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2003–04 Euroleague

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Runners-up
  
Skipper Bologna

Regular Season MVP
  
Arvydas Sabonis

Final Four MVP
  
Anthony Parker

Champion
  
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.

Third place
  
PBC CSKA Moscow

Fourth place
  
Montepaschi Siena

Top 16 MVP
  
Arvydas Sabonis

Dates
  
3 Nov 2003 – 1 May 2004

Teams
  
24

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Champions
  
Maccabi Elite (4th title)

Similar
  
2002–03 Euroleague, 2001–02 Euroleague, 2006–07 Euroleague, 2009–10 Euroleague

The 2003–04 Euroleague was the fourth season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 47th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall.. The 2003–04 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel, with hosts Maccabi Elite, defeating Skipper Bologna, by a score of 118-74.

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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:

  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 were 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

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.

This was the last season in which teams advanced directly from the Top 16 to the Final Four. A quarterfinal round was introduced in the 2004–05 season.

The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules.

The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:

Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team

  • CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, Maccabi Elite, Efes Pilsen
  • Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

  • Skipper Bologna, Pamesa Valencia, Benetton Treviso, Cibona
  • Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

  • Union Olimpija, Ülker, Montepaschi Siena, Tau Cerámica
  • Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

  • Pau-Orthez, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, Žalgiris
  • Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:

    1. No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
    2. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
    3. If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority.

    Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.

    Semifinals

    April 29, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv

    3rd place game

    May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv

    Final

    May 1, Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv

    Final Four 2004 MVP

    Anthony Parker (Maccabi Elite)

    Regular Season MVP

  • Arvydas Sabonis ( Žalgiris )
  • Top 16 MVP

  • Arvydas Sabonis ( Žalgiris )
  • Final Four MVP

  • Anthony Parker ( Maccabi Elite )
  • All-Euroleague First Team 2003–04

  • Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Maccabi Elite )
  • Marcus Brown ( CSKA Moscow )
  • Dejan Bodiroga ( FC Barcelona )
  • Mirsad Türkcan ( CSKA Moscow )
  • Arvydas Sabonis ( Žalgiris )
  • All-Euroleague Second Team 2003–04

  • Miloš Vujanić ( Skipper Bologna )
  • Lynn Greer ( Śląsk Wrocław )
  • David Vanterpool ( Montepaschi Siena )
  • Andrés Nocioni ( Tau Cerámica )
  • Nikola Vujčić ( Maccabi Elite )
  • References

    2003–04 Euroleague Wikipedia