2013–14 EuroChallenge

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.

EuroChallenge
Season2013–14
Duration24 October 2013 – 27 April 2014
Number of games157 (total)
Number of teams32
Finals
ChampionsItaly Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
(1st title)
  Runners-upRussia Triumph Lyubertsy
Third placeTurkey Royal Halı Gaziantep
Fourth placeHungary Szolnoki Olaj
Final Four MVPItaly Andrea Cinciarini
Statistical leaders
PointsUnited States Sharaud Curry20.1
ReboundsBelgium Maxime De Zeeuw8.0
AssistsRussia Anton Glazunov7.1

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

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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

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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
Regular season
Szolnoki Olaj (2nd) Krasnye KryliaTH (6th) Tartu University Rock (2nd) Tsmoki Minsk (1st)
Atomerőmű SE (3rd) Triumph Lyubertsy (7th) Rakvere Tarvas (3rd) Rilski Sportist (3rd)
Fortress Jászberényi (5th) Ural Yekaterinburg[a] (1st) JDA Dijon (8th) Bakken Bears (1st)
Ingoknito Fashion Körmend (6th) Mureș (2nd) Cholet (10th) Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (7th)
ZZ Leiden (1st) Oradea (3rd) Team TEHO Sport (2nd) Ventspils (2nd)
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (3rd) Gaz Metan Mediaș (4th) Kataja (3rd) Krka (1st)
GasTerra Flames (4th) Okapi Aalstar (4th) Tofaş (8th) Södertälje Kings (1st)
Kyiv (14th) Port of Antwerp Giants (5th) Royal Halı Gaziantep (9th) Zepter Vienna (1st)
  1. ^ Ural Yekateringburg won the 2012–13 Russian Basketball Super League, the second division of Russian basketball.

Draw

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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 1Seed 2Seed 3Seed 4

BK Ventspils
Antwerp Giants
Okapi Aalstar
Cholet Basket

Joensuun Kataja
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
JDA Dijon
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

ZZ Leiden
Södertälje BBK
SPM Shoeters
GasTerra Flames

Rakvere Tarvas
Zepter Vienna
Bakken Bears
Team TEHO Sport Kotka

Conference 2
Seed 1Seed 2Seed 3Seed 4

KK Krka
Krasnye Krylya Samara
Szolnoki Olaj KK
Triumph Lyubertsy

Tsmoki Minsk
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Tofaş Bursa
Atomerőmű SE

BC Körmend
BC Ural Yekaterinburg
Rilski Sportist
Royal Halı Gaziantep

BC Kyiv
Jászberényi KSE
BC Mureș
CSM Oradea

Regular season

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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:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Key to colors
    Top two places in each group advance to Last 16
    Eliminated

Group A

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationANTJDASPMRAK
1 Port of Antwerp Giants642461432+2910Advance to last 1681–5977–7278–73
2 JDA Dijon642425396+291068–7483–6480–47
3 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch633433434−1983–7666–7078–71
4 Rakvere Tarvas615389446−57777–7564–6557–70
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationGAZKRAORAASE
1 Royal Halı Gaziantep642456423+3310Advance to last 1671–6369–7475–63
2 Krasnye Krylia642493447+461089–9684–7579–75
3 Oradea633463465−2973–7174–8990–74
4 Atomerőmű SE615407484−77761–7456–8978–77
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationTARVENSÖDZEP
1 Tartu University Rock642478408+7010Advance to last 1665–6699–6583–60
2 Ventspils642420419+11063–8173–7661–56
3 Södertälje Kings633441473−32972–7683–8082–73
4 Zepter Vienna615415454−39782–7471–7873–76
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationTRIGAZKYIKÖR
1 Triumph Lyubertsy651494409+8511Advance to last 1694–7294–5890–74
2 Gaz Metan Mediaș642468461+71081–8482–6977–72
3 Kyiv624456478−22854–5274–83102–64
4 Ingoknito Fashion Körmend615451521−70760–7068–73103–99
Source: FIBA Europe

