2002 Euroleague Final Four

2002 Euroleague Final Four
Season2001–02 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaPalaMalaguti
Bologna, Italy
Dates3–5 May 2002
Final positions
Champions Panathinaikos (3rd title)
Runners-up Kinder Bologna
Awards and statistics
MVP Dejan Bodiroga

The 2002 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2001–02 Euroleague season. The event was hosted form 3 till 5 May 2002, and all games were played at the PalaMalaguti, in Bologna.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 3, 2002
 
 
Benetton Treviso82
 
May 5, 2002
 
Kinder Bologna90
 
Kinder Bologna83
 
May 3, 2002
 
Panathinaikos89
 
Panathinaikos 83
 
 
Maccabi Elite 75
 

Semifinals

3 May 2002
18:00
Panathinaikos 83–75 Maccabi Elite
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 17–21, 18–13, 21–18
Pts: Bodiroga 26
Rebs: Bodiroga 9
Asts: Kalaitzis 5
Pts: Burstein 18
Rebs: Huffman 10
Asts: Burstein 5
PalaMalaguti, Bologna
Attendance: 8,278
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Lamonica (ITA)
3 May 2002
21:00
Benetton Treviso 82–90 Kinder Bologna
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 15–16, 22–24, 19–27
Pts: Bell, Edney 19
Rebs: Marconato 8
Asts: Nachbar 2
Pts: Jarić 15
Rebs: Ginóbili 8
Asts: Ginóbili, Jarić 3
PalaMalaguti, Bologna
Attendance: 8,278
Referees: Betancor (ESP), Tsanidis (GRE), Coelho (POR)

Final

5 May 2002
20:30
Kinder Bologna 83–89 Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 25–17, 13–24, 22–25
Pts: Ginóbili 27
Rebs: Jarić 7
Asts: Jarić 5
Pts: Kutluay 22
Rebs: Bodiroga 7
Asts: Bodiroga 4
PalaMalaguti, Bologna
Attendance: 8,278
Referees: Betancor (ESP), Arteaga (ESP), Brazauskas (LTU)
Kinder Bologna
Panathinaikos
Starters: P R A
PG
14
Antoine Rigaudeau 3 1 0
SG
6
Manu Ginóbili 27 5 2
SF
20
Marko Jarić 11 7 5
PF
18
Matjaž Smodiš 23 6 0
C
15
Rashard Griffith 2 3 2
Reserves: P R A
SF
10
Sani Bečirović 4 2 3
SG
11
Antonio Granger 10 1 0
PF
12
Alessandro Frosini 0 1 0
PF
13
David Andersen 3 2 0
Head coach:
Ettore Messina
2001–02 Euroleague
Champions

Panathinaikos
3rd title
Starters: P R A
PG
8
Damir Mulaomerović 6 2 2
SG
10
Dejan Bodiroga 21 7 4
SF
12
İbrahim Kutluay 22 5 0
PF
4
Fragiskos Alvertis 11 3 0
C
11
Darryl Middleton 10 2 0
Reserves: P R A
PG
5
Georgios Kalaitzis 0 3 1
C
7
Johnny Rogers 7 2 0
PF
14
Lazaros Papadopoulos 12 5 0
PG
16
Pepe Sánchez 0 0 0
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Awards