2013–14 Eurocup Basketball

Eurocup
Champions	Valencia 3rd title
Runners-up	Unics Kazan
Teams	41 + 8
Duration	October 15, 2013 – May 7, 2014
Awards
MVP	Andrew Goudelock
Finals MVP	Justin Doellman
Rising Star	Bojan Dubljević
Coach of the Year	Andrea Trinchieri
Statistical leaders
PIR	Vladimir Golubović 26.7
Points	Errick McCollum 20.2
Rebounds	Vladimir Golubović 10.1
Assists	Marko Marinović 8.6

The 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball season was the 12th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the Eurocup. The Eurocup is the league level that is one level below the Euroleague. Valencia BC, the winner of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the next season's Euroleague.^[1] Valencia beat Unics Kazan in two legs. It was the first time since the 2002–03 season the Finals were played over two games.

Competition format changes

The competition increases from 32 to 48 teams in the Regular Season phase. The size of the groups will grow to six teams, where the first three qualified teams will join the Last 32 stage. Another innovation this season will see clubs divided into two regional conferences for the Regular Season phase.^[2]

Euroleague clubs that do not qualify for the Euroleague Top 16 will join the remaining 24 Eurocup teams for the Last 32 phase.

Teams

48 teams will participate in Eurocup Regular Season. 41 of them will qualify directly to this stage with the seven losers of the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds.^[3] For the Last 32, eight teams who didn't make the Top 16 in the 2013–14 Euroleague would enter.

Key to colors

Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Eightfinalist	Last 32	Regular season

Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships)
Regular season
France (LNB)	5	ASVEL (3)	Élan Chalon (4)	BCM Gravelines (5)	Le Mans (7)	Paris-Levallois (12)
Germany (BBL)	5	Oldenburg (2)	ratiopharm Ulm (3)	Alba Berlin (5)[4]	Artland DragonsWC (6)[5]	Telekom Baskets BonnWC (7)[6]
Italy (Lega A)	4	Acea Roma (2)	Cimberio Varèse (3)	FoxTown Cantù (4)	Banco di Sardegna SassariWC (5)
Russia (PBL + VTB)	4	Khimki (3)	Spartak Saint Petersburg (4)	Unics Kazan (5)	Nizhny Novgorod (8)
Turkey (TBL)	4	Banvit (2)	Pınar Karşıyaka (4)	Beşiktaş Integral Forex (6)	Aykon TED Ankara (7)
Belgium (BLB)	3	Telenet Oostende (1)	Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2)	Spirou Charleroi (3)
Spain (ACB)	3	CAI Zaragoza (3)	Valencia (6)	BilbaoWC (7) [7]
Croatia (ABA)	2	KK Cedevita (6)	KK CibonaWC (11)
Greece (GBL)	2	Panionios (3)	PAOK (5)
Israel (BSL)	2	Maccabi Haifa (1)	Hapoel Jerusalem (4)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABA)	1	KK Igokea (3)
Bulgaria (NBL)	1	Lukoil Academic (1)
Czech Republic (NBL)	1	ČEZ Nymburk (1)
Estonia (KML + VTB)	1	BC Kalev/CramoWC (1)
Finland (Korisliiga)	1	Bisons LoimaaWC (1)
Hungary (NBI/A)	1	Bericap Alba Fehérvár (1)
Latvia (LBL)	1	VEF Rīga (1)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	Neptūnas (3)
Macedonia (ABA)	1	KK MZT AerodromWC (7)
Montenegro (ABA)	1	KK Budućnost (5)
Romania (RBD)	1	CSU Asesoft (1)
Serbia (ABA)	1	KK Radnički (4)
Slovenia (ABA)	1	Union OlimpijaWC (8)
Ukraine (UBL)	1	Khimik YuzhnyWC (5) [8]
Last 32
France (LNB)	2	JSF Nanterre (1)	Strasbourg IG (2)
Germany (BBL)	1	Brose Baskets (1)
Italy (Lega A)	1	Montepaschi Siena (1)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	Lietuvos Rytas (2)
Serbia (ABA)	1	Crvena zvezda (2)
Poland (PLK)	1	Stelmet Zielona Góra (1)
Ukraine (UBL)	1	Budivelnyk (1)

Draw

The draws for the 2013–14 Eurocup were held on Saturday, 5 October, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.^[9]

Teams were divided into two geographical conferences with 24 teams and 4 groups each. For the each conference teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.

Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group if possible. Liga ABA teams (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) are considered as same country teams.^[10]

Western Conference

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Valencia BC Alba Berlin Bilbao Basket ČEZ Nymburk	KK Cedevita Union Olimpija CAI Zaragoza FoxTown Cantù	Acea Roma Banco di Sardegna Sassari Cimberio Varèse Le Mans	Spirou Charleroi ASVEL Telenet Oostende Belfius Mons-Hainaut	ratiopharm Ulm KK Cibona BCM Gravelines Élan Chalon	Paris-Levallois Artland Dragons EWE Baskets Oldenburg Telekom Baskets Bonn

Eastern Conference

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Unics Kazan Khimki Spartak Saint Petersburg KK Budućnost	Nizhny Novgorod Banvit Beşiktaş Integral Forex Pınar Karşıyaka	Aykon TED Ankara VEF Rīga Hapoel Jerusalem Panionios	PAOK Maccabi Haifa Neptūnas KK Igokea	KK Radnički Kragujevac KK MZT Aerodrom Khimik Yuzhny Lukoil Academic	BC Kalev/Cramo Bisons Loimaa Bericap Alba Fehérvár CSU Asesoft

Regular season

The Regular Season began on Tuesday, October 15.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were 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 three teams in each group advance to Last 32.

Western Conference

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	FoxTown Cantù	10	8	2	832	746	+86	1–1 (+23)
2.	Telenet Oostende	10	8	2	768	752	+16	1–1 (–23)
3.	ČEZ Nymburk	10	6	4	787	734	+53
4.	Le Mans Sarthe	10	5	5	719	719	0
5.	Artland Dragons	10	2	8	721	820	–99
6.	Cibona Zagreb	10	1	9	771	827	–56

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	10	7	3	866	817	+49
2.	Cedevita Zagreb	10	6	4	797	760	+37
3.	Bilbao Basket	10	5	5	855	826	+29	1–1 (+1)
4.	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	10	5	5	789	797	–8	1–1 (–1)
5.	Élan Chalon	10	4	6	779	786	–7
6.	Spirou Charleroi	10	3	7	706	806	–100

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Union Olimpija	10	7	3	743	698	+45	1–1 (+10)
2.	Ratiopharm Ulm	10	7	3	761	745	+16	1–1 (–10)
3.	Valencia BC	10	6	4	875	721	+154
4.	Paris-Levallois Basket	10	4	6	687	733	–46	2–0
5.	ASVEL	10	4	6	706	794	–88	0–2
6.	Cimberio Varese	10	2	8	730	811	–81

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Alba Berlin	10	8	2	751	669	+82
2.	BCM Gravelines	10	6	4	749	692	+57	1–1 (+5)
3.	CAI Zaragoza	10	6	4	803	719	+84	1–1 (–5)
4.	Telekom Baskets Bonn	10	5	5	785	805	–20
5.	Acea Roma	10	3	7	761	777	–16
6.	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	10	2	8	620	807	–187

Eastern Conference

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Khimki	10	9	1	870	751	+119
2.	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	6	4	777	767	+10
3.	Pınar Karşıyaka	10	5	5	805	806	–1
4.	Lukoil Academic	10	4	6	728	756	–28
5.	CSU Asesoft	10	3	7	794	842	–48	2–0
6.	Igokea	10	3	7	756	808	–52	0–2

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	BC Nizhny Novgorod	10	8	2	809	705	+104
2.	Khimik Yuzhny	10	6	4	786	732	+54	1–1 (+22)
3.	Aykon TED Ankara	10	6	4	788	774	+14	1–1 (–22)
4.	PAOK	10	5	5	620	683	–63
5.	Budućnost VOLI Podgorica	10	3	7	772	802	–30
6.	Bericap Alba Fehérvár	10	2	8	720	807	–87

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Unics Kazan	10	10	0	837	625	+212
2.	Maccabi Haifa	10	6	4	744	745	–1
3.	Banvit	10	5	5	795	718	+77	1–1 (+5)
4.	VEF Rīga	10	5	5	721	782	–61	1–1 (–5)
5.	BC Kalev/Cramo	10	3	7	673	764	–91
6.	MZT Aerodrom	10	1	9	684	820	–136

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Beşiktaş Integral Forex	10	7	3	717	690	+27
2.	Panionios	10	6	4	768	755	+13
3.	Radnički Kragujevac	10	5	5	824	824	0	1–1 (+1)
4.	Bisons Loimaa	10	5	5	750	769	–19	1–1 (–1)
5.	Neptūnas Klaipėda	10	4	6	814	807	+7
6.	BC Spartak Saint Petersburg	10	3	7	733	761	–28

Last 32 phase

The Last 32 runs from January 7 to February 19, 2014

If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 32 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Last 32 phase.
4. Points scored during the Last 32 phase.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 32 phase match.

