2013–14 EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge
Season	2013–14
Duration	24 October 2013 – 27 April 2014
Games played	157 (total)
Teams	32
Finals
Champions	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 1st title
Runners-up	Triumph Lyubertsy
Third place	Royal Halı Gaziantep
Fourth place	Szolnoki Olaj KK
Final Four MVP	Andrea Cinciarini
Statistical leaders
Points Sharaud Curry 20.1 Rebounds Maxime De Zeeuw 8.0 Assists Anton Glazunov 7.1
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The 2013–14 EuroChallenge was the 11th edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The winner and the runner-up of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the 2014–15 Eurocup season.

The Final Four was held in PalaDozza in Bologna, Italy. The host of the tournament, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia won the Final by beating Triumph Lyubertsy 79–65. Italian player Andrea Cinciarini received the Final Four MVP award.

Competition format changes

This year's EuroChallenge saw a number of innovations, including the division of the participating clubs into two main Conferences for the Regular Season - Conference 1 and Conference 2 - based on a broad geographical criteria. This year no qualification round was held. The 32 teams were divided into eight round-robin groups of four teams each for the regular season. The two best-placed teams qualified to the next phase of the competition.

Teams

Key to colors

	Champion
	Runner-up
	Third place
	Fourth place
	Eliminated in quarterfinals
	Eliminated in Top 16
	Eliminated in regular season

Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships)
Hungary (NBI/A)	4	Szolnoki Olaj KK (2)	Atomerőmű SE (3)	Jászberényi KSE (5)	BC Körmend (6)
Netherlands (DBL)	3	ZZ Leiden (1)	SPM Shoeters (3)	GasTerra Flames (4)
Russia (PBL + VTB)	3	Krasnye Krylya Samara (6)	Triumph Lyubertsy (7)	BC Ural Yekaterinburg (1) BSL
Romania (Divizia A)	3	BC Mureș (2)	CSM Oradea (3)	Gaz Metan Mediaș (4)
Belgium (BLB)	2	Okapi Aalstar (4)	Antwerp Giants (5)
Estonia (KML)	2	Tartu Ülikool/Rock (2)	Rakvere Tarvas (3)
France (LNB)	2	JDA Dijon (8)	Cholet Basket (10)
Finland (Korisliiga)	2	Team TEHO Sport Kotka (2)	Joensuun Kataja (3)
Turkey (TBL)	2	Tofaş Bursa (8)	Royal Halı Gaziantep (9)
Austria (ÖBB)	1	Zepter Vienna (1)
Belarus (Premier)	1	Tsmoki Minsk (1)
Bulgaria (NBL)	1	Rilski Sportist (3)
Denmark (DBL)	1	Bakken Bears (1)
Italy (Lega A)	1	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (7)
Latvia (LBL)	1	BK Ventspils (2)
Slovenia (ABA)	1	KK Krka (9)
Sweden (SBL)	1	Södertälje BBK (1)
Ukraine (UBL)	1	BC Kyiv (14)

Draw

The draws for the 2013–14 FIBA EuroChallenge were held on Friday, July 5 in Munich, Germany. Teams were seeded into four pots of four teams in accordance with the FIBA Club ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.

The 32 clubs registered for this year's competition were divided into two conferences (1 and 2), based on broad geographical criteria.

Conference 1

Seed 1	Seed 2	Seed 3	Seed 4
BK Ventspils Antwerp Giants Okapi Aalstar Cholet Basket	Joensuun Kataja Tartu Ülikool/Rock JDA Dijon Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	ZZ Leiden Södertälje BBK SPM Shoeters GasTerra Flames	Rakvere Tarvas Zepter Vienna Bakken Bears Team TEHO Sport Kotka

Conference 2

Seed 1	Seed 2	Seed 3	Seed 4
KK Krka Krasnye Krylya Samara Szolnoki Olaj KK Triumph Lyubertsy	Tsmoki Minsk Gaz Metan Mediaș Tofaş Bursa Atomerőmű SE	BC Körmend BC Ural Yekaterinburg Rilski Sportist Royal Halı Gaziantep	BC Kyiv Jászberényi KSE BC Mureș CSM Oradea

Regular season

The regular season began on November 5.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Key to colors

