2002–03 ULEB Cup

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 10 countries, instead of the initial 32, participated in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup. The majority of champion teams that could not play in the Euroleague chose to compete in the 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup, apart from the champions of Russia, Netherlands and Belgium. The inaugural ULEB Cup also didn't feature teams from Greece, Lithuania and Israel as they chose to play in FIBA's competition.

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.

Teams

League positions after Playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses:

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Regular season

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four first qualified teams advanced to the elimination rounds, while the two last teams were eliminated.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Elimination rounds

In the elimination rounds, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

In the draw for the elimination rounds, the four group winners and four group runners-up were seeded, and the four group third-placed teams and four group fourth-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same country could not be drawn against each other.

Bracket

February 4 – February 11|RD2=Quarterfinals February 25 – March 4|RD3=Semifinals March 18 – March 25|RD4=Finals April 15 – April 24|score-width=25

||BEL Spirou|64|57|ESP DKV Joventut|56|73 ||ITA Generali Trieste|73|86|SCG FMP|91|81 ||RUS Ural Great|84|69|ESP Caprabo Lleida|79|86 ||SLO Pivovarna Laško|78|69|SLO Krka|79|76 ||GER RheinEnergie Köln|72|84|ESP Pamesa Valencia|76|93 ||CRO Zadar|94|64|FRA Gravelines|71|78 ||ITA Eurocellulari Roseto|80|68|ESP Adecco Estudiantes|72|84 ||ITA Snaidero Udine|83|59|ITA Metis Varese|77|73

||ESP DKV Joventut|80|68|SCG FMP|66|77 ||ESP Caprabo Lleida|91|77|SLO Krka|86|94 ||ESP Pamesa Valencia|105|80|CRO Zadar|84|93 ||ESP Adecco Estudiantes|77|101|ITA Metis Varese|59|88

||ESP DKV Joventut|82|66|SLO Krka|69|82 ||ESP Pamesa Valencia|68|68|ESP Adecco Estudiantes|55|75

||SLO Krka|78|76|ESP Pamesa Valencia|90|78 Source: ULEB Cup

Eighthfinals

Main article: 2002–03 ULEB Cup Top 16

The first legs were played on 4 February, and the second legs were played on 11 February 2003. |}

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 25 February, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2003. |}

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 18 March, and the second legs were played on 25 March 2003. |}

Finals

Main article: 2003 ULEB Cup Finals

The first leg was played on 15 April, and the second leg was played on 24 April 2003. |}

Awards

Finals MVP

References

References

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