2003–04 ULEB Cup

ULEB Cup
ULEB Cup
Season	2003–04
Number of teams	36 (competition proper)
Finals
Champions	Hapoel Jerusalem ; 1st title
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Finals MVP	Kelly McCarty
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Rasheed Brokenborough
Rebounds	Geert Hammink
Assists	Ivan Tomas
Index Rating	Priest Lauderdale
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The 2003–04 ULEB Cup was the second season of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, EuroCup Basketball, organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one tier below the EuroLeague level. Thirty-six teams participated in the competition. The final was held on April 13, in Charleroi, Belgium, between Real Madrid and Hapoel Jerusalem, the latter winning it by a score of 83–72.

Team allocation[edit]

For the first time teams from Israel, Lithuania, Greece, Latvia, Bulgaria, Poland, Austria and England joined the competition which was undisputedly considered now the 2nd tier of European club basketball. Three out of the 36 teams were domestic champions.

Teams[edit]

Country	Teams	Clubs (ranking in national league)
Spain	6	Adecco Estudiantes (4th)	Auna Gran Canaria (5th)	DKV Joventut (7th)	Etosa Alicante (8th)	Real Madrid (10th)	Caprabo Lleida (11th)
Germany	4	Telekom Bonn (1st)	Energy Braunschweig (3rd)	RheinEnergie Köln (4th)	Opel Skyliners (5th)
Serbia & Montenegro	4	Reflex (2nd)	Crvena zvezda (3rd)	Budućnost (4th)	Atlas
Croatia	3	Split CO (1st)	Zadar (2nd)	Zagreb (3rd)
France	3	Le Mans (3rd)	Gravelines-Dunkerque (4th)	Cholet (5th)
Italy	3	Breil Milano (5th)	Metis Varese (12th)	Carisbo Virtus Bologna (15th)
Belgium	2	Spirou (1st)	Verviers-Pepinster (4th)
Greece	2	Ionikos Egnatia Bank (8th)	Makedonikos (10th)
Netherlands	2	Demon Ricoh Astronauts (2nd)	EiffelTowers Nijmegen (5th)
Austria	1	Superfund Bulls (1st)
Bulgaria	1	Lukoil Academic (1st)
England	1	Brighton Bears (2nd)
Israel	1	Hapoel Jerusalem (8th)
Latvia	1	Ventspils (1st)
Lithuania	1	Lietuvos rytas (2nd)
Poland	1	Prokom Trefl Sopot (2nd)

Format[edit]

The 2003–04 ULEB Cup featured a total of 36 teams, divided into six groups of six. The round-robin group stage was followed by knock-out stages. The regular season began in November 2003.

Regular season[edit]

All 36 teams in 6 groups played a round-robin competition, home and away. Two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage (eighth-finals). Four teams with best third place records in their respective groups also advanced to the knockout stage.

Eighth-finals[edit]

The winners from the eighthfinals advanced to the quarterfinals. The matches were played as two games, home and away. The match winners were determined by point differential.

Quarterfinals[edit]

The winners from the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The matches were played as two games, home and away. The match winners were determined by point differential.

Semifinals[edit]

The winners from the semifinals advanced to the finals. The matches were played as two games, home and away. The match winners were determined by point differential.

Final[edit]

The match was played as one game.

Regular season[edit]

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group, plus highest-ranked third-place team, advance to Top 16

Group A[edit]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Breil Milano	10	8	2	787	684	103
2.	Real Madrid	10	7	3	804	728	76
3.	Lukoil Academic	10	7	3	855	828	27
4.	Opel Skyliners	10	6	4	786	715	71
5.	Zagreb	10	2	8	776	882	-106
6.	Demon Ricoh Astronauts	10	0	10	656	827	-171

Group B[edit]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Caprabo Lleida	10	8	2	796	729	67
2.	Auna Gran Canaria	10	7	3	770	670	100
3.	RheinEnergie Köln	10	6	4	740	785	-45
4.	Zadar	10	5	5	773	734	39
5.	Atlas	10	3	7	748	774	-26
6.	Superfund Bulls	10	1	9	710	845	-135

