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.
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 Ural Great (2nd) Aris BSA (5th) Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th) Kalev Tallinn (5th) UNICS (3rd) TIM Maroussi (6th) Anwil Wloclawek (1st) Honka Playboys (1st) Khimki (4th) Azovmash (1st) Polonia Warsaw (4th) GHP Bamberg (2nd) Dynamo Moscow (7th) Odesa (2nd) Hemofarm (5th) Skonto (2nd) SLUC Nancy (6th) Kyiv (3rd) Vojvodina NIS (8th) Alita (3rd) Paris Basket Racing (7th) Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut (2nd) Široki Hercegtisak (1st) Turk Telekom (4th) STB Le Havre (8th) Telindus Oostende (3rd) ECM Nymburk (2nd) Peristeri (4th) Strauss Iscar Nahariya (2nd) EKA AEL Limassol (1st)
Qualifying round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Play-offs
2003–04 FIBA Europe League UNICS 1st title
See also
2003-04 Euroleague 2003-04 ULEB Cup 2003–04 FIBA Europe Cup
References
Sources 2003-04 at Eurobasket.com 2003-04 at FIBA Europe
External links Season review at the EuroChallenge site