2002–03 ABA Goodyear League

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2002–03 ABA Goodyear League season

| league = ABA Goodyear League

| sport = Basketball

| pixels = 132px

| caption =

| duration =

| no_of_teams = {{CRO}} (4 teams)
{{SLO}} (3 teams)
{{nowrap|{{BIH}} (3 teams)}}
{{ISR}} (1 team)
{{SCG}} (1 team)

| no_of_games =

| attendance =

| TV =

| season = Regular season

| season_champs = {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Crvena zvezda

| MVP = {{flagicon|USA}} Kenyan Weaks {{small|(Pivovarna Laško)}}

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|USA}} Kenyan Weaks {{small|(Pivovarna Laško)}} (20.14 ppg)

| top_scorer_link =

| playoffs =

| playoffs_link =

| conf1 =

| conf1_link =

| conf1_champ =

| conf1-runner-up =

| conf2 =

| conf2_link =

| conf2_champ =

| conf2-runner-up =

| finals = Final 4

| finals_link = NLB League#Champions

| finals_champ = {{flagicon|Croatia}} Zadar

| finals-runner-up =

| finals_MVP =

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslist = NLB League#Champions

| seasonslistnames = ABA Goodyear League

| prevseason_link = 2001–02 ABA Goodyear League

| prevseason_year = 2001–02

| nextseason_link = 2003–04 ABA Goodyear League

| nextseason_year = 2003–04

}}

12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Slovenia, and FR Yugoslavia participated in Goodyear League in its second season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, FEAL Široki, Bosna ASA, Borac Nektar, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Crvena zvezda.

There were 22 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Ljubljana since April 3 until April 5, 2003. According to the original plan the Final Tournament was to be played in Tel Aviv, but due to the deteriorating security situation there at that time, the tournament got moved to Ljubljana. Crvena Zvezda finished top of the table in regular season, although the club didn't play its last round match against Maccabi, since the Israeli club didn't travel to Belgrade due to the state of emergency proclaimed following the March 2003 assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Đinđić. ABA awarded the game to Crvena Zvezda. In first match in Tel Aviv Crvena Zvezda defeated Maccabi.

Zadar became the 2003 Goodyear League champion.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091128145626/http://www.adriaticbasket.info/w2/history.php Adriatic League History]}}, adriaticbasket.info

Regular season

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!width=15|

!width=220|Team

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|L

!width=20|PF

!width=20|PA

!width=30|Diff

!width=20|Pts

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| 1.

align=left|Crvena zvezda

| 22

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| 2.

align=left|Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

| 22

17518871629+25839
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 3.

align=left|Union Olimpija

| 22

17518121647+16539
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 4.

align=left|Zadar

| 22

14819631891+7236
5.align=left|Cibona VIP

| 22

13918081695+11335
6.align=left|Zagreb

| 22

111117581861-10333
7.align=left|Krka

| 22

111118061738+6833
8.align=left|Pivovarna Laško

| 22

91317171784-6731
9.align=left|FEAL Široki

| 22

91317451773-2831
10.align=left|Split CO

| 22

71517471877-13029
11.align=left|Borac Nektar

| 22

61618241902-7828
bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 12.

align=left|Bosna ASA

| 22

12116622112-45023

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style="background: #ddffdd" width="20" |

| Qualified for Final four

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| Relegated

{{small|Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.}}

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Final four

Matches played at Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1 = Semifinals
April 3.

| RD2 = Final
April 5.

| score-width = 35

| team-width = 200

| RD1-seed1 = 1

| RD1-team1 = Crvena zvezda

| RD1-score1 = 77

| RD1-seed2 = 4

| RD1-team2 = Zadar

| RD1-score2 = 78

| RD1-seed3 = 2

| RD1-team3 = Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

| RD1-score3 = 82

| RD1-seed4 = 3

| RD1-team4 = Union Olimpija

| RD1-score4 = 76

| RD2-seed1 = 4

| RD2-team1 = Zadar

| RD2-score1 = 91

| RD2-seed2 = 2

| RD2-team2 = Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

| RD2-score2 = 88

}}


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2002–03 ABA Godyear League Champions

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Zadar
1st Title

Stats leaders

=Ranking MVP=

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Rank

!width="175"|Name

!width="120"|Team

!width="60"|Efficiency

!width="60"|Games

!width="60"|Average

1.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Kenyan Weaksalign="left"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Pivovarna Laško4032119.19
2.align="left"|{{flagicon|SCG}} Dragan Aleksić align="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} Borac Nektar3511918.47
3.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Arnold align="left"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Krka3311818.39
4.align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Marko Popović align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Zadar3892217.68
5.align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Gordan Zadravecalign="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} FEAL Široki3682117.52

=Points=

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Rank

!width="175"|Name

!width="120"|Team

!width="60"|Points

!width="60"|Games

!width="60"|PPG

1.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Kenyan Weaksalign="left"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Pivovarna Laško4202120.00
2.align="left"|{{flagicon|SCG}} Dragan Aleksić align="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} Borac Nektar3751919.74
3.align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Gordan Zadravecalign="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} FEAL Široki4972119.38
4.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Arnold align="left"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Krka3321818.44
5.align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Marko Popović align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Zadar3942217.91

=Rebounds=

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Rank

!width="175"|Name

!width="120"|Team

!width="60"|Rebounds

!width="60"|Games

!width="60"|RPG

1.align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Andrija Žižićalign="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Split CO148188.22
2.align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Nikša Tarlealign="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} Bosna ASA158207.90
3.align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Hrvoje Perinčićalign="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Zadar149217.10
4.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Arnold align="left"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Krka125186.94
5.align="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} Haris Mujezinovićalign="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Cibona VIP129196.79

=Assists=

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|-

!Rank

!width="175"|Name

!width="120"|Team

!width="60"|Assists

!width="60"|Games

!width="60"|APG

|-

|1.||align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Ivan Tomas||align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Zagreb||128||22||5.82

|-

|2.||align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Marko Popović ||align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Zadar||104||22||4.73

|-

|3.||align="left"|{{flagicon|SCG}} Dragan Aleksić ||align="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} Borac Nektar||89||19||4.68

|-

|4.||align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Mladen Erjavec||align="left"|{{flagicon|HRV}} Zadar||106||23||4.61

|-

|5.||align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Scoonie Penn||align="left"|{{flagicon|SCG}} Crvena zvezda||88||22||4.00

|-

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