The 2002–03 ULEB Cup was the inaugural season of Europe's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, the ULEB Cup, which is organised by Euroleague Basketball. The 2003 ULEB Cup Finals were played between Pamesa Valencia and Krka, and won by Valencia, their first title in a European-wide competition. As the winners of the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, Valencia qualified for the European top-tier level 2003–04 Euroleague.

ULEB Cup
Season2002–03
Duration15 October 2002 – 24 April 2003
(competition proper)
Games played150
Teams24 (competition proper)
Finals
ChampionsSpain Pamesa Valencia
1st title
  Runners-upSlovenia Krka
Finals MVPSerbia and Montenegro Dejan Tomašević
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jamie Arnold 20.3
Rebounds United States K'zell Wesson 12.7
Assists United States Scooter Barry 5.3
Index Rating Australia Chris Anstey 24.1

Team allocation

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A total of 24 teams from 10 countries, instead of the initial 32, participated in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup.[1][2][3] 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

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The table below shows the default access list.[1]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(32 teams)
Elimination rounds
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season

Teams

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League positions after Playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses:[2][3]

Regular season
  Adecco Estudiantes (4th)   Eurocellulari Roseto (9th)   RheinEnergie Köln (2nd)   Pivovarna Laško (3rd)
  Pamesa Valencia (6th)   Metis Varese (10th)   Telekom Baskets Bonn (3rd)   Zadar (2nd)
  Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada (7th)   Snaidero Udine (12th)   Opel Skyliners (4th)   Ricoh Astronauts (1st)
  Caprabo Lleida (8th)   Cholet (3rd)   Telindus Oostende (1st)   Ural Great (1st)
  DKV Joventut (9th)   Élan Sportif Chalon (4th)   Spirou Charleroi (2nd)   FMP Železnik (3rd)
  Generali Group Trieste (7th)   Gravelines (5th)   Krka (2nd)   Darüssafaka (3rd)

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3][4][5]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Regular season Round 1 16 July 2002 15 October 2002
Round 2 22 October 2002
Round 3 29 October 2002
Round 4 5 November 2002
Round 5 12 November 2002
Round 6 3 December 2002
Round 7 10 December 2002
Round 8 17 December 2002
Round 9 7 January 2003
Round 10 14 January 2003
Elimination rounds Eighthfinals 15 January 2003 4 February 2003 11 February 2003
Quarterfinals 25 February 2003 4 March 2003
Semifinals 18 March 2003 25 March 2003
Finals 15 April 2003 24 April 2003

Regular season

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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

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GRA JOV URA UDI BON FUE
1   Gravelines 10 7 3 851 796 +55 17 Advance to elimination rounds 88–82 86–68 91–83 88–63 83–72
2   DKV Joventut 10 6 4 837 824 +13 16 95–87 94–82 77–69 88–72 87–82
3   Ural Great 10 5 5 877 824 +53 15 87–94 101–73 86–61 96–84 117–89
4   Snaidero Udine 10 5 5 823 805 +18 15 84–67 84–90 90–86 92–78 93–64
5   Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 4 6 786 845 −59 14 84–80 81–78 72–64 76–84 99–81
6   Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada 10 3 7 809 889 −80 13 78–87 78–73 81–90 90–83 94–77
Source: ULEB Cup

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FMP VAL ROS LAŠ SKY OOS
1   FMP Železnik 10 9 1 796 669 +127 19 Advance to elimination rounds 80–67 78–76 81–62 82–60 92–52
2   Pamesa Valencia 10 8 2 847 710 +137 18 85–61 98–62 93–74 94–66 90–69
3   Eurocellulari Roseto 10 5 5 786 778 +8 15 72–82 77–57 89–76 84–79 85–69
4   Pivovarna Laško 10 4 6 751 828 −77 14 59–89 78–83 79–77 85–81 76–68
5   Opel Skyliners 10 3 7 731 795 −64 13 59–68 63–72 83–78 75–68 90–79
6   Telindus Oostende 10 1 9 748 879 −131 11 77–83 80–108 77–86 92–94 85–75
Source: ULEB Cup

