2013–14 EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge
Champions	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 1st title
Runners-up	Triumph Lyubertsy
Third place	Royal Halı Gaziantep
Fourth place	Szolnoki Olaj KK
Teams	32
Games played	157 (total)
Duration	24 October 2013 – 27 April 2014
Awards
Final Four MVP	Andrea Cinciarini
Statistical leaders
Points	Sharaud Curry 20.1
Rebounds	Maxime De Zeeuw 8.0
Assists	Anton Glazunov 7.1

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.^[1]

Teams

Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships)
Hungary (NBI/A)	4	Szolnoki Olaj KK (2)	Atomerőmű SE (3)	Jászberényi KSE (5)	BC Körmend (6)
Netherlands (DBL)	3	ZZ Leiden (1)	SPM Shoeters (3)	GasTerra Flames (4)
Russia (PBL + VTB)	3	Krasnye Krylya Samara (6)	Triumph Lyubertsy (7)	BC Ural Yekaterinburg (1) BSL
Romania (Divizia A)	3	BC Mureș (2)	CSM Oradea (3)	Gaz Metan Mediaș (4)
Belgium (BLB)	2	Okapi Aalstar (4)	Antwerp Giants (5)
Estonia (KML)	2	Tartu Ülikool/Rock (2)	Rakvere Tarvas (3)
France (LNB)	2	JDA Dijon (8)	Cholet Basket (10)
Finland (Korisliiga)	2	Team TEHO Sport Kotka (2)	Joensuun Kataja (3)
Turkey (TBL)	2	Tofaş Bursa (8)	Royal Halı Gaziantep (9)
Austria (ÖBB)	1	Zepter Vienna (1)
Belarus (Premier)	1	Tsmoki Minsk (1)
Bulgaria (NBL)	1	Rilski Sportist (3)
Denmark (DBL)	1	Bakken Bears (1)
Italy (Lega A)	1	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (7)
Latvia (LBL)	1	BK Ventspils (2)
Slovenia (ABA)	1	KK Krka (9)
Sweden (SBL)	1	Södertälje BBK (1)
Ukraine (UBL)	1	BC Kyiv (14)

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.^[2]

Conference 1

Conference 2

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:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie Port of Antwerp Giants 6 4 2 461 432 +29 10 2–0 JDA Dijon 6 4 2 425 396 +29 10 0–2 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 6 3 3 433 434 −1 9 Rakvere Tarvas 6 1 5 389 446 −57 7

JDA SPM RAK ANT JDA Dijon 83–64 80–47 68–74 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 66–70 78–71 83–76 Rakvere Tarvas 64–65 57–70 77–75 Antwerp Giants 81–59 77–72 78–73

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie Royal Halı Gaziantep 6 4 2 456 423 +33 10 2–0 Krasnye Krylya Samara 6 4 2 493 447 +46 10 0–2 CSM Oradea 6 3 3 463 465 −2 9 Atomerőmű SE 6 1 5 407 484 −77 7

ATO KRA GAZ CSM Atomerőmű SE 56–89 61–74 78–77 Krasnye Krylya Samara 79–75 89–96 84–75 Royal Halı Gaziantep 75–63 71–63 69–74 CSM Oradea 90–74 74–89 73–71

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie Tartu Ülikool/Rock 6 4 2 478 408 +70 10 1–1 (+17) BK Ventspils 6 4 2 420 419 +1 10 1–1 (–17) Södertälje BBK 6 3 3 441 473 −32 9 Zepter Vienna 6 1 5 415 454 −39 7

TAR SÖD ZEP VEN Tartu Ülikool/Rock 99–65 83–60 65–66 Södertälje BBK 72–76 82–73 83–80 Zepter Vienna 82–74 73–76 71–78 BK Ventspils 63–81 72–63 61–56

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie Triumph Lyubertsy 6 5 1 494 409 +85 11 Gaz Metan Mediaș 6 4 2 468 461 +7 10 Kyiv 6 2 4 456 478 −22 8 Körmend 6 1 5 451 521 −70 7

MED TRI KÖR KYI Gaz Metan Mediaș 81–84 77–72 82–69 Triumph Lyubertsy 94–72 90–74 94–58 BC Körmend 68–73 60–70 103–99 BC Kyiv 74–83 54–52 102–64

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 6 4 2 453 430 +23 10 Team TEHO Sport Kotka 6 3 3 467 476 −9 9 1–1 (0) Okapi Aalstar 6 3 3 451 467 −16 9 1–1 (0) GasTerra Flames 6 2 4 446 444 +2 8

