2013–14 EuroChallenge
# 2013–14 EuroChallenge

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.

## Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round. (TH: Title holder)

* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual playoffs

Regular season :

| Szolnoki Olaj (2nd) | Krasnye Krylia (6th) | Tartu University Rock (2nd) | Tsmoki Minsk (1st) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Atomerőmű SE (3rd) | Triumph Lyubertsy (7th) | Rakvere Tarvas (3rd) | Rilski Sportist (3rd) |
| Fortress Jászberényi (5th) | Ural Yekaterinburg (1st) | JDA Dijon (8th) | Bakken Bears (1st) |
| Ingoknito Fashion Körmend (6th) | Mureș (2nd) | Cholet (10th) | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (7th) |
| ZZ Leiden (1st) | Oradea (3rd) | Team TEHO Sport (2nd) | Ventspils (2nd) |
| SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (3rd) | Gaz Metan Mediaș (4th) | Kataja (3rd) | Krka (1st) |
| GasTerra Flames (4th) | Okapi Aalstar (4th) | Tofaş (8th) | Södertälje Kings (1st) |
| Kyiv (14th) | Port of Antwerp Giants (5th) | Royal Halı Gaziantep (9th) | Zepter Vienna (1st) |

* ↑ Ural Yekateringburg won the 2012–13 Russian Basketball Super League, the second division of Russian basketball.

## 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.

### Conference 1

| Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| BK Ventspils Antwerp Giants Okapi Aalstar Cholet Basket | Joensuun Kataja Tartu Ülikool/Rock JDA Dijon Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | ZZ Leiden Södertälje BBK SPM Shoeters GasTerra Flames | Rakvere Tarvas Zepter Vienna Bakken Bears Team TEHO Sport Kotka |

### Conference 2

| Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| KK Krka Krasnye Krylya Samara Szolnoki Olaj KK Triumph Lyubertsy | Tsmoki Minsk Gaz Metan Mediaș Tofaş Bursa Atomerőmű SE | BC Körmend BC Ural Yekaterinburg Rilski Sportist Royal Halı Gaziantep | BC Kyiv Jászberényi KSE BC Mureș CSM Oradea |

## 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:

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

Key to colors :

* Top two places in each group advance to Last 16
* Eliminated

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ANT | JDA | SPM | RAK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Port of Antwerp Giants | 6 | 4 | 2 | 461 | 432 | +29 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 81–59 | 77–72 | 78–73 |
| 2 | JDA Dijon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 425 | 396 | +29 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | 68–74 | — | 83–64 | 80–47 |
| 3 | SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | 6 | 3 | 3 | 433 | 434 | −1 | 9 | | 83–76 | 66–70 | — | 78–71 |
| 4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 6 | 1 | 5 | 389 | 446 | −57 | 7 | | 77–75 | 64–65 | 57–70 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GAZ | KRA | ORA | ASE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Royal Halı Gaziantep | 6 | 4 | 2 | 456 | 423 | +33 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 71–63 | 69–74 | 75–63 |
| 2 | Krasnye Krylia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 493 | 447 | +46 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | 89–96 | — | 84–75 | 79–75 |
| 3 | Oradea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 463 | 465 | −2 | 9 | | 73–71 | 74–89 | — | 90–74 |
| 4 | Atomerőmű SE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 407 | 484 | −77 | 7 | | 61–74 | 56–89 | 78–77 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TAR | VEN | SÖD | ZEP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tartu University Rock | 6 | 4 | 2 | 478 | 408 | +70 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 65–66 | 99–65 | 83–60 |
| 2 | Ventspils | 6 | 4 | 2 | 420 | 419 | +1 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | 63–81 | — | 73–76 | 61–56 |
| 3 | Södertälje Kings | 6 | 3 | 3 | 441 | 473 | −32 | 9 | | 72–76 | 83–80 | — | 82–73 |
| 4 | Zepter Vienna | 6 | 1 | 5 | 415 | 454 | −39 | 7 | | 82–74 | 71–78 | 73–76 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TRI | GAZ | KYI | KÖR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 6 | 5 | 1 | 494 | 409 | +85 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 94–72 | 94–58 | 90–74 |
| 2 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 6 | 4 | 2 | 468 | 461 | +7 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | 81–84 | — | 82–69 | 77–72 |
| 3 | Kyiv | 6 | 2 | 4 | 456 | 478 | −22 | 8 | | 54–52 | 74–83 | — | 102–64 |
| 4 | Ingoknito Fashion Körmend | 6 | 1 | 5 | 451 | 521 | −70 | 7 | | 60–70 | 68–73 | 103–99 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | REG | TEHO | OKA | GTF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 453 | 430 | +23 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 86–75 | 80–63 | 78–61 |
| 2 | Team TEHO Sport | 6 | 3 | 3 | 467 | 476 | −9 | 9 | Advance to last 16 | 75–71 | — | 74–77 | 77–83 |
| 3 | Okapi Aalstar | 6 | 3 | 3 | 451 | 467 | −16 | 9 | | 71–78 | 87–90 | — | 83–82 |
| 4 | GasTerra Flames | 6 | 2 | 4 | 446 | 444 | +2 | 8 | | 85–60 | 72–76 | 63–70 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | URA | KRK | TOF | JÁS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 6 | 5 | 1 | 482 | 444 | +38 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 79–68 | 74–70 | 88–85 |
| 2 | Krka | 6 | 3 | 3 | 425 | 398 | +27 | 9 | Advance to last 16 | 80–75 | — | 71–61 | 76–61 |
| 3 | Tofaş | 6 | 3 | 3 | 451 | 425 | +26 | 9 | | 77–82 | 81–72 | — | 86–72 |
| 4 | Fortress Jászberényi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 377 | 468 | −91 | 6 | | 64–84 | 41–58 | 54–76 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CHO | BAK | KAT | ZZL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cholet | 6 | 5 | 1 | 441 | 397 | +44 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 84–67 | 70–69 | 74–52 |
| 2 | Bakken Bears | 6 | 3 | 3 | 443 | 450 | −7 | 9 | Advance to last 16 | 66–68 | — | 101–90 | 79–81 |
| 3 | Kataja | 6 | 2 | 4 | 436 | 444 | −8 | 8 | | 76–70 | 66–68 | — | 77–63 |
| 4 | ZZ Leiden | 6 | 2 | 4 | 396 | 425 | −29 | 8 | | 67–76 | 61–62 | 72–58 | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TSM | SZO | MUR | RIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 6 | 4 | 2 | 479 | 450 | +29 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 76–68 | 79–83 | 94–75 |
| 2 | Szolnoki Olaj | 6 | 4 | 2 | 441 | 434 | +7 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | 69–68 | — | 68–76 | 73–66 |
| 3 | Mureș | 6 | 3 | 3 | 473 | 471 | +2 | 9 | | 82–84 | 72–85 | — | 92–85 |
| 4 | Rilski Sportist | 6 | 1 | 5 | 445 | 483 | −38 | 7 | | 73–78 | 76–78 | 70–68 | — |

