2000–01 Euroleague

November 2023 Sports season 1999–2000 2000–01 SuproLeague2001–02 2000–01 Euroleague 2000–01 ITA Kinder Bologna (2nd title) ESP Tau Cerámica 24 ARG Regular Season MVP Dejan Tomašević EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP FRY Top 16 MVP FRY Manu Ginóbili ARG EuroLeague Final Four MVP Dejan Tomašević 30.9 FRY Alphonso Ford 26.0 USA Dejan Tomašević 11.5 FRY Ivica Marić 5.9 CRO The 2000–01 ULEB Euroleague was the inaugural basketball season of the EuroLeague, under ULEB and its newly formed Euroleague Basketball Company authority. Overall it was the 44th season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs overall. Initially it was not recognised or sanctioned by FIBA and considered a breakaway competition. It started on October 16, 2000, with a regular season game between hosts Real Madrid Teka and Olympiacos, which was held at the Raimundo Saporta Pavilion, in Madrid, Spain,http://217.13.116.51/noticia.jsp?temporada=E05&jornada=14&id=1089 EL.net interview: Eduardo Portela 2008-03-19 https://archive.today/20080606192930/http://217.13.116.51/noticia.jsp?temporada=E05&jornada=14&id=1089 2008-06-06 dead and it ended with the last championship finals game on May 10, 2001, which was held at the PalaMalaguti arena, in Bologna, Italy. This season did not feature all of the top-tier level European club basketball teams, as some of them opted to compete in the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague competition instead, after the row erupted between the previous EuroLeague governing body, FIBA, and the newly established Euroleague Basketball Company. It was the first time in European basketball that several clubs did not qualify to a European competition based on performance, but instead wild cards were given. Top clubs also signed licences with the right to participate in upcoming seasons regardless of their domestic league ranking. A total of 24 teams competed for the EuroLeague title, which was ultimately won by Kinder Bologna. Dejan Tomašević was the EuroLeague Regular Season MVP, and Manu Ginóbili was the Finals MVP. European Champions' Cup teams divided FIBA–EuroLeague dispute The FIBA European Champions' Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated under its umbrella from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–2000 season. Euroleague Basketball Company was created by ULEB clubs in 2000. At the time the leagues of ULEB were Spain, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Portugal, England and Switzerland.ULEB members in 2000 However against the will of their domestic leagues clubs from Lithuania, Croatia, Russia, Israel and Slovenia opted for the Euroleague competition despite the fact that their leagues were not members of ULEB. FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name and had no legal recourse on the usage of that name, so they had to find a new name for their league. The following 2000–01 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from the FIBA EuroLeague) and Euroleague. Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Tau Cerámica, and Benetton Treviso joined Euroleague Basketball. Lugano Tigers the Swiss champions were the last team to join the ULEB side and enter the competition. Rules, format changes and dates On 11 July 2000 in Thessaloniki during the ULEB Assembly format changes and dates were set for the new competition ULEB Assembly 2000 The Official List of the teams will include a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 16 players. Ten players will be allowed on the bench while 2 USA players per team are permitted. There was no Final Four but a best of three series in the Final. Andrea Bassani (ex-General Manager of the Italian League) was appointed in the Assembly as the Manager of Marketing and Media of the Euroleague. Referees Kostas Rigas was elected commissioner. Three referees will officiate every Euroleague game. The team of officials will be made up of 45 referees who have signed guaranteed contracts for three years with no age restriction. However FIBA did not allow them to officiate in their domestic leagues in 2000-01. Dates Games will be played on Thursdays, with the possibility of moving them forward to Wednesday when necessary. Regular season: 19 October 2000 to 8 January 2001 Play-offs 1/8 finals- 1,8,15 February 2001 Play-offs ¼ finals: 22 Feb, 1, 8 March 2001 Semi-finals: 27, 29 March, 3, 5, 12 April 2001 Finals: 17, 19 April, 1, 3, 10 May 2001 Team allocation A total of 24 teams from 14 countries participate in the competition. Distribution The table below shows the default access list. Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundRegular season(24 teams) 4 best-placed teams from: Greece Italy Spain 2 best-placed teams from Croatia 1 best-placed teams from: Belgium Germany Great Britain Lithuania Portugal Slovenia Switzerland Yugoslavia 2 Wild cardsPlayoffs(16 teams) 4 group winners from the regular season 4 group runners-up from the regular season 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season The competition culminated in a best 3 out of 5 playoff series. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs WC: Wild card Regular season GRE PAOK (2nd) ITA Kinder Bologna (3rd) CRO Cibona VIP (1st) LTU Žalgiris (2nd) GRE Olympiacos (3rd) ITA Müller Verona (4th) CRO Zadar (2nd) POR Ovarense Aerosoles (1st) GRE AEK (4th) ESP Real Madrid Teka (1st) BEL Spirou Charleroi (4th) RUS Saint Petersburg Lions (WC) GRE Peristeri (5th) ESP FC Barcelona (2nd) GER Opel Skyliners (3rd) SLO Union Olimpija (3rd) ITA Paf Wennington Bologna (1st) ESP Adecco Estudiantes (3rd) UK Haribo London Towers (1st) SWI Lugano Snakes (1st) ITA Benetton Treviso (2nd) ESP Tau Cerámica (4th) ISR Hapoel Jerusalem (WC) FRY Budućnost (1st) Regular season The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round, The Top 16. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results. If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group) Points scored in all group matches Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match Group A PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification ITA PAFGRE PERLTU ZALESP ESTSWI LUGCRO ZAD 1 ITA Paf Wennington Bologna1082812760+52Advance to Playoffs —71–6991–8581–7281–6681–77 2 GRE Peristeri1073841786+55 83–70 —74–9291–8185–6892–73 3 LTU Žalgiris1064866816+50 73–5686–73 —77–80105–8997–85 4 ESP Adecco Estudiantes1046820821−1 76–9086–9187–77 —97–7693–81 5 SWI Lugano Snakes1037777914−137 72–10080–9195–8777–76 —75–74 6 CRO Zadar1028840859−19 87–9179–9286–8780–72118–79 — Source: Euroleague Group B PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification ITA KINGRE AEKESP TAUCRO CIBRUS SPLBEL SPI 1 ITA Kinder Bologna1091835734+101Advance to Playoffs —81–6676–73106–8884–78106–87 2 GRE AEK1082805746+59 78–77 —64–5283–7584–7397–73 3 ESP Tau Cerámica1064749700+49 59–6585–65 —92–6697–8876–64 4 CRO Cibona1037773832−59 69–7472–8162–60 —75–7085–70 5 RUS Saint Petersburg Lions1028778840−62 78–8269–9079–8192–90 —83–77 6 BEL Spirou Charleroi1028769857−88 58–8089–9771–74100–9180–68 — Source: Euroleague Group C PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification GRE OLYESP RMBSLO UOLITA BENISR JERPOR OVA 1 GRE Olympiacos1073861738+123Advance to Playoffs —91–8482–7082–73102–69101–67 2 ESP Real Madrid Teka1073859789+70 75–73 —82–7064–75104–64116–94 3 SLO Union Olimpija1073823752+71 69–7388–79 —78–7495–68102–79 4 ITA Benetton Treviso1064847777+70 95–8787–8869–71 —78–71106–81 5 ISR Hapoel Jerusalem1037784881−97 83–7074–8776–8879–104 —106–71 6 POR Ovarense Aerosoles10010746983−237 53–10073–8070–9276–8682–94 — Source: Euroleague Group D PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification ESP FCBGRE PAOFRY PODITA VERUK LONGER SKY 1 ESP FC Barcelona1082856757+99Advance to Playoffs —58–6792–7596–8482–7686–60 2 GRE PAOK1073846773+73 91–102 —89–7297–9470–58100–70 3 FRY Budućnost1073844819+25 77–8583–71 —77–73101–8379–73 4 ITA Müller Verona1064920854+66 94–90102–8886–91 —102–7690–70 5 UK Haribo London Towers1019775878−103 82–9761–9388–9589–98 —86–61 6 GER Opel Skyliners1019696856−160 51–6873–8079–9480–9779–76 — Source: Euroleague Playoffs Bracket Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. main 