2002–03 Euroleague

2002–03 Euroleague
The Final Four was held in Palau Sant Jordi
Champions	FC Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Benetton Treviso
Third place	Montepaschi Siena
Fourth place	CSKA Moscow
Teams	24 (from 13 countries)
Games played	220 (total)
Awards
Regular Season MVP	Joseph Blair
Top 16 MVP	Mirsad Türkcan
Final Four MVP	Dejan Bodiroga
Young Player	Antonis Fotsis
Statistical leaders
PIR	Mirsad Türkcan 24.0
Points	Alphonso Ford 17.9
Rebounds	Mirsad Türkcan 11.8
Assists	J.R. Holden 4.4

The 2002–03 Euroleague was the third season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 46th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2002–03 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, with hosts FC Barcelona defeating Benetton Treviso 76-65.

Regular season

The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.

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

Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
Points scored in all group matches
Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Key to colors
	Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Treviso	14	11	3	1253	1108	+147
2.	FC Barcelona	14	11	3	1137	1048	+89
3.	Efes Pilsen	14	8	6	1072	998	+74
4.	Skipper Bologna	14	8	6	1085	1087	-2
5.	Cibona VIP	14	7	7	1066	1118	-52
6.	Pau-Orthez	14	6	8	1076	1124	-48
7.	Alba Berlin	14	4	10	1064	1172	-108
8.	AEK	14	1	13	1000	1098	-98

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	14	11	3	1103	1039	+64
2.	Tau Cerámica	14	9	5	1126	1090	+36
3.	Union Olimpija	14	9	5	1105	1052	+53
4.	Unicaja Málaga	14	7	7	1060	1058	+2
5.	Maccabi Elite	14	7	7	1129	1081	+48
6.	Montepaschi Siena	14	6	8	1132	1092	+40
7.	Žalgiris	14	5	9	1141	1195	-54
8.	Budućnost	14	2	12	1108	1297	-189

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	CSKA Moscow	14	12	2	1148	1004	+144
2.	Ülker	14	10	4	1115	1064	+51
3.	Olympiacos	14	7	7	1066	1041	+25
4.	Virtus Bologna	14	6	8	1102	1119	-17
5.	ASVEL	14	6	8	1114	1138	-24
6.	Real Madrid	14	6	8	1094	1113	-19
7.	Idea Śląsk Wrocław	14	5	9	1039	1125	-86
8.	Partizan	14	4	10	1109	1183	-72

Top 16

The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the top team advancing to the Final Four. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.

Key to colors
	Top place in each group advanced to Final four

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	CSKA Moscow	6	5	1	499	399	+100
2.	Efes Pilsen	6	4	2	425	431	-6
3.	Cibona VIP	6	2	4	447	499	-52
4.	Unicaja Málaga	6	1	5	474	516	-42

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Montepaschi Siena	6	4	2	510	484	+26
2.	Skipper Bologna	6	3	3	450	448	+2
3.	Panathinaikos	6	3	3	482	506	−24
4.	Ülker	6	2	4	480	484	−4

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Treviso	6	6	0	522	452	+70
2.	Maccabi Elite	6	4	2	537	477	+60
3.	Tau Cerámica	6	2	4	502	516	−14
4.	Virtus Bologna	6	0	6	448	564	−116

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	FC Barcelona	6	5	1	448	424	+24
2.	Olympiacos	6	3	3	427	419	+8
3.	Union Olimpija	6	3	3	445	438	+7
4.	ASVEL	6	1	5	436	475	−39

Final Four

Main article: 2002–03 Euroleague Final Four

Semifinals

May 9, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSKA Moscow	71–76	FC Barcelona
Montepaschi Siena	62–65	Benetton Treviso

3rd place game

May 11, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSKA Moscow	78–79	Montepaschi Siena

Final

May 11, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Barcelona	76–65	Benetton Treviso

2002–03 Euroleague Champions
FC Barcelona 1st Title

Final standings

	Team
	FC Barcelona
	Benetton Treviso
	Montepaschi Siena
	CSKA Moscow

Final Four 2003 MVP

Dejan Bodiroga (FC Barcelona)

Awards

All-Euroleague First Team 2002–03

All-Euroleague Second Team 2002–03

External links

Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage.
Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site.
TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum.

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