2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup

The 2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup was the one-season international European competition for men's professional basketball clubs, organised by FIBA.[1] Although it was marketed at the time by FIBA as the 2nd-tier level European club basketball tournament,[2] most would consider it Europe's 4th-tier level competition, after the Euroleague, ULEB Cup and the FIBA Europe Champions Cup. The aim of this tournament was to provide competitive international play for clubs that would otherwise be unable to participate in international basketball. The tournament which featured 4 domestic champions was divided in two conferences: "North" (which consisted of 17 teams) and "South" (which consisted of 11 teams).[3] The season started on 30 October 2002, and ended on 13 February 2003. There were two champions - Azovmash from Ukraine and AEL Limassol from Cyprus. Prior to the commencement of the 2003–04 basketball season, an agreement between FIBA Europe and ULEB basketball was reached regarding the management of Europe's transnational leagues. As a result, the Regional Challenge Cup merged with the Champions Cup to form the FIBA Europe Cup, which was thereafter renamed FIBA EuroCup Challenge.[3]

2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup
Season2002–03
Number of teams28
Finals
Champions Azovmash (North)
AEL Limassol (South)

Teams allocation
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: Club's domestic league position after playoffs.
Conference North
Regular season
Asker Aliens (1st) Bayer Giants Leverkusen (4th) NTD Servis-Devon
Ulriken Eagles (2nd) DJK Würzburg (9th) ECM Nymburk (3rd)
Kongsberg Penguins (4th) Kaposvari Klima-Vill (3rd) TTÜ-A. Le Coq (1st)
Tromsø Storm (5th) Albacomp UPC (5th) Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)
Honka Playboys (1st) Azovmash (3rd) ESO Lučenec (3rd)
Lappeenrannan NMKY (6th) Khimik (1st, HL)
Conference South
Regular season
EKA AEL Limassol (3rd) Igokea (5th) Nikol Fert (3rd)
Apollon Limassol (4th) Hercegovac (6th) Žito Vardar (5th)
ENAD Nicosia (6th) Brotnjo (7th) West Petrom Arad (1st)
Zrinjevac (7th) Hapoel Galil Elyon (7th)

Conference North

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Khimik 4 4 0 428 294 +134 8 Advance to conference play-offs
2 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 2 2 397 346 +51 6
3 NTD Servis-Devon 4 0 4 295 480 −185 4
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Kaposvari Klima-Vill 6 5 1 584 471 +113 11 Advance to conference play-offs
2 Bayer Giants Leverkusen 6 4 2 537 518 +19 10
3 ECM Nymburk 6 3 3 550 523 +27 9
4 Asker Aliens 6 0 6 444 600 −156 6
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Albacomp UPC 6 5 1 576 450 +126 11 Advance to conference play-offs
2 ESO Lučenec 6 3 3 473 481 −8 9
3 DJK Würzburg 6 3 3 451 440 +11 9
4 Ulriken Eagles 6 1 5 410 509 −99 7
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Azovmash 4 4 0 413 268 +145 8 Advance to conference play-offs
2 Lappeenrannan NMKY 4 2 2 323 314 +9 6
3 Tromsø Storm 4 0 4 269 423 −154 4
Source: FIBA Europe

Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Honka Playboys 4 3 1 310 275 +35 7 Advance to conference play-offs
2 TTÜ-A. Le Coq 4 3 1 336 302 +34 7
3 Kongsberg Penguins 4 0 4 266 335 −69 4
Source: FIBA Europe

Play-offs

The winner of the play-offs qualified for the FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup Final Four.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
 Khimik7892
 
 11 February – Mariupol
 
 Honka Playboys8362
 
 Khimik62
 
 
 
 Azovmash95
 
 Dinamo Tbilisi9195
 
 12 February – Mariupol
 
 Azovmash106111
 
 Azovmash88
 
 
 
 Bayer Giants Leverkusen61
 
 Bayer Giants Leverkusen8794
 
 11 February – Mariupol
 
 Albacomp UPC9281
 
 Bayer Giants Leverkusen91
 
 
 
 Kaposvari Klima-Vill74Third place
 
 ESO Lučenec6959
 
 12 February – Mariupol
 
 Kaposvari Klima-Vill7089
 
 Khimik59
 
 
 Kaposvari Klima-Vill86
 
2002–03 FIBA North Regional Challenge Cup

Azovmash
1st title

Conference South

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Galil Elyon 4 4 0 350 280 +70 8 Advance to conference play-offs
2 Hercegovac 4 1 3 297 313 −16 5
3 ENAD Nicosia 4 1 3 239 293 −54 5
Source: Linguasport

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Igokea 6 5 1 580 430 +150 11 Advance to conference play-offs
2 West Petrom Arad 6 3 3 406 418 −12 9
3 Apollon Limassol 6 3 3 405 427 −22 9
4 Žito Vardar 6 1 5 431 475 −44 7
Source: Linguasport

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 EKA AEL Limassol 6 6 0 499 441 +58 12 Advance to conference play-offs
2 Zrinjevac 6 3 3 457 470 −13 9
3 Brotnjo 6 2 4 446 436 +10 8
4 Nikol Fert 6 1 5 441 496 −55 7
Source: Linguasport

Play-offs

The winner of the play-offs qualified for the FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup Final Four.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
 Apollon Limassol8667
 
 12 February – Limassol
 
 Hapoel Galil Elyon8665
 
 Apollon Limassol52
 
 
 
 EKA AEL Limassol73
 
 EKA AEL Limassol9795
 
 13 February – Limassol
 
 Brotnjo7478
 
 EKA AEL Limassol92
 
 
 
 Igokea82
 
 Zrinjevac8399
 
 12 February – Limassol
 
 Igokea89120
 
 Igokea79
 
 
 
 West Petrom Arad64Third place
 
 Hercegovac10052
 
 13 February – Limassol
 
 West Petrom Arad7581
 
 Apollon Limassol79
 
 
 West Petrom Arad65
 
2002–03 FIBA South Regional Challenge Cup

AEL Limassol
1st title

Finals
Year Final Third and fourth place
Champion Score Second place 3rd 4th
2002–03

Details
North Conf. South

Conf.

Mariupol EKA AEL
North Conf. South Conf.
88 –61 92–82
North Conf. South Conf.
Bayer Leverkusen Igokea
North Conference South Conf.
Kaposvári Pizza Express Apollon
North Conf. South Conf.
Khimik West Petrom Arad

Finals MVP
Season Player Pos. Club
2002–03
 Duane Woodward[4]
PG/SG
EKA AEL

Winning rosters

FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup:

North Conference:

Volodymyr Gurtovyy, Andriy Kapinos, Andriy Botichev, Oleksandr Skutyelnik, Igor Kharchenko, Sergiy Moskalenko, Petro Podtykan, Yevhenii Annienkov, Dmytro Briantsev (Head Coach: Andrij Podkovyrov)[5]

South Conference:

Dimitris Prokopiou, Marcos Asonitis, Georgios Kouzapas, Michalis Kounounis, Davor Kurilic, Konstantinos Perentos, Ranko Velimirovic, David Michael Van Dyke, Christos Spyrou, Duane Woodward (Head Coach: Dragan Raca).[5]

See also

References
  1. "Standings | FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup for Men (2003) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. FIBA Europe. "FIBA Europe announcement detailing the 2002-2003 European competitions".
  3. "Linguasport - FIBA EuroCup Challenge (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  4. FIBA Europe. "INTERVIEW WITH LEMESOS' DUANE WOODWARD".
  5. "FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup 2002-03". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
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