4 3 / 3 / 5 / 5 legs high y First Round QuarterFinal SemiFinal Final A1 ITA Paf Bologna 76 75 B4 CRO Cibona 64 74 C2 ESP Real Madrid Teka 91 76 D3 FRY Budućnost 63 62 B1 ITA Kinder Bologna 113 85 A4 ESP Adecco Estudiantes 70 80 D2 GRE PAOK 75 77 69 C3 SLO Union Olimpija 64 85 73 C1 GRE Olympiacos 94 96 D4 ITA Müller Verona 92 84 A2 GRE Peristeri 79 68 B3 ESP Tau Cerámica 81 81 D1 ESP FC Barcelona 85 82 C4 ITA Benetton Treviso 86 99 B2 GRE AEK 69 73 A3 LTU Žalgiris 60 71 A1 ITA Paf Bologna 74 57 88 C2 ESP Real Madrid Teka 68 88 70 B1 ITA Kinder Bologna 80 81 C3 SLO Union Olimpija 79 79 C1 GRE Olympiacos 72 76 B3 ESP Tau Cerámica 78 98 B2 GRE AEK 97 74 71 C4 ITA Benetton Treviso 89 90 56 B1 ITA Kinder Bologna 103 92 74 A1 ITA Paf Bologna 76 84 70 B2 GRE AEK 67 65 62 B3 ESP Tau Cerámica 70 90 76 B1 ITA Kinder Bologna 65 94 80 79 82 B3 ESP Tau Cerámica 78 73 60 96 74 First Round In a best-of-three series the remaining 16 teams were placed against each other. The games were held between the 31st of January and the 14th of February, 2001, with the top 8 teams advancing to the Playoffs. 3 Paf Bologna ITA 2–0 Cibona CRO 76–64 75–74 Kinder Bologna ITA 2–0 Adecco Estudiantes ESP 113–70 85–80 Peristeri GRE 0–2 Tau Cerámica ESP 79–81 68–81 AEK GRE 2–0 Žalgiris LIT 69–60 73–71 Olympiacos GRE 2–0 Müller Verona ITA 94–92 96–84 FC Barcelona ESP 0–2 Benetton Treviso ITA 85–86 82–99 Real Madrid Teka ESP 2–0 Budućnost FRY 91–63 76–62 PAOK GRE 1–2 Union Olimpija SLO 75–64 77–85 69–73 |} Quarterfinals In a best-of-three series the remaining eight teams were placed against each other. The games were held between 21 February and 7 March 2001, with the top 4 teams advancing to the semifinals. 3 Paf Bologna ITA 2–1 Real Madrid Teka ESP 74–68 57–88 88–70 Kinder Bologna ITA 2–0 Union Olimpija SLO 80–79 81–79 Olympiacos GRE 0–2 Tau Cerámica ESP 72–78 76–98 AEK GRE 2–1 Benetton Treviso ITA 97–89 74–90 71–56 |} Semifinals In a best-of-five series the remaining four teams were placed against each other. The games were held between the 27th of March and the 7th of April, 2001. Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th legKinder Bologna ITA3–0ITA Paf Wennington Bologna103–7692–8474–70AEK GRE0–3ESP Tau Cerámica65–90*67–7062–76 Note:The game was replayed between the second and the third game. AEK won the originally game 75-74 after overtime. Dimos Dikoudis scored the winning basket into appears. After Tau's appeal, ULEB's judge decided the replay of the game. Finals 2001 Euroleague Finals The culminating stage of the Euroleague season, the two remaining teams that won the semifinal series played each other in a best-of-five series. Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th legKinder Bologna ITA3–2ESP Tau Cerámica65–7894–7380–6079–9682–74 2000–01 Euroleague ChampionsITA 100px Kinder Bologna 2nd Title Awards Top Scorer PlayerTeam USA Alphonso Ford GRE Peristeri Regular season MVP PlayerTeam FRY Dejan Tomašević FRY Budućnost Finals MVP PlayerTeam Argentina Manu Ginóbili ITA Kinder Bologna Finals Top Scorer PlayerTeam Argentina Manu Ginóbili ITA Kinder Bologna USA Elmer Bennett ESP Tau Cerámica USA Victor Alexander ESP Tau Cerámica All-Euroleague First Team PlayerTeam USA Louis Bullock ITA Müller Verona USA Alphonso Ford GRE Peristeri USA Derrick Hamilton RUS Saint Petersburg Lions ITA Gregor Fučka ITA Paf Wennington Bologna FRY Dejan Tomašević FRY Budućnost All-Euroleague Second Team PlayerTeam USA Jemeil Rich SWI Lugano Snakes GRE Panagiotis Liadelis GRE PAOK ESP Pau Gasol ESP FC Barcelona GRE Ioannis Giannoulis GRE PAOK USA Rashard Griffith ITA Kinder Bologna Round MVP EuroLeague MVP of the Round Regular season WeekPlayerTeam Performance Index Rating PIR1GRE Panagiotis LiadelisGRE PAOK422FRY Dejan Tomašević FRY Budućnost 34ITA Gianluca Basile ITA Paf Wennington Bologna3FRY Milenko TopićFRY Budućnost394FRY Dejan Tomašević (2)FRY Budućnost425USA Derrick HamiltonRUS St. Petersburg Lions386CRO Darko KrunićCRO Zadar397ITA Gregor FučkaITA Paf Wennington Bologna428USA Kebu StewartISR Hapoel Jerusalem479USA Derrick Hamilton (2)RUS St. Petersburg Lions4010ARG Marcelo NicolaITA