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2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague

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The 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague was FIBA Europe's professional club basketball tournament for the 2000–01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup (which is now called the EuroLeague), though in this season of 2000–01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and Euroleague Basketball Company's Euroleague 2000–01.

2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
Season2000–01
Duration18 October 2000 – 13 May 2001
Teams20
Finals
ChampionsIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd title)
  Runners-upGreece Panathinaikos
Third placeTurkey Efes Pilsen
Fourth placeRussia CSKA Moscow
Awards
Season MVPUnited States Nate Huffman
Final Four MVPSlovenia Ariel McDonald
Statistical leaders
Points Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Berić 23.3
Rebounds Italy Roberto Chiacig 9.4
Assists Latvia Raimonds Miglinieks 7.0

The season started on 18 October 2000, and ended on 13 May 2001. The competition's Final Four took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, France. The 2000–01 SuproLeague was the last European top tier club competition organised by FIBA.

European Champions' Cup teams divided

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Main article: FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history

The 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 was created on 1 July 2000.

FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name and had no legal recourse on the usage of that name. Therefore, FIBA had to find a new name for their league and chose "SuproLeague". The 2000–01 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new Euroleague.

Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi 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.

Competition system and format

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  • 20 teams (national domestic league champions, and runners-up from various national domestic leagues), playing in a tournament system.

The first phase was a regular season, in which the twenty competing teams were drawn into two groups, each containing ten teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 18 games for each team. The top 8 teams in each group advanced to the Round of 16, and the winners of this round advanced to the Quarterfinals. Both of the rounds were played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winning teams of the Quarterfinals qualified to the SuproLeague Final Four, which was held in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, on 10–13 May 2001.

Teams

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Regular season
  ASVEL (2nd)   Iraklis (7th)   Efes Pilsen (2nd)   Śląsk Wrocław (1st)
  Pau-Orthez (3rd)   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)   Ülker (3rd)   CSKA Moscow (1st)
  Alba Berlin (1st)   Maccabi Ness Ra'anana (2nd)   Telindus Oostende (2nd)   Krka (1st)
  Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2nd)   Montepaschi Siena (6th)   Croatia Osiguranje Split (3rd)   Plannja Basket (1st)
  Panathinaikos (1st)   Scavolini Pesaro (9th)   Lietuvos rytas (1st)   Partizan ICN (2nd)

Qualification round

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If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group A

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Panathinaikos 18 13 5 1477 1364 +113 31 Advance to Play Offs
2   CSKA Moscow 18 12 6 1429 1376 +53 30
3   Split CO 18 12 6 1363 1335 +28 30
4   Ülker 18 11 7 1481 1419 +62 29
5   Alba Berlin 18 9 9 1439 1408 +31 27
6   ASVEL 18 9 9 1413 1400 +13 27
7   Lietuvos rytas 18 7 11 1522 1536 −14 25
8   Śląsk Wrocław 18 7 11 1432 1446 −14 25
9   Montepaschi Siena 18 6 12 1406 1495 −89 24
10   Maccabi Ra'anana 18 4 14 1294 1477 −183 22
Source: FIBA Europe

