2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox basketball league season 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.
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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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
- 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
| Regular season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon ASVEL (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Iraklis (7th) | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Śląsk Wrocław (1st) |
| Template:Flagicon Pau-Orthez (3rd) | Template:Flagicon Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) | Template:Flagicon Ülker (3rd) | Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow (1st) |
| Template:Flagicon Alba Berlin (1st) | Template:Flagicon Maccabi Ness Ra'anana (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Telindus Oostende (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Krka (1st) |
| Template:Flagicon Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena (6th) | Template:Flagicon Croatia Osiguranje Split (3rd) | Template:Flagicon Plannja Basket (1st) |
| Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos (1st) | Template:Flagicon Scavolini Pesaro (9th) | Template:Flagicon Lietuvos rytas (1st) | Template:Flagicon Partizan ICN (2nd) |
Qualification round
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
Standings
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Results
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Group B
Standings
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Results
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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.
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Eight-Finals
Quarter-Finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg
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Final four
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Semifinals
11 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Panathinaikos GreeceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 74–66 | TurkeyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Efes Pilsen |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 86–80 | RussiaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". CSKA Moscow |
3rd place game
13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Efes Pilsen TurkeyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 91–85 | RussiaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". CSKA Moscow |
Final
13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Panathinaikos GreeceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 67–81 | IsraelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague champions |
|---|
| Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv 3rd title |
Final standings
Awards
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- FIBA SuproLeague Player of the Year — Template:Flagicon Nate Huffman (Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- FIBA SuproLeague Top Scorer – Template:Flagicon Miroslav Berić (Template:Flagicon Partizan)
- FIBA SuproLeague Finals Top Scorer – Template:Flagicon Dejan Bodiroga (Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos)
- FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP – Template:Flagicon Ariel McDonald (Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv)
FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Miroslav Berić | Template:Flagicon Partizan | 20 | 465 | 23.3 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Charles Thomas | Template:Flagicon Plannja | 13 | 291 | 22.4 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon John Best | Template:Flagicon Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 17 | 378 | 22.2 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Roberto Chiacig | Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena | 18 | 169 | 9.4 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Andrei Kirilenko | Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow | 22 | 203 | 9.2 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Nate Huffman | Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv | 24 | 216 | 9.0 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Assists
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Raimonds Miglinieks | Template:Flagicon Śląsk Wrocław | 20 | 139 | 7.0 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Laurent Sciarra | Template:Flagicon ASVEL | 23 | 142 | 6.2 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Chuck Evans | Template:Flagicon Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 18 | 97 | 5.4 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Blocks
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Blocks | BPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Andrei Kirilenko | Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow | 22 | 47 | 2.1 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Andrei Fetisov | Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow | 24 | 38 | 1.6 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Dejan Koturović | Template:Flagicon Alba Berlin | 23 | 35 | 1.5 |
Source: FIBA Europe
Other statistics
| Category | Player | Team | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steals | Template:Flagicon Ralph Biggs | Template:Flagicon Telindus Oostende | 20 | 2.1 |
| Turnovers | Template:Flagicon Andrius Giedraitis | Template:Flagicon Lietuvos rytas | 15 | 3.7 |
| Minutes | Template:Flagicon Charles Thomas | Template:Flagicon Plannja | 13 | 38.5 |
| FT % | Template:Flagicon Damir Mulaomerović | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen | 26 | 89.2% |
| 2-Point % | Template:Flagicon Andrei Kirilenko | Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow | 22 | 63.9% |
| 3-Point % | Template:Flagicon Laurent Pluvy | Template:Flagicon ASVEL | 23 | 54.2% |
Individual game highs
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Template:Flagicon Miroslav Berić | Template:Flagicon Partizan | 38 | Template:Flagicon Telindus Oostende (Dec 7, 2000) |
| Rebounds | Template:Flagicon Lazaros Papadopoulos | Template:Flagicon Iraklis Thessaloniki | 21 | Template:Flagicon Alba Berlin (Apr 5, 2001) |
| Template:Flagicon Hüseyin Beşok | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen | Template:Flagicon Plannja (Jan 4, 2001) | ||
| Assists | Template:Flagicon Raimonds Miglinieks | Template:Flagicon Śląsk Wrocław | 15 | Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena (Nov 15, 2000) |
| Blocks | Template:Flagicon Hüseyin Beşok | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen | 7 | Template:Flagicon Plannja (Jan 4, 2001) |
| Steals | Template:Flagicon Veselin Petrović | Template:Flagicon Partizan | 9 | Template:Flagicon Plannja (Feb 15, 2001) |
Team statistics
| Category | Team | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Points | Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv | 88.0 |
| Rebounds | Template:Flagicon Iraklis Thessaloniki | 33.8 |
| Assists | Template:Flagicon ASVEL | 18.0 |
| Blocks | Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow | 4.3 |
| Steals | Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena | 10.1 |
| Turnovers | Template:Flagicon Plannja | 14.8 |
| FT % | Template:Flagicon Scavolini Pesaro | 79.4% |
| 2-Point % | Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos | 56.4% |
| 3-Point % | Template:Flagicon Scavolini Pesaro | 40.4% |
Two continental champions
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
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
References
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External links
- 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeagueTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Eurobasket.com 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
- Eurobasket.com 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague awards
- 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague at FIBA Europe
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