2013–14 Euroleague

Allocation

• The 14 teams with an A-Licence from the 2012–13 Euroleague, based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.
• The [2012–13 Eurocup Basketball|Eurocup Basketball|2012–13 Eurocup] winner was given a C-Licence.
• 14 places were allocated from a list of 30 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 14 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. The first 8 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition.
• If the Eurocup champion was qualified by receiving a B license, or some team with it resigned from the competition, a wild card had to be given by the Euroleague.

• The club had the lowest ranking of all clubs with an A Licence according to the Club Ranking.
• The club had ranked among the clubs placed in the bottom half of the national championship final standings.
• The club had financial problems.
• In the ACB (Spain), when the champion and/or the runner-up of the league were teams without an A license. In that case, the A license club with the lowest position would play Eurocup in the next season. If that happened three times in five years, the A license of the club would be cancelled.

Euroleague allocation criteria

A licenses

B licenses B licenses could be given to every team without an A license. If in the allocation appeared a team with an A license, the next team in the criteria would receive the B license, which qualified directly to the Regular Season. A licensed teams B licensed teams WC teams Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round C licenses and wild cards ;To the Regular Season Vacant C license of Lokomotiv Kuban, qualified with a B license, Asseco Prokom's lost A license, and the B license rejected by Acea Roma converted to a wild card: Strasbourg Budivelnyk Bayern Munich ;To the Qualification Rounds Khimki Cimberio Varèse Competition format changes As new, for this Euroleague season, the eliminated teams in the Regular Season, were dropped to the Eurocup. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round : A: Qualified through an A–licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs QR: Qualifying rounds WC: Wild card EC: Champion of the 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball Qualifying rounds The eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format, from October 1 until October 4, 2013. All games were played in the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania. Draw The draws for the 2013–14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague were held on Thursday, 4 July. Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period. Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 Regular season The regular season was played between October 17 and December 20. If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were 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. Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16 Bottom two teams in each group entered 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 round Top 16 The Top 16 began on January 2 and ended on April 11, 2014. If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head record between teams still tied. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Top 16. Points scored during the Top 16. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 match. Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs Eliminated See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams were equal on points. Group E Group F Quarterfinals Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg FC Barcelona Final Four The Final Four was the last phase of the season and was held over a weekend. The semifinal games were played on 16 May, while the third place game and championship game were played on 18 May. The Final Four was held at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy. Attendances Average home attendances Pos Team 1 Individual statistics Other statistics Category Name Team Games Stat Steals per game Awards 2013–14 Euroleague MVP Sergio Rodríguez 2013–14 Euroleague Final Four MVP Tyrese Rice All-Euroleague Team 2013–14 Pos. All-Euroleague First Team Club Team All-Euroleague Second Team Club Team G Top Scorer ([Alphonso Ford Trophy]) Keith Langford Best Defender Bryant Dunston Rising Star Bogdan Bogdanović Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award">Euroleague Coach of the Year Award">Alexander Gomelsky Award) David Blatt MVP of the Month Month Player Team October 2013