2001–02 Euroleague

Euroleague
The PalaMalaguti in Bologna hosted the Final
Season	2001–02
Duration	10 October 2001 – 12 May 2002
Teams	32 (regular season) 41 (total)
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos (3rd title)
Runners-up	Kinder Bologna
Awards
Regular Season MVP	Mirsad Türkcan
Top 16 MVP	Dejan Bodiroga
Final Four MVP	Dejan Bodiroga
Statistical leaders
Points Alphonso Ford 24.8 Rebounds Mirsad Türkcan 12.8 Assists Elmer Bennett 5.3 Index Rating Mirsad Türkcan 25.8
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The 2001–02 Euroleague was the second season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 45th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season started on October 10, 2001, and ended on May 5, 2002.

The Final Four was hosted in the PalaMalaguti in Bologna, Italy. A number of 32 teams competed for the championship, which was won by Panathinaikos.^[1] Mirsad Türkcan was named Regular season MVP, while Dejan Bodiroga was awarded EuroLeague Top 16 MVP and EuroLeague Final Four MVP.

Euroleague opening tournament

The 2001–02 season was the first run by ULEB and its company, the Euroleague Basketball, after FIBA Europe agreed that it would no longer organise Europe's top competition. Given that the previous season there were two main competitions, the 2000–01 FIBA Suproleague and the 2000–01 Euroleague, thus two European champions (Maccabi Tel Aviv and Kinder Bologna), it was decided that an opening tournament would be played to determine the unofficial champion. The Euroleague opening tournament was hosted in Ljubljana by Union Olimpija and was won by Cibona VIP, the only guest of the tournament, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 78–67 in the final.^[2]

Competition system

• 41 teams in total with the qualification rounds, and 32 teams at the first group stage (the national domestic league champions from the best leagues, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues), playing in a tournament system. The competition culminated in a Final Four.

Team allocation

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (6 teams)	The champion from Sweden The runners-up teams from: Germany Lithuania Slovenia The third-placed teams from: Croatia Turkey
Second qualifying round (8 teams)	The champion teams from: Portugal Switzerland The runners-up teams from: Belgium Israel The third-placed from France	3 winner teams from first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (4 teams)		4 winner teams from second qualifying round
Regular season (32 teams)	4 best-placed teams from: Greece Italy Spain 2 best-placed teams from: Croatia France Turkey Yugoslavia The champion teams from: Belgium Germany Israel Lithuania Poland Russia Slovenia 3 Wild Cards	2 winner teams from third qualifying round
Top 16 (16 teams)		4 group winners from the regular season 4 group runners-up from the regular season 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four (4 teams)		4 group winners from the top 16

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)

• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC: Wild card

Regular season
FC Barcelona (1st)	Kinder Bologna^TH (1st)	ALBA Berlin (1st)	Telindus Oostende (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd)	Skipper Bologna (2nd)	Opel Skyliners (WC)	Kinder London Towers (WC)
Tau Cerámica (3rd)	Scavolini Pesaro (3rd)	Ural Great (1st)	Maccabi Elite^TH (1st)
Unicaja Málaga (4th)	Benetton Treviso (4th)	CSKA Moscow (WC)	Žalgiris (1st)
Panathinaikos (1st)	Cibona VIP (1st)	Ülker (1st)	Idea Śląsk (1st)
Olympiacos (2nd)	Zadar (2nd)	Efes Pilsen (2nd)	Union Olimpija (1st)
Peristeri (3rd)	Pau-Orthez (1st)	Budućnost (1st)
AEK (4th)	ASVEL (2nd)	Partizan ICN (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Spirou (2nd)	Le Mans (3rd)	Hapoel Jerusalem (2nd)	Portugal Telecom (1st)
Lugano Snakes (1st)
First qualifying round
Split CO (3rd)	Telekom Bonn (2nd)	Lietuvos Rytas (2nd)	Krka (2nd)
Alvik (1st)	Darüşşafaka (3rd)

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Darüşşafaka	135–171	Telekom Bonn	81–94	54–77
Lietuvos Rytas	158–159	Split CO	87–71	71–88
Alvik	0–40[A]	Krka	0–20	0–20

