2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup

2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup FIBA Saporta Cup Basketball Final 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup Final GRE Maroussi FRA Élan Chalon USA Jimmy Oliver FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP FIBA Saporta Cup 1999–2000 FIBA Saporta Cup 1999–00 2001–02 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup The 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-fifth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It occurred between October 17, 2000, and April 17, 2001. The final was held at Hala Torwar, Warsaw, Poland. Competition system 24 teams (national domestic cup champions, plus the best qualified teams in the most important European national domestic leagues), entered a preliminary group stage, divided into four groups of six teams each, playing a round-robin. The final standing were based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams, after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group. The top four teams from each group qualified for a 1/8 Final Playoff (X-pairings, home and away games), while the winners advanced further to 1/4 Finals and 1/2 Finals. The Final was played at a predetermined venue. Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs CW: Cup winners Regular season FRA Paris Basket Racing (6th) TUR Pınar Karşıyaka (4th) CYP Keravnos Keo (1st) POL Anwil Włocławek (2nd) FRA Élan Chalon (8th) TUR Beşiktaş (5th) FIN Namika Lahti (1st) POR Porto (CW) GRE Aris (8th) AUT Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (1st) GER Telekom Baskets Bonn (4th) RUS UNICS (3rd) GRE Maroussi (10th) BEL Telindus Racing Antwerpen (1st) ISR Hapoel Galil Elyon (4th) SVK Slovakofarma Pezinok (1st) ESP Caja San Fernando (5th) BIH Borac Banja Luka (1st) ITA Lineltex AC Imola (12th)* SLO Pivovarna Laško (2nd) ESP Pamesa Valencia (6th) CRO Zagreb (4th) LTU Sakalai (4th) FR Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda (3rd) *As a substitute for Olimpia Milano which team withdrew from competition Regular season Group A main WL true points points complete BSR FIBA Europe VAL MAR CHA HGE KAR LAŠ R16 R16 R16 R16 7 3 877 857 7 3 875 813 6 4 714 693 4 6 860 837 3 7 854 912 3 7 797 865 ESP Pamesa Valencia VAL GRE Maroussi MAR FRA Élan Chalon CHA ISR Hapoel Galil Elyon HGE TUR Pınar Karşıyaka KAR SLO Pivovarna Laško LAŠ Q green1 Advanced to Top 16 95-81 77-79 90-86 95-93 89-87 82-75 70-62 98-82 101-92 112-71 67-77 75-56 72-67 73-57 82-88 94-97 89-83 60-68 121-90 83-85 105-91 95-99 66-78 87-90 89-88 83-91 77-93 75-58 67-88 76-80 Group B main WL true points points complete BSR FIBA Europe UNI POR ARI BEŞ ARK ZAG R16 R16 R16 R16 8 2 709 509 7 3 654 606 7 3 719 659 5 5 688 691 3 7 658 763 0 10 0 200 RUS UNICS UNI POR Porto POR GRE Aris ARI TUR Beşiktaş BEŞ AUT Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions ARK CRO Zagreb ZAG Q green1 Advanced to Top 16 97-70 93-61 60-65 93-50 20-0 62-75 74-73 72-82 88-81 20-0 75-73 66-81 101-98 112-96 20-0 65-85 57-74 87-101 85-84 20-0 61-93 75-93 57-90 114-109 20-0 0-20 0-20 0-20 0-20 0-20 Group C main WL true points points complete BSR FIBA Europe BONN KER CZV CSF PAR SAK R16 R16 R16 R16 8 2 880 801 5 5 814 838 5 5 784 790 4 6 836 815 4 6 789 810 4 6 802 851 GER Telekom Baskets Bonn BONN CYP Keravnos Keo KER FRY Crvena zvezda CZV ESP Caja San Fernando CSF FRA Paris Basket Racing PAR LTU Sakalai SAK Q green1 Advanced to Top 16 84-52 83-75 97-82 87-83 88-76 87-95 93-79 92-90 92-83 78-92 94-89 95-84 80-76 66-68 69-68 76-83 70-78 79-81 96-84 102-63 87-72 69-82 65-61 78-85 79-67 89-102 81-76 85-84 79-80 102-93 Group D main WL true points points complete BSR FIBA Europe ANW ANT BOR PEZ LAH IMO R16 R16 R16 R16 9 1 814 754 6 4 804 777 5 5 855 802 5 5 851 832 3 7 770 863 2 8 803 869 POL Anwil Włocławek ANW BEL Telindus Racing Antwerpen ANT BIH Borac Banja Luka BOR SVK Slovakofarma Pezinok PEZ FIN Namika Lahti LAH ITA Lineltex AC Imola IMO Q green1 Advanced to Top 16 90-84 87-83 81-79 91-76 82-51 67-75 102-84 90-73 77-58 79-71 90-74 72-78 94-76 111-69 87-70 73-76 79-82 81-68 99-86 86-80 59-60 89-66 85-83 76-102 93-69 92-98 86-79 80-83 99-103 105-79 Top 16 Beşiktaş TUR 156–188 Pamesa Valencia ESP 66–81 90–107 2 Aris GRE 76–108 Maroussi GRE 76–88 0–20* 2 Élan Chalon FRA 141–120 Porto POR 80–64 61–56 1 Hapoel Galil Elyon ISR 153–166 UNICS RUS 83–88 70–78 2 Slovakofarma Pezinok SVK 179–207 Telekom Baskets Bonn GER 93–110 86–97 2 Borac Banja Luka BIH 162–165 Keravnos Keo CYP 89–74 73–91 2 Crvena zvezda FRY 89–113 Telindus Racing Antwerpen BEL 89–93 0–20** 2 Caja San Fernando ESP 134–137 Anwil Włocławek POL 69–67 65–70 2 |} * Aris didn't play the second leg because its players were on strike for not getting their salaries and Maroussi received a forfeit (20–0) in this game. ** The original second leg was suspended after several players of Telindus Racing Antwerpen and Crvena zvezda were disqualified. Later, FIBA decided that his game should be replayed a week later behind closed doors to avoid further incidents, but the Yugoslavian team didn't show up for the match and Telindus received a forfeit (20–0). Quarterfinals Keravnos Keo CYP 122–175 Pamesa Valencia ESP 69–74 53–101 2 Telindus Racing Antwerpen BEL 125–148 UNICS RUS 62–61 63–87 2 Maroussi GRE 203–173 Telekom Baskets Bonn GER 102–82 101–91 1 Élan Chalon FRA 128–126 Anwil Włocławek POL 65–54 63–72 1 |} Semifinals Pamesa Valencia ESP 132–138 Élan Chalon FRA 69–72 63–66 2 UNICS RUS 176–180 Maroussi GRE 95–87 81–93 2 |} Final April 17, Hala Torwar, Warsaw Maroussi GRE 74–72 Élan Chalon FRA 1 |} 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup ChampionsGRE 100px Maroussi 1st title Awards FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP USA Jimmy Oliver (GRE Maroussi) See also 2000–01 Euroleague 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague 2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup References External links 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup at Linguasport Saporta 2000–01