The 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball season was the 12th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the EuroLeague. Valencia, the winner of this competition, earned a place at the group stage of the next season's EuroLeague. Valencia beat UNICS in two legs. It was the first time since the 2002–03 season, that the Finals were played over two games.
Competition format changes The competition increases from 32 to 48 teams in the Regular Season phase. The size of the groups will grow to six teams, where the first three qualified teams will join the Last 32 stage. Another innovation this season will see clubs divided into two regional conferences for the Regular Season phase.Eurocup changes format, expands to 48 teams for 2013-14 season; Eurocupbasketball.com, 14 June 2013
Euroleague clubs that do not qualify for the Euroleague Top 16 will join the remaining 24 Eurocup teams for the Last 32 phase.
Teams 48 teams will participate in Eurocup Regular Season. 41 of them will qualify directly to this stage with the seven losers of the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds.Teams announced for newly expanded 2013-14 Eurocup!; Eurocup Basketball website; 16 July 2013 For the Last 32, eight teams who didn't make the Top 16 in the 2013–14 Euroleague would enter. + Key to colors Champion Runner-up Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Eightfinalist Last 32 Regular season Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships) Regular season (LNB) 5 ASVEL (3) Élan Chalon (4) BCM Gravelines (5) Le Mans (7) Paris-Levallois (12) (BBL) 5 Oldenburg (2) ratiopharm Ulm (3) Alba Berlin (5)Albatrosse gehen 2013/2014 im Eurocup an den Start ; Alba Berlin, 04 July 2013 Artland DragonsWC (6)Dragons erhalten Eurocup-Wildcard; Artland Dragons Quakenbrück, 05 July 2013 Telekom Baskets BonnWC (7)Telekom Baskets steigen in den Eurocup auf ; Telekom Baskets Bonn, 05 July 2013 (Lega A) 4 Acea Roma (2) Cimberio Varèse (3) FoxTown Cantù (4) Banco di Sardegna SassariWC (5) (PBL + VTB) 4 Khimki (3) Spartak Saint Petersburg (4) UNICS (5) Nizhny Novgorod (8) (TBL) 4 Banvit (2) Pınar Karşıyaka (4) Beşiktaş Integral Forex (6) Aykon TED Ankara (7) (BLB) 3 Telenet Oostende (1) Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2) Spirou Charleroi (3) (ACB) 3 CAI Zaragoza (3) Valencia (6) BilbaoWC (7) El Bilbao Basket disputará la Eurocup 2013-2014 ; Bilbao Basket, 14 June 2013 (ABA) 2 KK Cedevita (6) KK CibonaWC (11) (GBL) 2 Panionios (3) PAOK (5) (BSL) 2 Maccabi Haifa (1) Hapoel Jerusalem (4) (ABA) 1 KK Igokea (3) (NBL) 1 Lukoil Academic (1) (NBL) 1 ČEZ Nymburk (1) (KML + VTB) 1 BC Kalev/CramoWC (1) (Korisliiga) 1 Bisons LoimaaWC (1) (NBI/A) 1 Bericap Alba Fehérvár (1) (LBL) 1 VEF Rīga (1) (LKL) 1 Neptūnas (3) (ABA) 1 KK MZT AerodromWC (7) (ABA) 1 KK Budućnost (5) (RBD) 1 CSU Asesoft (1) (ABA) 1 KK Radnički (4) (ABA) 1 Union OlimpijaWC (8) (UBL) 1 Khimik YuzhnyWC (5) БК "Химик" участник основной сетки Eurocup ; BC Khimik, 10 July 2013 Last 32 (LNB) 2 JSF Nanterre (1) Strasbourg IG (2) (BBL) 1 Brose Baskets (1) (Lega A) 1 Montepaschi Siena (1) (LKL) 1 Lietuvos Rytas (2) (ABA) 1 Crvena zvezda (2) (PLK) 1 Stelmet Zielona Góra (1) (UBL) 1 Budivelnyk (1)
Draw The draws for the 2013–14 Eurocup were held on Saturday, 5 October, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.
Teams were divided into two geographical conferences with 24 teams and 4 groups each. For the each conference 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 if possible. Liga ABA teams (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) are considered as same country teams.
Western Conference
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 Valencia BC Alba Berlin Bilbao Basket ČEZ Nymburk KK Cedevita Union Olimpija CAI Zaragoza FoxTown Cantù Acea Roma Banco di Sardegna Sassari Cimberio Varèse Le Mans Spirou Charleroi ASVEL Telenet Oostende Belfius Mons-Hainaut ratiopharm Ulm KK Cibona BCM Gravelines Élan Chalon Paris-Levallois Artland Dragons EWE Baskets Oldenburg Telekom Baskets Bonn
Eastern Conference
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 UNICS Khimki Spartak Saint Petersburg KK Budućnost Nizhny Novgorod Banvit Beşiktaş Integral Forex Pınar Karşıyaka Aykon TED Ankara VEF Rīga Hapoel Jerusalem Panionios PAOK Maccabi Haifa Neptūnas KK Igokea Radnički Kragujevac KK MZT Aerodrom Khimik Yuzhny Lukoil Academic BC Kalev/Cramo Bisons Loimaa Bericap Alba Fehérvár CSU Asesoft
Regular season
The Regular Season began on Tuesday, October 15.
