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

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

  • 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
France ASVEL (2nd)Greece Iraklis (7th)Turkey Efes Pilsen (2nd)Poland Śląsk Wrocław (1st)
France Pau-Orthez (3rd)Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)Turkey Ülker (3rd)Russia CSKA Moscow (1st)
Germany Alba Berlin (1st)Israel Maccabi Ness Ra'anana (2nd)Belgium Telindus Oostende (2nd)Slovenia Krka (1st)
Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2nd)Italy Montepaschi Siena (6th)Croatia Croatia Osiguranje Split (3rd)Sweden Plannja Basket (1st)
Greece Panathinaikos (1st)Italy Scavolini Pesaro (9th)Lithuania Lietuvos rytas (1st)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan ICN (2nd)

Qualification round

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

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Greece Panathinaikos1813514771364+11331Advance to Play Offs
2Russia CSKA Moscow1812614291376+5330
3Croatia Split CO1812613631335+2830
4Turkey Ülker1811714811419+6229
5Germany Alba Berlin189914391408+3127
6France ASVEL189914131400+1327
7Lithuania Lietuvos rytas1871115221536−1425
8Poland Śląsk Wrocław1871114321446−1425
9Italy Montepaschi Siena1861214061495−8924
10Israel Maccabi Ra'anana1841412941477−18322

Results

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Alba Berlin—74–6880–7795–7077–6879–8079–7186–7873–7975–78
ASVEL74–71—72–8087–6993–7186–8786–9274–7088–7871–66
CSKA Moscow89–8683–91—88–8269–6885–7869–5772–6566–5783–88
Lietuvos rytas71–8080–8184–88—91–6992–9387–7891–10193–7779–97
Maccabi Ra'anana77–8475–6866–7471–88—86–7168–8289–8277–8477–76
Montepaschi Siena93–8367–7076–7887–9182–67—65–9774–8376–8176–87
Panathinaikos92–7586–8289–81104–8383–6199–95—85–7964–6084–77
Śląsk Wrocław76–8589–7969–8474–9295–6882–7262–76—72–7579–69
Split CO77–7384–7875–7283–8076–6581–6168–5983–88—76–70
Ülker90–8478–6593–9183–99102–7168–7387–7992–8880–69—

Group B

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv1815316161343+27333Advance to Play Offs
2Turkey Efes Pilsen1813514781386+9231
3Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan ICN1811714921517−2529
4Greece Iraklis1810814941504−1028
5Italy Scavolini Pesaro189915941518+7627
6France Pau-Orthez189914861432+5427
7Belgium Telindus Oostende1881014781544−6626
8Slovenia Krka1871114011487−8625
9Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen1861215591624−6524
10Sweden Plannja1821613941637−24320

Results

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen—69–71106–110102–9498–10095–8188–7989–7278–8282–90
Efes Pilsen97–88—88–6584–7072–6693–8288–76104–7596–9289–80
Iraklis98–8772–87—73–8092–8591–7686–8289–7492–8574–62
Krka92–7364–7265–85—89–8778–7973–7797–92102–10080–78
Maccabi Tel Aviv100–6769–5995–7183–67—89–5391–6795–6980–7896–79
Partizan108–9979–6893–8177–6773–95—75–6999–8876–7389–80
Pau-Orthez79–8094–7376–74100–7580–9392–81—86–5984–7692–95
Plannja76–8484–9290–9472–6868–11381–9062–75—78–8588–87
Scavolini Pesaro107–8982–8090–7090–6881–8584–93102–8991–78—118–97
Telindus Oostende88–8579–6583–7763–7280–9494–8861–8999–8883–78—

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.

Eight-FinalsQuarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
A1Greece Panathinaikos82862
B8Slovenia Krka65790
Greece Panathinaikos87712
Germany Alba Berlin77690
B4Greece Iraklis7877751
A5Germany Alba Berlin6788862
Greece Panathinaikos74
Turkey Efes Pilsen66
B2Turkey Efes Pilsen8969862
A7Lithuania Lietuvos rytas7873671
Turkey Efes Pilsen9564822
Croatia Split CO6972591
A3Croatia Split CO79852
B6France Pau-Orthez78830
Greece Panathinaikos67
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv81
B1Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv81852
A8Poland Śląsk Wrocław75620
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv80842
Italy Scavolini Pesaro69770
A4Turkey Ülker9183851
B5Italy Scavolini Pesaro8196882
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv86
Russia CSKA Moscow80
A2Russia CSKA Moscow94772Third Place
B7Belgium Telindus Oostende76700
Russia CSKA Moscow78822Turkey Efes Pilsen91
France ASVEL63760Russia CSKA Moscow85
B3Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan ICN8076621
A6France ASVEL7394732

