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. (TH: Title holder) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual playoffs Regular season Szolnoki Olaj Krasnye KryliaTH Tartu University Rock Tsmoki Minsk Atomerőmű SE Triumph Lyubertsy Rakvere Tarvas Rilski Sportist Fortress Jászberényi Ural Yekaterinburg JDA Dijon Bakken Bears Ingoknito Fashion Körmend Mureș Cholet Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia ZZ Leiden Oradea Team TEHO Sport Ventspils SPM Shoeters Den Bosch Gaz Metan Mediaș Kataja Krka GasTerra Flames Okapi Aalstar Tofaş Södertälje Kings Kyiv Port of Antwerp Giants Royal Halı Gaziantep Zepter Vienna
Draw The draws for the 2013–14 FIBA EuroChallenge were held on Friday, July 5 in Munich, Germany. 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 (1 and 2), 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.
+ Key to colors 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 + Key to colors Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals Advance to quarterfinals Eliminated
Group I
Group J
REGKRKCHOSZO Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 82–7182–6590–68 KK Krka66–6980–6389–78 Cholet Basket81–7888–93 70–85 Szolnoki Olaj KK90–7865–4874–67
Group K
JDAGAZVENTRI JDA Dijon 76–8274–7266–68 Royal Halı Gaziantep69–6072–6164–59 BK Ventspils69–5946–71 66–71 Triumph Lyubertsy72–6974–7880–71
Group L
KTPURABAKMIN Team TEHO Sport Kotka 75–8682–7964–100 BC Ural Yekaterinburg66–6185–7169–65 Bakken Bears86–9092–84 76–83 Tsmoki Minsk104–7396–9789–51
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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 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 RankNameTeam GamesTotal 1 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka1020120.12 Cory Higgins Triumph Lyubertsy1524817.93 Keith Benson Tsmoki-Minsk1220817.34 Aaron McGhee Ural Yekaterinburg1322317.25 Lance Harris Ural Yekaterinburg1321816.8
Rebounds RankNameTeam GamesTotal 1 Maxime De Zeeuw Port of Antwerp Giants11888.02 Aaron McGhee Ural Yekaterinburg131037.93 Oliver Stević Royal Halı Gaziantep151147.64 Keith Benson Tsmoki-Minsk12877.35 Janar Talts Tartu Ülikool/Rock 15 105 7.0
Assists RankNameTeam GamesTotal 1 Anton Glazunov Ural Yekaterinburg13927.12 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka10676.73 Aaron Miles Krasnye Krylia13876.74 Andrea Cinciarini Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia12766.35 Barış Ermiş Royal Halı Gaziantep9546.0
Individual highs Category Player Number Points Sharaud Curry 38 Rebounds Lance Harris 21 Assists Aaron Miles (2) 13 Steals Demonte Harper 8 Three pointers Jukka Matinen 7 Kristo Saage Blocks Jason Conrad 7
Awards
Weekly MVP Regular season WeekPlayerTeam 1 Maxime de Zeeuw Port of Antwerp Giants 31 Greg Brunner Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 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 WeekPlayerTeam1 Aaron Miles Krasnye Krylia 29 2 Aaron McGhee (2) BC Ural Yekaterinburg 30 Dmitry Flis BC Ural Yekaterinburg Barış Ermiş Royal Halı Gaziantep3 Andrea Cinciarini Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 33 4 Vilmantas Dilys Tartu Ülikool/Rock 30 Willie Kemp Gaz Metan Mediaș5 Sharaud Curry Team TEHO Sport Kotka 266 James White Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 31
Quarterfinals WeekPlayerTeam 1 Lance Harris BC Ural Yekaterinburg 28 Justin Holiday Szolnoki Olaj KK 2 Dejan Borovnjak Royal Halı Gaziantep 31
Final Four MVP Andrea Cinciarini (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia)
See also 2013–14 Euroleague 2013–14 Eurocup
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