2002–03 ULEB Cup
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, instead of the initial 32, participated in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup.Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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Teams
League positions after Playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses:Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows.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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Elimination rounds
In the elimination rounds, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.In the draw for the elimination rounds, the four group winners and four group runners-up were seeded, and the four group third-placed teams and four group fourth-placed teams were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same country could not be drawn against each other.