2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup

2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup
2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup
Season	2002–03
Teams	28
Finals
Champions	Azovmash (North) ; AEL Limassol (South)
	2003–04 FECC →

The 2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup was the one-season international European competition for men's professional basketball clubs, organised by FIBA.^[1] Although it was marketed at the time by FIBA as the 2nd-tier level European club basketball tournament,^[2] most would consider it Europe's 4th-tier level competition, after the Euroleague, ULEB Cup and the FIBA Europe Champions Cup. The aim of this tournament was to provide competitive international play for clubs that would otherwise be unable to participate in international basketball. The tournament which featured 4 domestic champions was divided in two conferences: "North" (which consisted of 17 teams) and "South" (which consisted of 11 teams).^[3] The season started on 30 October 2002, and ended on 13 February 2003. There were two champions - Azovmash from Ukraine and AEL Limassol from Cyprus. Prior to the commencement of the 2003–04 basketball season, an agreement between FIBA Europe and ULEB basketball was reached regarding the management of Europe's transnational leagues. As a result, the Regional Challenge Cup merged with the Champions Cup to form the FIBA Europe Cup, which was thereafter renamed FIBA EuroCup Challenge.^[3]

Teams allocation

1st, 2nd, etc.: Club's domestic league position after playoffs.

Conference North
Regular season
Asker Aliens (1st)	Bayer Giants Leverkusen (4th)	NTD Servis-Devon
Ulriken Eagles (2nd)	DJK Würzburg (9th)	ECM Nymburk (3rd)
Kongsberg Penguins (4th)	Kaposvari Klima-Vill (3rd)	TTÜ-A. Le Coq (1st)
Tromsø Storm (5th)	Albacomp UPC (5th)	Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)
Honka Playboys (1st)	Azovmash (3rd)	ESO Lučenec (3rd)
Lappeenrannan NMKY (6th)	Khimik (1st, HL)

Conference South
Regular season
EKA AEL Limassol (3rd)	Igokea (5th)	Nikol Fert (3rd)
Apollon Limassol (4th)	Hercegovac (6th)	Žito Vardar (5th)
ENAD Nicosia (6th)	Brotnjo (7th)	West Petrom Arad (1st)
Zrinjevac (7th)	Hapoel Galil Elyon (7th)

Conference North

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Khimik	4	4	0	428	294	+134	8	Advance to conference play-offs
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	4	2	2	397	346	+51	6	Advance to conference play-offs
3	NTD Servis-Devon	4	0	4	295	480	−185	4

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kaposvari Klima-Vill	6	5	1	584	471	+113	11	Advance to conference play-offs
2	Bayer Giants Leverkusen	6	4	2	537	518	+19	10	Advance to conference play-offs
3	ECM Nymburk	6	3	3	550	523	+27	9
4	Asker Aliens	6	0	6	444	600	−156	6

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Albacomp UPC	6	5	1	576	450	+126	11	Advance to conference play-offs
2	ESO Lučenec	6	3	3	473	481	−8	9	Advance to conference play-offs
3	DJK Würzburg	6	3	3	451	440	+11	9
4	Ulriken Eagles	6	1	5	410	509	−99	7

Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azovmash	4	4	0	413	268	+145	8	Advance to conference play-offs
2	Lappeenrannan NMKY	4	2	2	323	314	+9	6
3	Tromsø Storm	4	0	4	269	423	−154	4

Source: FIBA Europe

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honka Playboys	4	3	1	310	275	+35	7	Advance to conference play-offs
2	TTÜ-A. Le Coq	4	3	1	336	302	+34	7
3	Kongsberg Penguins	4	0	4	266	335	−69	4

Source: FIBA Europe

Play-offs

The winner of the play-offs qualified for the FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup Final Four.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals		Final



Khimik	78	92
			11 February – Mariupol
Honka Playboys	83	62
			Khimik	62

			Azovmash	95
Dinamo Tbilisi	91	95
					12 February – Mariupol
Azovmash	106	111
					Azovmash	88

					Bayer Giants Leverkusen	61
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	87	94
			11 February – Mariupol
Albacomp UPC	92	81
			Bayer Giants Leverkusen	91