Results

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Home \ Away ALB ASV CSK RYT RAA MPS PAO WRO SPL ULK
Alba Berlin — 74–68 80–77 95–70 77–68 79–80 79–71 86–78 73–79 75–78
ASVEL 74–71 — 72–80 87–69 93–71 86–87 86–92 74–70 88–78 71–66
CSKA Moscow 89–86 83–91 — 88–82 69–68 85–78 69–57 72–65 66–57 83–88
Lietuvos rytas 71–80 80–81 84–88 — 91–69 92–93 87–78 91–101 93–77 79–97
Maccabi Ra'anana 77–84 75–68 66–74 71–88 — 86–71 68–82 89–82 77–84 77–76
Montepaschi Siena 93–83 67–70 76–78 87–91 82–67 — 65–97 74–83 76–81 76–87
Panathinaikos 92–75 86–82 89–81 104–83 83–61 99–95 — 85–79 64–60 84–77
Śląsk Wrocław 76–85 89–79 69–84 74–92 95–68 82–72 62–76 — 72–75 79–69
Split CO 77–73 84–78 75–72 83–80 76–65 81–61 68–59 83–88 — 76–70
Ülker 90–84 78–65 93–91 83–99 102–71 68–73 87–79 92–88 80–69 —
Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Maccabi Tel Aviv 18 15 3 1616 1343 +273 33 Advance to Play Offs
2   Efes Pilsen 18 13 5 1478 1386 +92 31
3   Partizan ICN 18 11 7 1492 1517 −25 29
4   Iraklis 18 10 8 1494 1504 −10 28
5   Scavolini Pesaro 18 9 9 1594 1518 +76 27
6   Pau-Orthez 18 9 9 1486 1432 +54 27
7   Telindus Oostende 18 8 10 1478 1544 −66 26
8   Krka 18 7 11 1401 1487 −86 25
9   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 6 12 1559 1624 −65 24
10   Plannja 18 2 16 1394 1637 −243 20
Source: FIBA Europe

Results

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Home \ Away LEV EFS IRA KRK MTA PAR PAU PLA SCA OOS
Bayer 04 Leverkusen — 69–71 106–110 102–94 98–100 95–81 88–79 89–72 78–82 82–90
Efes Pilsen 97–88 — 88–65 84–70 72–66 93–82 88–76 104–75 96–92 89–80
Iraklis 98–87 72–87 — 73–80 92–85 91–76 86–82 89–74 92–85 74–62
Krka 92–73 64–72 65–85 — 89–87 78–79 73–77 97–92 102–100 80–78
Maccabi Tel Aviv 100–67 69–59 95–71 83–67 — 89–53 91–67 95–69 80–78 96–79
Partizan 108–99 79–68 93–81 77–67 73–95 — 75–69 99–88 76–73 89–80
Pau-Orthez 79–80 94–73 76–74 100–75 80–93 92–81 — 86–59 84–76 92–95
Plannja 76–84 84–92 90–94 72–68 68–113 81–90 62–75 — 78–85 88–87
Scavolini Pesaro 107–89 82–80 90–70 90–68 81–85 84–93 102–89 91–78 — 118–97
Telindus Oostende 88–85 79–65 83–77 63–72 80–94 94–88 61–89 99–88 83–78 —
Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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Bracket

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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.

Eight-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                  
A1   Panathinaikos 82 86 2
B8   Krka 65 79 0
  Panathinaikos 87 71 2
  Alba Berlin 77 69 0
B4   Iraklis 78 77 75 1
A5   Alba Berlin 67 88 86 2
  Panathinaikos 74
  Efes Pilsen 66
B2   Efes Pilsen 89 69 86 2
A7   Lietuvos rytas 78 73 67 1
  Efes Pilsen 95 64 82 2
  Split CO 69 72 59 1
A3   Split CO 79 85 2
B6   Pau-Orthez 78 83 0
  Panathinaikos 67
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 81
B1   Maccabi Tel Aviv 81 85 2
A8   Śląsk Wrocław 75 62 0
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 80 84 2
  Scavolini Pesaro 69 77 0
A4   Ülker 91 83 85 1
B5   Scavolini Pesaro 81 96 88 2
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 86
  CSKA Moscow 80
A2   CSKA Moscow 94 77 2 Third Place
B7   Telindus Oostende 76 70 0
  CSKA Moscow 78 82 2   Efes Pilsen 91
  ASVEL 63 76 0   CSKA Moscow 85
B3   Partizan ICN 80 76 62 1
A6   ASVEL 73 94 73 2

Eight-Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Panathinaikos   2–0   Krka 82–65 86–79
CSKA Moscow   2–0   Telindus Oostende 94–76 77–70
Efes Pilsen   2–1   Lietuvos rytas 89–78 69–73 86–67
Maccabi Tel Aviv   2–0   Śląsk Wrocław 81–75 85–62
Ülker   1–2   Scavolini Pesaro 91–81 83–96 85–88
Split CO   2–0   Pau-Orthez 79–78 85–83
Partizan   1–2   ASVEL 80–73 76–94 62–73
Iraklis   1–2   Alba Berlin 78–67 77–88 75–86

