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2013–14 Euroleague

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Runners-up
  
Real Madrid

Games played
  
248

Champion
  
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.

Dates
  
1 Oct 2013 – 18 May 2014

Third place
  
FC Barcelona Bàsquet

Fourth place
  
CSKA Moscow

Final Four MVP
  
Tyrese Rice

MVP
  
Sergio Rodríguez

Teams
  
24

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Champions
  
Maccabi Electra 6th title

Duration
  
1 October 2013 – 18 May 2014

Similar
  
2014–15 Euroleague, 2015–16 Euroleague, 2009–10 Euroleague, 2006–07 Euroleague, 2001–02 Euroleague

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2013–14 was the 14th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the fourth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 57th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

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Euroleague Basketball Company, in its annual meeting in Barcelona, determined the site of the season's Euroleague Final Four venue. London was originally supposed to host the Final Four, but it was decided that the 2014 Euroleague Final Four be held at the Mediolanum Forum, in Milan. In the championship final game, Maccabi Electra defeated the previous season's runners-up, Real Madrid, by a score of 98-86 after overtime, and won its sixth Euroleague title in the club's history.

Allocation

There were three routes to participation in the Euroleague:

  • The 14 teams with an A-Licence from the 2012–13 Euroleague, based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.
  • The 2012–13 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
  • 14 places were allocated from a list of 30 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 14 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. The first 8 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition.
  • If the Eurocup champion was qualified by receiving a B license, or some team with it resigned from the competition, a wild card had to be given by the Euroleague.

    • The Euroleague had the right to cancel an A license for one of the following reasons:

  • The club had the lowest ranking of all clubs with an A Licence according to the Club Ranking.
  • The club had ranked among the clubs placed in the bottom half of the national championship final standings.
  • The club had financial problems.
  • In the ACB (Spain), when the champion and/or the runner-up of the league were teams without an A license. In that case, the A license club with the lowest position would play Eurocup in the next season. If that happened three times in five years, the A license of the club would be cancelled.

    • A licenses

    Classification after the 2012–13 season, including also the 2010–11 and the 2011–12 seasons.

    Notes
  • EA7 Milano had a two-year A license, awarded in June 2012.
  • Asseco Prokom lost its A license, as it was the last qualified in the A licensed team tanking. The license was converted into a wildcard.

    • B licenses

    B licenses could be given to every team without an A license. If in the allocation appeared a team with an A license, the next team in the criteria would receive the B license, which qualified directly to the Regular Season.

    Notes
  • Adriatic: the places were awarded to the top teams in the Regular Season. If the third or fourth qualified won the Final Four, it would be granted with the first spot, moving the champion and the runner-up of the Regular Season to the second and third spots. In February 2012, Euroleague Basketball clarified the situation of the Adriatic League spots, saying the three first teams in the Adriatic League Final Four would qualify. Due to the different interpretation of both associations, Euroleague and Liga ABA negotiated a solution to be applied only for the 2012–13 season.

    • Finally, both organizations agreed that if the team that was in the first position after the Regular Season met all of the B-licence minimum requirements, it would qualify to Euroleague. In that case, Igokea did not meet the required criteria, so Euroleague Basketball applied the 2012–13 Euroleague Bylaws, by which the 2013 ABA Final Four champion and the runner-up, would take the first two Adriatic positions in that order, whilst the next highest regular season team would take the final Adriatic position.

  • Russia: the places were awarded to the best teams, by a ranking determined by their positions in the VTB United League, and Russian Professional Basketball League. VTB points prevail in case of tie.

    • C licenses and wild cards

    To the Regular Season

    Vacant C license of Lokomotiv Kuban (2012–13 Eurocup champion), qualified with a B license, Asseco Prokom's lost A license, and the B license rejected by Acea Roma converted to a wild card:

  • Strasbourg
  • Budivelnyk
  • Bayern Munich
    • To the Qualification Rounds
  • Khimki
  • Cimberio Varèse

    • Competition format changes

    As new, for this Euroleague season, the eliminated teams in the Regular Season, were dropped to the Eurocup.

    Euroleague qualifying rounds

    The eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format. The winner advanced to the Euroleague regular season.

    Teams

    The eight teams are:

  • Banvit (2)
  • Lietuvos Rytas (2)
  • Oldenburg (2)
  • Telenet Oostende (1)
  • ČEZ Nymburk (1)
  • VEF Rīga (1)
  • Khimki WC (3)
  • Cimberio Varèse WC (3)

    • Draw

    The draw for the 2013–14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague qualifying rounds was held on Thursday, 4 July. Teams were seeded into four pots of two teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period, and the teams granted a Wild Card by ECA were seeded above the rest of the teams.

    Draw

    The draws for the 2013–14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague were held on Thursday, 4 July. 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.

    Regular season

    The regular season was played between October 17 and December 20.

    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.

    Top 16

    The Top 16 began on January 2 and ended on April 11, 2014.

    If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

    1. Head-to-head record.
    2. Head-to-head record between teams still tied.
    3. Head-to-head point differential.
    4. Point differential during the Top 16.
    5. Points scored during the Top 16.
    6. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 match.

    See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams were equal on points.

    Quarterfinals

    Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.

    Final Four

    The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.

    Semifinals

    May 16, Mediolanum Forum, Milan

    3rd place game

    May 18, Mediolanum Forum, Milan

    Final

    May 18, Mediolanum Forum, Milan

    Final Four 2014 MVP

    Tyrese Rice (Maccabi Electra)

    Average home attendances

  • Updated to games played on 25 April 2014

    • Source: Euroleague Basketball

    Euroleague 2013–14 MVP

  • Sergio Rodriguez ( Real Madrid)

    • Euroleague 2013–14 Final Four MVP

  • Tyrese Rice ( Maccabi Electra)

    • Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

  • Keith Langford ( EA7 Milano)

    • Best Defender

  • Bryant Dunston ( Olympiacos)

    • Rising Star

  • Bogdan Bogdanović ( Partizan)

    • Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

  • David Blatt ( Maccabi Electra)

    • References

    2013–14 Euroleague Wikipedia
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