 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Paive nematanho makumi maviri nemaviri akatambwa muchikamu chenguva dzose chemwaka, zvikwata zvina zvakanakisa zvakakodzera kuenda kuFinal Four Tournament iyo yakatambwa muLjubljana kubva muna Kubvumbi 22 kusvika Kubvumbi 5, 2003. Maererano nehurongwa hwekutanga mutambo wekupedzisira waifanira kutambwa muTel Aviv, asi nekuda kwekuwedzera kwemamiriro ekuchengetedza ipapo panguva iyoyo, mutambo wakaendeswa kuLjubljana. Crvena Zvezda akapedza pamusoro petafura mumwaka wenguva dzose, kunyangwe kirabhu isina kutamba mutambo wayo wekupedzisira neMaccabi, sezvo kirabhu yeIsrael isina kuenda kuBelgrade nekuda kwemamiriro ekukurumidzira akaparidzwa mushure mekuurayiwa kwaKurume 2003.wegurukota reSerbia Zoran Đinđić. ABA yakapa mutambo kuCrvena Zvezda. Mumutambo wokutanga muTel Aviv Crvena Zvezda yakakunda Maccabi. 