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1993–94 FIBA European League

sports season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ2787349 ↗
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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, and ended on April 21, 1994. The competition's Final Four was held at Tel Aviv. The competition was won by 7up Joventut. They eliminated two other spanish teams Real Madrid and Barcelona in the knockouts and then won against Olympiacos by two points in the final match. It has been the club's only Euroleague (European League) title.

Limoges CSP, the defending champions, were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Panathinaikos.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's entrant was 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 each had representative clubs in the competition for the first time.

Competition system

41 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis.

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The public source identifies “1993–94 FIBA European League” as sports season. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around FIBA, European and League.

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