2013–14 EuroChallenge
EuroChallenge | ||||||||||
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Season | 2013–14 | |||||||||
Duration | 24 October 2013 – 27 April 2014 | |||||||||
Number of games | 157 (total) | |||||||||
Number of teams | 32 | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | ![]() (1st title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | ![]() | |||||||||
Third place | ![]() | |||||||||
Fourth place | ![]() | |||||||||
Final Four MVP | ![]() | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2012–13 2014–15 → |
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
[edit]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.[1]
Teams
[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
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- ^ Ural Yekateringburg won the 2012–13 Russian Basketball Super League, the second division of Russian basketball.
Draw
[edit]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.[2]
- Conference 1
Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
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- Conference 2
Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
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Regular season
[edit]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:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Regular Season.
- Points scored during the regular season.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Top two places in each group advance to Last 16 | |
Eliminated |
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ANT | JDA | SPM | RAK | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 461 | 432 | +29 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 81–59 | 77–72 | 78–73 | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 425 | 396 | +29 | 10 | 68–74 | — | 83–64 | 80–47 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 433 | 434 | −1 | 9 | 83–76 | 66–70 | — | 78–71 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 389 | 446 | −57 | 7 | 77–75 | 64–65 | 57–70 | — |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GAZ | KRA | ORA | ASE | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 456 | 423 | +33 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 71–63 | 69–74 | 75–63 | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 493 | 447 | +46 | 10 | 89–96 | — | 84–75 | 79–75 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 463 | 465 | −2 | 9 | 73–71 | 74–89 | — | 90–74 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 407 | 484 | −77 | 7 | 61–74 | 56–89 | 78–77 | — |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TAR | VEN | SÖD | ZEP | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 478 | 408 | +70 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 65–66 | 99–65 | 83–60 | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 420 | 419 | +1 | 10 | 63–81 | — | 73–76 | 61–56 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 441 | 473 | −32 | 9 | 72–76 | 83–80 | — | 82–73 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 415 | 454 | −39 | 7 | 82–74 | 71–78 | 73–76 | — |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TRI | GAZ | KYI | KÖR | |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 494 | 409 | +85 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 94–72 | 94–58 | 90–74 | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 468 | 461 | +7 | 10 | 81–84 | — | 82–69 | 77–72 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 456 | 478 | −22 | 8 | 54–52 | 74–83 | — | 102–64 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 451 | 521 | −70 | 7 | 60–70 | 68–73 | 103–99 | — |
Group E
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | REG | TEHO | OKA | GTF | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 453 | 430 | +23 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 86–75 | 80–63 | 78–61 | |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 467 | 476 | −9 | 9 | 75–71 | — | 74–77 | 77–83 | ||
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6 | 3 | 3 | 451 | 467 | −16 | 9 | 71–78 | 87–90 | — | 83–82 | ||
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6 | 2 | 4 | 446 | 444 | +2 | 8 | 85–60 | 72–76 | 63–70 | — |
Group F
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | URA | KRK | TOF | JÁS | |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 482 | 444 | +38 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 79–68 | 74–70 | 88–85 | |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 425 | 398 | +27 | 9 | 80–75 | — | 71–61 | 76–61 | ||
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6 | 3 | 3 | 451 | 425 | +26 | 9 | 77–82 | 81–72 | — | 86–72 | ||
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6 | 0 | 6 | 377 | 468 | −91 | 6 | 64–84 | 41–58 | 54–76 | — |
Group G
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CHO | BAK | KAT | ZZL | |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 441 | 397 | +44 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 84–67 | 70–69 | 74–52 | |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 443 | 450 | −7 | 9 | 66–68 | — | 101–90 | 79–81 | ||
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6 | 2 | 4 | 436 | 444 | −8 | 8 | 76–70 | 66–68 | — | 77–63 | ||
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6 | 2 | 4 | 396 | 425 | −29 | 8 | 67–76 | 61–62 | 72–58 | — |
Group H
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TSM | SZO | MUR | RIL | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 479 | 450 | +29 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 76–68 | 79–83 | 94–75 | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 441 | 434 | +7 | 10 | 69–68 | — | 68–76 | 73–66 | ||
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6 | 3 | 3 | 473 | 471 | +2 | 9 | 82–84 | 72–85 | — | 92–85 | ||
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6 | 1 | 5 | 445 | 483 | −38 | 7 | 73–78 | 76–78 | 70–68 | — |
Last 16
[edit]Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals | |
Advance to quarterfinals | |
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Group I
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TAR | KRA | ANT | GAZ | |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 487 | 418 | +69 | 11 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 94–73 | 82–74 | 97–67 | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 467 | 434 | +33 | 10 | 74–75 | — | 87–67 | 78–60 | ||
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6 | 3 | 3 | 454 | 461 | −7 | 9 | 64–59 | 71–75 | — | 97–79 | ||
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6 | 0 | 6 | 428 | 523 | −95 | 6 | 66–90 | 77–80 | 79–81 | — |
Group J
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Group K
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Group L
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Quarterfinals
[edit]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 |
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Tartu University Rock ![]() |
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87–83 | 73–80 | 60–78 |
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
75–63 | 73–71 | |
Royal Halı Gaziantep ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
59–58 | 68–67 | |
Ural Yekaterinburg ![]() |
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72–80 | 67–110 |
Final Four
[edit]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.
Individual statistics
[edit]Points
[edit]Rank | Name | Team | Games | Total | PPG |
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10 | 201 | 20.1 |
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15 | 248 | 17.9 |
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12 | 208 | 17.3 |
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13 | 223 | 17.2 |
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13 | 218 | 16.8 |
Rebounds
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11 | 88 | 8.0 |
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13 | 103 | 7.9 |
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15 | 114 | 7.6 |
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12 | 87 | 7.3 |
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15 | 105 | 7.0 |
Assists
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13 | 92 | 7.1 |
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10 | 67 | 6.7 |
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13 | 87 | 6.7 |
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12 | 76 | 6.3 |
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9 | 54 | 6.0 |
Individual highs
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Points | ![]() |
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Rebounds | ![]() |
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Assists | ![]() |
13 |
Steals | ![]() |
8 |
Three pointers | ![]() |
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Blocks | ![]() |
7 |
Awards
[edit]Weekly MVP
[edit]Regular season
Week | Player | Team | PIR |
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31 |
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35 |
3 | ![]() |
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36 |
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32 |
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36 |
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31 |
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38 |
Last 16
Quarterfinals
Week | Player | Team | PIR |
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28 |
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2 | ![]() |
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31 |
Final Four MVP
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "EuroChallenge". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ^ "EuroChallenge Draw Seedings Released". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 2014-04-10.