2003–04 FIBA Europe League
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Final Four MVP  Martin Müürsepp | ||||||||||
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The 2003–04 FIBA Europe League was the first season of the
FIBA Europe League, the newly established third tier in European basketball and FIBA's top competition. A total number of 30 teams participated in the competition, five of which were domestic champions. UNICS took the title after winning the Final Four.[1]
Team allocation
There were five domestic champions and six runners-up (including Germany, Russia and Israel) in the new competition which sported a similar name to FIBA European League, the name under which the EuroLeague was known until 1996. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
| Regular season | |||
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 Ural Great (2nd)
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Aris BSA (5th )
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 Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th)
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 Kalev (5th)
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| UNICS (3rd)
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 TIM Maroussi (6th)
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Anwil Wloclawek (1st)
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 Honka Playboys (1st)
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| Khimki (4th)
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Azovmash (1st)
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Polonia Warsaw (4th)
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GHP Bamberg (2nd)
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| Dynamo Moscow (7th)
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 Odesa (2nd)
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 Hemofarm (5th)
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 Skonto (2nd)
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 Nancy (6th)
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Kyiv (3rd)
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Vojvodina NIS (8th)
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 Alita (3rd)
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Paris Racing (7th)
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Dexia Mons Hainaut (2nd)
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 Široki Hercegtisak (1st)
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 Turk Telekom (4th)
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| STB Le Havre (8th)
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Telindus Oostende (3rd)
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 ECM Nymburk (2nd)
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| Peristeri (4th)
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Ironi Nahariya (2nd)
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EKA AEL Limassol (1st)
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Qualifying round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | UNICS
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12 | 11 | 1 | 1058 | 804 | +254 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Azovmash Mariupol
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12 | 7 | 5 | 919 | 875 | +44 | |
| 3 | Türk Telekom
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12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 914 | −15 | |
| 4 |  Telindus Oostende
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12 | 6 | 6 | 979 | 1000 | −21 | |
| 5 | Široki Hercegtisak
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12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 952 | −53 | |
| 6 | STB Le Havre
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12 | 4 | 8 | 797 | 890 | −93 | |
| 7 | Alita
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12 | 2 | 10 | 852 | 968 | −116 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Anwil Włocławek
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12 | 9 | 3 | 902 | 867 | +35 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Hemofarm
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12 | 8 | 4 | 960 | 882 | +78 | |
| 3 | EKA AEL Limassol
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12 | 7 | 5 | 842 | 840 | +2 | |
| 4 | Khimki
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12 | 6 | 6 | 972 | 968 | +4 | |
| 5 | Peristeri
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12 | 5 | 7 | 914 | 948 | −34 | |
| 6 | Paris Racing
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12 | 4 | 8 | 885 | 946 | −61 | |
| 7 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut
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12 | 3 | 9 | 897 | 921 | −24 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ural Great
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14 | 11 | 3 | 1253 | 1064 | +189 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv
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14 | 10 | 4 | 1154 | 990 | +164 | |
| 3 | GHP Bamberg
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14 | 10 | 4 | 1045 | 1053 | −8 | |
| 4 | Aris BSA
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14 | 9 | 5 | 1171 | 1072 | +99 | |
| 5 | Polonia Warsaw
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14 | 7 | 7 | 1145 | 1156 | −11 | |
| 6 | Kyiv
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14 | 5 | 9 | 1046 | 1107 | −61 | |
| 7 | Skonto
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14 | 3 | 11 | 1031 | 1193 | −162 | |
| 8 | Honka Playboys
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14 | 1 | 13 | 941 | 1151 | −210 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Dynamo Moscow
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14 | 11 | 3 | 1233 | 1090 | +143 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Ironi Nahariya
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14 | 11 | 3 | 1251 | 1134 | +117 | |
| 3 | TIM Maroussi
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14 | 10 | 4 | 1161 | 1037 | +124 | |
| 4 | NIS Vojvodina
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14 | 9 | 5 | 1193 | 1115 | +78 | |
| 5 | ECM Nymburk
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14 | 6 | 8 | 1172 | 1179 | −7 | |
| 6 | Nancy
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14 | 5 | 9 | 1107 | 1148 | −41 | |
| 7 | Odesa
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14 | 3 | 11 | 1084 | 1182 | −98 | |
| 8 | Kalev
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14 | 1 | 13 | 984 | 1300 | −316 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Play-offs
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
Hemofarm | 52 | 71 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ural Great | 100 | 79 | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Khimki | 94 | 85 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ural Great | 96 | 77 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ironi Nahariya | 91 | 89 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
Azovmash Mariupol | 70 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TIM Maroussi | 85 | 93 | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aris BSA | 76 | 101 | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dynamo Moscow | 94 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–04 FIBA Europe League |
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 UNICS 1st title |