Group C[edit]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Metis Varese	10	7	3	844	770	74
2.	Ventspils	10	7	3	811	772	39
3.	Spirou	10	6	4	756	759	-3
4.	Crvena zvezda	10	5	5	819	815	4
5.	Etosa Alicante	10	3	7	769	820	-51
6.	Gravelines-Dunkerque	10	2	8	705	768	-63

Group D[edit]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Reflex	10	9	1	806	714	92
2.	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	6	4	833	800	33
3.	DKV Joventut	10	6	4	801	781	20
4.	Go Pass Verviers-Pepinster	10	3	7	755	779	-24
5.	Carisbo Virtus Bologna	10	3	7	769	816	-53
6.	Telekom Bonn	10	3	7	747	815	-68

Group E[edit]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Adecco Estudiantes	10	9	1	833	728	105
2.	Makedonikos	10	6	4	778	786	-8
3.	Le Mans	10	5	5	791	773	18
4.	Budućnost	10	5	5	820	835	-15
5.	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	10	3	7	818	832	-14
6.	Energy Braunschweig	10	2	8	769	855	-86

Group F[edit]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Lietuvos rytas	10	8	2	786	660	126
2.	Prokom Trefl Sopot	10	7	3	790	696	94
3.	Brighton Bears	10	4	6	791	807	-16
4.	Split CO	10	4	6	792	868	-76
5.	Cholet	10	4	6	762	817	-55
6.	Ionikos Egnatia Bank	10	3	7	794	867	-73

Elimination rounds[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Top16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals



Makedonikos	89	58	147

Caprabo Lleida	63	90	153
				Caprabo Lleida	82	68	150

				Adecco Estudiantes	73	96	169
Spirou	56	91	147

Adecco Estudiantes	74	84	158
								Adecco Estudiantes	75	73	148

								Real Madrid	83	82	165
Real Madrid	87	61	148

Auna Gran Canaria	68	63	131
				Real Madrid	68	62	130

				Metis Varese	67	57	124
RheinEnergie Köln	81	62	143

Metis Varese	70	81	151
												Real Madrid	72

												Hapoel Jerusalem	83
Ventspils	68	89	157

Reflex	79	95	174
				Reflex	81	79	160

				DKV Joventut	73	83	156
DKV Joventut	78	69	147

Breil Milano	62	81	143
								Reflex	70	76	146

								Hapoel Jerusalem	69	79	148
Hapoel Jerusalem	77	82	159

Prokom Trefl Sopot	67	86	153
				Hapoel Jerusalem	79	80	159

				Lietuvos rytas	72	81	153
Lukoil Academic	77	78	155

Lietuvos rytas	80	105	185

Source: ULEB Cup

Top 16[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Makedonikos	147–153	Caprabo Lleida	89–63	58–90
Spirou	147–158	Adecco Estudiantes	56–74	91–84
Real Madrid	148–131	Auna Gran Canaria	87–68	61–63
RheinEnergie Köln	143–151	Metis Varese	81–70	62–81
Ventspils	157–174	Reflex	68–79	89–95
DKV Joventut	147–143	Breil Milano	78–62	69–81
Hapoel Jerusalem	159–153	Prokom Trefl Sopot	77–67	82–86
Lukoil Academic	155–185	Lietuvos rytas	77–80	78–105

Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Jerusalem	159–153	Lietuvos rytas	79–72	80–81
Caprabo Lleida	150–169	Adecco Estudiantes	82–73	68–96
Real Madrid	130–124	Metis Varese	68–67	62–57
Reflex	160–156	DKV Joventut	81–73	79–83

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Reflex	146–148	Hapoel Jerusalem	70–69	76–79
Adecco Estudiantes	148–165	Real Madrid	75–83	73–82

Final[edit]

April 13, Spiroudome, Charleroi

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	72–83	Hapoel Jerusalem

2003–04 ULEB Cup Champions
Hapoel Jerusalem 1st title

Finals MVP[edit]

Kelly McCarty (Hapoel Jerusalem)

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