2003 Euroleague Final Four

2003 Euroleague Final Four
Tournament details
Arena	Palau Sant Jordi ; Barcelona, Spain
Dates	May 9 – May 11, 2003
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Benetton Treviso
Third place	Montepaschi Siena
Fourth place	CSKA Moscow
Awards and statistics
MVP	Dejan Bodiroga

The 2003 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2002–03 Euroleague season. The event was held from May 9 until May 11, 2003 and was hosted at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. FC Barcelona won their first Euroleague title in their hometown city after beating Montepaschi Siena in the championship game.

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

May 9, Barcelona

Montepaschi Siena	62
		May 11, Barcelona
Benetton Treviso	65
		FC Barcelona	76
May 9, Barcelona
		Benetton Treviso	65
FC Barcelona	76

CSKA Moscow	71
		Third place

		May 11, Barcelona

		Montepaschi Siena	79

		CSKA Moscow	78

Semifinals

9 May 2003
18:00

Report

Montepsachi Siena	62–65	Benetton Treviso
Scoring by quarter: 12–28, 11–11, 22–6, 17–20
Pts: V. Stefanov 17 Rebs: Kakiouzis 13 Asts: five players 1		Pts: Garbajosa 14 Rebs: Garbajosa, Marconato 10 Asts: Edney 7

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 16,670
Referees: Betancor (ESP), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Martín Bertrán (ESP)

9 May 2003
20:30

Report

FC Barcelona	76–71	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 24–14, 12–21, 19–11
Pts: Fučka 21 Rebs: Fučka 9 Asts: Bodiroga, Jasikevičius 4		Pts: Holden 21 Rebs: Khryapa 12 Asts: Alexander 3

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 16,670
Referees: Pitsilkas (GRE), Rems (SLO), Belosevic (SCG)

Third Place

11 May 2003
18:00

Report

Montepaschi Siena	79–78	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 26–24, 13–12, 14–15
Pts: Ford 19 Rebs: Türkcan 14 Asts: Türkcan 30		Pts: Songaila 15 Rebs: Holden, Khryapa 7 Asts: Holden 6

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 16,670
Referees: Betancor (ESP), Muhvic (CRO), Jovcic (SCG)

Final

11 May 2003
20:30

Report

FC Barcelona	76–65	Benetton Treviso
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 19–9, 13–14, 21–17
Pts: Bodiroga 20 Rebs: Bodiroga, De la Fuente 8 Asts: Bodiroga, Navarro 2		Pts: Edney 16 Rebs: Marconato 7 Asts: Edney 5

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 16,670
Referees: Pitsilkas (GRE), Rems (SLO), Koukoulekidis (GRE)

FC Barcelona

Benetton Treviso

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	13	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	8	1	1
SG	14	Rodrigo de la Fuente	8	8	0
SF	10	Dejan Bodiroga	20	8	2
PF	7	Gregor Fučka	17	6	1
C	12	Roberto Dueñas	3	4	0
Reserves:			P	R	A
PG	5	Nacho Rodríguez	2	2	0
C	6	Alfons Alzamora	DNP
PF	8	Patrick Femerling	9	4	0
SF	9	César Bravo	DNP
SG	11	Juan Carlos Navarro	5	0	2
C	16	Anderson Varejão	1	1	0
C	18	Remon van de Hare	DNP
Head coach:
Svetislav Pešić

2002–03 Euroleague Champions
FC Barcelona 1st title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	5	Tyus Edney	16	2	5
SG	6	Trajan Langdon	8	3	0
SF	7	Riccardo Pittis	4	2	1
PF	15	Jorge Garbajosa	9	5	1
C	8	Denis Marconato	10	7	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
PF	4	Marcelo Nicola	5	2	1
PG	9	Massimo Bulleri	11	0	0
PF	10	Krešimir Lončar	0	0	0
SF	13	Manuchar Markoishvili	2	0	0
SF	16	Nick Eppehimer	DNP
C	20	Thomas Soltau	DNP
Head coach:
Ettore Messina

Awards

Euroleague Final Four MVP

Dejan Bodiroga ( FC Barcelona)

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

Dejan Bodiroga ( FC Barcelona)

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External links

2003 Final Four website

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