2002–03 ULEB Cup
The 2002–03 ULEB Cup was the inaugural season of Europe's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, the ULEB Cup, which is organised by Euroleague Basketball. The 2003 ULEB Cup Finals were played between Pamesa Valencia and Krka, and won by Valencia, their first title in a European-wide competition. As the winners of the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, Valencia qualified for the European top-tier level 2003–04 Euroleague.
ULEB Cup | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2002–03 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 24 (competition proper) | ||||||||||||
Games played | 150 | ||||||||||||
Dates | 15 October 2002 – 24 April 2003 (competition proper) | ||||||||||||
Final positions | |||||||||||||
Champions | Pamesa Valencia 1st title | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Krka | ||||||||||||
Awards | |||||||||||||
Finals MVP | Dejan Tomašević | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Team allocation
A total of 24 teams, instead of the initial 32, participated in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup.[1][2][3]
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.[1]
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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Regular season (32 teams) |
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Elimination rounds (16 teams) |
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Teams
League positions after Playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses:[2][3]
Regular season | |||
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Adecco Estudiantes (4th) | Eurocellulari Roseto (9th) | RheinEnergie Köln (2nd) | Pivovarna Laško (3rd) |
Pamesa Valencia (6th) | Metis Varese (10th) | Telekom Baskets Bonn (3rd) | Zadar (2nd) |
Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada (7th) | Snaidero Udine (12th) | Opel Skyliners (4th) | Ricoh Astronauts (1st) |
Caprabo Lleida (8th) | Cholet (3rd) | Telindus Oostende (1st) | Ural Great (1st) |
DKV Joventut (9th) | Élan Chalon (4th) | Spirou (2nd) | FMP (3rd) |
Generali Group Trieste (7th) | Gravelines (5th) | Krka (2nd) | Darüssafaka (3rd) |
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3][4][5]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Regular season | Round 1 | 16 July 2002 | 15 October 2002 | |
Round 2 | 22 October 2002 | |||
Round 3 | 29 October 2002 | |||
Round 4 | 5 November 2002 | |||
Round 5 | 12 November 2002 | |||
Round 6 | 3 December 2002 | |||
Round 7 | 10 December 2002 | |||
Round 8 | 17 December 2002 | |||
Round 9 | 7 January 2003 | |||
Round 10 | 14 January 2003 | |||
Elimination rounds | Eighthfinals | 15 January 2003 | 4 February 2003 | 11 February 2003 |
Quarterfinals | 25 February 2003 | 4 March 2003 | ||
Semifinals | 18 March 2003 | 25 March 2003 | ||
Finals | 15 April 2003 | 24 April 2003 |
Regular season
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four first qualified teams advanced to the elimination rounds, while the two last teams were eliminated.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GRA | JOV | URA | UDI | BON | FUE | |
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1 | Gravelines | 10 | 7 | 3 | 851 | 796 | +55 | 17 | Advance to elimination rounds | — | 88–82 | 86–68 | 91–83 | 88–63 | 83–72 | |
