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
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Final
Champions Maroussi
  Runners-up Élan Chalon
Finals MVP 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 was 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
Caja San Fernando (5th) Beşiktaş (4th) Anwil Włocławek (2nd) Porto (CW)
Pamesa Valencia (6th) Pınar Karşıyaka (5th) Slovakofarma Pezinok (1st) Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (1st)
Aris (8th) UNICS (3rd) Pivovarna Laško (2nd) Telindus Racing Antwerpen (1st)
Maroussi (10th) Lineltex AC Imola (12th)* Zagreb (4th) Sakalai (4th)
Paris Racing (6th) Telekom Baskets Bonn (4th) Crvena zvezda (3rd) Namika Lahti (1st)
Élan Chalon (8th) Hapoel Galil Elyon (4th) Borac Banja Luka (1st) 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 Pamesa Valencia 10 7 3 877 857 +20 17 Advanced to Top 16 — 95–81 77–79 90–86 95–93 89–87
2 Maroussi 10 7 3 875 813 +62 17 82–75 — 70–62 98–82 101–92 112–71
3 Élan Chalon 10 6 4 714 693 +21 16 67–77 75–56 — 72–67 73–57 82–88
4 Hapoel Galil Elyon 10 4 6 860 837 +23 14 94–97 89–83 60–68 — 121–90 83–85
5 Pınar Karşıyaka 10 3 7 854 912 −58 13 105–91 95–99 66–78 87–90 — 89–88
6 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 UNICS 10 8 2 709 509 +200 18 Advanced to Top 16 — 97–70 93–61 60–65 93–50 20–0
2 Porto 10 7 3 654 606 +48 17 62–75 — 74–73 72–82 88–81 20–0
3 Aris 10 7 3 719 659 +60 17 75–73 66–81 — 101–98 112–96 20–0
4 Beşiktaş 10 5 5 688 691 −3 15 65–85 57–74 87–101 — 85–84 20–0
5 Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 10 3 7 658 763 −105 13 61–93 75–93 57–90 114–109 — 20–0
6 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 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 Keravnos Keo 10 5 5 814 838 −24 15 87–95 — 93–79 92–90 92–83 78–92
3 Crvena zvezda 10 5 5 784 790 −6 15 94–89 95–84 — 80–76 66–68 69–68
4 Caja San Fernando 10 4 6 836 815 +21 14 76–83 70–78 79–81 — 96–84 102–63
5 Paris Racing 10 4 6 789 810 −21 14 87–72 69–82 65–61 78–85 — 79–67
6 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 Anwil Włocławek 10 9 1 814 754 +60 19 Advanced to Top 16 — 90–84 87–83 81–79 91–76 82–51
2 Telindus Racing Antwerpen 10 6 4 804 777 +27 16 67–75 — 102–84 90–73 77–58 79–71
3 Borac Banja Luka 10 5 5 855 802 +53 15 90–74 72–78 — 94–76 111–69 87–70
4 Slovakofarma Pezinok 10 5 5 851 832 +19 15 73–76 79–82 81–68 — 99–86 86–80
5 Namika Lahti 10 3 7 770 863 −93 13 59–60 89–66 85–83 76–102 — 93–69
6 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beşiktaş 156–188 Pamesa Valencia 66–81 90–107
Aris 76–108 Maroussi 76–88 0–20*
Élan Chalon 141–120 Porto 80–64 61–56
Hapoel Galil Elyon 153–166 UNICS 83–88 70–78
Slovakofarma Pezinok 179–207 Telekom Baskets Bonn 93–110 86–97
Borac Banja Luka 162–165 Keravnos Keo 89–74 73–91
Crvena zvezda 89–113 Telindus Racing Antwerpen 89–93 0–20**
Caja San Fernando 134–137 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos Keo 122–175 Pamesa Valencia 69–74 53–101
Telindus Racing Antwerpen 125–148 UNICS 62–61 63–87
Maroussi 203–173 Telekom Baskets Bonn 102–82 101–91
Élan Chalon 128–126 Anwil Włocławek 65–54 63–72

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

Final

April 17, Hala Torwar, Warsaw

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Maroussi 74–72 Élan Chalon


2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup Champions

Maroussi
1st title

Awards

FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP

See also

References
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