## Last 16

Key to colors :

* Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals
* Advance to quarterfinals
* Eliminated

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TAR | KRA | ANT | GAZ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tartu University Rock | 6 | 5 | 1 | 487 | 418 | +69 | 11 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 94–73 | 82–74 | 97–67 |
| 2 | Krasnye Krylia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 467 | 434 | +33 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals | 74–75 | — | 87–67 | 78–60 |
| 3 | Port of Antwerp Giants | 6 | 3 | 3 | 454 | 461 | −7 | 9 | | 64–59 | 71–75 | — | 97–79 |
| 4 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 6 | 0 | 6 | 428 | 523 | −95 | 6 | | 66–90 | 77–80 | 79–81 | — |

### 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 University Rock | 1–2 | Szolnoki Olaj | 87–83 | 73–80 | 60–78 |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 2–0 | Krasnye Krylia | 75–63 | 73–71 | |
| Royal Halı Gaziantep | 2–0 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 59–58 | 68–67 | |
| 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 | Semifinals 25 April | Final 27 April | Final 27 April |
| - | - | - | - |
| Triumph Lyubertsy | 61 |
| Szolnoki Olaj | 59 | | |
| Szolnoki Olaj | 59 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 65 |
| | | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 79 |
| Royal Halı Gaziantep | 55 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 79 |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 66 | | |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 66 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | Szolnoki Olaj | 75 |
| | | Royal Halı Gaziantep | 87 |

## 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 |
| Three pointers | Kristo Saage | 7 |
| Blocks | Jason Conrad | 7 |

## Awards

### Weekly MVP

Regular season

| Week | Player | Team | PIR |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maxime de Zeeuw | Port of Antwerp Giants | 31 |
| 1 | Greg Brunner | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 31 |
| 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 |
| 2 | Dmitry Flis | BC Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 |
| 2 | Barış Ermiş | Royal Halı Gaziantep | 30 |
| 3 | Andrea Cinciarini | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 33 |
| 4 | Vilmantas Dilys | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 30 |
| 4 | Willie Kemp | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 30 |
| 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 |
| 1 | Justin Holiday | Szolnoki Olaj KK | 28 |
| 2 | Dejan Borovnjak | Royal Halı Gaziantep | 31 |

### Final Four MVP

* Andrea Cinciarini (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia)