	Top two places in each group advance to Last 16
	Eliminated

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Port of Antwerp Giants	6	4	2	461	432	+29	10	2–0
JDA Dijon	6	4	2	425	396	+29	10	0–2
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	6	3	3	433	434	−1	9
Rakvere Tarvas	6	1	5	389	446	−57	7

	JDA	SPM	RAK	ANT
JDA Dijon		83–64	80–47	68–74
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	66–70		78–71	83–76
Rakvere Tarvas	64–65	57–70		77–75
Antwerp Giants	81–59	77–72	78–73

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Royal Halı Gaziantep	6	4	2	456	423	+33	10	2–0
Krasnye Krylya Samara	6	4	2	493	447	+46	10	0–2
CSM Oradea	6	3	3	463	465	−2	9
Atomerőmű SE	6	1	5	407	484	−77	7

	ATO	KRA	GAZ	CSM
Atomerőmű SE		56–89	61–74	78–77
Krasnye Krylya Samara	79–75		89–96	84–75
Royal Halı Gaziantep	75–63	71–63		69–74
CSM Oradea	90–74	74–89	73–71

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	6	4	2	478	408	+70	10	1–1 (+17)
BK Ventspils	6	4	2	420	419	+1	10	1–1 (–17)
Södertälje BBK	6	3	3	441	473	−32	9
Zepter Vienna	6	1	5	415	454	−39	7

	TAR	SÖD	ZEP	VEN
Tartu Ülikool/Rock		99–65	83–60	65–66
Södertälje BBK	72–76		82–73	83–80
Zepter Vienna	82–74	73–76		71–78
BK Ventspils	63–81	72–63	61–56

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Triumph Lyubertsy	6	5	1	494	409	+85	11
Gaz Metan Mediaș	6	4	2	468	461	+7	10
Kyiv	6	2	4	456	478	−22	8
Körmend	6	1	5	451	521	−70	7

	MED	TRI	KÖR	KYI
Gaz Metan Mediaș		81–84	77–72	82–69
Triumph Lyubertsy	94–72		90–74	94–58
BC Körmend	68–73	60–70		103–99
BC Kyiv	74–83	54–52	102–64

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	6	4	2	453	430	+23	10
Team TEHO Sport Kotka	6	3	3	467	476	−9	9	1–1 (0)
Okapi Aalstar	6	3	3	451	467	−16	9	1–1 (0)
GasTerra Flames	6	2	4	446	444	+2	8

	REG	GAS	KTP	OKA
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia		78–61	86–75	80–63
GasTerra Flames	85–60		72–76	63–70
Team TEHO Sport Kotka	75–71	77–83		74–77
Okapi Aalstar	71–78	83–82	87–90

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
BC Ural Yekaterinburg	6	5	1	482	444	+38	11
KK Krka	6	3	3	425	398	+27	9
Tofaş Bursa	6	3	3	451	425	+26	9
Jászberényi KSE	6	0	6	377	468	−91	6

	TOF	KRK	URA	KSE
Tofaş Bursa		81–72	77–82	86–72
KK Krka	71–61		80–75	76–61
BC Ural Yekaterinburg	74–70	79–68		88–85
Jászberényi KSE	54–76	41–58	64–84

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Cholet Basket	6	5	1	441	397	+44	11
Bakken Bears	6	3	3	443	450	−7	9
Joensuun Kataja	6	2	4	436	444	−8	8	1–1 (0)
ZZ Leiden	6	2	4	396	425	−29	8	1–1 (0)

	KAT	ZZL	BAK	CHO
Joensuun Kataja		77–63	66–68	76–70
ZZ Leiden	72–58		61–62	67–76
Bakken Bears	101–90	79–81		66–68
Cholet Basket	70–69	74–52	84–67

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Tsmoki Misnk	6	4	2	479	450	+29	10	1–1 (+7)
Szolnoki Olaj KK	6	4	2	441	434	+7	10	1–1 (–7)
BC Mureș	6	3	3	473	471	+2	9
Rilski Sportist	6	1	5	445	483	−38	7

	MIN	SZO	RIL	MUR
Tsmoki Minsk		76–68	94–75	79–83
Szolnoki Olaj KK	69–68		73–66	68–76
Rilski Sportist	73–78	76–78		70–68
BC Mureș	82–84	72–85	92–85

