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
Season2002–03
Teams24 (competition proper)
Games played150
Dates15 October 2002 – 24 April 2003
(competition proper)
Final positions
Champions Pamesa Valencia
1st title
Runners-up Krka
Awards
Finals MVP Dejan Tomašević
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Chris Anstey 24.1
Points Jamie Arnold 20.3
Rebounds K'zell Wesson 12.7
Assists Scooter Barry 5.3

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
Regular season
(32 teams)
Elimination rounds
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season

Teams

League positions after Playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses:[2][3]

Regular season
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
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
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
Source: ULEB Cup

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FMP VAL ROS LAŠ SKY OOS
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
Source: ULEB Cup

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KRK EST KOL TRI CHA DAR
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
Source: ULEB Cup

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VAR LLE SPI ZAD CHO AMS
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
Source: ULEB Cup

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
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Spirou6457121
 
 
 
DKV Joventut5673 129
 
DKV Joventut8068148
 
 
 
FMP6677 143
 
Generali Trieste7386159
 
 
 
FMP9181 172
 
DKV Joventut8266148
 
 
 
Krka6982 151
 
Ural Great8469153
 
 
 
Caprabo Lleida7986 165
 
Caprabo Lleida9177168
 
 
 
Krka8694 180
 
Pivovarna Laško7869147
 
 
 
Krka7976 155
 
Krka7876154
 
 
 
Pamesa Valencia9078 168
 
RheinEnergie Köln7284156
 
 
 
Pamesa Valencia7693 169
 
Pamesa Valencia10580185
 
 
 
Zadar8493 177
 
Zadar9464158
 
 
 
Gravelines7178 149
 
Pamesa Valencia6868136
 
 
 
Adecco Estudiantes5575 130
 
Eurocellulari Roseto8068148
 
 
 
Adecco Estudiantes7284 156
 
Adecco Estudiantes77101178
 
 
 
Metis Varese5988 147
 
Snaidero Udine8359142
 
 
Metis Varese7773 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
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
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
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
Krka 154–168 Pamesa Valencia 78–90 76–78

Awards

Finals MVP

Player Team
Dejan Tomašević Pamesa Valencia

References

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