1992–93 FIBA European League
LeagueFIBA European League
SportBasketball
Regular Season
Top scorerCroatia Zdravko Radulović (Cibona)
Final Four
ChampionsFrance Limoges CSP
  Runners-upItaly Benetton Treviso
Final Four MVPCroatia Toni Kukoč (Benetton Treviso)

The 1992–93 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1992–93 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 36th season of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It featured 42 competing teams from 33 countries. The final of the competition was held on April 15, 1993, at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus,[1][2] Greece, with Limoges CSP defeating Benetton Treviso, by a score of 59–55. The defending title holder, Partizan, was not allowed in the competition because of United Nations Security Council Resolution 757, which imposed sanctions against Yugoslavia.

Competition system

  • 42 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.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana Albania 133–232 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 75–107 58–125
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 180–237 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 85–124 95–113
Universitatea Romania 146–188 Czechoslovakia USK Praha 59–85 87–103
ZTE Heraklith Hungary 154–185 Ukraine Budivelnyk 79–86 75–99
Keflavik Iceland 191–256 Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 100–130 91–126
Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus 130–211 Greece PAOK 61–104 69–107
Žalgiris Lithuania 169–177 Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 80–74 89–103
Kalev Estonia 153–154 England Guildford Kings 80–75 73–79
Efes Pilsen Turkey 174–123 Switzerland Benetton Fribourg 91–59 83–64
NMKY Helsinki Finland 160–152 Austria Union SPI Basket Flyers 95–63 65–89
CSKA Moscow Russia 174–168 Netherlands Commodore Den Helder 95–94 79–74
Etzella Luxembourg 130–218 Portugal Benfica 72–113 58–105
Scania Södertälje Sweden 169–190 Belgium Maes Pils 86–93 83–97

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 151–200 Spain Real Madrid Teka 73–103 78–97
Śląsk Wrocław Poland 154–195 Italy Scavolini Pesaro 72–91 82–104
USK Praha Czechoslovakia 152–175 Spain Estudiantes Argentaria 84–99 68–76
Budivelnyk Ukraine 165–210 Italy Knorr Bologna 80–114 85–96
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany 245–191 Latvia ASK Brocēni 126–103 119–88
Crvena zvezda Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–4* Greece PAOK 0–2 0–2
Smelt Olimpija Slovenia 166–176 Greece Olympiacos 85–88 81–88
Guildford Kings England 129–143 France Limoges CSP 72–72 57–71
Efes Pilsen Turkey 120–131 France Pau-Orthez 65–67 55–64
NMKY Helsinki Finland 175–192 Croatia Cibona 87–83 88–109
CSKA Moscow Russia 173–174 Croatia Zadar 95–86 78–88
Benfica Portugal 156–189 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 75–89 81–100
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 164–170 Belgium Maes Pils 88–80 76–90
Automatically qualified to the group stage

*Crvena zvezda was drawn for the competition but was not allowed to compete due to UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia. PAOK went through with a walkover.

**Partizan was drawn for the competition but was not allowed to compete due to UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia. FIBA decided not to replace Partizan with another team for the Regular Season Group Stage, so the 15 qualified clubs had to be unevenly distributed in this round (a group of 8 teams and another of only 7).

Regular season

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Key to colors
     Qualified to Playoff
     Eliminated

Group A

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Greece PAOK 122084879839+40
2.France Limoges CSP 121975816757+59
3.Italy Scavolini Pesaro 121975887877+10
4.Italy Knorr Bologna 121866938893+45
5.Spain Marbella Joventut 121866945946-1
6.Croatia Cibona 121757909976-67
7.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 1215399341020-86
8.Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan** 0000000

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Spain Real Madrid Teka 142612211811031+150
2.Italy Benetton Treviso 142410411271073+54
3.Greece Olympiacos 14228610571023+34
4.France Pau-Orthez 14228611131100+13
5.Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14228610991105-6
6.Croatia Zadar 14195910961198-102
7.Spain Estudiantes Argentaria 141841011321131+1
8.Belgium Maes Pils 141511310921236-144

Quarterfinals

Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Pau-Orthez France 0–2 Greece PAOK 86–103 65–81
Olympiacos Greece 1–2 France Limoges CSP 70–67 53–59 58–60
Knorr Bologna Italy 0–2 Spain Real Madrid Teka 56–76 58–79
Scavolini Pesaro Italy 1–2 Italy Benetton Treviso 94–92 94–101 58–77

Final four

Semifinals

April 13, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Real Madrid Teka Spain 52–62 France Limoges CSP
PAOK Greece 77–79 Italy Benetton Treviso

3rd place game

April 15, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Real Madrid Teka Spain 70–76 Greece PAOK

Final

April 15, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Benetton Treviso Italy 55–59 France Limoges CSP
1992–93 FIBA European League
Champions
France
Limoges CSP
1st Title

Final standings

Team
France Limoges CSP
SilverItaly Benetton Treviso
BronzeGreece PAOK
Spain Real Madrid Teka

Awards

AwardPlayerClubRef.
Season Top ScorerCroatia Zdravko RadulovićCroatia Cibona
Final Four MVPCroatia Toni KukočItaly Benetton Treviso
Finals Top ScorerUnited States Terry TeagleItaly Benetton Treviso

1993 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

PositionPlayerClubRef.
Point guardGreece John KorfasGreece PAOK
Shooting guardSlovenia Jure ZdovcFrance Limoges CSP
Small forwardCroatia Toni Kukoč (MVP)Italy Benetton Treviso
Power forwardUnited States Cliff LevingstonGreece PAOK
CenterItaly Stefano RusconiItaly Benetton Treviso

References

  1. ↑ "European club champions: 1958-2014".
  2. ↑ "Schedule | European Championship for Men's Clubs (1993) | FIBA Europe".
  3. ↑ Champions Cup 1992–93.
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