In the 2004 ACB, Barcelona won the league for the second time in a row, beating Estudiantes in the final who were playing their first ever final. It was a very nice final, in which the field factor was fundamental, after a few years with very poor finals in the ACB where the champions won undefeated, the 2.004 was a final in conditions, 3-2 for Barcelona
After a year in which we had two champions, both FIBA and ULEB were aware that for the sake of basketball there could not be another year, two maximum competitions. Both organizations reached an agreement and we finally had a single competition. They began the competition with 32 teams framed in four groups of eight teams. Of which and after 14 days four will qualify for the second phase, called TOP16 and the other four will be prematurely eliminated
In the summer of 2001, the Eurobasket of Turkey was held, where in the grand final, the Gold went to Yugoslavia, where despite the hostile environment against it, as it faced the local Turkey, the Balkan showed their best quality to win by 78-69
