2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four

2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four
Tournament details
ArenaPalais de Bercy,
Paris,  France
DatesMay 11th - 13th, 2001
Final positions
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd title)
Runners-up Panathinaikos
Third place Efes
Fourth place CSKA Moscow
Awards and statistics
MVP Ariel McDonald

The 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague. It was the last Final Four tournament that was organized by FIBA Europe.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 11, Bercy Arena
 
 
Maccabi Tel Aviv 86
 
May 13, Bercy Arena
 
CSKA Moscow80
 
Maccabi Tel Aviv 81
 
May 11, Bercy Arena
 
Panathinaikos 67
 
Panathinaikos 74
 
 
Efes Pilsen66
 
Third place
 
 
May 13, Bercy Arena
 
 
Efes Pilsen 91
 
 
CSKA Moscow 85

Semifinals

Maccabi Tel Aviv – CSKA Moscow

May 11
18:00
Maccabi Tel Aviv 86–80 CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 16–24, 23–9, 26–28
Pts: Huffman 17
Rebs: Parker 9
Asts: Parker 7
Pts: Kirilenko 23
Rebs: Kirilenko 11
Asts: Kirilenko 2
Palais de Bercy, Paris, France
Attendance: 13,200
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Eduardo Sancha (ESP)

Panathinaikos – Efes Pilsen

May 11
20:30
Panathinaikos 74–66 Efes Pilsen
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 15–13, 15–25, 21–18
Pts: Bodiroga 22
Rebs: Alvertis 6
Asts: Bodiroga 5
Pts: Onan 15
Rebs: Besok 8
Asts: Onan 3
Palais de Bercy, Paris, France
Attendance: 13,200
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

Third-place game

Efes Pilsen – CSKA Moscow

May 13
18:00
Efes Pilsen 91–85 CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 29–31, 17–20, 25–23
Pts: Drobnjak 25
Rebs: Besok 9
Asts: Mulaomerović 12
Pts: Morgunov 16
Rebs: Morgunov 12
Asts: Domani 4
Palais de Bercy, Paris, France
Attendance: 13,200
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv – Panathinaikos

May 13
20:30
Maccabi Tel Aviv 81–67 Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 22–10, 17–25, 27–19
Pts: McDonald 21
Rebs: Huffman 9
Asts: McDonald 9
Pts: Bodiroga 27
Rebs: Fotsis 8
Asts: Koch 3
Palais de Bercy, Paris, France
Attendance: 13,200
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Panathinaikos
Starters: P R A
PG
14
Ariel McDonald 21 2 9
SG
8
Anthony Parker 13 6 3
SF
10
Tal Burstein 5 3 2
PF
4
Nadav Henefeld 7 2 1
C
7
Nate Huffman 21 9 0
Reserves: P R A
SG
5
Mark Brisker 3 0 0
PG
6
Derrick Sharp 5 0 0
SF
9
Gur Shelef 2 2 2
PF
11
Elad Savion DNP
PF
12
Velibor Radović DNP
PF
13
Radisav Ćurčić 4 2 0
C
15
David Sternlight 0 0 0
Head coach:
Pini Gershon
2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
Champions

Maccabi Tel Aviv
3rd Title
Starters: P R A
PG
5
Georgios Kalaitzis 0 1 2
SG
10
Dejan Bodiroga 27 8 1
SF
4
Fragiskos Alvertis 5 3 1
PF
8
Antonis Fotsis 15 8 0
C
12
Željko Rebrača 0 1 0
Reserves: P R A
PG
6
Michael Koch 9 3 3
C
7
Johnny Rogers 2 2 0
SG
9
Nando Gentile 3 1 3
PF
11
Darryl Middleton 0 1 0
C
13
Pat Burke 2 1 0
PF
14
Ioannis Rodostoglou DNP
SF
15
Georgios Balogiannis 0 0 0
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Awards

FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team
Player Team Ref.
Ariel McDonald Maccabi Tel Aviv [1]
Anthony Parker Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dejan Bodiroga Panathinaikos
Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow
Nate Huffman Maccabi Tel Aviv

References