2000 North European Basketball League

North European Basketball League
North European Basketball League
Season	2000
Teams	14
	← 1999 2000-2001 →

NEBL'2000 was the first complete season of the North European Basketball League. The tournament was held during the 1999-2000 basketball season on 5 January – 16 April 2000.

After holding Promotion Cup, teams from four more countries^[1] – Germany, Russia, Ukraine and Denmark – took part in NEBL'2000.

League accepted the participation of Magic M7 from Sweden, with which Earvin "Magic" Johnson entered into an agreement.^[2]

CSKA won the tournament by defeating Lietuvos rytas in the final.^[3]

Andrius Giedraitis from Lietuvos rytas was named as the Most valuable player.^[3]

Clubs

Country (League)	Teams
Denmark (Basketligaen)	Great Danes Copenhagen [da]
Estonia (KML)	Kalev Tallinn
Finland (Korisliiga)	TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki
Finland (Korisliiga)	Honka Espoo
Germany (BBL)	Skyliners Frankfurt
Latvia (LBL)	Ventspils
Latvia (LBL)	Brocēni-LMT Rīga
Lithuania (LKL)	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
	Žalgiris Kaunas
	Alita Alytus
Russia (Super League A)	CSKA Moscow
Sweden (Basketligan)	Magic M7 Borås
Sweden (Basketligan)	Plannja Basket Luleå
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	Kyiv Kiev

Regular season

Key to colors
	Teams advance to Final Four.
	Teams advance to eight-finals.

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	CSKA	13	12	1	1239	953	+286
2.	Lietuvos rytas	13	11	2	1172	1032	+140	1–0
3.	Žalgiris	13	11	2	1386	1086	+300	0–1
4.	Kyiv	13	9	4	1384	1236	+148
5.	Kalev	13	7	6	1301	1288	+13	1–0
6.	Magic M7	13	7	6	1257	1329	–72	0–1
7.	Ventspils	13	6	7	1246	1193	+53
8.	Plannja Basket	13	5	8	1158	1257	–99	3–0
9.	TeamWARE ToPo	13	5	8	1146	1321	–175	2–1
10.	Honka	13	5	8	1185	1300	–115	1–2
11.	Brocēni-LMT	13	5	8	1055	1124	–69	0–3
12.	Skyliners	13	4	9	922	1002	–80
13.	Alita	13	3	10	1054	1147	–93
14.	Great Danes	13	1	12	859	1096	–237

Results

	MGD	ALI	SKY	LMT	HON	TOP	PLA	VEN	MM7	KAL	KYI	ŽAL	LRY
CSKA Moscow	112-82	90-62	79-67	108-81	94-91	108-68	106-57	104-84	86-88	107-82	89-77	60-57	96-77
Lietuvos rytas	74-62	92-75	85-64	94-85	89-77	106-74	79-63	103-84	78-84	95-80	93-87	107-101
Žalgiris Kaunas	91-58	109-78	74-73	99-74	106-70	96-80	99-56	91-63	106-81	96-61	108-80
Kyiv	90-73	111-100	93-84	97-77	89-75	95-78	100-85	75-58	95-92	85-95
Kalev	86-64	86-85	73-82	75-89	86-89	86-77	102-87	90-88	101-82
Magic M7	85-71	89-79	86-72	88-97	93-97	74-73	93-84	76-89
Ventspils	81-63	98-80	73-75	74-79	97-73	83-73	75-65
Plannja Basket	61-63	96-76	83-72	77-71	101-63	79-60
TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki	85-83	93-81	72-66	93-88	91-86
Honka Playboys	90-69	62-92	75-59	92-81
Brocēni-LMT	85-75	90-83	58-69
Skyliners	76-68	63-83
Alita	80-68

Source: Worldbasket.com

Play-offs

Eight-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žalgiris	153–145	Honka	80–84	73–61
Kyiv	210–129	TeamWARE ToPo	104–78	106–51
Kalev	198–164	Plannja Basket	104–91	94–73
Magic M7	146–201	Ventspils	65–92	81–109

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žalgiris	157–140	Ventspils	76–69	81–71
Kyiv	198–180	Kalev	95–95	103–85

Final four

Semifinal 1

15 April 2000
17:00

[1]

CSKA	105–88	Kyiv
Scoring by quarter: 24–29, 28–20, 28–15, 25–24
Pts: Panov 23		Pts: C.McCants [fr] 21

Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Richard Stokes (ENG)

Semifinal 2

15 April 2000
19:00

[2]

Lietuvos rytas	74–67	Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–13, 21–15, 15–23
Pts: Elliott 19		Pts: M.Žukauskas 17

Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Efim Resser (GER)

Third-place game

16 April 2000
17:00

[3]

Kyiv	88–110	Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 22–29, 27–28, 25–33
Pts: Medvedenko 21		Pts: Slanina 22

Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Efim Resser (GER)

Final

16 April 2000
19:00

[4]

Lietuvos rytas	77–95	CSKA
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 18–30, 28–19, 13–22
Pts: Giedraitis 25		Pts: Daineko 32

Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Richard Stokes (ENG)

Final standings

Pos	Team
1.	CSKA
2.	Lietuvos rytas
3.	Žalgiris
4.	Kyiv
5.	Kalev
6.	Ventspils
7.	Magic M7
8.	Plannja Basket
9.	TeamWARE ToPo
10.	Honka
11.	Brocēni-LMT
12.	Skyliners
13.	Alita
14.	Great Danes

References

^ "About NEBL'2000". Archived from the original on 2000-06-11. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
^ "About NEBL". Archived from the original on 2000-08-30. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
^ ^a ^b NEBL slogan: Break the ice!