Last 16

Key to colors

	Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals
	Advance to quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	6	5	1	487	418	+69	11
Krasnye Krylya Samara	6	4	2	467	434	+33	10
Port of Antwerp Giants	6	3	3	454	461	−7	9
Gaz Metan Mediaș	6	0	6	428	523	−95	6

	ANT	KRA	TAR	MED
Port of Antwerp Giants		71–75	64–59	97–79
Krasnye Krylya Samara	87–67		74–75	78–60
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	82–74	84–73		97–67
Gaz Metan Mediaș	79–81	77–80	66–90

Group J

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	6	4	2	479	441	+38	10
Szolnoki Olaj KK	6	4	2	460	442	+18	10
KK Krka	6	3	3	447	445	+2	9
Cholet Basket	6	1	5	434	492	−58	7

	REG	KRK	CHO	SZO
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia		82–71	82–65	90–68
KK Krka	66–69		80–63	89–78
Cholet Basket	81–78	88–93		70–85
Szolnoki Olaj KK	90–78	65–48	74–67

Group K

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Royal Halı Gaziantep	6	6	0	436	376	+60	12
Triumph Lyubertsy	6	4	2	424	414	+10	10
BK Ventspils	6	1	5	385	427	−42	7
JDA Dijon	6	1	5	404	432	−28	7

	JDA	GAZ	VEN	TRI
JDA Dijon		76–82	74–72	66–68
Royal Halı Gaziantep	69–60		72–61	64–59
BK Ventspils	69–59	46–71		66–71
Triumph Lyubertsy	72–69	74–78	80–71

Group L

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
BC Ural Yekaterinburg	6	5	1	487	460	+27	11
Tsmoki Minsk	6	4	2	537	430	+107	10
Team TEHO Sport Kotka	6	2	4	445	521	−76	8
Bakken Bears	6	1	5	455	513	−58	7

	KTP	URA	BAK	MIN
Team TEHO Sport Kotka		75–86	82–79	64–100
BC Ural Yekaterinburg	66–61		85–71	69–65
Bakken Bears	86–90	92–84		76–83
Tsmoki Minsk	104–73	96–97	89–51

Quarterfinals

Main article: 2013–14 EuroChallenge Quarterfinals

The quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three series. The dates of the matches were 11, 13 and 18 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game at home court.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	1–2	Szolnoki Olaj KK	87–83	73–80	60–78
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	2–0	Krasnye Krylia Samara	75–63	73–71
Royal Halı Gaziantep	2–0	Tsmoki Minsk	59–58	68–67
BC Ural Yekaterinburg	0–2	Triumph Lyubertsy	72–80	67–110

Final Four

Main article: 2014 EuroChallenge Final Four

The Final Four was played between the four winners of the quarterfinals at PalaDozza in Bologna, Italy. It was the second time the EuroChallenge Final Four was held in Bologna.

	Semifinals 25 April 2014				Final 27 April 2014
	Triumph Lyubertsy	61
	Szolnoki Olaj KK	59
					Triumph Lyubertsy	65
					Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	79
	Royal Halı Gaziantep	55
	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	66
					Third place
					Szolnoki Olaj KK	75
					Royal Halı Gaziantep	87

Semifinals

25 April 2014 18:00 (CET)

Boxscore

Szolnoki Olaj KK	59–61	Triumph Lyubertsy
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–18, 15–12, 16–18
Pts: Holiday 16 Rebs: Milošević 11 Asts: Simon, Vojvoda 2		Pts: Landry 18 Rebs: Kulagin 8 Asts: Kulagin 3

PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy Attendance: 4,624 Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Nebojsa Kovacevic (GER), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)

25 April 2014 20:30 (CET)

Boxscore

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	66–55	Royal Halı Gaziantep
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–12, 21–15, 12–12
Pts: Siliņš 14 Rebs: Cinciarini 12 Asts: Cinciarini, Kaukėnas 6		Pts: Borovnjak 14 Rebs: Stević 10 Asts: three players 2

PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy Attendance: 4,624 Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Paulo Marques (POR), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI)

