# 2003–04 FIBA Europe League

The 2003–04 FIBA Europe League was the first season of the FIBA Europe League, the newly established third tier in European basketball and FIBA's top competition. A total number of 30 teams participated in the competition, five of which were domestic champions. UNICS took the title after winning the Final Four.

## Team allocation

There were five domestic champions and six runners-up (including Germany, Russia and Israel) in the new competition which sported a similar name to FIBA European League, the name under which the EuroLeague was known until 1996. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.
* 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
Regular season :
| Ural Great (2nd) | Aris BSA (5th) | Hapoel Tel Aviv (7th) | Kalev Tallinn (5th) |
| UNICS (3rd) | TIM Maroussi (6th) | Anwil Wloclawek (1st) | Honka Playboys (1st) |
| Khimki (4th) | Azovmash (1st) | Polonia Warsaw (4th) | GHP Bamberg (2nd) |
| Dynamo Moscow (7th) | Odesa (2nd) | Hemofarm (5th) | Skonto (2nd) |
| SLUC Nancy (6th) | Kyiv (3rd) | Vojvodina NIS (8th) | Alita (3rd) |
| Paris Basket Racing (7th) | Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut (2nd) | Široki Hercegtisak (1st) | Turk Telekom (4th) |
| STB Le Havre (8th) | Telindus Oostende (3rd) | ECM Nymburk (2nd) | |
| Peristeri (4th) | Strauss Iscar Nahariya (2nd) | EKA AEL Limassol (1st) | |

## Qualifying round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | UNICS | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1058 | 804 | +254 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Azovmash Mariupol | 12 | 7 | 5 | 919 | 875 | +44 | Advance to play-offs |
| 3 | Türk Telekom | 12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 914 | −15 | Advance to play-offs |
| 4 | Telindus Oostende | 12 | 6 | 6 | 979 | 1000 | −21 | Advance to play-offs |
| 5 | Široki Hercegtisak | 12 | 6 | 6 | 899 | 952 | −53 | |
| 6 | STB Le Havre | 12 | 4 | 8 | 797 | 890 | −93 | |
| 7 | Alita | 12 | 2 | 10 | 852 | 968 | −116 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Anwil Włocławek | 12 | 9 | 3 | 902 | 867 | +35 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Hemofarm | 12 | 8 | 4 | 960 | 882 | +78 | Advance to play-offs |
| 3 | EKA AEL Limassol | 12 | 7 | 5 | 842 | 840 | +2 | Advance to play-offs |
| 4 | Khimki | 12 | 6 | 6 | 972 | 968 | +4 | Advance to play-offs |
| 5 | Peristeri | 12 | 5 | 7 | 914 | 948 | −34 | |
| 6 | Paris Basket Racing | 12 | 4 | 8 | 885 | 946 | −61 | |
| 7 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut | 12 | 3 | 9 | 897 | 921 | −24 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Ural Great | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1253 | 1064 | +189 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1154 | 990 | +164 | Advance to play-offs |
| 3 | GHP Bamberg | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1045 | 1053 | −8 | Advance to play-offs |
| 4 | Aris BSA | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1171 | 1072 | +99 | Advance to play-offs |
| 5 | Polonia Warsaw | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1145 | 1156 | −11 | |
| 6 | Kyiv | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1046 | 1107 | −61 | |
| 7 | Skonto | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1031 | 1193 | −162 | |
| 8 | Honka Playboys | 14 | 1 | 13 | 941 | 1151 | −210 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Dynamo Moscow | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1233 | 1090 | +143 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Strauss Iscar Nahariya | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1251 | 1134 | +117 | Advance to play-offs |
| 3 | TIM Maroussi | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1161 | 1037 | +124 | Advance to play-offs |
| 4 | NIS Vojvodina | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1193 | 1115 | +78 | Advance to play-offs |
| 5 | ECM Nymburk | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1172 | 1179 | −7 | |
| 6 | SLUC Nancy | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1107 | 1148 | −41 | |
| 7 | Odesa | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1084 | 1182 | −98 | |
| 8 | Kalev Tallinn | 14 | 1 | 13 | 984 | 1300 | −316 | |

## Play-offs

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Vojvodina | Vojvodina | 67 | 73 | | | | | | | | |
| UNICS | UNICS | 77 | 85 | | | | | | | | |
| UNICS | UNICS | 77 | 85 | UNICS | 76 | 70 | 87 | | | | |
| | | | | Hemofarm | 52 | 71 | 58 | | | | |
| GHP Bamberg | GHP Bamberg | 66 | 70 | Hemofarm | 52 | 71 | 58 | | | | |
| Hemofarm | Hemofarm | 80 | 79 | | | | | | | | |
| Hemofarm | Hemofarm | 80 | 79 | | | | | UNICS | UNICS | UNICS | 93 |
| | | | | | | | | Ural Great | Ural Great | Ural Great | 68 |
| Ural Great | 100 | 79 | 88 | | | | | Ural Great | Ural Great | Ural Great | 68 |
| Khimki | 94 | 85 | 67 | | | | | | | | |
| Khimki | 94 | 85 | 67 | Ural Great | 96 | 77 | 81 | | | | |
| | | | | Ironi Nahariya | 91 | 89 | 73 | | | | |
| Türk Telekom | Türk Telekom | 78 | 75 | Ironi Nahariya | 91 | 89 | 73 | | | | |
| Ironi Nahariya | Ironi Nahariya | 101 | 98 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ironi Nahariya | Ironi Nahariya | 101 | 98 | | | | | | | | | UNICS | UNICS | UNICS | 87 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | TIM Maroussi | TIM Maroussi | TIM Maroussi | 63 |
| TIM Maroussi | TIM Maroussi | 76 | 88 | | | | | | | | | TIM Maroussi | TIM Maroussi | TIM Maroussi | 63 |
| Azovmash Mariupol | Azovmash Mariupol | 70 | 84 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Azovmash Mariupol | Azovmash Mariupol | 70 | 84 | TIM Maroussi | 85 | 93 | 99 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Aris BSA | 76 | 101 | 90 | | | | | | | | |
| Aris BSA | Aris BSA | 96 | 98 | Aris BSA | 76 | 101 | 90 | | | | | | | | |
| Anwil Włocławek | Anwil Włocławek | 85 | 92 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anwil Włocławek | Anwil Włocławek | 85 | 92 | | | | | TIM Maroussi | TIM Maroussi | TIM Maroussi | 92 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 74 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| EKA AEL Limassol | EKA AEL Limassol | 66 | 73 | | | | | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 74 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 87 | 89 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 87 | 89 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 92 | 83 | | | | | Ural Great | Ural Great | Ural Great | 104 |
| | | | | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 82 | 80 | | | | | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 112 |
| Telindus Oostende | Telindus Oostende | 74 | 70 | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 82 | 80 | | | | | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 112 |
| Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 94 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* 2003–04 FIBA Europe League
* UNICS 1st title