Group E

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationREGTEHOOKAGTF
1 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia642453430+2310Advance to last 1686–7580–6378–61
2 Team TEHO Sport633467476−9975–7174–7777–83
3 Okapi Aalstar633451467−16971–7887–9083–82
4 GasTerra Flames624446444+2885–6072–7663–70
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationURAKRKTOFJÁS
1 Ural Yekaterinburg651482444+3811Advance to last 1679–6874–7088–85
2 Krka633425398+27980–7571–6176–61
3 Tofaş633451425+26977–8281–7286–72
4 Fortress Jászberényi606377468−91664–8441–5854–76
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationCHOBAKKATZZL
1 Cholet651441397+4411Advance to last 1684–6770–6974–52
2 Bakken Bears633443450−7966–68101–9079–81
3 Kataja624436444−8876–7066–6877–63
4 ZZ Leiden624396425−29867–7661–6272–58
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationTSMSZOMURRIL
1 Tsmoki-Minsk642479450+2910Advance to last 1676–6879–8394–75
2 Szolnoki Olaj642441434+71069–6868–7673–66
3 Mureș633473471+2982–8472–8592–85
4 Rilski Sportist615445483−38773–7876–7870–68
Source: FIBA Europe

Last 16

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Key to colors
    Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals
    Advance to quarterfinals
    Eliminated

Group I

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationTARKRAANTGAZ
1 Tartu University Rock651487418+6911Advance to quarterfinals94–7382–7497–67
2 Krasnye Krylia642467434+331074–7587–6778–60
3 Port of Antwerp Giants633454461−7964–5971–7597–79
4 Gaz Metan Mediaș606428523−95666–9077–8079–81
Source: FIBA Europe

Group J

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Group K

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Group L

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Quarterfinals

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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 1Agg.Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
Tartu University Rock 1–2 Szolnoki Olaj87–8373–8060–78
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 2–0 Krasnye Krylia75–6373–71
Royal Halı Gaziantep 2–0 Tsmoki-Minsk59–5868–67
Ural Yekaterinburg 0–2 Triumph Lyubertsy72–8067–110

Final Four

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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.

 
Semifinals
25 April
Final
27 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
Triumph Lyubertsy61
 
 
 
Szolnoki Olaj59
 
Triumph Lyubertsy65
 
 
 
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia79
 
Royal Halı Gaziantep55
 
 
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia66
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Szolnoki Olaj75
 
 
Royal Halı Gaziantep87

Individual statistics

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Points

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RankNameTeamGamesTotalPPG
1 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka1020120.1
2 Cory Higgins Triumph Lyubertsy1524817.9
3 Keith Benson Tsmoki-Minsk1220817.3
4 Aaron McGhee Ural Yekaterinburg1322317.2
5 Lance Harris Ural Yekaterinburg1321816.8

Rebounds

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RankNameTeamGamesTotalRPG
1 Maxime De Zeeuw Port of Antwerp Giants11888.0
2 Aaron McGhee Ural Yekaterinburg131037.9
3 Oliver Stević Royal Halı Gaziantep151147.6
4 Keith Benson Tsmoki-Minsk12877.3
5 Janar Talts Tartu Ülikool/Rock151057.0

Assists

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RankNameTeamGamesTotalAPG
1 Anton Glazunov Ural Yekaterinburg13927.1
2 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka10676.7
3 Aaron Miles Krasnye Krylia13876.7
4 Andrea Cinciarini Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia12766.3
5 Barış Ermiş Royal Halı Gaziantep9546.0

Individual highs

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CategoryPlayerNumber
Points Sharaud Curry38
Rebounds Lance Harris21
Assists Aaron Miles (2)13
Steals Demonte Harper8
Three pointers Jukka Matinen7
Kristo Saage
Blocks Jason Conrad7

Awards

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Weekly MVP

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Regular season

WeekPlayerTeamPIR
1 Maxime de Zeeuw Port of Antwerp Giants31
Greg Brunner Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
2 Chinemelu Elonu Tofaş Bursa35
3 Courdon Higgins Triumph Lyubertsy36
4 Rastko Dramićanin Fortress Jászberényi32
5 Keith Benson BC Tsmoki-Minsk36
6 Aaron McGhee BC Ural Yekaterinburg31
7 Sean Barnette BC Rilski Sportist38

Last 16

WeekPlayerTeamPIR
1 Aaron Miles Krasnye Krylia29
2 Aaron McGhee (2) BC Ural Yekaterinburg30
Dmitry Flis BC Ural Yekaterinburg
Barış Ermiş Royal Halı Gaziantep
3 Andrea Cinciarini Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia33
4 Vilmantas Dilys Tartu Ülikool/Rock30
Willie Kemp Gaz Metan Mediaș
5 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka26
6 James White Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia31

Quarterfinals

WeekPlayerTeamPIR
1 Lance Harris BC Ural Yekaterinburg28
Justin Holiday Szolnoki Olaj KK
2 Dejan Borovnjak Royal Halı Gaziantep31

Final Four MVP

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "EuroChallenge". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
  2. ^ "EuroChallenge Draw Seedings Released". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 2014-04-10.