1993–94 FIBA European League

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The 1993–94 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1993–94 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 37th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 9, 1993, and ended on April 21, 1994. The competition's Final Four was held at Tel Aviv.

1993–94 FIBA European League
LeagueFIBA European League
SportBasketball
Regular Season
Top scorerGreece Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos)
Final Four
ChampionsSpain 7up Joventut
  Runners-upGreece Olympiacos
Final Four MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Paspalj (Olympiacos)
FIBA European League seasons

Competition system

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  • 42 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
  • The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a quarterfinal playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games).
  • The four winners of the quarterfinal playoff qualified for the final stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Universitatea Cluj 145–202 RTI Minsk74–9471–108
Rabotnički 152–135 Tunsgram-Honvéd73–6179–74
ASK Brocēni 203–190 KTP110–9293–98
Pezinok 151–167 Fidefinanz Bellinzona79–7672–91
Budivelnyk 143–170 Guildford Kings58–8485–86
Résidence 130–180 USK Praha67–9463–86
Kalev 0–40* Croatia Osiguranje0–200–20
Vllaznia 130–172 SÜBA Sankt Pölten60–9470–78
Hapoel Tel Aviv 150–162 Benfica83–7567–87
CSKA Moscow 150–154 Smelt Olimpija88–6562–89
Canoe Jeans EBBC 172–165 Śląsk Wrocław87–8285–83
Keflavik 162–252 Žalgiris98–12864–124
Levski Sofia 178–174 Achilleas109–9169–83

*Kalev withdrew before the first leg and Croatia Osiguranje Split received a forfeit (20-0) in both games.

Second round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
RTI Minsk 88–127 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana88–1070–20*
Rabotnički 163–177 Pau-Orthez74–8689–91
ASK Brocēni 148–169 7up Joventut79–8169–88
Fidefinanz Bellinzona 180–194 Shampoo Clear Cantù105–10475–90
Guildford Kings 151–149 Hapoel Galil Elyon86–7865–71
USK Praha 148–185 Benetton Treviso75–8873–97
Croatia Osiguranje 132–146 Maes Pils72–6360–83
SÜBA Sankt Pölten 156–179 Cibona78–8578–94
Benfica 163–154 Smelt Olimpija87–6376–91
Canoe Jeans EBBC 144–168 Bayer 04 Leverkusen84–8360–85
Žalgiris 132–134 Efes Pilsen60–7772–57
Levski Sofia 147–165 Panathinaikos68–8479–81

*RTI Minsk refused to play the second leg and FC Barcelona received a forfeit (20-0) in this game.

Automatically qualified to the group stage

Group stage

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If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Key to colors
    Qualified to Playoff
    Eliminated

Group A

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TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Olympiacos14251131047897+150
2. Real Madrid Teka1423951123978+145
3. Limoges CSP1423951013979+34
4. FC Barcelona Banca Catalana14228611321067+65
5. Maes Pils14228610401072-32
6. Benetton Treviso14217710851072+13
7. Bayer 04 Leverkusen141841010221045-23
8. Guildford Kings14140148891241-352

Group B

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TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Efes Pilsen14241041005957+48
2. Panathinaikos14239510761024+52
3. 7up Joventut14239511161026+90
4. Buckler Beer Bologna14239511391017+122
5. Cibona14239511261069+57
6. Benfica14195910161093-77
7. Pau-Orthez141731110441155-111
8. Shampoo Clear Cantù141621210111192-181

Quarterfinals

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Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Buckler Beer Bologna 1–2 Olympiacos77–6469–8962–65
7up Joventut 2–0 Real Madrid Teka88–6971–67
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 2–1 Efes Pilsen54–5064–7376–62
Limoges CSP 1–2 Panathinaikos75–6848–5973–87

Final four

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Semifinals

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April 19, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1 Score Team 2
Olympiacos 77–72 Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 65–79 7up Joventut

3rd place game

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April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1 Score Team 2
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 83–100 Panathinaikos

Final

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April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Team 1 Score Team 2
Olympiacos 57–59 7up Joventut
1993–94 FIBA European League
Champions

7up Joventut
1st Title

Final standings

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Team
7up Joventut
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Awards

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AwardPlayerClubRef.
Season Top Scorer Nikos Galis Panathinaikos
Final Four MVP Žarko Paspalj Olympiacos
Finals Top Scorer Ferran Martínez 7up Joventut

1994 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

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PositionPlayerClubRef.
Point guard Nikos Galis Panathinaikos
Shooting guard Georgios Sigalas Olympiacos
Small forward Jordi Villacampa 7up Joventut
Power forward Žarko Paspalj (MVP) Olympiacos
Center Corny Thompson 7up Joventut

References

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