2013–14 EuroChallenge
The 2013–14 EuroChallenge was the 11th edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The winner and the runner-up of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the 2014–15 Eurocup season.
The Final Four was held in PalaDozza in Bologna, Italy. The host of the tournament, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia won the Final by beating Triumph Lyubertsy 79–65. Italian player Andrea Cinciarini received the Final Four MVP award.
Competition format changes
This year's EuroChallenge saw a number of innovations, including the division of the participating clubs into two main Conferences for the Regular Season - Conference 1 and Conference 2 - based on a broad geographical criteria. This year no qualification round was held.The 32 teams were divided into eight round-robin groups of four teams each for the regular season. The two best-placed teams qualified to the next phase of the competition.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual playoffs
Draw
Teams were seeded into four pots of four teams in accordance with the FIBA Club ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.
The 32 clubs registered for this year's competition were divided into two conferences, based on broad geographical criteria.
;Conference 1
Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
BK Ventspils Antwerp Giants Okapi Aalstar Cholet Basket | Joensuun Kataja Tartu Ülikool/Rock JDA Dijon Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | ZZ Leiden Södertälje BBK SPM Shoeters GasTerra Flames | Rakvere Tarvas Zepter Vienna Bakken Bears Team TEHO Sport Kotka |
;Conference 2
Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
KK Krka Krasnye Krylya Samara Szolnoki Olaj KK Triumph Lyubertsy | Tsmoki Minsk Gaz Metan Mediaș Tofaş Bursa Atomerőmű SE | BC Körmend BC Ural Yekaterinburg Rilski Sportist Royal Halı Gaziantep | BC Kyiv Jászberényi KSE BC Mureș CSM Oradea |
Regular season
The regular season began on November 5.If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are 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.
Top two places in each group advance to Last 16 | |
Eliminated |
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Last 16
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Quarterfinals
The quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three series. The dates of the matches were 11, 13 and 18 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game at home court.Team 1 | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | |
Tartu University Rock | 1–2 | Szolnoki Olaj | 87–83 | 73–80 | 60–78 |
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 2–0 | Krasnye Krylia | 75–63 | 73–71 | |
Royal Halı Gaziantep | 2–0 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 59–58 | 68–67 | |
Ural Yekaterinburg | 0–2 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 72–80 | 67–110 |
Final Four
The Final Four was played between the four winners of the quarterfinals at PalaDozza in Bologna, Italy. It was the second time the EuroChallenge Final Four was held in Bologna.Individual statistics
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Individual highs
Awards
Weekly MVP
Regular seasonWeek | Player | Team | |
1 | Maxime de Zeeuw | Port of Antwerp Giants | 31 |
1 | Greg Brunner | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 31 |
2 | Chinemelu Elonu | Tofaş Bursa | 35 |
3 | Courdon Higgins | Triumph Lyubertsy | 36 |
4 | Rastko Dramićanin | Fortress Jászberényi | 32 |
5 | Keith Benson | BC Tsmoki-Minsk | 36 |
6 | Aaron McGhee | BC Ural Yekaterinburg | 31 |
7 | Sean Barnette | BC Rilski Sportist | 38 |
Last 16
Week | Player | Team | |
1 | Aaron Miles | Krasnye Krylia | 29 |
2 | Aaron McGhee | BC Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 |
2 | Dmitry Flis | BC Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 |
2 | Barış Ermiş | Royal Halı Gaziantep | 30 |
3 | Andrea Cinciarini | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 33 |
4 | Vilmantas Dilys | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 30 |
4 | Willie Kemp | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 30 |
5 | Sharaud Curry | Team TEHO Sport Kotka | 26 |
6 | James White | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 31 |
Quarterfinals
Week | Player | Team | |
1 | Lance Harris | BC Ural Yekaterinburg | 28 |
1 | Justin Holiday | Szolnoki Olaj KK | 28 |
2 | Dejan Borovnjak | Royal Halı Gaziantep | 31 |
Final Four MVP
- Andrea Cinciarini