1. Alvik withdrew.

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Portugal Telecom	150–198	Spirou	77–92	73–106
Telekom Bonn	166–159	Split CO	76–73	90–86
Krka	40–0[B]	Lugano Snakes	20–0	20–0
Le Mans	0–40[C]	Hapoel Jerusalem	0–20	0–20

1. Lugano Snakes withdrew.
2. Le Mans withdrew.

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spirou	162–141	Hapoel Jerusalem	84–70	78–71
Krka	162–153	Telekom Bonn	89–82	73–71

Regular season

The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round, The Top 16. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		BEN	MTA	OLY	EFES	UNI	SLA	ALB	SPI
1	Benetton Treviso	14	11	3	1206	1142	+64	Advance to Top 16		—	87–83	89–81	88–86	98–94	88–72	100–71	86–78
2	Maccabi Elite	14	10	4	1101	1021	+80			80–74	—	78–73	76–78	82–60	75–56	82–70	94–78
3	Olympiacos	14	10	4	1205	1098	+107			87–91	94–91	—	87–72	81–80	101–79	91–75	107–78
4	Efes Pilsen	14	9	5	1059	1032	+27			87–78	68–72	79–80	—	75–71	63–51	78–72	78–65
5	Unicaja Málaga	14	6	8	1054	1052	+2			67–68	79–84	86–79	66–67	—	65–66	86–79	79–68
6	Idea Śląsk	14	4	10	1001	1061	−60			91–93	79–65	75–80	74–79	58–63	—	71–66	94–95
7	Alba Berlin	14	3	11	1065	1153	−88			89–83	64–65	69–88	73–74	72–84	75–64	—	99–87
8	Spirou	14	3	11	1049	1181	−132			76–83	63–74	56–76	79–75	75–77	53–71	100–91	—

Source: Euroleague

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		KIN	FCB	ULK	UOL	SKY	ŽAL	PER	LON
1	Kinder Bologna	14	12	2	1163	969	+194	Advance to Top 16		—	91–81	68–60	86–70	69–62	90–54	87–72	94–72
2	FC Barcelona	14	10	4	1211	1050	+161			69–85	—	85–64	81–61	90–81	90–86	73–77	101–63
3	Ülker	14	9	5	1104	1051	+53			51–75	77–87	—	75–63	78–76	79–66	93–79	107–64
4	Union Olimpija	14	9	5	1085	971	+114			85–89	80–74	78–80	—	81–55	87–66	81–74	73–40
5	Opel Skyliners	14	8	6	1037	1060	−23			80–79	74–88	74–70	56–79	—	84–75	72–55	61–57
6	Žalgiris	14	5	9	1054	1097	−43			91–67	72–92	79–82	70–81	73–75	—	81–78	90–72
7	Peristeri	14	3	11	1058	1158	−100			59–87	72–101	82–95	67–75	89–93	62–70	—	99–75
8	Kinder London Towers	14	0	14	910	1266	−356			57–96	67–99	75–93	58–91	77–94	58–81	75–87	—

Source: Euroleague

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		PAO	RMB	SKI	CSKA	KRK	PAU	BUD	ZAD
1	Panathinaikos	14	12	2	1176	1073	+103	Advance to Top 16		—	77–88	81–70	83–80	98–92	67–63	91–82	102–64
2	Real Madrid	14	9	5	1211	1123	+88			70–78	—	87–82	82–86	87–93	92–80	90–71	114–84
3	Skipper Bologna	14	8	6	1193	1151	+42			77–79	93–77	—	97–99	73–88	83–75	109–79	95–85
4	CSKA Moscow	14	8	6	1221	1189	+32			85–91	77–92	75–77	—	86–80	80–69	88–83	96–92
5	Krka	14	7	7	1245	1222	+23			82–81	79–95	94–100	107–93	—	84–93	101–74	91–94
6	Pau-Orthez	14	7	7	1126	1114	+12			67–79	78–74	86–69	91–83	74–84	—	87–90	101–73
7	Budućnost	14	3	11	1108	1257	−149			72–84	72–82	70–86	72–103	77–72	77–79	—	110–97
8	Zadar	14	2	12	1156	1307	−151			81–85	73–81	76–82	73–90	97–98	79–83	88–79	—