After Euroleague Regular Season
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships)
France (LNB)	2	JSF Nanterre (1)	Strasbourg IG (2)
Germany (BBL)	1	Brose Baskets (1)
Italy (Lega A)	1	Montepaschi Siena (1)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	Lietuvos Rytas (2)
Serbia (ABA)	1	Crvena zvezda (2)
Poland (PLK)	1	Stelmet Zielona Góra (1)
Ukraine (UBL)	1	Budivelnyk (1)

Key to colors

Top two teams in each group advance to eight-finals.

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	JSF Nanterre	6	4	2	489	472	+17
2.	Ratiopharm Ulm	6	3	3	507	503	+4	1–1 (+1)
3.	FoxTown Cantù	6	3	3	519	493	+26	1–1 (–1)
4.	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	2	4	438	485	–47

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Aykon TED Ankara	6	4	2	489	484	+5
2.	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	6	3	3	526	517	+9	1–1 (+7)
3.	Brose Baskets	6	3	3	475	475	0	1–1 (–7)
4.	BCM Gravelines	6	2	4	459	473	–14

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Khimki	6	6	0	525	421	+104
2.	ČEZ Nymburk	6	2	4	470	486	–16	2–2 (+11)
3.	Montepaschi Siena	6	2	4	461	481	–20	2–2 (–2)
4.	Maccabi Haifa	6	2	4	406	474	–68	2–2 (–9)

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Nizhny Novgorod	6	5	1	468	436	+32
2.	Crvena zvezda	6	4	2	501	462	+39
3.	Bilbao Basket	6	3	3	494	471	+23
4.	Panionios	6	0	6	418	512	–94

Group M

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	4	2	507	489	+18	1–1 (+1)
2.	Budivelnyk Kiev	6	4	2	500	491	+9	1–1 (–1)
3.	Banvit	6	3	3	478	465	+13
4.	Union Olimpija	6	1	5	451	491	–40

Group N

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Alba Berlin	6	5	1	479	442	+37
2.	Khimik Yuzhny	6	3	3	429	444	–15
3.	Radnički Kragujevac	6	2	4	480	480	0	1–1 (+6)
4.	Strasbourg IG	6	2	4	445	467	–22	1–1 (–6)

Group O

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Unics Kazan	6	5	1	461	425	+36
2.	Valencia BC	6	3	3	500	431	+69	2–0
3.	Telenet Oostende	6	3	3	439	483	–44	0–2
4.	Stelmet Zielona Góra	6	1	5	429	486	–57

Group P

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Lietuvos Rytas	6	4	2	491	492	–1	1–1 (+19)
2.	Beşiktaş Integral Forex	6	4	2	441	452	–11	1–1 (-19)
3.	Cedevita Zagreb	6	2	4	433	429	+4	1–1 (+5)
4.	CAI Zaragoza	6	2	4	453	445	+8	1–1 (–5)

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

• The team that finished in the higher Last 32 place will play the second game of the series at home.
• If both teams placed the same in the Last 32, the team with more Last 32 victories will play the second game at home.
• In case of a tie in both place and victories, the team with the higher cumulative Last 32 point difference will play the second game at home.