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KRK EST KOL TRI CHA DAR
1   Krka 10 7 3 869 802 +67 17 Advance to elimination rounds 92–74 85–75 101–83 75–71 79–76
2   Adecco Estudiantes 10 7 3 890 794 +96 17 88–79 87–66 121–76 76–78 105–79
3   RheinEnergie Köln 10 6 4 814 811 +3 16 87–83 79–74 84–80 86–76 98–60
4   Generali Group Trieste 10 4 6 806 849 −43 14 70–87 78–85 86–88 75–68 84–72
5   Élan Chalon 10 4 6 785 821 −36 14 102–99 72–78 91–85 70–88 78–75
6   Darüşşafaka 10 2 8 779 866 −87 12 76–89 95–102 89–66 73–86 84–79
Source: ULEB Cup

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VAR LLE SPI ZAD CHO AMS
1   Metis Varese 10 6 4 784 769 +15 16 Advance to elimination rounds 87–78 75–69 88–86 81–76 80–72
2   Caprabo Lleida 10 6 4 838 794 +44 16 82–78 72–76 85–77 99–84 89–67
3   Spirou 10 6 4 780 764 +16 16 79–71 75–87 80–66 98–90 67–77
4   Zadar 10 5 5 794 828 −34 15 73–71 81–79 66–86 91–90 90–80
5   Cholet 10 4 6 830 820 +10 14 85–74 93–79 94–73 75–65 72–74
6   Ricoh Astronauts 10 3 7 761 812 −51 13 69–79 76–88 66–77 94–99 86–71
Source: ULEB Cup

Elimination rounds

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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

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Eighthfinals
February 4 – February 11
Quarterfinals
February 25 – March 4
Semifinals
March 18 – March 25
Finals
April 15 – April 24
 
                      
 
 
 
 
  Spirou6457121
 
 
 
  DKV Joventut5673 129
 
  DKV Joventut8068148
 
 
 
  FMP6677 143
 
  Generali Trieste7386159
 
 
 
  FMP9181 172
 
  DKV Joventut8266148
 
 
 
  Krka6982 151
 
  Ural Great8469153
 
 
 
  Caprabo Lleida7986 165
 
  Caprabo Lleida9177168
 
 
 
  Krka8694 180
 
  Pivovarna Laško7869147
 
 
 
  Krka7976 155
 
  Krka7876154
 
 
 
  Pamesa Valencia9078 168
 
  RheinEnergie Köln7284156
 
 
 
  Pamesa Valencia7693 169
 
  Pamesa Valencia10580185
 
 
 
  Zadar8493 177
 
  Zadar9464158
 
 
 
  Gravelines7178 149
 
  Pamesa Valencia6868136
 
 
 
  Adecco Estudiantes5575 130
 
  Eurocellulari Roseto8068148
 
 
 
  Adecco Estudiantes7284 156
 
  Adecco Estudiantes77101178
 
 
 
  Metis Varese5988 147
 
  Snaidero Udine8359142
 
 
  Metis Varese7773 150
 

Source: ULEB Cup

Eighthfinals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spirou   121–129   DKV Joventut 64–56 57–73
Generali Group Trieste   159–172   FMP 73–91 86–81
Ural Great   153–165   Caprabo Lleida 84–79 69–86
Pivovarna Laško   147–155   Krka 78–79 69–76
RheinEnergie Köln   156–169   Pamesa Valencia 72–76 84–93
Zadar   158–149   Gravelines 94–71 64–78
Eurocellulari Roseto   148–156   Adecco Estudiantes 80–72 68–84
Snaidero Udine   142–150   Metis Varese 83–77 59–73

Quarterfinals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DKV Joventut   148–143   FMP 80–66 68–77
Caprabo Lleida   168–180   Krka 91–86 77–94
Pamesa Valencia   185–177   Zadar 105–84 80–93
Adecco Estudiantes   178–147   Metis Varese 77–59 101–88

Semifinals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DKV Joventut   148–151   Krka 82–69 66–82
Pamesa Valencia   136–130   Adecco Estudiantes 68–55 68–75

Finals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Krka   154–168   Pamesa Valencia 78–90 76–78

Awards

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Finals MVP

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Player Team
  Dejan Tomašević   Pamesa Valencia

References

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  1. ^ a b "ULEB assembly approves 32-team ULEB Cup". Euroleague. 8 July 2002. Archived from the original on 2 August 2002. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "ULEB approves 24-team format". ULEB Cup. 15 July 2002. Archived from the original on 12 May 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "ULEB Cup Draw results!!!". ULEB Cup. 16 July 2002. Archived from the original on 30 July 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ^ "ULEB Cup Media Guide" (PDF). Euroleague. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Week 10: Roseto, Lleida, Trieste, Ural advance!". ULEB Cup. 14 January 2002. Archived from the original on 14 May 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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