Quarter-Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Panathinaikos   2–0   Alba Berlin 87–77 71–69
CSKA Moscow   2–0   ASVEL 78–63 82–76
Efes Pilsen   2–1   Split CO 95–69 64–72 82–59
Maccabi Tel Aviv   2–0   Scavolini Pesaro 80–69 84–77

Final four

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Main article: 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four

Semifinals

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11 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos   74–66   Efes Pilsen
Maccabi Tel Aviv   86–80   CSKA Moscow

3rd place game

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13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Efes Pilsen   91–85   CSKA Moscow

Final

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13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos   67–81   Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague champions
 
Maccabi Tel Aviv
3rd title

Final standings

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Pos Team
    Maccabi Tel Aviv
    Panathinaikos
    Efes Pilsen
4   CSKA Moscow

Awards

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All official awards of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague.

Main article: FIBA SuproLeague Awards

FIBA SuproLeague Player of the Year

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FIBA SuproLeague Top Scorer

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FIBA SuproLeague Finals Top Scorer

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FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP

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FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team

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First Team[1]
  Ariel McDonald (MVP)   Maccabi Tel Aviv
  Anthony Parker   Maccabi Tel Aviv
  Dejan Bodiroga   Panathinaikos
  Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow
  Nate Huffman   Maccabi Tel Aviv

Statistics

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Individual statistics

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Points

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Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.   Miroslav Berić   Partizan 20 465 23.3
2.   Charles Thomas   Plannja 13 291 22.4
3.   John Best   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 17 378 22.2

Source: FIBA Europe

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.   Roberto Chiacig   Montepaschi Siena 18 169 9.4
2.   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 22 203 9.2
3.   Nate Huffman   Maccabi Tel Aviv 24 216 9.0

Source: FIBA Europe

Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.   Raimonds Miglinieks   Śląsk Wrocław 20 139 7.0
2.   Laurent Sciarra   ASVEL 23 142 6.2
3.   Chuck Evans   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 97 5.4

Source: FIBA Europe

Blocks

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Rank Name Team Games Blocks BPG
1.   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 22 47 2.1
2.   Andrei Fetisov   CSKA Moscow 24 38 1.6
3.   Dejan Koturović   Alba Berlin 23 35 1.5

Source: FIBA Europe

Other statistics

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Category Player Team Games Average
Steals   Ralph Biggs   Telindus Oostende 20 2.1
Turnovers   Andrius Giedraitis   Lietuvos rytas 15 3.7
Minutes   Charles Thomas   Plannja 13 38.5
FT %   Damir Mulaomerović   Efes Pilsen 26 89.2%
2-Point %   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 22 63.9%
3-Point %   Laurent Pluvy   ASVEL 23 54.2%

Individual game highs

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Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points   Miroslav Berić   Partizan 38   Telindus Oostende (Dec 7, 2000)
Rebounds   Lazaros Papadopoulos   Iraklis Thessaloniki 21   Alba Berlin (Apr 5, 2001)
  Hüseyin Beşok   Efes Pilsen   Plannja (Jan 4, 2001)
Assists   Raimonds Miglinieks   Śląsk Wrocław 15   Montepaschi Siena (Nov 15, 2000)
Blocks   Hüseyin Beşok   Efes Pilsen 7   Plannja (Jan 4, 2001)
Steals   Veselin Petrović   Partizan 9   Plannja (Feb 15, 2001)

Team statistics

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Category Team Average
Points   Maccabi Tel Aviv 88.0
Rebounds   Iraklis Thessaloniki 33.8
Assists   ASVEL 18.0
Blocks   CSKA Moscow 4.3
Steals   Montepaschi Siena 10.1
Turnovers   Plannja 14.8
FT %   Scavolini Pesaro 79.4%
2-Point %   Panathinaikos 56.4%
3-Point %   Scavolini Pesaro 40.4%

Two continental champions

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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, Euroleague Basketball Company 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.

Formation of the Euroleague

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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 from 2002 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 FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other and did so 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 Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the EuroCup.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Champions Cup 2000–01.
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