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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
Games played157 (total)
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
Points United States Sharaud Curry 20.1
Rebounds Belgium Maxime De Zeeuw 8.0
Assists Russia Anton Glazunov 7.1

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
Hungary  Szolnoki Olaj (2nd) Russia  Krasnye KryliaTH (6th) Estonia  Tartu University Rock (2nd) Belarus  Tsmoki Minsk (1st)
Hungary  Atomerőmű SE (3rd) Russia  Triumph Lyubertsy (7th) Estonia  Rakvere Tarvas (3rd) Bulgaria  Rilski Sportist (3rd)
Hungary  Fortress Jászberényi (5th) Russia  Ural Yekaterinburg[a] (1st) France  JDA Dijon (8th) Denmark  Bakken Bears (1st)
Hungary  Ingoknito Fashion Körmend (6th) Romania  Mureș (2nd) France  Cholet (10th) Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (7th)
Netherlands  ZZ Leiden (1st) Romania  Oradea (3rd) Finland  Team TEHO Sport (2nd) Latvia  Ventspils (2nd)
Netherlands  SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (3rd) Romania  Gaz Metan Mediaș (4th) Finland  Kataja (3rd) Slovenia  Krka (1st)
Netherlands  GasTerra Flames (4th) Belgium  Okapi Aalstar (4th) Turkey  Tofaş (8th) Sweden  Södertälje Kings (1st)
Ukraine  Kyiv (14th) Belgium  Port of Antwerp Giants (5th) Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep (9th) Austria  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 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4

Latvia  BK Ventspils
Belgium  Antwerp Giants
Belgium  Okapi Aalstar
France  Cholet Basket

Finland  Joensuun Kataja
Estonia  Tartu Ülikool/Rock
France  JDA Dijon
Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

Netherlands  ZZ Leiden
Sweden  Södertälje BBK
Netherlands  SPM Shoeters
Netherlands  GasTerra Flames

Estonia  Rakvere Tarvas
Austria  Zepter Vienna
Denmark  Bakken Bears
Finland  Team TEHO Sport Kotka

Conference 2
Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4

Slovenia  KK Krka
Russia  Krasnye Krylya Samara
Hungary  Szolnoki Olaj KK
Russia  Triumph Lyubertsy

Belarus  Tsmoki Minsk
Romania  Gaz Metan Mediaș
Turkey  Tofaş Bursa
Hungary  Atomerőmű SE

Hungary  BC Körmend
Russia  BC Ural Yekaterinburg
Bulgaria  Rilski Sportist
Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep

Ukraine  BC Kyiv
Hungary  Jászberényi KSE
Romania  BC Mureș
Romania  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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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ANT JDA SPM RAK
1 Belgium  Port of Antwerp Giants 6 4 2 461 432 +29 10 Advance to last 16 81–59 77–72 78–73
2 France  JDA Dijon 6 4 2 425 396 +29 10 68–74 83–64 80–47
3 Netherlands  SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 6 3 3 433 434 −1 9 83–76 66–70 78–71
4 Estonia  Rakvere Tarvas 6 1 5 389 446 −57 7 77–75 64–65 57–70
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GAZ KRA ORA ASE
1 Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep 6 4 2 456 423 +33 10 Advance to last 16 71–63 69–74 75–63
2 Russia  Krasnye Krylia 6 4 2 493 447 +46 10 89–96 84–75 79–75
3 Romania  Oradea 6 3 3 463 465 −2 9 73–71 74–89 90–74
4 Hungary  Atomerőmű SE 6 1 5 407 484 −77 7 61–74 56–89 78–77
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TAR VEN SÖD ZEP
1 Estonia  Tartu University Rock 6 4 2 478 408 +70 10 Advance to last 16 65–66 99–65 83–60
2 Latvia  Ventspils 6 4 2 420 419 +1 10 63–81 73–76 61–56
3 Sweden  Södertälje Kings 6 3 3 441 473 −32 9 72–76 83–80 82–73
4 Austria  Zepter Vienna 6 1 5 415 454 −39 7 82–74 71–78 73–76
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TRI GAZ KYI KÖR
1 Russia  Triumph Lyubertsy 6 5 1 494 409 +85 11 Advance to last 16 94–72 94–58 90–74
2 Romania  Gaz Metan Mediaș 6 4 2 468 461 +7 10 81–84 82–69 77–72
3 Ukraine  Kyiv 6 2 4 456 478 −22 8 54–52 74–83 102–64
4 Hungary  Ingoknito Fashion Körmend 6 1 5 451 521 −70 7 60–70 68–73 103–99
Source: FIBA Europe

