2000–01 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.

2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup
LeagueFIBA Saporta Cup
SportBasketball
Final
ChampionsGreece Maroussi
  Runners-upFrance Élan Chalon
Finals MVPUnited States Jimmy Oliver

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
Spain Caja San Fernando (5th) Turkey Beşiktaş (4th) Poland Anwil Włocławek (2nd) Portugal Porto (CW)
Spain Pamesa Valencia (6th) Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka (5th) Slovakia Slovakofarma Pezinok (1st) Austria Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (1st)
Greece Aris (8th) Russia UNICS (3rd) Slovenia Pivovarna Laško (2nd) Belgium Telindus Racing Antwerpen (1st)
Greece Maroussi (10th) Italy Lineltex AC Imola (12th)* Croatia Zagreb (4th) Lithuania Sakalai (4th)
France Paris Racing (6th) Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (4th) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda (3rd) Finland Namika Lahti (1st)
France Élan Chalon (8th) Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon (4th) Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (1st) Cyprus Keravnos Keo (1st)

*As a substitute for Olimpia Milano which team withdrew from competition

Regular season

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VAL MAR CHA HGE KAR LAŠ
1 Spain Pamesa Valencia 10 7 3 877 857 +20 17 Advanced to Top 16 — 95–81 77–79 90–86 95–93 89–87
2 Greece Maroussi 10 7 3 875 813 +62 17 82–75 — 70–62 98–82 101–92 112–71
3 France Élan Chalon 10 6 4 714 693 +21 16 67–77 75–56 — 72–67 73–57 82–88
4 Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon 10 4 6 860 837 +23 14 94–97 89–83 60–68 — 121–90 83–85
5 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 10 3 7 854 912 −58 13 105–91 95–99 66–78 87–90 — 89–88
6 Slovenia Pivovarna Laško 10 3 7 797 865 −68 13 83–91 77–93 75–58 67–88 76–80 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI POR ARI BEŞ ARK ZAG
1 Russia UNICS 10 8 2 709 509 +200 18 Advanced to Top 16 — 97–70 93–61 60–65 93–50 20–0
2 Portugal Porto 10 7 3 654 606 +48 17 62–75 — 74–73 72–82 88–81 20–0
3 Greece Aris 10 7 3 719 659 +60 17 75–73 66–81 — 101–98 112–96 20–0
4 Turkey Beşiktaş 10 5 5 688 691 −3 15 65–85 57–74 87–101 — 85–84 20–0
5 Austria Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 10 3 7 658 763 −105 13 61–93 75–93 57–90 114–109 — 20–0
6 Croatia Zagreb 10 0 10 0 200 −200 10 0–20 0–20 0–20 0–20 0–20 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BONN KER CZV CSF PAR SAK
1 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 8 2 880 801 +79 18 Advanced to Top 16 — 84–52 83–75 97–82 87–83 88–76
2 Cyprus Keravnos Keo 10 5 5 814 838 −24 15 87–95 — 93–79 92–90 92–83 78–92
3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 10 5 5 784 790 −6 15 94–89 95–84 — 80–76 66–68 69–68
4 Spain Caja San Fernando 10 4 6 836 815 +21 14 76–83 70–78 79–81 — 96–84 102–63
5 France Paris Racing 10 4 6 789 810 −21 14 87–72 69–82 65–61 78–85 — 79–67
6 Lithuania Sakalai 10 4 6 802 851 −49 14 89–102 81–76 85–84 79–80 102–93 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ANW ANT BOR PEZ LAH IMO
1 Poland Anwil Włocławek 10 9 1 814 754 +60 19 Advanced to Top 16 — 90–84 87–83 81–79 91–76 82–51
2 Belgium Telindus Racing Antwerpen 10 6 4 804 777 +27 16 67–75 — 102–84 90–73 77–58 79–71
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 10 5 5 855 802 +53 15 90–74 72–78 — 94–76 111–69 87–70
4 Slovakia Slovakofarma Pezinok 10 5 5 851 832 +19 15 73–76 79–82 81–68 — 99–86 86–80
5 Finland Namika Lahti 10 3 7 770 863 −93 13 59–60 89–66 85–83 76–102 — 93–69
6 Italy Lineltex AC Imola 10 2 8 803 869 −66 12 92–98 86–79 80–83 99–103 105–79 —
Source: FIBA Europe


Top 16
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beşiktaş Turkey 156–188 Spain Pamesa Valencia 66–81 90–107
Aris Greece 76–108 Greece Maroussi 76–88 0–20*
Élan Chalon France 141–120 Portugal Porto 80–64 61–56
Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel 153–166 Russia UNICS 83–88 70–78
Slovakofarma Pezinok Slovakia 179–207 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 93–110 86–97
Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina 162–165 Cyprus Keravnos Keo 89–74 73–91
Crvena zvezda Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 89–113 Belgium Telindus Racing Antwerpen 89–93 0–20**
Caja San Fernando Spain 134–137 Poland Anwil Włocławek 69–67 65–70

* 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
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos Keo Cyprus 122–175 Spain Pamesa Valencia 69–74 53–101
Telindus Racing Antwerpen Belgium 125–148 Russia UNICS 62–61 63–87
Maroussi Greece 203–173 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 102–82 101–91
Élan Chalon France 128–126 Poland Anwil Włocławek 65–54 63–72

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pamesa Valencia Spain 132–138 France Élan Chalon 69–72 63–66
UNICS Russia 176–180 Greece Maroussi 95–87 81–93

Final

April 17, Hala Torwar, Warsaw

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Maroussi Greece 74–72 France Élan Chalon


2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup Champions
Greece
Maroussi
1st title

Awards

FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP

See also

References
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