The 1993–94 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1993–94 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 37th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 9, 1993, and ended on April 21, 1994. The competition's Final Four was held at Tel Aviv. The competition was won by 7up Joventut. They eliminated two other spanish teams Real Madrid and Barcelona in the knockouts and then won against Olympiacos by two points in the final match. It has been the club's only Euroleague (European League) title.

Limoges CSP, the defending champions, were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Panathinaikos.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's entrant was unable to participate for the second season in a row due to the UN economic sanctions. After the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic and Slovakia each had representative clubs in the competition for the first time.

Competition system 41 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 CW: Cup winners.

Group stage Limoges CSP (1st)TH Olympiacos (1st) Buckler Beer Bologna (1st) Real Madrid Teka (1st)Second round Benetton Treviso (2nd) FCB Banca Catalana (3rd) Pau-Orthez (2nd) Hapoel Galil Elyon (1st) Shampoo Clear Cantù (3rd) Maes Pils Mechelen (1st) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) Efes Pilsen (1st) 7up Joventut (2nd) Cibona (1st) Panathinaikos (2nd)First round Vllaznia (1st) Guildford Kings (CW) Žalgiris (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st) UKJ SÜBA Sankt Pölten (1st) Kalev Tallinn (1st) Residence (1st) Davay Pezinok (1st) RTI Minsk (1st) KTP (1st) Rabotnički (1st) Smelt Olimpija (1st) Levski Sofia (1st) Tunsgram-Honvéd (1st) Canoe Jeans EBBC (1st) Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st) Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd) Keflavik (1st) Śląsk Wroclaw (1st) Budivelnyk (1st) Achileas Kaimakli (1st) Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd) Benfica (1st) USK Praha (1st) ASK Brocēni (1st) Universitatea Cluj (1st)

First round

*Kalev withdrew before the first leg and Croatia Osiguranje Split received a forfeit (20–0) in both games.

Second round

*RTI Minsk refused to play the second leg and FC Barcelona received a forfeit (20–0) in this game.

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. Olympiacos 14 25 11 3 1047 897 +150 2. Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1123 978 +145 3. Limoges CSP 14 23 9 5 1013 979 +34 4. FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 22 8 6 1132 1067 +65 5. Maes Pils 14 22 8 6 1040 1072 -32 6. Benetton Treviso 14 21 7 7 1085 1072 +13 7. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 18 4 10 1022 1045 -23 8. Guildford Kings 14 14 0 14 889 1241 -352 Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Efes Pilsen 14 24 10 4 1005 957 +48 2. Panathinaikos 14 23 9 5 1076 1024 +52 3. 7up Joventut 14 23 9 5 1116 1026 +90 4. Buckler Beer Bologna 14 23 9 5 1139 1017 +122 5. Cibona 14 23 9 5 1126 1069 +57 6. Benfica 14 19 5 9 1016 1093 -77 7. Pau-Orthez 14 17 3 11 1044 1155 -111 8. Shampoo Clear Cantù 14 16 2 12 1011 1192 -181

Quarterfinals Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Final four

Semifinals April 19, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

3rd place game April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

Final April 21, Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv

1993–94 FIBA European LeagueChampions 7up Joventut 1st Title

Final standings Team 7up Joventut Olympiacos Panathinaikos FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Awards Award Player Club Ref. Season Top Scorer Nikos Galis Panathinaikos Final Four MVP Žarko Paspalj Olympiacos Finals Top Scorer Ferran Martínez 7up Joventut

1994 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

Position Player Club Ref. Point guard Nikos Galis Panathinaikos Shooting guard Georgios Sigalas Olympiacos Small forward Jordi Villacampa 7up Joventut Power forward Žarko Paspalj (MVP) Olympiacos Center Corny Thompson 7up Joventut

See also

1993-94 FIBA European Cup 1993-94 FIBA Korać Cup

References

External links 1993–94 FIBA European League