Bracket

	Eighth-finals						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	JSF Nanterre	82	71	153
	Budivelnyk Kiev	86	76	162
							Budivelnyk Kiev	82	70	152
							Crvena Zvezda	79	79	158
	Lietuvos Rytas	82	82	164
	Crvena Zvezda	88	80	168
													Crvena Zvezda	63	67	130
												Unics Kazan	52	84	136
	Aykon TED Ankara	71	72	143
	Khimik Yuzhny	75	60	135
							Aykon TED Ankara	68	52	120
							Unics Kazan	81	88	169
	Unics Kazan	91	76	167
	ČEZ Nymburk	58	59	117
																		Unics Kazan	67	73	140
																			Valencia BC	80	85	165
	BC Khimki	59	97	156
	Valencia BC	75	82	157
							Valencia BC	86	73	159
							Alba Berlin	54	78	132
	Alba Berlin	91	96	187
	Dinamo Sassari	83	93	176
													Valencia BC	84	79	163
												Nizhny Novgorod	75	53	128
	Nizhny Novgorod	71	95	166
	Beşiktaş İntegral Forex	88	71	159
							Nizhny Novgorod	78	88	166
							Hapoel Jerusalem	81	72	153
	Hapoel Jerusalem	87	81	168
	Ratiopharm Ulm	89	65	154

Finals

Game 1

Game 2

Eurocup 2014 Champions
Valencia BC Third title

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	20	533	26.65
2.	Esteban Batista	Pınar Karşıyaka	16	368	23.00
3.	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	16	343	21.44
4.	Errick McCollum	Panionios	16	339	21.19
5.	Caleb Green	Dinamo Basket Sassari	18	374	20.78

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Errick McCollum	Panionios	16	323	20.19
2.	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	20	386	19.30
3.	Caleb Green	Dinamo Basket Sassari	18	347	19.28
4.	Andrew Goudelock	Unics Kazan	24	451	18.79
5.	Bobby Dixon	Pınar Karşıyaka	16	291	18.19

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	20	202	10.10
2.	Dijon Thompson	Nizhny Novgorod	15	123	8.20
3.	Esteban Batista	Pınar Karşıyaka	16	130	8.13
4.	Trent Plaisted	Ratiopharm Ulm	17	118	6.94
5.	Marcus Lewis	BCM Gravelines	15	103	6.87

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Marko Marinović	Radnički Kragujevac	16	137	8.56
2.	Mike Green	BC Khimki	17	109	6.41
3.	Travis Diener	Dinamo Basket Sassari	14	83	5.93
4.	Marques Green	Dinamo Basket Sassari	18	100	5.56
5.	Kristaps Valters	Aykon TED Ankara	19	105	5.53

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Pietro Aradori	FoxTown Cantu	36
2	Mouphtaou Yarou	Radnički Kragujevac	41
3	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	41
4	Joe Ragland	FoxTown Cantu	36
5	Mike Green	Khimki Moscow	34
6	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	36
7	Sasu Salin	Union Olimpija	32
8	T.J. Carter	Panionios	34
9	Jason Love	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	34
10	Alando Tucker	Lukoil Academic	43

Last 32

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Omar Thomas	Dinamo Basket Sassari	30
2	Trenton Meacham	JSF Nanterre	33
3	Donta Smith (2)	Maccabi Haifa	40
4	Esteban Batista	Pınar Karşıyaka	46
5	Vladimir Golubović (2)	Aykon TED Ankara	51
6	Caleb Green	Dinamo Basket Sassari	34

Eighthfinals

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Darjuš Lavrinovič	Budivelnyk Kyiv	38
2	Vladimir Golubović (3)	Aykon TED Ankara	38

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Justin Doellman	Valencia BC	34
2	Reggie Redding	Alba Berlin	40

Semifinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia BC	31
2	Nikos Zisis	Unics Kazan	31

Finals

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Justin Doellman (2)	Valencia BC	35
2	Justin Doellman (3)	Valencia BC	34

Eurocup MVP

• Andrew Goudelock^[11] (Unics Kazan)

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Justin Doellman^[12] (Valencia BC)

All-Eurocup Teams

Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club Team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club	Ref
PG	DeMarcus Nelson	Crvena Zvezda	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem	[13]
SG/SF	Andrew Goudelock	Unics Kazan	Reggie Redding	Alba Berlin
SG/SF	Dijon Thompson	Nizhny Novgorod	Caleb Green	Dinamo Sassari
PF/C	Justin Doellman	Valencia BC	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia BC
PF/C	Vladimir Golubović	Aykon TED Ankara	Darjuš Lavrinovič	Budivelnyk Kyiv

Coach of the Year

• Andrea Trinchieri^[14] (Unics Kazan)

Rising Star

• Bojan Dubljević^[15] (Valencia Basket)

See also

• 2013–14 Euroleague
• 2013–14 EuroChallenge

References