# 1992–93 FIBA European League

The 1992–93 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1992–93 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 36th season of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It featured 42 competing teams from 33 countries. The final of the competition was held on April 15, 1993, at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, with Limoges CSP defeating Benetton Treviso, by a score of 59–55. The defending title holder, Partizan, was not allowed in the competition because of United Nations Security Council Resolution 757, which imposed sanctions against Yugoslavia.

## Competition system

* 42 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
* The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
* The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a Quarterfinal Playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games).
* The four winners of the Quarterfinal Playoff qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

## Team allocation

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
Group stage :
| Benetton Treviso (1st) | Marbella Joventut (1st) | Partizan* (1st)$^{TH}$ | |
| Second round ||||
| Scavolini Pesaro (2nd) | Cibona (1st) | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) | Crvena zvezda** (2nd) |
| Knorr Bologna (3rd) | Zadar (2nd) | Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd) | |
| Real Madrid Teka (2nd) | Pau-Orthez (1st) | Olympiacos (2nd) | |
| Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd) | Limoges CSP (2nd) | ASK Brocēni (1st) | |
| First round ||||
| Partizani Tirana (1st) | Kalev Tallinn (1st) | Žalgiris (1st) | Smelt Olimpija (1st) |
| Union SPI Basket Flyers (1st) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) | Etzella (1st) | Scania Sodertalje |
| Maes Pils (1st) | Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) | Commodore Den Helder (1st) | Benetton Fribourg (1st) |
| CSKA Sofia (1st) | PAOK (1st) | Śląsk Wroclaw (1st) | Efes Pilsen (1st) |
| Pezoporikos Larnaca (1st) | NMKY Helsinki (1st) | Benfica (1st) | Budivelnyk (1st) |
| USK Praha (1st) | ZTE Heraklith (1st) | Universitatea Cluj (1st) | |
| Guildford Kings (1st) | Keflavik (1st) | CSKA Moscow (1st) | |
$^*$Partizan was drawn for the competition but was not allowed to compete due to UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia. FIBA decided not to replace Partizan with another team for the Regular Season Group Stage, so the 15 qualified clubs had to be unevenly distributed in this round (a group of 8 teams and another of only 7).
**Crvena zvezda was drawn for the competition but was not allowed to compete due to UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia. PAOK went through with a walkover.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Partizani Tirana | 133–232 | CSKA Sofia | 75–107 | 58–125 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 180–237 | Śląsk Wrocław | 85–124 | 95–113 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 146–188 | USK Praha | 59–85 | 87–103 |
| ZTE Heraklith | 154–185 | Budivelnyk | 79–86 | 75–99 |
| Keflavik | 191–256 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 100–130 | 91–126 |
| Pezoporikos Larnaca | 130–211 | PAOK | 61–104 | 69–107 |
| Žalgiris | 169–177 | Smelt Olimpija | 80–74 | 89–103 |
| Kalev | 153–154 | Guildford Kings | 80–75 | 73–79 |
| Efes Pilsen | 174–123 | Benetton Fribourg | 91–59 | 83–64 |
| NMKY Helsinki | 160–152 | Union SPI Basket Flyers | 95–63 | 65–89 |
| CSKA Moscow | 174–168 | Commodore Den Helder | 95–94 | 79–74 |
| Etzella | 130–218 | Benfica | 72–113 | 58–105 |
| Scania Södertälje | 169–190 | Maes Pils | 86–93 | 83–97 |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| CSKA Sofia | 151–200 | Real Madrid Teka | 73–103 | 78–97 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 154–195 | Scavolini Pesaro | 72–91 | 82–104 |
| USK Praha | 152–175 | Estudiantes Argentaria | 84–99 | 68–76 |
| Budivelnyk | 165–210 | Knorr Bologna | 80–114 | 85–96 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 245–191 | ASK Brocēni | 126–103 | 119–88 |
| Crvena zvezda | 0–4$^{**}$ | PAOK | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Smelt Olimpija | 166–176 | Olympiacos | 85–88 | 81–88 |
| Guildford Kings | 129–143 | Limoges CSP | 72–72 | 57–71 |
| Efes Pilsen | 120–131 | Pau-Orthez | 65–67 | 55–64 |
| NMKY Helsinki | 175–192 | Cibona | 87–83 | 88–109 |
| CSKA Moscow | 173–174 | Zadar | 95–86 | 78–88 |
| Benfica | 156–189 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 75–89 | 81–100 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 164–170 | Maes Pils | 88–80 | 76–90 |

## Group stage

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
* Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
* Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
* Points scored in all group matches
* Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Key to colors :
* Qualified to Playoff
* Eliminated
| Group A Main article: FIBA European Championship 1992–93 Regular Season Group A TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. PAOK 122084879839+40 2. Limoges CSP 121975816757+59 3. Scavolini Pesaro 121975887877+10 4. Knorr Bologna 121866938893+45 5. Marbella Joventut 121866945946-1 6. Cibona 121757909976-67 7. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 1215399341020-86 8. Partizan* 0000000 | Group B Main article: FIBA European Championship 1992–93 Regular Season Group B TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Real Madrid Teka 142612211811031+150 2. Benetton Treviso 142410411271073+54 3. Olympiacos 14228610571023+34 4. Pau-Orthez 14228611131100+13 5. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14228610991105-6 6. Zadar 14195910961198-102 7. Estudiantes Argentaria 141841011321131+1 8. Maes Pils 141511310921236-144 |

## Quarterfinals

Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| Pau-Orthez | 0–2 | PAOK | 86–103 | 65–81 | |
| Olympiacos | 1–2 | Limoges CSP | 70–67 | 53–59 | 58–60 |
| Knorr Bologna | 0–2 | Real Madrid Teka | 56–76 | 58–79 | |
| Scavolini Pesaro | 1–2 | Benetton Treviso | 94–92 | 94–101 | 58–77 |

## Final four
### Semifinals

April 13, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Real Madrid Teka | 52–62 | Limoges CSP |
| PAOK | 77–79 | Benetton Treviso |

### 3rd place game

April 15, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Real Madrid Teka | 70–76 | PAOK |

### Final

April 15, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Benetton Treviso | 55–59 | Limoges CSP |
* 1992–93 FIBA European League Champions
* Limoges CSP 1st Title

### Final standings

* Team
* Limoges CSP
* Benetton Treviso
* PAOK
* Real Madrid Teka

## Awards

| Award | Player | Club |
| Season Top Scorer | Zdravko Radulović | Cibona |
| Final Four MVP | Toni Kukoč | Benetton Treviso |
| Finals Top Scorer | Terry Teagle | Benetton Treviso |

## 1993 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

| Position | Player | Club |
| Point guard | John Korfas | PAOK |
| Shooting guard | Jure Zdovc | Limoges CSP |
| Small forward | Toni Kukoč (MVP) | Benetton Treviso |
| Power forward | Cliff Levingston | PAOK |
| Center | Stefano Rusconi | Benetton Treviso |