2003 Euroleague Final Four

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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.

2003 Euroleague Final Four

Tournament details
Arena	Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona, Spain
Dates	May 9–11, 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

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

Montepaschi 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

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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

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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 4		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

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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)

External links

• 2003 Final Four website