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1993–94 FIBA European League

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League
  
FIBA European League

Champions
  
7up Joventut

Sport
  
Basketball

Runners-up
  
Olympiacos

Top scorer
  
Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos)

Final Four MVP
  
Žarko Paspalj (Olympiacos)

The 1993–94 FIBA European League was the 37th installment of the top club competition for European basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 9, 1993, and ended on April 21, 1994. The Final Four was held at Tel Aviv.

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Competition system

  • 42 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria was used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
  • The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a Quarterfinal Playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games).
  • The four winners of the Quarterfinal Playoff qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

    • First round

    *Kalev withdrew before the first leg and Croatia Osiguranje Split received a forfeit (20-0) in both games.

    Second round

    *RTI Minsk refused to play the second leg and FC Barcelona received a forfeit (20-0) in this game.

    Automatically qualified to the group stage
  • Limoges (title holder)
  • Real Madrid
  • Buckler Bologna
  • Olympiacos

    • Group stage

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

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

    Quarterfinals

    Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

    Semifinals

    April 19, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

    3rd place game

    April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

    Final

    April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

    Final Four 1994 MVP

    Žarko Paspalj (Olympiacos)

    References

    1993–94 FIBA European League Wikipedia
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