The 2013–14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague 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.
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 Tel Aviv 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:2012–13 Euroleague bylaws
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.
Euroleague allocation criteria A licenses Classification after the 2012–13 season, including also the 2010–11 and the 2011–12 seasons.Euroleague three-year-ranking In-the-game.
Rank Team Points 1. FC Barcelona 144 2. Olympiacos 138 3. Panathinaikos 136 4. Real Madrid 128 5. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 128 6. CSKA Moscow 119 7. Montepaschi Siena 118 Rank Team Points 8. Anadolu Efes 98 9. Laboral Kutxa 94 10. Unicaja 87 11. Fenerbahçe Ülker 87 12. Žalgiris 86 13. EA7 Milano 52 14. Asseco Prokom 35 Notes EA7 Milano had a two-year A license, awarded in June 2012.Euroleague board awards two-year Turkish Airlines Euroleague license to EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Euroleague.net 20 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.ECA Shareholders Meeting prepares to ring in the 2012-13 season Euroleague.net, July 5, 2012
+ Key to colors A licensed teams B licensed teams WC teams Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round
Team League Pos. 1. Real Madrid ACB 1st 2. CSKA Moscow VTB and PBL 1st 3. Montepaschi Siena Serie A 1st 4. Galatasaray TBL 1st 5. Žalgiris LKL 1st 6. Panathinaikos GBL 1st 7. Nanterre LNB Pro A 1st 8. Brose Bamberg BBL 1st 9. Partizan ABA 1st 10. Stelmet Zielona Góra PLK 1st 11. Crvena Zvezda ABA 2nd 12. FC Barcelona ACB 2nd 13. Lokomotiv Kuban VTB and PBL 2nd 14. Acea RomaWithdrewRome announces it will not play in Turkish Airlines Euroleague Serie A 2nd Team League Pos. 15. Banvit TBL 2nd 16. Lietuvos Rytas LKL 2nd 17. Olympiacos GBL 2nd 18. StrasbourgWC LNB Pro A 2nd 19. Oldenburg BBL 2nd 20. IgokeaWithdrew ABA 3rd 21. Telenet Oostende BLB 1st 22. ČEZ Nymburk NBL 1st 23. BudivelnykWC UBL 1st 24. Maccabi HaifaWithdrew BSL 1st 25. Lukoil AcademicWithdrew NBL 1st 26. ZZ LeidenWithdrew DBL 1st 27. VEF Rīga LBL 1st 28. Turów Zgorzelec PLK 2nd 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.ABA League – Clarification Regarding Clubs Participating in the 2013-14 Euroleague Euroleague.net 25 February 2013 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.Euroleague Basketball - ABA League Agreement on Access to the 2013-14 Euroleague Euroleague 5 March 2013Red Star makes EuroleaguePartizan books ticket for next Euroleague
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.Евролига-2013/14: "Химкам" осталась надежда только на wild card
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.Eurocup changes format, expands to 48 teams for 2013-14 season; EurocupBasketball.com, 14 June 2013
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders): A: Qualified through an A–licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs QR: Qualifying rounds WC: Wild card EC: Champion of the 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball Regular season Real Madrid Galatasaray CSKA Moscow Partizan FC Barcelona Anadolu Efes Lokomotiv Kuban Crvena zvezda Laboral Kutxa Fenerbahçe Brose Bamberg Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Unicaja Nanterre Bayern Munich Stelmet Zielona Góra Panathinaikos SIG Strasbourg Montepaschi Siena Budivelnyk OlympiacosTH Žalgiris Qualifying rounds Banvit Lietuvos rytas EWE Oldenburg Telenet Oostende ČEZ Nymburk VEF Rīga Khimki Cimberio Varese
Qualifying rounds
The eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format, from October 1 until October 4, 2013. All games were played in the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 FC Barcelona Olympiacos Panathinaikos Real Madrid Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv CSKA Moscow Montepaschi Siena Anadolu Efes Laboral Kutxa Unicaja Fenerbahçe Ülker Žalgiris Galatasaray Lokomotiv Kuban Budivelnyk Brose Bamberg EA7 Milano Partizan Crvena Zvezda Stelmet Zielona Góra Bayern Munich Nanterre Strasbourg Lietuvos Rytas (q)
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: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Regular Season. Points scored during the regular season. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
+ Key to colors Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16 Bottom two teams in each group entered 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 round
Group AGroup B
Group CGroup D
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: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head record between teams still tied. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Top 16. Points scored during the Top 16. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 match.
+ Key to colors Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs Eliminated See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams were equal on points.
Group E
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Quarterfinals
Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary. Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th legFC Barcelona 3–0 Galatasaray88–6184–6378–75Real Madrid 3–2 Olympiacos88–7182–7776–7862–7183–69CSKA Moscow 3–2 Panathinaikos77–7477–5159–6572–7374–44EA7 Milano 1–3 Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv99–10191–7763–7566–86
Final Four
The Final Four was the last phase of the season and was held over a weekend. The semifinal games were played on 16 May, while the third place game and championship game were played on 18 May. The Final Four was held at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy.
Attendances Top 10 Round Game Home team Visitor AttendanceSources1Top 16 1 Partizan Real Madrid21,3742Regular Season 1 Crvena Zvezda Lokomotiv Kuban19,000 3Top 16 5 Panathinaikos FC Barcelona18,500 4Top 16 11 Panathinaikos Fenerbahçe Ülker17,500 5Top 16 7 Panathinaikos Olympiacos 17,500 6Top 16 3 Partizan CSKA Moscow16,5237Top 16 5 Partizan Lokomotiv Kuban15,5658Regular Season 8 Partizan Budivelnyk15,200 9Quarter-finals 4 Panathinaikos CSKA Moscow14,750 10Regular season 7 Laboral Kutxa Panathinaikos14,196
Average home attendances
Pos Team1 Partizan12150,931 21,374 7,50012,5782 Panathinaikos14168,842 18,500 5,19212,0603 Fenerbahçe Ülker12137,753 12,968 3,23011,3134 Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv14154,580 11,060 10,80011,0415 Laboral Kutxa12128,106 14,196 8,24610,6766 Real Madrid15155,528 13,192 6,89910,3697 Žalgiris12118,433 12,000 8,1509,8698 Crvena Zvezda548,500 19,000 7,0009,7009 Olympiacos13 Not included one closed-door game125,074 11,500 5,5009,65610 EA7 Milano14125,264 12,331 4,6308,94711 Galatasaray13114,809 11,470 3,8298,83112 Brose534,000 6,800 6,8006,80013 Unicaja1273,604 10,600 3,5126,13414 Lietuvos Rytas530,350 8,450 3,3506,07015 Bayern Munich1272,445 6,700 5,0116,03716 Lokomotiv Kuban1270,481 7,470 4,2745,87317 Montepaschi Siena527,549 6,755 4,0205,51018 FC Barcelona1471,620 6,938 3,1345,11619 CSKA Moscow1570,674 5,293 4,2014,71220 Anadolu Efes1255,311 8,078 2,0804,60921 Strasbourg522,715 6,150 3,3404,54322 JSF Nanterre521,000 4,500 3,0004,20023 Stelmet Zielona Góra520,859 4,853 3,2514,17224 Budivelnyk519,800 5,600 1,5003,960 Updated to reflect games played through 25 April 2014 Source: Euroleague Basketball