REG GAS KTP OKA Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 78–61 86–75 80–63 GasTerra Flames 85–60 72–76 63–70 Team TEHO Sport Kotka 75–71 77–83 74–77 Okapi Aalstar 71–78 83–82 87–90

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie BC Ural Yekaterinburg 6 5 1 482 444 +38 11 KK Krka 6 3 3 425 398 +27 9 Tofaş Bursa 6 3 3 451 425 +26 9 Jászberényi KSE 6 0 6 377 468 −91 6

TOF KRK URA KSE Tofaş Bursa 81–72 77–82 86–72 KK Krka 71–61 80–75 76–61 BC Ural Yekaterinburg 74–70 79–68 88–85 Jászberényi KSE 54–76 41–58 64–84

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie Cholet Basket 6 5 1 441 397 +44 11 Bakken Bears 6 3 3 443 450 −7 9 Joensuun Kataja 6 2 4 436 444 −8 8 1–1 (0) ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 396 425 −29 8 1–1 (0)

KAT ZZL BAK CHO Joensuun Kataja 77–63 66–68 76–70 ZZ Leiden 72–58 61–62 67–76 Bakken Bears 101–90 79–81 66–68 Cholet Basket 70–69 74–52 84–67

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie Tsmoki Misnk 6 4 2 479 450 +29 10 1–1 (+7) Szolnoki Olaj KK 6 4 2 441 434 +7 10 1–1 (–7) BC Mureș 6 3 3 473 471 +2 9 Rilski Sportist 6 1 5 445 483 −38 7

MIN SZO RIL MUR Tsmoki Minsk 76–68 94–75 79–83 Szolnoki Olaj KK 69–68 73–66 68–76 Rilski Sportist 73–78 76–78 70–68 BC Mureș 82–84 72–85 92–85

Last 16

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tartu Ülikool/Rock 6 5 1 487 418 +69 11 Krasnye Krylya Samara 6 4 2 467 434 +33 10 Port of Antwerp Giants 6 3 3 454 461 −7 9 Gaz Metan Mediaș 6 0 6 428 523 −95 6

ANT KRA TAR MED Port of Antwerp Giants 71–75 64–59 97–79 Krasnye Krylya Samara 87–67 74–75 78–60 Tartu Ülikool/Rock 82–74 84–73 97–67 Gaz Metan Mediaș 79–81 77–80 66–90

Group J

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 6 4 2 479 441 +38 10 Szolnoki Olaj KK 6 4 2 460 442 +18 10 KK Krka 6 3 3 447 445 +2 9 Cholet Basket 6 1 5 434 492 −58 7

REG KRK CHO SZO Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 82–71 82–65 90–68 KK Krka 66–69 80–63 89–78 Cholet Basket 81–78 88–93 70–85 Szolnoki Olaj KK 90–78 65–48 74–67

Group K

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Royal Halı Gaziantep 6 6 0 436 376 +60 12 Triumph Lyubertsy 6 4 2 424 414 +10 10 BK Ventspils 6 1 5 385 427 −42 7 JDA Dijon 6 1 5 404 432 −28 7

JDA GAZ VEN TRI JDA Dijon 76–82 74–72 66–68 Royal Halı Gaziantep 69–60 72–61 64–59 BK Ventspils 69–59 46–71 66–71 Triumph Lyubertsy 72–69 74–78 80–71

Group L

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts BC Ural Yekaterinburg 6 5 1 487 460 +27 11 Tsmoki Minsk 6 4 2 537 430 +107 10 Team TEHO Sport Kotka 6 2 4 445 521 −76 8 Bakken Bears 6 1 5 455 513 −58 7

KTP URA BAK MIN Team TEHO Sport Kotka 75–86 82–79 64–100 BC Ural Yekaterinburg 66–61 85–71 69–65 Bakken Bears 86–90 92–84 76–83 Tsmoki Minsk 104–73 96–97 89–51

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 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Tartu Ülikool/Rock	1–2	Szolnoki Olaj KK	87–83	73–80	60–78
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	2–0	Krasnye Krylia Samara	75–63	73–71
Royal Halı Gaziantep	2–0	Tsmoki Minsk	59–58	68–67
BC 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.

