1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup
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The 1993–94
FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA Europe between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the European professional club basketball system, third-tier level club competition in European basketball, a ...
season occurred between September 8, 1993, and March 16, 1994. The competition was won by PAOK Bravo in a two-legged final against the Italian League club Stefanel Trieste. PAOK won both at home and away, by 9 points. It has been the club's second European title, after previously winning the 1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup. Recoaro Milano, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals by Stefanel Trieste.
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's entrants were unable to participate for the second season in a row due to the UN economic sanctions. After the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic and Slovakia had 4 representative clubs in the competition each. This was the only season (and basketball international tournament overall) played by a team from
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. Also, this was the debut season in international basketball club competition for
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Competition system

77 teams, best qualified clubs in their domestic leagues, not participating in FIBA Europe League and FIBA European Cup (and applied for this competition), played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The sixteen teams qualified after the 1/16 final round (third round) entered the 1/8 final Group stage divided into four groups of four playing a round-robin. In case of a tie between teams in this stage one to one games and average points were taken into consideration. The two best placed teams from the groups formed quarterfinal knockout round (x pairings with home and away games). Winners advanced to the semifinals and after that the finals (also with the home and away games).


Team allocation

A total of 77 teams participated in this season competition (36 teams entered the first qualifying round, another 36 teams started from the second qualifying round and 5 teams ( Recoaro Milano, Scavolini Pesaro, PAOK Bravo, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Estudiantes Argentaria) received a bye to the third qualifying round. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs * TH: Title holder * CW: Cup Winner


First round


Second round

* & ** Spartak Lugansk and
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withdrew before the first leg and their rivals received a forfeit (20–0) in both games.
*** Nová huť Ostrava didn't travel to Russia to play the second leg and Stroitel Samara received a forfeit (20–0) in this game.


Third round


Regular season


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Quarterfinals


Semifinals


Finals


See also

*
1993–94 FIBA European League The 1993–94 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1993–94 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 37th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 9, 1993, a ...
* 1993–94 FIBA European Cup


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korac Cup 1993–94 1993–94 in European basketball