Benetton Treviso36 Playoffs GamePlayerTeam Performance Index Rating PIR8thF G1USA Alphonso FordGRE Peristeri 458thF G2FRY Dejan Tomašević (3)FRY Budućnost 34CRO Dino Rađja GRE Olympiakos ITA Riccardo Pittis ITA Benetton Treviso8thF G3GRE Angelos Koronios GRE PAOK 20CRO Emilio Kovačić SVN Union Olimpija4F G1ITA Gregor Fučka (2)ITA Paf Wennington Bologna434F G2USA Rashard GriffithITA Kinder Bologna324F G3ITA Carlton MyersITA Paf Wennington Bologna 45SF G1LIT 1988 Saulius ŠtombergasESP Tau Cerámica 43SF G2USA Elmer BennettESP Tau Cerámica 33SF G3ARG Fabricio ObertoESP Tau Cerámica 25Final G1USA Victor AlexanderESP Tau Cerámica 32Final G2FRA Antoine RigaudeauITA Kinder Bologna 21Final G3ARG Manu GinóbiliITA Kinder Bologna 31Final G4USA Elmer Bennett (2)ESP Tau Cerámica 28Final G5USA Rashard Griffith (2)ITA Kinder Bologna 25 Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1.FRY Dejan TomaševićFRY Budućnost1237130.922.USA Derrick HamiltonRUS Saint Petersburg Lions1028328.303.USA Alphonso Ford GRE Peristeri 1230525.42 Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1.USA Alphonso Ford GRE Peristeri 1231226.002.FRY Dejan TomaševićFRY Budućnost1227522.923.GRE Panagiotis LiadelisGRE PAOK1329522.69 Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1.FRY Dejan TomaševićFRY Budućnost1213811.502.CRO Dino RađaGRE Olympiacos141379.793.BEL Ron EllisBEL Region Wallone Spirou10969.60 Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1.CRO Ivica MarićCRO Zadar10595.902.USA Elmer BennettESP Tau Cerámica221205.453.ITA Riccardo PittisITA Benetton Treviso14543.86 Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeam Games Average Steals CRO Ivica Marić CRO Zadar 10 3.70 USA Jemeil Rich SWI Lugano Snakes Blocks UKR Grigorij Khizhnyak LTU Žalgiris 12 3.17 Turnovers RUS Sergei Bazarevich RUS Saint Petersburg Lions 10 4.50 Fouls drawn GRE Panagiotis Liadelis GRE PAOK 13 7.08 Minutes USA Derrick Hamilton RUS Saint Petersburg Lions 10 38:35 2P% FRA Stéphane Risacher GRE Olympiacos 14 73.7% 3P% ARG Jorge Racca GRE PAOK 13 59.3% FT% USA Henry Williams ITA Müller Verona 12 94.7% Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic PIR USA Kebu Stewart ISR Hapoel Jerusalem 47Points ITA Carlton Myers ITA Paf Wennington Bologna 41 USA Alphonso Ford GRE Peristeri Rebounds USA Victor Alexander ESP Tau Cerámica 19 Assists USA Elmer Bennett ESP Tau Cerámica 13Steals ARG Manu Ginóbili ITA Kinder Bologna 7 FRY Bojan Bakić FRY Budućnost Blocks CRO Stojan Vranković ITA Paf Wennington Bologna 10 Three pointers LIT Saulius Štombergas ESP Tau Cerámica 9 Turnovers RUS Sergei Bazarevich RUS Saint Petersburg Lions 11 Aftermath In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength ULEB dictated proceedings, and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the EuroLeague was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball Company's umbrella, and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. It is today officially admitted that European basketball had two champions that year, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. A year later, Euroleague Basketball Company and FIBA decided that Euroleague Basketball's EuroLeague competition would be the main basketball tournament on the continent, to be played between the top level teams of Europe. FIBA Europe would also organize a European league for third-tier level teams, known as the FIBA Europe League competition, while Euroleague Basketball would also organize its own second-tier level league, combining FIBA's long-time Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other, and did so jointly until 2016. In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding and merged to the FIBA Europe Champions Cup in 2002 which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the ULEB Cup. See also 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup 2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup References and notes Sources 2000-01 at Eurobasket.com Results External links 2000-01 season and prize money 2000–01 Euroleague 2000–01 Euroleague Eurobasket.com 2000–01 Euroleague Category:EuroLeague seasons