2 | DKV Joventut | 10 | 6 | 4 | 837 | 824 | +13 | 16 | 95–87 | — | 94–82 | 77–69 | 88–72 | 87–82 | ||
3 | Ural Great | 10 | 5 | 5 | 877 | 824 | +53 | 15 | 87–94 | 101–73 | — | 86–61 | 96–84 | 117–89 | ||
4 | Snaidero Udine | 10 | 5 | 5 | 823 | 805 | +18 | 15 | 84–67 | 84–90 | 90–86 | — | 92–78 | 93–64 | ||
5 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 10 | 4 | 6 | 786 | 845 | −59 | 14 | 84–80 | 81–78 | 72–64 | 76–84 | — | 99–81 | ||
6 | Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada | 10 | 3 | 7 | 809 | 889 | −80 | 13 | 78–87 | 78–73 | 81–90 | 90–83 | 94–77 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FMP | VAL | ROS | LAŠ | SKY | OOS | |
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1 | FMP Železnik | 10 | 9 | 1 | 796 | 669 | +127 | 19 | Advance to elimination rounds | — | 80–67 | 86–68 | 81–62 | 82–60 | 92–52 | |
2 | Pamesa Valencia | 10 | 8 | 2 | 847 | 710 | +137 | 18 | 85–61 | — | 98–62 | 93–74 | 94–66 | 90–69 | ||
3 | Eurocellulari Roseto | 10 | 5 | 5 | 786 | 778 | +8 | 15 | 72–82 | 77–57 | — | 89–76 | 84–79 | 85–69 | ||
4 | Pivovarna Laško | 10 | 4 | 6 | 751 | 828 | −77 | 14 | 59–89 | 78–83 | 79–77 | — | 85–81 | 76–68 | ||
5 | Opel Skyliners | 10 | 3 | 7 | 731 | 795 | −64 | 13 | 59–68 | 63–72 | 83–78 | 75–68 | — | 90–79 | ||
6 | Telindus Oostende | 10 | 1 | 9 | 748 | 879 | −131 | 11 | 77–83 | 80–108 | 77–86 | 92–94 | 85–75 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KRK | EST | KOL | TRI | CHA | DAR | |
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1 | Krka | 10 | 7 | 3 | 869 | 802 | +67 | 17 | Advance to elimination rounds | — | 92–74 | 85–75 | 101–83 | 75–71 | 79–76 | |
2 | Adecco Estudiantes | 10 | 7 | 3 | 890 | 794 | +96 | 17 | 88–79 | — | 87–66 | 121–76 | 76–78 | 105–79 | ||
3 | RheinEnergie Köln | 10 | 6 | 4 | 814 | 811 | +3 | 16 | 87–83 | 79–74 | — | 84–80 | 86–76 | 98–60 | ||
4 | Generali Group Trieste | 10 | 4 | 6 | 806 | 849 | −43 | 14 | 70–87 | 78–85 | 86–88 | — | 75–68 | 84–72 | ||
5 | Élan Chalon | 10 | 4 | 6 | 785 | 821 | −36 | 14 | 102–99 | 72–78 | 91–85 | 70–88 | — | 78–75 | ||
6 | Darüşşafaka | 10 | 2 | 8 | 779 | 866 | −87 | 12 | 76–89 | 95–102 | 89–66 | 73–86 | 84–79 | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | VAR | LLE | SPI | ZAD | CHO | AMS | |
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1 | Metis Varese | 10 | 6 | 4 | 784 | 769 | +15 | 16 | Advance to elimination rounds | — | 87–78 | 75–69 | 88–86 | 81–76 | 80–72 | |
2 | Caprabo Lleida | 10 | 6 | 4 | 838 | 794 | +44 | 16 | 82–78 | — | 72–76 | 85–77 | 99–84 | 89–67 | ||
3 | Spirou | 10 | 6 | 4 | 780 | 764 | +16 | 16 | 79–71 | 75–87 | — | 80–66 | 94–73 | 67–77 | ||
4 | Zadar | 10 | 5 | 5 | 794 | 828 | −34 | 15 | 73–71 | 81–79 | 66–86 | — | 91–90 | 90–80 | ||
5 | Cholet | 10 | 4 | 6 | 830 | 820 | +10 | 14 | 85–74 | 93–79 | 98–90 | 76–65 | — | 72–74 | ||
6 | Ricoh Astronauts | 10 | 3 | 7 | 761 | 812 | −51 | 13 | 69–79 | 76–88 | 66–77 | 94–99 | 86–71 | — |
Elimination rounds
In the elimination rounds, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.
In the draw for the elimination rounds, the four group winners and four group runners-up were seeded, and the four group third-placed teams and four group fourth-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same country could not be drawn against each other.