Third place game

27 April 2014 16:30 (CET)

Boxscore

Szolnoki Olaj KK	75–87 (OT)	Royal Halı Gaziantep
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 19–14, 13–26, 19–10, Overtime: 7–19
Pts: Báder 17 Rebs: Báder 8 Asts: Simon 5		Pts: Lorbek, Borovnjak 16 Rebs: Stević 8 Asts: Ermiş, Bremer 4

PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy Attendance: 4,879 Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Anastasios Manos (GRE)

Final

27 April 2014 19:00 (CET)

Boxscore

Triumph Lyubertsy	65–79	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Scoring by quarter: 16-23, 16-25, 17-18, 16-13
Pts: Cory Higgins 21 Rebs: Evgeny Valiev 7 Asts: Evgeny Valiev 3		Pts: James White 17 Rebs: Riccardo Cervi 5 Asts: Andrea Cinciarini 7

PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy Attendance: 4,879 Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Nebojsa Kovacevic (GER), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)

Triumph Lyubertsy

Reggio Emilia

Starters: PG 7 Cory Higgins SG 13 Artem Vikhrov SF 21 Jeremy Chappell PF 11 Evgeny Valiev C 50 Milovan Raković Reserves: PF 4 Ivan Lazarev SG 5 Viktor Zaryazhko SG 8 Artem Kuzyakin PF 11 Pavel Spiridonov SG 12 Evgeny Voronov G 32 Dmitry Kulagin C 33 Kyle Landry Head coach: Vasiliy Karasev

Champions Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 1st title

Starters: PG 5 Ariel Faloy PF 6 Angelo Gigli PF 4 James White PF 15 Ojārs Siliņš C 14 Riccardo Cervi Reserves: PF 7 Giovanni Pini F 8 Greg Brunner G/F 9 Michele Antonutti G 10 Troy Bell G G Matteo Frassineti Head coach: Massimiliano Menetti

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	PPG
1	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	10	201	20.1
2	Cory Higgins	Triumph Lyubertsy	15	248	17.9
3	Keith Benson	Tsmoki-Minsk	12	208	17.3
4	Aaron McGhee	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	223	17.2
5	Lance Harris	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	218	16.8

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	RPG
1	Maxime De Zeeuw	Port of Antwerp Giants	11	88	8.0
2	Aaron McGhee	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	103	7.9
3	Oliver Stević	Royal Halı Gaziantep	15	114	7.6
4	Keith Benson	Tsmoki-Minsk	12	87	7.3
5	Janar Talts	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	15	105	7.0

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	APG
1	Anton Glazunov	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	92	7.1
2	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	10	67	6.7
3	Aaron Miles	Krasnye Krylia	13	87	6.7
4	Andrea Cinciarini	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	12	76	6.3
5	Barış Ermiş	Royal Halı Gaziantep	9	54	6.0

Individual highs

Category	Player	Number
Points	Sharaud Curry	38
Rebounds	Lance Harris	21
Assists	Aaron Miles (2)	13
Steals	Demonte Harper	8
Three pointers	Jukka Matinen	7
	Kristo Saage
Blocks	Jason Conrad	7

Awards

Weekly MVP

Regular season

Week	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1	Maxime de Zeeuw	Port of Antwerp Giants	31
	Greg Brunner	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
2	Chinemelu Elonu	Tofaş Bursa	35
3	Courdon Higgins	Triumph Lyubertsy	36
4	Rastko Dramićanin	Fortress Jászberényi	32
5	Keith Benson	BC Tsmoki-Minsk	36
6	Aaron McGhee	BC Ural Yekaterinburg	31
7	Sean Barnette	BC Rilski Sportist	38

Last 16

Week	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1	Aaron Miles	Krasnye Krylia	29
2	Aaron McGhee (2)	BC Ural Yekaterinburg	30
	Dmitry Flis	BC Ural Yekaterinburg
	Barış Ermiş	Royal Halı Gaziantep
3	Andrea Cinciarini	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	33
4	Vilmantas Dilys	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	30
	Willie Kemp	Gaz Metan Mediaș
5	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	26
6	James White	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	31

Quarterfinals

Week	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1	Lance Harris	BC Ural Yekaterinburg	28
	Justin Holiday	Szolnoki Olaj KK
2	Dejan Borovnjak	Royal Halı Gaziantep	31

Final Four MVP

• Andrea Cinciarini (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia)

See also

• 2013–14 Euroleague
• 2013–14 Eurocup