			Kaposvari Klima-Vill	74	Third place
ESO Lučenec	69	59
					12 February – Mariupol
Kaposvari Klima-Vill	70	89
					Khimik	59

					Kaposvari Klima-Vill	86

2002–03 FIBA North Regional Challenge Cup
BC Azovmash 1st title

Conference South

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Galil Elyon	4	4	0	350	280	+70	8	Advance to conference play-offs
2	Hercegovac	4	1	3	297	313	−16	5	Advance to conference play-offs
3	ENAD Nicosia	4	1	3	239	293	−54	5

Source: Linguasport

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Igokea	6	5	1	580	430	+150	11	Advance to conference play-offs
2	West Petrom Arad	6	3	3	406	418	−12	9
3	Apollon Limassol	6	3	3	405	427	−22	9
4	Žito Vardar	6	1	5	431	475	−44	7

Source: Linguasport

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	EKA AEL Limassol	6	6	0	499	441	+58	12	Advance to conference play-offs
2	Zrinjevac	6	3	3	457	470	−13	9
3	Brotnjo	6	2	4	446	436	+10	8
4	Nikol Fert	6	1	5	441	496	−55	7

Source: Linguasport

Play-offs

The winner of the play-offs qualified for the FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup Final Four.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals		Final



Apollon Limassol	86	67
			12 February – Limassol
Hapoel Galil Elyon	86	65
			Apollon Limassol	52

			EKA AEL Limassol	73
EKA AEL Limassol	97	95
					13 February – Limassol
Brotnjo	74	78
					EKA AEL Limassol	92

					Igokea	82
Zrinjevac	83	99
			12 February – Limassol
Igokea	89	120
			Igokea	79

			West Petrom Arad	64	Third place
Hercegovac	100	52
					13 February – Limassol
West Petrom Arad	75	81
					Apollon Limassol	79

					West Petrom Arad	65

2002–03 FIBA South Regional Challenge Cup
AEL Limassol 1st title

Finals

Year

Final

Third and fourth place

Champion

Score

Second place

3rd

4th

2002–03

Details

North Conf.	South Conf.
Mariupol	EKA AEL

North Conf.	South Conf.
88 –61	92–82

North Conf.	South Conf.
Bayer Leverkusen	KK Igokea

North Conference	South Conf.
Kaposvári KK	Pizza Express Apollon

North Conf.	South Conf.
Khimik	West Petrom Arad

Finals MVP

Season	Player	Pos.	Club
2002–03	Duane Woodward^[4]	PG/SG	EKA AEL

Winning rosters

FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup:

North Conference:

2002–03 Azovmash Mariupol^[5]

Volodymyr Gurtovyy, Andriy Kapinos, Andriy Botichev, Oleksandr Skutyelnik, Igor Kharchenko, Sergiy Moskalenko, Petro Podtykan, Yevhenii Annienkov, Dmytro Briantsev (Head Coach: Andrij Podkovyrov)^[5]

South Conference:

2002–03 EKA AEL Limassol^[5]

Dimitris Prokopiou, Marcos Asonitis, Georgios Kouzapas, Michalis Kounounis, Davor Kurilic, Konstantinos Perentos, Ranko Velimirovic, David Michael Van Dyke, Christos Spyrou, Duane Woodward (Head Coach: Dragan Raca).^[5]

References

^ "Standings | FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup for Men (2003) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
^ FIBA Europe. "FIBA Europe announcement detailing the 2002-2003 European competitions".
^ ^a ^b "Linguasport - FIBA EuroCup Challenge (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
^ FIBA Europe. "INTERVIEW WITH LEMESOS' DUANE WOODWARD".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup 2002-03". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.

External links

FIBA Europe website

[1] "Standings | FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup for Men (2003) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.

[2] FIBA Europe. "FIBA Europe announcement detailing the 2002-2003 European competitions".

[:0-3] "Linguasport - FIBA EuroCup Challenge (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.

[4] FIBA Europe. "INTERVIEW WITH LEMESOS' DUANE WOODWARD".

[:3-5] "FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup 2002-03". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.

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Teams allocation

Conference North

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Play-offs

Conference South

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Play-offs

Finals

Finals MVP

Winning rosters

See also

References

External links