Source: Euroleague

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		TAU	AEK	URA	SCA	ASV	PAR	CIB	OOS
1	Tau Cerámica	14	9	5	1219	1057	+162	Advance to Top 16		—	82–62	112–84	86–68	90–66	80–85	81–58	114–78
2	AEK	14	9	5	1152	1102	+50			85–82	—	99–85	68–70	87–65	106–70	72–69	86–79
3	Ural Great	14	8	6	1266	1260	+6			94–88	86–77	—	99–88	103–98	110–111	85–66	109–79
4	Scavolini Pesaro	14	8	6	1124	1137	−13			75–85	68–89	103–85	—	65–99	98–86	88–75	86–75
5	ASVEL	14	8	6	1147	1135	+12			73–71	86–84	73–75	63–80	—	78–91	99–84	89–76
6	Partizan ICN	14	6	8	1138	1191	−53			59–65	69–74	85–80	68–80	82–88	—	81–76	86–77
7	Cibona VIP	14	5	9	1110	1165	−55			96–95	89–90	102–97	71–74	70–82	85–71	—	85–76
8	Telindus Oostende	14	3	11	1138	1247	−109			74–88	102–73	79–84	88–81	77–88	104–94	74–84	—

Source: Euroleague

Top 16

The remaining 16 teams were placed into four groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in its group twice, once at home and once away. The top teams of each of the four groups advanced to the Final Four.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		BEN	FCB	SKI	SCA
1	Benetton Treviso	6	4	2	538	481	+57	Advance to Final Four		—	89–75	96–90	94–66
2	FC Barcelona	6	4	2	499	483	+16			76–75	—	77–59	90–76
3	Skipper Bologna	6	2	4	482	509	−27			73–86	97–93	—	73–86
4	Scavolini Pesaro	6	2	4	487	533	−46			101–98	87–88	71–90	—

Source: Euroleague

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		KIN	EFS	RMB	UGR
1	Kinder Bologna	6	4	2	460	432	+28	Advance to Final Four		—	77–71	71–82	72–61
2	Efes Pilsen	6	3	3	506	481	+25			73–76	—	63–67	101–84
3	Real Madrid	6	3	3	500	528	−28			58–86	92–109	—	88–95
4	Ural Great	6	2	4	516	541	−25			87–78	85–89	104–113	—

Source: Euroleague

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		PAO	OLY	AEK	UOL
1	Panathinaikos	6	5	1	496	467	+29	Advance to Final Four		—	88–78	96–92	85–67
2	Olympiacos	6	4	2	480	452	+28			92–75	—	75–69	85–89
3	AEK	6	2	4	474	475	−1			66–73	66–75	—	97–87
4	Union Olimpija	6	1	5	450	506	−56			72–79	66–75	69–85	—

Source: Euroleague

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		MTA	TAU	CSK	ULK
1	Maccabi Elite	6	4	2	410	370	+40	Advance to Final Four		—	77–78	69–68	2–0 [D]
2	Tau Cerámica	6	4	2	496	472	+24			65–94	—	73–87	101–69
3	CSKA Moscow	6	3	3	486	485	+1			81–77	73–90	—	86–80
4	Ülker	6	1	5	395	460	−65			78–91	72–89	96–91	—

Source: Euroleague

1. Ülker withdrew.^[3]

Final Four

Main article: 2002 Euroleague Final Four

	Semifinals 3 May				Final 5 May
	Benetton Treviso	82
	Kinder Bologna	90
					Kinder Bologna	83
					Panathinaikos	89
	Panathinaikos	83
	Maccabi Elite	75

2001–02 Euroleague Champions
Panathinaikos 3rd title

Awards

Top Scorer

Player	Team
Alphonso Ford	Olympiacos

Regular Season MVP

Player	Team
Mirsad Türkcan	CSKA Moscow

Top 16 MVP

Player	Team
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos

Final Four MVP

Player	Team
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos

Finals Top Scorer

Player	Team
Manu Ginóbili	Kinder Bologna

All-Euroleague First Team

Player	Team
Tyus Edney	Benetton Treviso
Marko Jarić	Kinder Bologna
Manu Ginóbili	Kinder Bologna
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
Dejan Tomašević	Tau Cerámica

