The 1992–93 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1992–93 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 36th season of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It featured 42 competing teams from 33 countries. The final of the competition was held on April 15, 1993, at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, with Limoges CSP defeating Benetton Treviso, by a score of 59–55. The defending title holder, Partizan, was not allowed in the competition because of United Nations Security Council Resolution 757, which imposed sanctions against Yugoslavia.
Competition system 42 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner. The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group. The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a Quarterfinal Playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games). The four winners of the Quarterfinal Playoff qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.
Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
TH: Title holder 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
Group stage Benetton Treviso (1st) Marbella Joventut (1st) Partizan* (1st)THSecond round Scavolini Pesaro (2nd) Cibona (1st) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) Crvena zvezda** (2nd) Knorr Bologna (3rd) Zadar (2nd) Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd) Real Madrid Teka (2nd) Pau-Orthez (1st) Olympiacos (2nd) Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd) Limoges CSP (2nd) ASK Brocēni (1st)First round Partizani Tirana (1st) Kalev Tallinn (1st) Žalgiris (1st) Smelt Olimpija (1st) Union SPI Basket Flyers (1st) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) Etzella (1st) Scania Sodertalje Maes Pils (1st) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Commodore Den Helder (1st) Benetton Fribourg (1st) CSKA Sofia (1st) PAOK (1st) Śląsk Wroclaw (1st) Efes Pilsen (1st) Pezoporikos Larnaca (1st) NMKY Helsinki (1st) Benfica (1st) Budivelnyk (1st) USK Praha (1st) ZTE Heraklith (1st) Universitatea Cluj (1st) Guildford Kings (1st) Keflavik (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st)
*Partizan was drawn for the competition but was not allowed to compete due to UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia. FIBA decided not to replace Partizan with another team for the Regular Season Group Stage, so the 15 qualified clubs had to be unevenly distributed in this round (a group of 8 teams and another of only 7).
**Crvena zvezda was drawn for the competition but was not allowed to compete due to UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia. PAOK went through with a walkover.
First round
Second round
Group stage If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group) Points scored in all group matches Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
+ Key to colors Qualified to Playoff Eliminated
Group A
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. PAOK 12 20 8 4 879 839 +40 2. Limoges CSP 12 19 7 5 816 757 +59 3. Scavolini Pesaro 12 19 7 5 887 877 +10 4. Knorr Bologna 12 18 6 6 938 893 +45 5. Marbella Joventut 12 18 6 6 945 946 -1 6. Cibona 12 17 5 7 909 976 -67 7. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 12 15 3 9 934 1020 -86 8. Partizan* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Group B
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Real Madrid Teka 14 26 12 2 1181 1031 +150 2. Benetton Treviso 14 24 10 4 1127 1073 +54 3. Olympiacos 14 22 8 6 1057 1023 +34 4. Pau-Orthez 14 22 8 6 1113 1100 +13 5. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 22 8 6 1099 1105 -6 6. Zadar 14 19 5 9 1096 1198 -102 7. Estudiantes Argentaria 14 18 4 10 1132 1131 +1 8. Maes Pils 14 15 1 13 1092 1236 -144
Quarterfinals
Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.
Final four
Semifinals April 13, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
3rd place game April 15, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Final April 15, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
1992–93 FIBA European LeagueChampions Limoges CSP 1st Title
Final standings Team Limoges CSP Benetton Treviso PAOK Real Madrid Teka
Awards Award Player Club Ref. Season Top Scorer Zdravko Radulović Cibona Final Four MVP Toni Kukoč Benetton Treviso Finals Top Scorer Terry Teagle Benetton Treviso
1993 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
Position Player Club Ref. Point guard John Korfas PAOK Shooting guard Jure Zdovc Limoges CSP Small forward Toni Kukoč (MVP) Benetton Treviso Power forward Cliff Levingston PAOK Center Stefano Rusconi Benetton Treviso
References
External links 1992–93 FIBA European League