2013–14 EuroChallenge

The 2013–14 EuroChallenge will be the 11th edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The winner of this competition will earn a place at the group stage of next year's Eurocup season.

Competition format changes

This year's EuroChallenge will see 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 will be divided into eight round-robin groups of four teams each for the Regular Season. The two best-placed teams will qualify 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	KTP Basket (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 will be held on Friday, 5 July in Munich. Teams will be 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 are divided into two Conferences (1 and 2) based on broad geographical criteria.^[2]

Conference 1

Conference 2

Regular season

The Regular Season begins 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 Diff Tie-break 1. Port of Antwerp Giants 6 4 2 461 432 +29 2–0 2. JDA Dijon 6 4 2 425 396 +29 0–2 3. SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 6 3 3 433 434 –1 4. Rakvere Tarvas 6 1 5 389 446 –57

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 Diff Tie-break 1. Royal Halı Gaziantep 6 4 2 456 423 +33 2–0 2. Krasnye Krylya Samara 6 4 2 493 447 +46 0–2 3. CSM Oradea 6 3 3 463 465 –2 4. Atomerőmű SE 6 1 5 407 484 –77

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 Diff Tie-break 1. Tartu Ülikool/Rock 6 4 2 478 408 +70 1–1 (+17) 2. BK Ventspils 6 4 2 420 419 +1 1–1 (–17) 3. Södertälje BBK 6 3 3 441 473 –32 4. Zepter Vienna 6 1 5 415 454 –39

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 Diff Tie-break 1. Triumph Lyubertsy 6 5 1 494 409 +85 2. Gaz Metan Mediaș 6 4 2 468 461 +7 3. BC Kyiv 6 2 4 456 478 –22 4. BC Körmend 6 1 5 451 521 –70

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 Diff Tie-break 1. Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 6 4 2 453 430 +23 2. KTP Basket 6 3 3 467 476 –9 1–1 (0) 3. Okapi Aalstar 6 3 3 451 467 –16 1–1 (0) 4. GasTerra Flames 6 2 4 446 444 +2

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

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break 1. BC Ural Yekaterinburg 6 5 1 482 444 +38 2. KK Krka 6 4 2 425 398 +27 3. Tofaş Bursa 6 3 3 451 425 +26 5. Jászberényi KSE 6 0 6 377 468 –91

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 Diff Tie-break 1. Cholet Basket 6 5 1 441 397 +44 2. Bakken Bears 6 3 3 443 450 –7 3. Joensuun Kataja 6 2 4 436 444 –8 1–1 (0) 4. ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 396 425 –29 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 Diff Tie-break 1. Tsmoki Minsk 6 4 2 479 450 +29 1–1 (+7) 2. Szolnoki Olaj KK 6 4 2 441 434 +7 1–1 (–7) 3. BC Mureș 6 3 3 473 471 +2 4. Rilski Sportist 6 1 5 445 483 –38

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 Diff Pts 1. Tartu Ülikool/Rock 3 3 0 254 215 +39 6 2. Krasnye Krylya Samara 3 2 1 229 223 +6 5 3. Port of Antwerp Giants 3 1 2 242 236 +6 4 4. Gaz Metan Mediaș 3 0 3 223 274 –51 3

ANT KRA TAR MED Port of Antwerp Giants 71-75 18/02 97–79 Krasnye Krylya Samara 25/02 74–75 18/02 Tartu Ülikool/Rock 82–74 11/02 97-67 Gaz Metan Mediaș 11/02 77–80 25/02

Group J

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 3 2 1 250 220 +30 5 2. Szolnoki Olaj KK 3 2 1 218 208 +10 5 3. KK Krka 3 1 2 199 210 -11 4 4. Cholet Basket 3 1 2 214 243 –29 4

REG KRK CHO SZO Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 82-71 18/02 90–68 KK Krka 25/02 80–63 18/02 Cholet Basket 81–78 11/02 70-85 Szolnoki Olaj KK 11/02 65–48 25/02

Group K

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Royal Halı Gaziantep 3 3 0 232 211 +21 6 2. Triumph Lyubertsy 3 2 1 213 210 +3 5 3. BK Ventspils 3 1 2 196 202 –6 4 4. JDA Dijon 3 0 3 201 219 –18 3

JDA GAZ VEN TRI JDA Dijon 76-82 18/02 66–68 Royal Halı Gaziantep 25/02 72–61 18/02 BK Ventspils 69–59 11/02 66-71 Triumph Lyubertsy 11/02 74–78 25/02

Group L

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. BC Ural Yekaterinburg 3 3 0 268 242 +26 6 2. Tsmoki Minsk 3 2 1 279 237 +42 5 3. KTP Basket 3 1 2 229 272 –43 4 4. Bakken Bears 3 0 3 233 258 –25 3

KTP URA BAK MIN KTP Basket 75-86 18/02 64–100 BC Ural Yekaterinburg 25/02 85–71 18/02 Bakken Bears 86–90 11/02 76-83 Tsmoki Minsk 11/02 96–97 25/02

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
	Flis Dmitry	BC Ural Yekaterinburg
	Barış Ermiş	Royal Halı Gaziantep
3	Andrea Cinciarini	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	33

See also

• 2013–14 Euroleague
• 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball

References