Euroleague 2001-02

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The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The Euroleague season 2001-02 started on October 10, 2001 and ended with the championship final game on May 5, 2002, in Bologna, Italy. 32 teams competed for the championship, which was won by Panathinaikos. Mirsad Turkcan was the regular season MVP and Dejan Bodiroga was the Top 16 and Final Four MVP.

Contents 1 Format 1.1 Regular Season 1.2 Playoffs 1.3 Final Four 2 Regular Season 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 2.4 Group D 3 Round Of 16 3.1 Group E 3.2 Group F 3.3 Group G 3.4 Group H 3.4.1 Semi-finals 3.5 Final 4 Awards 4.1 Regular Season MVP 4.2 Top 16 MVP 4.3 Finals MVP 4.4 All Euroleague First Team 2001-2002 4.5 All Euroleague Second Team 2001-2002 5 Notes 6 External links

[edit] Format

[edit] 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.

[edit] Playoffs

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.

[edit] Final Four

The culminating stage of the Euroleague season. The final four remaining teams were divided into two semifinal games, with the winners of each semifinal game advancing to the final game. The winner of the final game was the Euroleague Champion.

[edit] 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.

Key to colors

	Top four places in each group, advance to Top 16
	Eliminated

Tiebreakers:

• Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs.
• Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs.
• Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group).
• Points scored in all group matches.
• Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match.

[edit] Group A

Main article: Euroleague 2001-02 Regular Season Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Treviso	14	11	3	1206	1142	+64
2.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14	10	4	1101	1021	+80
3.	Olympiacos Piraeus	14	10	4	1205	1098	+107
4.	Efes Pilsen	14	9	5	1059	1032	+27
5.	Unicaja Malaga	14	6	8	1054	1052	+2
6.	Śląsk Wrocław	14	4	10	1001	1061	-60
7.	Alba Berlin	14	3	11	1065	1153	-88
8.	TEC Spirou Charleroi	14	3	11	1049	1181	-132

[edit] Group B

Main article: Euroleague 2001-02 Regular Season Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Kinder Bologna	14	12	2	1163	969	+194
2.	FC Barcelona	14	10	4	1211	1050	+161
3.	Ulker Istanbul	14	9	5	1104	1051	+53
4.	Olimpija Ljubljana	14	9	5	1085	971	+114
5.	Opel Skyliners	14	8	6	1037	1060	-23
6.	Zalgiris Kaunus	14	5	9	1054	1097	-43
7.	Peristeri Athens	14	3	11	1058	1158	-100
8.	London Towers	14	0	14	910	1266	-356

[edit] Group C

Main article: Euroleague 2001-02 Regular Season Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	14	12	2	1176	1073	+103
2.	Real Madrid	14	9	5	1211	1123	+88
3.	Skipper Bologna	14	8	6	1193	1151	+42
4.	CSKA Moscow	14	8	6	1221	1189	+32
5.	Krka Nova Mesto	14	7	7	1245	1222	+23
6.	EB Pau Orthez	14	7	7	1126	1114	+12
7.	Budocnost Podgorica	14	3	11	1108	1257	-149
8.	Zadar	14	2	12	1156	1307	-151

[edit] Group D

Main article: Euroleague 2001-02 Regular Season Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	TAU Ceramica	14	9	5	1219	1057	+162
2.	AEK Athens	14	9	5	1152	1102	+50
3.	Ural Great Perm	14	8	6	1266	1260	+6
4.	Scavolini Pesaro	14	8	6	1124	1137	-13
5.	ASVEL Villeurbanne	14	8	6	1147	1135	+12
6.	Partizan Belgrade	14	6	8	1138	1191	-53
7.	Cibona Zagreb	14	5	9	1110	1165	-55
8.	Telindus Oostende	14	3	11	1138	1247	-109

[edit] Round Of 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.

[edit] Group E

Main article: Euroleague 2001-02 Top 16 Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Treviso	6	4	2	538	481	+57
2.	FC Barcelona	6	4	2	499	483	+16
3.	Skipper Bologna	6	2	4	482	509	-27
4.	Scavolini Pesaro	6	2	4	487	514	-27

[edit] Group F

Main article: Euroleague 2001-02 Top 16 Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Kinder Bologna	6	4	2	460	432	+28
2.	Efes Pilsen	6	3	3	506	481	+25
3.	Real Madrid	6	3	3	500	528	-28
4.	Ural Great Perm	6	2	4	516	541	-25

[edit] Group G

Main article: Euroleague 2001-02 Top 16 Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	6	5	1	496	467	+29
2.	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	4	2	480	452	+28
3.	AEK Athens	6	2	4	474	475	-1
4.	Olimpija Ljubljana	6	1	5	450	506	-56

[edit] Group H

Main article: Euroleague 2001-02 Top 16 Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	4	2	410	370	+40
2.	TAU Ceramica	6	4	2	496	472	+24
3.	CSKA Moscow	6	3	3	486	485	+1
4.	Ulker Istanbul	6	1	5	395	460	-65

[edit] Semi-finals

The culminating stage of the Euroleague season. The final four remaining teams were divided into two semifinal games, with the winners of each semifinal game advancing to the final game. The winner of the final game was the Euroleague Champion. The semifinals were held on May 3rd, 2002, and the final was held on May 5th, 2002.

Team #1	Team #2	Score
Panathinaikos	Maccabi Tel Aviv	83 - 75
Benetton Treviso	Kinder Bologna	82 - 90

[edit] Final

Team #1	Team #2	Score
Panathinaikos	Kinder Bologna	89 - 83

[edit] Awards

[edit] Regular Season MVP

• Mirsad Turkcan ( CSKA Moscow )

[edit] Top 16 MVP

• Dejan Bodiroga ( Panathinaikos )

[edit] Finals MVP

• Dejan Bodiroga ( Panathinaikos )

[edit] All Euroleague First Team 2001-2002

• Tyus Edney ( Benetton Treviso )
• Marko Jarić ( Kinder Bologna )
• Emanuel Ginóbili ( Kinder Bologna )
• Dejan Bodiroga ( Panathinaikos )
• Dejan Tomasevic ( TAU Ceramica )

[edit] All Euroleague Second Team 2001-2002

• Ariel McDonald ( Maccabi Tel Aviv| )
• Alphonso Ford ( Olympiacos Piraeus )
• Mirsad Turkcan ( CSKA Moscow )
• Marcelo Nicola ( Benetton Treviso )
• Joseph Blair ( Scavolini Pesaro )

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage.
• Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site.
• TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum.

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