Eight-Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Panathinaikos Greece2–0Slovenia Krka82–6586–79
CSKA Moscow Russia2–0Belgium Telindus Oostende94–7677–70
Efes Pilsen Turkey2–1Lithuania Lietuvos rytas89–7869–7386–67
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel2–0Poland Śląsk Wrocław81–7585–62
Ülker Turkey1–2Italy Scavolini Pesaro91–8183–9685–88
Split CO Croatia2–0France Pau-Orthez79–7885–83
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–2France ASVEL80–7376–9462–73
Iraklis Greece1–2Germany Alba Berlin78–6777–8875–86

Quarter-Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Panathinaikos Greece2–0Germany Alba Berlin87–7771–69
CSKA Moscow Russia2–0France ASVEL78–6382–76
Efes Pilsen Turkey2–1Croatia Split CO95–6964–7282–59
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel2–0Italy Scavolini Pesaro80–6984–77

Final four

Semifinals

11 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Panathinaikos Greece74–66Turkey Efes Pilsen
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel86–80Russia CSKA Moscow

3rd place game

13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Efes Pilsen Turkey91–85Russia CSKA Moscow

Final

13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Panathinaikos Greece67–81Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague champions
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3rd title

Final standings

PosTeam
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Greece Panathinaikos
Turkey Efes Pilsen
4Russia CSKA Moscow

Awards

All official awards of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague:

FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team
Slovenia Ariel McDonald (MVP)Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
United States Anthony ParkerIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan BodirogaGreece Panathinaikos
Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow
United States Nate HuffmanIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG
1.Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav BerićFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan2046523.3
2.United States Charles ThomasSweden Plannja1329122.4
3.United States John BestGermany Bayer 04 Leverkusen1737822.2

Source:

Rebounds

RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG
1.Italy Roberto ChiacigItaly Montepaschi Siena181699.4
2.Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow222039.2
3.United States Nate HuffmanIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv242169.0

Source:

Assists

RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG
1.Latvia Raimonds MiglinieksPoland Śląsk Wrocław201397.0
2.France Laurent SciarraFrance ASVEL231426.2
3.United States Chuck EvansGermany Bayer 04 Leverkusen18975.4

Source:

Blocks

RankNameTeamGamesBlocksBPG
1.Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow22472.1
2.Russia Andrei FetisovRussia CSKA Moscow24381.6
3.Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan KoturovićGermany Alba Berlin23351.5

Source:

Other statistics

CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage
StealsUnited States Ralph BiggsBelgium Telindus Oostende202.1
TurnoversLithuania Andrius GiedraitisLithuania Lietuvos rytas153.7
MinutesUnited States Charles ThomasSweden Plannja1338.5
FT %Croatia Damir MulaomerovićTurkey Efes Pilsen2689.2%
2-Point %Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow2263.9%
3-Point %France Laurent PluvyFrance ASVEL2354.2%

Individual game highs

CategoryPlayerTeamStatisticOpponent
PointsFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav BerićFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan38Belgium Telindus Oostende (Dec 7, 2000)
ReboundsGreece Lazaros PapadopoulosGreece Iraklis Thessaloniki21Germany Alba Berlin (Apr 5, 2001)
Turkey Hüseyin BeşokTurkey Efes PilsenSweden Plannja (Jan 4, 2001)
AssistsLatvia Raimonds MiglinieksPoland Śląsk Wrocław15Italy Montepaschi Siena (Nov 15, 2000)
BlocksTurkey Hüseyin BeşokTurkey Efes Pilsen7Sweden Plannja (Jan 4, 2001)
StealsFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Veselin PetrovićFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan9Sweden Plannja (Feb 15, 2001)

Team statistics

CategoryTeamAverage
PointsIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv88.0
ReboundsGreece Iraklis Thessaloniki33.8
AssistsFrance ASVEL18.0
BlocksRussia CSKA Moscow4.3
StealsItaly Montepaschi Siena10.1
TurnoversSweden Plannja14.8
FT %Italy Scavolini Pesaro79.4%
2-Point %Greece Panathinaikos56.4%
3-Point %Italy Scavolini Pesaro40.4%

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

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