague Second Team 2003–04
References and notes
External links
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