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 three teams in each group advance to Last 32.
Western Conference
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Eastern Conference
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Last 32 phase The Last 32 runs from January 7 to February 19, 2014
If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 32 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Last 32 phase. Points scored during the Last 32 phase. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 32 phase match.
After Euroleague Regular Season Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships) (LNB) 2 JSF Nanterre (1) Strasbourg IG (2) (BBL) 1 Brose Baskets (1) (Lega A) 1 Montepaschi Siena (1) (LKL) 1 Lietuvos Rytas (2) (ABA) 1 Crvena zvezda (2) (PLK) 1 Stelmet Zielona Góra (1) (UBL) 1 Budivelnyk (1)
+ Key to colors Top two teams in each group advance to eight-finals.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.
The team that finished in the higher Last 32 place will play the second game of the series at home. If both teams placed the same in the Last 32, the team with more Last 32 victories will play the second game at home. In case of a tie in both place and victories, the team with the higher cumulative Last 32 point difference will play the second game at home.
Bracket
Finals
Game 1
Game 2
Eurocup 2014 Champions Valencia BC Third title
Individual statistics
Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Vladimir Golubović Aykon TED Ankara2053326.652. Esteban Batista Pınar Karşıyaka1636823.003. Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa1634321.444. Errick McCollum Panionios1633921.195. Caleb Green Dinamo Basket Sassari1837420.78
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Errick McCollum Panionios1632320.192. Vladimir Golubović Aykon TED Ankara2038619.303. Caleb Green Dinamo Basket Sassari1834719.284. Andrew Goudelock UNICS2445118.795. Bobby Dixon Pınar Karşıyaka1629118.19
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Vladimir Golubović Aykon TED Ankara2020210.102. Dijon Thompson Nizhny Novgorod151238.203. Esteban Batista Pınar Karşıyaka161308.134. Trent Plaisted Ratiopharm Ulm171186.945. Marcus Lewis BCM Gravelines151036.87
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Marko Marinović Radnički Kragujevac161378.562. Mike Green BC Khimki171096.413. Travis Diener Dinamo Basket Sassari14835.934. Marques Green Dinamo Basket Sassari181005.565. Kristaps Valters Aykon TED Ankara191055.53
Awards
MVP Weekly
Regular season WeekPlayerTeam1 Pietro Aradori FoxTown Cantu362 Mouphtaou Yarou Radnički Kragujevac413 Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa414 Joe Ragland FoxTown Cantu365 Mike Green Khimki Moscow346 Vladimir Golubović Aykon TED Ankara367 Sasu Salin Union Olimpija328 T. J. Carter Panionios349 Jason Love Belfius Mons-Hainaut3410 Alando Tucker Lukoil Academic43
Last 32 WeekPlayerTeam1 Omar Thomas Dinamo Basket Sassari302 Trenton Meacham JSF Nanterre333 Donta Smith (2) Maccabi Haifa404 Esteban Batista Pınar Karşıyaka465 Vladimir Golubović (2) Aykon TED Ankara516 Caleb Green Dinamo Basket Sassari34
Eighthfinals WeekPlayerTeam1 Darjuš Lavrinovič Budivelnyk Kyiv38 2 Vladimir Golubović (3) Aykon TED Ankara 38
Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeam1 Justin Doellman Valencia BC342 Reggie Redding Alba Berlin40
Semifinals GamePlayerTeam1 Bojan Dubljević Valencia BC312 Nikos Zisis UNICS31
Finals GamePlayerTeam1 Justin Doellman (2) Valencia BC352 Justin Doellman (3) Valencia BC34
Eurocup MVP Andrew Goudelock2013-14 Eurocup MVP: Andrew Goudelock, UNICS (UNICS)
Eurocup Finals MVP Justin DoellmanValencia's Doellman claims Eurocup Finals MVP trophy! (Valencia BC)
All-Eurocup Teams Position All-Eurocup First Team Club team All-Eurocup Second Team Club Ref DeMarcus Nelson Crvena Zvezda Yotam Halperin Hapoel Jerusalem 2013-14 All-Eurocup First, Second teams named Andrew Goudelock UNICS Reggie Redding Alba Berlin Dijon Thompson Nizhny Novgorod Caleb Green Dinamo Sassari Justin Doellman Valencia BC Bojan Dubljević Valencia BC Vladimir Golubović Aykon TED Ankara Darjuš Lavrinovič Budivelnyk Kyiv
Coach of the Year Andrea Trinchieri2013-14 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Andrea Trinchieri, UNICS (UNICS)
Rising Star Bojan Dubljević2013-14 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket (Valencia Basket)
See also 2013–14 Euroleague 2013–14 EuroChallenge
References