	Semifinals 25 April 2014				Final 27 April 2014
	Triumph Lyubertsy	61
	Szolnoki Olaj KK	59
					Triumph Lyubertsy	65
					Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	79
					Third place
	Royal Halı Gaziantep	55		Szolnoki Olaj KK	75
	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	66			Royal Halı Gaziantep	87

Semifinals

25 April 2014 18:00 (CET)

Boxscore

Szolnoki Olaj KK	59–61	Triumph Lyubertsy
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–18, 15–12, 16–18
Pts: Holiday 16 Rebs: Milošević 11 Asts: Simon, Vojvoda 2		Pts: Landry 18 Rebs: Kulagin 8 Asts: Kulagin 3

PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy Attendance: 4,624 Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Nebojsa Kovacevic (GER), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)

25 April 2014 20:30 (CET)

Boxscore

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	66–55	Royal Halı Gaziantep
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–12, 21–15, 12–12
Pts: Siliņš 14 Rebs: Cinciarini 12 Asts: Cinciarini, Kaukėnas 6		Pts: Borovnjak 14 Rebs: Stević 10 Asts: three players 2

PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy Attendance: 4,624 Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Paulo Marques (POR), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI)

Third place game

27 April 2014 16:30 (CET)

Boxscore

Szolnoki Olaj KK	75–87 (OT)	Royal Halı Gaziantep
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 19–14, 13–26, 19–10, Overtime: 7–19
Pts: Báder 17 Rebs: Báder 8 Asts: Simon 5		Pts: Lorbek, Borovnjak 16 Rebs: Stević 8 Asts: Ermiş, Bremer 4

PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy Attendance: 4,879 Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Anastasios Manos (GRE)

Final

27 April 2014 19:00 (CET)

Boxscore

Triumph Lyubertsy	65–79	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Scoring by quarter: 16-23, 16-25, 17-18, 16-13
Pts: Cory Higgins 21 Rebs: Evgeny Valiev 7 Asts: Evgeny Valiev 3		Pts: James White 17 Rebs: Riccardo Cervi 5 Asts: Andrea Cinciarini 7

PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy Attendance: 4,879 Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Nebojsa Kovacevic (GER), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)

Triumph Lyubertsy

Reggio Emilia

Starters: PG 7 Cory Higgins SG 13 Artem Vikhrov SF 21 Jeremy Chappell PF 11 Evgeny Valiev C 50 Milovan Raković Reserves: PF 4 Ivan Lazarev SG 5 Viktor Zaryazhko SG 8 Artem Kuzyakin PF 11 Pavel Spiridonov SG 12 Evgeny Voronov G 32 Dmitry Kulagin C 33 Kyle Landry Head coach: Vasiliy Karasev

Champions Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 1st title

Starters: PG 5 Ariel Faloy PF 6 Angelo Gigli PF 4 James White PF 15 Ojārs Siliņš C 14 Riccardo Cervi Reserves: PF 7 Giovanni Pini F 8 Greg Brunner G/F 9 Michele Antonutti G 10 Troy Bell G G Matteo Frassineti Head coach: Massimiliano Menetti

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	PPG
1	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	10	201	20.1
2	Cory Higgins	Triumph Lyubertsy	15	248	17.9
3	Keith Benson	Tsmoki-Minsk	12	208	17.3
4	Aaron McGhee	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	223	17.2
5	Lance Harris	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	218	16.8

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	RPG
1	Maxime De Zeeuw	Port of Antwerp Giants	11	88	8.0
2	Aaron McGhee	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	103	7.9
3	Oliver Stević	Royal Halı Gaziantep	15	114	7.6
4	Keith Benson	Tsmoki-Minsk	12	87	7.3
5	Janar Talts	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	15	105	7.0

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Total	APG
1	Anton Glazunov	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	92	7.1
2	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	10	67	6.7
3	Aaron Miles	Krasnye Krylia	13	87	6.7
4	Andrea Cinciarini	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	12	76	6.3
5	Barış Ermiş	Royal Halı Gaziantep	9	54	6.0

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

Week	Player	Team	PIR
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

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Aaron Miles	Krasnye Krylia	29
2	Aaron McGhee (2)	BC Ural Yekaterinburg	30
	Dmitry Flis	BC Ural Yekaterinburg
	Barış Ermiş	Royal Halı Gaziantep
3	Andrea Cinciarini	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	33
4	Vilmantas Dilys	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	30
	Willie Kemp	Gaz Metan Mediaș
5	Sharaud Curry	Team TEHO Sport Kotka	26
6	James White	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	31

Quarterfinals

Week	Player	Team	PIR
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

References