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification REG TEHO OKA GTF
1 Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 6 4 2 453 430 +23 10 Advance to last 16 86–75 80–63 78–61
2 Finland  Team TEHO Sport 6 3 3 467 476 −9 9 75–71 74–77 77–83
3 Belgium  Okapi Aalstar 6 3 3 451 467 −16 9 71–78 87–90 83–82
4 Netherlands  GasTerra Flames 6 2 4 446 444 +2 8 85–60 72–76 63–70
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification URA KRK TOF JÁS
1 Russia  Ural Yekaterinburg 6 5 1 482 444 +38 11 Advance to last 16 79–68 74–70 88–85
2 Slovenia  Krka 6 3 3 425 398 +27 9 80–75 71–61 76–61
3 Turkey  Tofaş 6 3 3 451 425 +26 9 77–82 81–72 86–72
4 Hungary  Fortress Jászberényi 6 0 6 377 468 −91 6 64–84 41–58 54–76
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHO BAK KAT ZZL
1 France  Cholet 6 5 1 441 397 +44 11 Advance to last 16 84–67 70–69 74–52
2 Denmark  Bakken Bears 6 3 3 443 450 −7 9 66–68 101–90 79–81
3 Finland  Kataja 6 2 4 436 444 −8 8 76–70 66–68 77–63
4 Netherlands  ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 396 425 −29 8 67–76 61–62 72–58
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TSM SZO MUR RIL
1 Belarus  Tsmoki-Minsk 6 4 2 479 450 +29 10 Advance to last 16 76–68 79–83 94–75
2 Hungary  Szolnoki Olaj 6 4 2 441 434 +7 10 69–68 68–76 73–66
3 Romania  Mureș 6 3 3 473 471 +2 9 82–84 72–85 92–85
4 Bulgaria  Rilski Sportist 6 1 5 445 483 −38 7 73–78 76–78 70–68
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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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TAR KRA ANT GAZ
1 Estonia  Tartu University Rock 6 5 1 487 418 +69 11 Advance to quarterfinals 94–73 82–74 97–67
2 Russia  Krasnye Krylia 6 4 2 467 434 +33 10 74–75 87–67 78–60
3 Belgium  Port of Antwerp Giants 6 3 3 454 461 −7 9 64–59 71–75 97–79
4 Romania  Gaz Metan Mediaș 6 0 6 428 523 −95 6 66–90 77–80 79–81
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 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tartu University Rock Estonia  1–2 Hungary  Szolnoki Olaj 87–83 73–80 60–78
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy  2–0 Russia  Krasnye Krylia 75–63 73–71
Royal Halı Gaziantep Turkey  2–0 Belarus  Tsmoki-Minsk 59–58 68–67
Ural Yekaterinburg Russia  0–2 Russia  Triumph Lyubertsy 72–80 67–110

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
 
      
 
 
 
 
Russia  Triumph Lyubertsy61
 
 
 
Hungary  Szolnoki Olaj59
 
Russia  Triumph Lyubertsy65
 
 
 
Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia79
 
Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep55
 
 
Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia66
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Hungary  Szolnoki Olaj75
 
 
Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep87

Individual statistics

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Points

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Rank Name Team Games Total PPG
1 United States  Sharaud Curry Finland  Team TEHO Sport Kotka 10 201 20.1
2 United States  Cory Higgins Russia  Triumph Lyubertsy 15 248 17.9
3 United States  Keith Benson Belarus  Tsmoki-Minsk 12 208 17.3
4 United States  Aaron McGhee Russia  Ural Yekaterinburg 13 223 17.2
5 United States  Lance Harris Russia  Ural Yekaterinburg 13 218 16.8

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Total RPG
1 Belgium  Maxime De Zeeuw Belgium  Port of Antwerp Giants 11 88 8.0
2 United States  Aaron McGhee Russia  Ural Yekaterinburg 13 103 7.9
3 Serbia  Oliver Stević Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep 15 114 7.6
4 United States  Keith Benson Belarus  Tsmoki-Minsk 12 87 7.3
5 Estonia  Janar Talts Estonia  Tartu Ülikool/Rock 15 105 7.0

Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Total APG
1 Russia  Anton Glazunov Russia  Ural Yekaterinburg 13 92 7.1
2 United States  Sharaud Curry Finland  Team TEHO Sport Kotka 10 67 6.7
3 United States  Aaron Miles Russia  Krasnye Krylia 13 87 6.7
4 Italy  Andrea Cinciarini Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 12 76 6.3
5 Turkey  Barış Ermiş Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep 9 54 6.0

Individual highs

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Category Player Number
Points United States  Sharaud Curry 38
Rebounds United States  Lance Harris 21
Assists United States  Aaron Miles (2) 13
Steals United States  Demonte Harper 8
Three pointers Finland  Jukka Matinen 7
Estonia  Kristo Saage
Blocks United States  Jason Conrad 7

Awards

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Weekly MVP

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Regular season

Week Player Team PIR
1 Belgium  Maxime de Zeeuw Belgium  Port of Antwerp Giants 31
Switzerland  Greg Brunner Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
2 Nigeria  Chinemelu Elonu Turkey  Tofaş Bursa 35
3 United States  Courdon Higgins Russia  Triumph Lyubertsy 36
4 Serbia  Rastko Dramićanin Hungary  Fortress Jászberényi 32
5 United States  Keith Benson Belarus  BC Tsmoki-Minsk 36
6 United States  Aaron McGhee Russia  BC Ural Yekaterinburg 31
7 United States  Sean Barnette Bulgaria  BC Rilski Sportist 38

Last 16

Week Player Team PIR
1 United States  Aaron Miles Russia  Krasnye Krylia 29
2 United States  Aaron McGhee (2) Russia  BC Ural Yekaterinburg 30
Russia  Dmitry Flis Russia  BC Ural Yekaterinburg
Turkey  Barış Ermiş Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep
3 Italy  Andrea Cinciarini Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 33
4 Lithuania  Vilmantas Dilys Estonia  Tartu Ülikool/Rock 30
United States  Willie Kemp Romania  Gaz Metan Mediaș
5 United States  Sharaud Curry Finland  Team TEHO Sport Kotka 26
6 United States  James White Italy  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 31

Quarterfinals

Week Player Team PIR
1 United States  Lance Harris Russia  BC Ural Yekaterinburg 28
United States  Justin Holiday Hungary  Szolnoki Olaj KK
2 Serbia  Dejan Borovnjak Turkey  Royal Halı Gaziantep 31

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.