Bracket
Eighthfinals February 4 – February 11 | Quarterfinals February 25 – March 4 | Semifinals March 18 – March 25 | Finals April 15 – April 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
Spirou | 64 | 57 | 121 | |||||||||||||||||||
DKV Joventut | 56 | 73 | 129 | |||||||||||||||||||
DKV Joventut | 80 | 68 | 148 | |||||||||||||||||||
FMP | 66 | 77 | 143 | |||||||||||||||||||
Generali Trieste | 73 | 86 | 159 | |||||||||||||||||||
FMP | 91 | 81 | 172 | |||||||||||||||||||
DKV Joventut | 82 | 66 | 148 | |||||||||||||||||||
Krka | 69 | 82 | 151 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ural Great | 84 | 69 | 153 | |||||||||||||||||||
Caprabo Lleida | 79 | 86 | 165 | |||||||||||||||||||
Caprabo Lleida | 91 | 77 | 168 | |||||||||||||||||||
Krka | 86 | 94 | 180 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pivovarna Laško | 78 | 69 | 147 | |||||||||||||||||||
Krka | 79 | 76 | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||
Krka | 78 | 76 | 154 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pamesa Valencia | 90 | 78 | 168 | |||||||||||||||||||
RheinEnergie Köln | 72 | 84 | 156 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pamesa Valencia | 76 | 93 | 169 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pamesa Valencia | 105 | 80 | 185 | |||||||||||||||||||
Zadar | 84 | 93 | 177 | |||||||||||||||||||
Zadar | 94 | 64 | 158 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gravelines | 71 | 78 | 149 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pamesa Valencia | 68 | 68 | 136 | |||||||||||||||||||
Adecco Estudiantes | 55 | 75 | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||
Eurocellulari Roseto | 80 | 68 | 148 | |||||||||||||||||||
Adecco Estudiantes | 72 | 84 | 156 | |||||||||||||||||||
Adecco Estudiantes | 77 | 101 | 178 | |||||||||||||||||||
Metis Varese | 59 | 88 | 147 | |||||||||||||||||||
Snaidero Udine | 83 | 59 | 142 | |||||||||||||||||||
Metis Varese | 77 | 73 | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: ULEB Cup
Eighthfinals
The first legs were played on 4 February, and the second legs were played on 11 February 2003.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Spirou | 121–129 | DKV Joventut | 64–56 | 57–73 |
Generali Group Trieste | 159–172 | FMP | 73–91 | 86–81 |
Ural Great | 153–165 | Caprabo Lleida | 84–79 | 69–86 |
Pivovarna Laško | 147–155 | Krka | 78–79 | 69–76 |
RheinEnergie Köln | 156–169 | Pamesa Valencia | 72–76 | 84–93 |
Zadar | 158–149 | Gravelines | 94–71 | 64–78 |
Eurocellulari Roseto | 148–156 | Adecco Estudiantes | 80–72 | 68–84 |
Snaidero Udine | 142–150 | Metis Varese | 83–77 | 59–73 |
Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 25 February, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2003.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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DKV Joventut | 148–143 | FMP | 80–66 | 68–77 |
Caprabo Lleida | 168–180 | Krka | 91–86 | 77–94 |
Pamesa Valencia | 185–177 | Zadar | 105–84 | 80–93 |
Adecco Estudiantes | 178–147 | Metis Varese | 77–59 | 101–88 |
Semifinals
The first legs were played on 18 March, and the second legs were played on 25 March 2003.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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DKV Joventut | 148–151 | Krka | 82–69 | 66–82 |
Pamesa Valencia | 136–130 | Adecco Estudiantes | 68–55 | 68–75 |
Finals
The first leg was played on 15 April, and the second leg was played on 24 April 2003.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Krka | 154–168 | Pamesa Valencia | 78–90 | 76–78 |
Awards
Finals MVP
Player | Team |
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Dejan Tomašević | Pamesa Valencia |
References
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