2003–04 ULEB Cup

ULEB Cup 2003–04
League	ULEB Cup
Sport	Basketball
Top scorer	Rasheed Brokenborough (Kapfenberg Bulls)
Finals
Champions	Hapoel Migdal
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Finals MVP	Kelly McCarty

The 2003–04 ULEB Cup was the second season of the second-tier level European professional basketball competition ULEB Cup, organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company. The ULEB Cup is the level that is one tier below the Euroleague level. Thirty-six teams participated in the competition. The final was held on April 13, in Charleroi, Belgium, between Real Madrid and Hapoel Jerusalem, the latter winning it by a score of 82-73.

Teams of the 2003-2004 ULEB Cup

Country	Teams	Clubs (ranking in national league)
Spain	6	Adecco Estudiantes (4th)	Auna Gran Canaria (5th)	DKV Joventut (7th)	Etosa Alicante (8th)	Real Madrid (10th)	Caprabo Lleida (11th)
Germany	4	Telekom Bonn (1st)	Energy Braunschweig (3rd)	RheinEnergie Köln (4th)	Opel Skyliners (5th)
Serbia & Montenegro	4	Reflex FMP (2nd)	Crvena Zvezda (3rd)	Budućnost (4th)	Atlas
Croatia	3	Split Croatia Osiguranje (1st)	Zadar (2nd)	Zagreb (3rdd)
France	3	Le Mans (3rd)	Gravelines (4th)	Cholet (5th)
Italy	3	Breil Milano (5th)	Metis Varèse (12th)	Carisbo Bologna (15th)
Belgium	2	Spirou Charleroi (1st)	Verviers-Pepinster (4th)
Greece	2	Ionikos Egnatia Bank (8th)	Makedonikos (10th)
Netherlands	2	Demon Astronauts (2nd)	EiffelTowers Nijmegen (5th)
Austria	1	Superfund Bulls (1st)
Bulgaria	1	Lukoil Academic (1st)
Israel	1	Hapoel Migdal (8th)
Latvia	1	Ventspils (1st)
Lithuania	1	Lietuvos Rytas (2nd)
Poland	1	Prokom Trefl Sopot (2nd)
United Kingdom	1	Brighton Bears

Format

The 2003–04 ULEB Cup featured a total of 36 teams, divided into six groups of six. The round-robin group stage was followed by knock-out stages. The regular season began in November 2003.

Regular season

All 36 teams in 6 groups played a round-robin competition, home and away. Two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage (eighth-finals). Four teams with best third place records in their respective groups also advanced to the knockout stage.

Eighth-finals

The winners from the eighthfinals advanced to the quarterfinals. The matches were played as two games, home and away. The match winners were determined by point differential.

Quarter-finals

The winners from the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The matches were played as two games, home and away. The match winners were determined by point differential.

Semifinals

The winners from the semifinals advanced to the finals. The matches were played as two games, home and away. The match winners were determined by point differential.

Final

The match was played as one game.

Regular season

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group, plus highest-ranked third-place team, advance to Top 16

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Breil Milano	10	8	2	787	684	103
2.	Real Madrid	10	7	3	804	728	76
3.	Lukoil Academic	10	7	3	855	828	27
4.	Opel Skyliners	10	6	4	786	715	71
5.	Zagreb	10	2	8	776	882	-106
6.	Demon Astronauts	10	0	10	656	827	-171

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Caprabo Lleida	10	8	2	796	729	67
2.	Auna Gran Canaria	10	7	3	770	670	100
3.	RheinEnergie Köln	10	6	4	740	785	-45
4.	Zadar	10	5	5	773	734	39
5.	Atlas	10	3	7	748	774	-26
6.	Superfund Bulls	10	1	9	710	845	-135

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Metis Varèse	10	7	3	844	770	74
2.	Ventspils	10	7	3	811	772	39
3.	Spirou Charleroi	10	6	4	756	759	-3
4.	Crvena Zvezda	10	5	5	819	815	4
5.	Etosa Alicante	10	3	7	769	820	-51
6.	Gravelines	10	2	8	705	768	-63

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Reflex FMP	10	9	1	806	714	92
2.	Hapoel Migdal	10	6	4	833	800	33
3.	DKV Joventut	10	6	4	801	781	20
4.	Go Pass Verviers-Pepinster	10	3	7	755	779	-24
5.	Carisbo Bologna	10	3	7	769	816	-53
6.	Telekom Bonn	10	3	7	747	815	-68

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Adecco Estudiantes	10	9	1	833	728	105
2.	Makedonikos	10	6	4	778	786	-8
3.	Le Mans	10	5	5	791	773	18
4.	Budućnost	10	5	5	820	835	-15
5.	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	10	3	7	818	832	-14
6.	Energy Braunschweig	10	2	8	769	855	-86

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Lietuvos Rytas	10	8	2	786	660	126
2.	Prokom Trefl Sopot	10	7	3	790	696	94
3.	Brighton Bears	10	4	6	791	807	-16
4.	Split Croatia Osiguranje	10	4	6	792	868	-76
5.	Cholet	10	4	6	762	817	-55
6.	Ionikos Egnatia Bank	10	3	7	794	867	-73

Top 16

Main article: 2003–04 ULEB Cup Top 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Makedonikos	147–153	Caprabo Lleida	89–63	58–90
Spirou Charleroi	147–158	Adecco Estudiantes	56–74	91–84
Real Madrid	148–131	Auna Gran Canaria	87–68	61–63
RheinEnergie Köln	143–151	Metis Varèse	81–70	62–81
Ventspils	157–174	Reflex FMP	68–79	89–95
DKV Joventut	147–143	Breil Milano	78–62	69–81
Hapoel Migdal	159–153	Prokom Trefl Sopot	77–67	82–86
Lukoil Academic	155–185	Lietuvos Rytas	77–80	78–105

Quarter finals

Main article: 2003–04 ULEB Cup Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Migdal	159–153	Lietuvos Rytas	79–72	80–81
Caprabo Lleida	150–169	Adecco Estudiantes	82–73	68–96
Real Madrid	130–124	Metis Varèse	68–67	62–57
Reflex	160–156	DKV Joventut	81–73	79–83

Semi finals

Main article: 2003–04 ULEB Cup Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Reflex FMP	146–148	Hapoel Migdal	70–69	76–79
Adecco Estudiantes	148–165	Real Madrid	75–83	73–82

Final

April 13, Spiroudome, Charleroi

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	72–83	Hapoel Migdal

2003–04 ULEB Cup Champions
Hapoel Migdal 1st title

Finals MVP

Kelly McCarty (Hapoel Jerusalem)

External links

ULEB Cup and Eurocup

Seasons	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Finals	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Other	Awards Euroleague Basketball Company Individual statistics MVP of the Week European national league rankings European club basketball pyramid FIBA Korać Cup FIBA Saporta Cup Performance Index Rating

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