A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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| Season | 2002–03 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 15 October 2002 – 24 April 2003 (competition proper) | ||||||||||||
| Number of games | 150 | ||||||||||||
| Number of teams | 24 (competition proper) | ||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions |  Pamesa Valencia 1st title | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up |  Krka | ||||||||||||
| Finals MVP |  Dejan Tomašević | ||||||||||||
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The 2002–03 ULEB Cup was the inaugural season of Europe's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, the ULEB Cup, which is organised by Euroleague Basketball. The 2003 ULEB Cup Finals were played between Pamesa Valencia and Krka, and won by Valencia, their first title in a European-wide competition. As the winners of the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, Valencia qualified for the European top-tier level 2003–04 Euroleague.
Team allocation
A total of 24 teams from 10 countries, instead of the initial 32, participated in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup.[1][2][3] The majority of champion teams that could not play in the Euroleague chose to compete in the 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup, apart from the champions of Russia, Netherlands and Belgium. The inaugural ULEB Cup also didn't feature teams from Greece, Lithuania and Israel as they chose to play in FIBA's competition.
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.[1]
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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| Regular season (32 teams) |
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| Elimination rounds (16 teams) |
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Teams
League positions after Playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses:[2][3]
| Regular season | |||
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| Adecco Estudiantes (4th)
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 Eurocellulari Roseto (9th)
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 RheinEnergie Köln (2nd)
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Pivovarna Laško (3rd)
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| Pamesa Valencia (6th)
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Metis Varese (10th)
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Telekom Baskets Bonn (3rd)
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 Zadar (2nd)
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| Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada (7th)
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Snaidero Udine (12th)
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Opel Skyliners (4th)
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 Ricoh Astronauts (1st)
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| Caprabo Lleida (8th)
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 Cholet (3rd)
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 Telindus Oostende (1st)
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 Ural Great (1st)
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| DKV Joventut (9th)
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Élan Chalon (4th)
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Spirou (2nd)
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 FMP (3rd)
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| Generali Group Trieste (7th)
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Gravelines (5th)
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Krka (2nd)
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 Darüssafaka (3rd)
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Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3][4][5]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Regular season | Round 1 | 16 July 2002 | 15 October 2002 | |
| Round 2 | 22 October 2002 | |||
| Round 3 | 29 October 2002 | |||
| Round 4 | 5 November 2002 | |||
| Round 5 | 12 November 2002 | |||
| Round 6 | 3 December 2002 | |||
| Round 7 | 10 December 2002 | |||
| Round 8 | 17 December 2002 | |||
| Round 9 | 7 January 2003 | |||
| Round 10 | 14 January 2003 | |||
| Elimination rounds | Eighthfinals | 15 January 2003 | 4 February 2003 | 11 February 2003 |
| Quarterfinals | 25 February 2003 | 4 March 2003 | ||
| Semifinals | 18 March 2003 | 25 March 2003 | ||
| Finals | 15 April 2003 | 24 April 2003 | ||
Regular season
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four first qualified teams advanced to the elimination rounds, while the two last teams were eliminated.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GRA | JOV | URA | UDI | BON | FUE | |
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| 1 | Gravelines
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10 | 7 | 3 | 851 | 796 | +55 | 17 | Advance to elimination rounds | — | 88–82 | 86–68 | 91–83 | 88–63 | 83–72 | |
| 2 | DKV Joventut
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10 | 6 | 4 | 837 | 824 | +13 | 16 | 95–87 | — | 94–82 | 77–69 | 88–72 | 87–82 | ||
| 3 | Ural Great
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10 | 5 | 5 | 877 | 824 | +53 | 15 | 87–94 | 101–73 | — | 86–61 | 96–84 | 117–89 | ||
| 4 | Snaidero Udine
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10 | 5 | 5 | 823 | 805 | +18 | 15 | 84–67 | 84–90 | 90–86 | — | 92–78 | 93–64 | ||
| 5 | Telekom Baskets Bonn
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10 | 4 | 6 | 786 | 845 | −59 | 14 | 84–80 | 81–78 | 72–64 | 76–84 | — | 99–81 | ||
| 6 | Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada
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10 | 3 | 7 | 809 | 889 | −80 | 13 | 78–87 | 78–73 | 81–90 | 90–83 | 94–77 | — |
Group B