All-Euroleague Second Team

Player	Team
Ariel McDonald	Maccabi Elite
Alphonso Ford	Olympiacos
Mirsad Türkcan	CSKA Moscow
Marcelo Nicola	Benetton Treviso
Joseph Blair	Scavolini Pesaro

Round MVP

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round

Regular season

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Asım Pars	Ülker	39
2	Jaka Lakovič	Krka	55
3	Gregor Fučka	Skipper Bologna	37
4	Gregor Fučka (2)	Skipper Bologna	45
5	Mirsad Türkcan	CSKA Moscow	36
	Sasha Đjorđjević	Real Madrid
6	Valeri Daineko	Ural Great	40
7	Dimos Dikoudis	AEK	42
8	Andrius Giedraitis	Telindus Oostende	43
9	Ruslan Avleev	Ural Great	47
10	Mirsad Türkcan (2)	CSKA Moscow	43
11	Nikola Prkačin	Cibona VIP	41
12	Mirsad Türkcan (3)	CSKA Moscow	34
	Ron Ellis	Spirou
13	Grigorij Khizhnyak	Žalgiris	36
	Beno Udrih	Union Olimpija
	Yann Bonato	ASVEL
14	Grigorij Khizhnyak (2)	Žalgiris	36

Top 16

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Ruslan Avleev (2)	Ural Great	42
2	Alphonso Ford	Olympiacos	29
3	Memo Okur	Efes Pilsen	36
4	Matjaž Smodiš	Kinder Bologna	38
5	Marcus Brown	Efes Pilsen	41
6	Mirsad Türkcan (4)	CSKA Moscow	34

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Mirsad Türkcan	CSKA Moscow	17	439	25.82
2.	Joseph Blair	Scavolini Pesaro	14	352	25.14
3.	Mate Skelin	Krka	14	351	25.07

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Alphonso Ford	Olympiacos	20	495	24.75
2.	Gordan Giriček	CSKA Moscow	18	413	22.94
3.	Jaka Lakovič	Krka	14	293	20.93

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Mirsad Türkcan	CSKA Moscow	17	217	12.76
2.	Joseph Blair	Scavolini Pesaro	14	167	11.93
3.	Mate Skelin	Krka	14	137	9.79

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Elmer Bennett	Tau Cerámica	15	79	5.27
2.	Michael Hawkins	Idea Śląsk	14	70	5.00
3.	John Celestand	ASVEL	13	62	4.77

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Manu Ginóbili	Kinder Bologna	22	2.55
Blocks	Grigorij Khizhnyak	Žalgiris	14	3.21
Turnovers	Michael Hawkins	Idea Śląsk	14	3.71
Fouls drawn	Roger Huggins	Spirou	14	7.14
Minutes	Ralph Biggs	Telindus Oostende	14	36:46
2P%	Giannis Giannoulis	Panathinaikos	15	82.5%
3P%	Nenad Čanak	Partizan	14	56.1%
FT%	Sergei Chikalkin	Benetton Treviso	21	91.7%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
PIR	Jaka Lakovič	Krka	55
Points	Vlado Šćepanović	Partizan	40
Rebounds	Mirsad Türkcan	CSKA Moscow	23
Assists	John Celestand	ASVEL	12
Steals	Jorge Garbajosa	Benetton Treviso	7
Blocks	Grigorij Khizhnyak	Žalgiris	7
Three-pointers	Marcelo Nicola	Benetton Treviso	7
	Alberto Herreros	Real Madrid
	Vlado Šćepanović	Partizan
Turnovers	Pascal Roller	Opel Skyliners	8
	Jaka Lakovič	Krka
	Sasha Đjorđjević	Real Madrid
	Mirsad Türkcan	CSKA Moscow

See also

• 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup
• 2001–02 FIBA Korać Cup

References

1. "Final: Bodiroga leads Panathinaikos to European crown!". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
2. "Results Opening tournament 2001". Archived from the original on 2002-08-17.
3. "Error" (PDF).

Sources

• 2001-02 at Eurobasket.com
• Awards

External links

• Euroleague 2001/02 ULEB Euroleague 2001/02 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Euroleague.net – official Euroleague homepage