2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup
2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup
League	FIBA Saporta Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Montepaschi Siena
Runners-up	Pamesa Valencia
Finals MVP	Petar Naumoski
FIBA Saporta Cup seasons
	← 2000–01 ULEB Cup 2002-03 →

The 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-sixth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It was the last edition of the tournament. It took place between 30 October 2001 and 30 April 2002. The final was held at Lyon, France.

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.

Teams

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
QR1-2: Losers of the 2001-02 Euroleague qualifyng rounds.
CW: Cup winners

Regular season
Pamesa Valencia (5th)	Darüşşafaka (3rd)^QR1	Telekom Baskets Bonn (2nd)^QR2	Igokea (1st)
Adecco Estudiantes (6th)	Türk Telekom (4th)	Hapoel Jerusalem (2nd)	Keravnos Keo (1st)
Montepaschi Siena (6th)	Panionios (5th)	Split CO (2nd)^QR2	Portugal Telecom (1st)^QR2
Snaidero Udine (7th)	Iraklis (6th)	Anwil Włocławek (2nd)	Ricoh Astronauts (1st)
Le Mans (3rd)^QR2	UNICS (2nd)	Slovakofarma Pezinok (1st)	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (CW)
SIG Strasbourg (4th)	Lietuvos rytas (2nd)^QR1	FMP (5th)	Lugano Snakes (1st)^QR2

Regular season

Key to colors
	Qualified to Round of 16
	Eliminated

Group A

	VAL	UDI	TÜR	SIG	POR	LUG
VAL		80-62	76-77	78-73	86-68	83-64
UDI	74-69		84-89	70-74	91-80	84-68
TÜR	75-79	73-79		92-80	87-75	101-71
SIG	88-80	76-84	93-84		80-75	112-85
POR	82-88	70-74	108-104	91-98		115-78
LUG	72-87	77-88	105-110	79-78	103-88

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Pamesa Valencia	10	7	3	806	735	17
2.	Snaidero Udine	10	7	3	790	756	17
3.	Türk Telekom	10	6	4	852	818	16
4.	SIG Strasbourg	10	6	4	852	818	16
5.	Portugal Telecom	10	2	8	852	889	12
6.	Lugano Snakes	10	2	8	802	946	12

Group B

	SIE	PAN	JER	EST	MSB	DAR
SIE		74-71	99-77	106-93	91-86	106-83
PAN	91-86		97-86	100-96	108-83	83-79
JER	87-71	85-80		84-80	20-0	94-77
EST	68-64	82-84	83-82		108-81	91-85
MSB	46-94	88-75	89-82	86-96		91-61
DAR	58-60	88-87	79-88	76-86	72-93

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Montepaschi Siena	10	7	3	851	760	17
2.	Panionios	10	6	4	876	847	16
3.	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	6	4	785	755	16
4.	Adecco Estudiantes	10	6	4	883	848	16
5.	Le Mans*	10	4	6	743	807	13
6.	Darüşşafaka	10	1	9	758	879	11

*Le Mans was docked one point for not playing the game at Hapoel Jerusalem.

Group C

	LIE	TEL	UNI	ANW	AST	TRA
LIE		95-82	81-76	91-66	97-75	106-65
TEL	81-96		95-76	89-73	86-80	92-78
UNI	84-64	86-71		88-90	98-78	112-49
ANW	72-89	82-84	79-85		79-61	84-67
AST	70-82	57-72	70-78	59-61		72-65
TRA	75-111	81-102	66-93	74-105	66-82

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Lietuvos rytas	10	9	1	912	746	19
2.	Telekom Baskets Bonn	10	7	3	854	804	17
3.	UNICS	10	7	3	876	743	17
4.	Anwil Włocławek	10	5	5	791	793	15
5.	Ricoh Astronauts	10	2	8	710	784	12
6.	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	10	0	10	686	959	10

Group D

	PEZ	IRA	FMP	SPL	IGO	KER
PEZ		86-74	95-92	85-89	62-58	93-62
IRA	62-66		71-76	88-78	86-50	80-46
FMP	81-92	63-92		96-83	72-64	82-64
SPL	86-80	87-92	73-78		82-84	87-84
IGO	78-81	81-90	77-78	99-110		91-86
KER	54-87	72-80	59-100	87-88	83-86

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Slovakofarma Pezinok	10	8	2	827	736	18
2.	Iraklis	10	7	3	815	707	17
3.	FMP	10	7	3	818	770	17
4.	Split CO	10	5	5	863	873	15
5.	Igokea	10	3	7	768	827	13
6.	Keravnos Keo	10	0	10	696	874	10

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adecco Estudiantes	145–169	Pamesa Valencia	77–80	68–89
Hapoel Jerusalem	158–152	Snaidero Udine	71–74	87–78
Türk Telekom	143–145	Panionios	80–74	63–71
SIG Strasbourg	144–152	Montepaschi Siena	78–78	66–74
Split CO	137–184	Lietuvos rytas	67–100	70–84
FMP	172–174	Telekom Baskets Bonn	88–91	84–83
UNICS	167–163	Iraklis	91–79	76–84
Anwil Włocławek	163–152	Slovakofarma Pezinok	95–78	68–74

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Telekom Baskets Bonn	156–176	Pamesa Valencia	88–92	68–84
UNICS	131–138	Montepaschi Siena	73–70	58–68
Hapoel Jerusalem	163–155	Lietuvos rytas	88–90	75–65
Panionios	142–149	Anwil Włocławek	83–74	59–75

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pamesa Valencia	135–118	Anwil Włocławek	77–65	58–53
Montepaschi Siena	192–140	Hapoel Jerusalem	98–69	94–71

Final

April 30, Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pamesa Valencia	71–81	Montepaschi Siena

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup Champions
Montepaschi Siena 1st title

Awards

FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP

Petar Naumoski ( Montepaschi Siena)

References

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