2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup

2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup
League	FIBA Saporta Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Maroussi
Runners-up	Élan Chalon

2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup season was a tournament organized by FIBA Europe. It occurred between October 17, 2000 and April 17, 2001. The final was held at Hala Torwar, Warsaw, Poland.

Competition System

24 teams (domestic Cup champions plus best qualified teams in the most important European leagues) enter a preliminary group stage, divided into four groups of six teams each playing a round-robin. The final standing is based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria is used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
The top four teams from each group qualify for a 1/8 Final Playoff (X-pairings, home and away games), with winners advancing further to 1/4 Finals and 1/2 Finals.
The Final is played at a predetermined venue.

Preliminary round

Key to colors
	Qualified to Round of 16
	Eliminated

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Pamesa Valencia	10	7	3	877	857	17
2.	Maroussi	10	7	3	875	813	17
3.	Élan Chalon	10	6	4	714	693	16
4.	Hapoel Galil Elyon	10	4	6	860	837	14
5.	Pınar Karşıyaka	10	3	7	854	912	13
6.	Pivovarna Laško	10	3	7	797	865	13

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	UNICS	10	8	2	709	509	18
2.	Porto	10	7	3	654	606	17
3.	Aris	10	7	3	719	659	17
4.	Beşiktaş	10	5	5	688	691	15
5.	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	10	3	7	658	763	13
6.	Zagreb	10	0	10	0	200	10

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Telekom Bonn	10	8	2	880	801	18
2.	Keravnos	10	5	5	814	838	15
3.	Crvena Zvezda	10	5	5	784	790	15
4.	Caja San Fernando	10	4	6	836	815	14
5.	Racing Paris	10	4	6	789	810	14
6.	Sakalai	10	4	6	802	851	14

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Anwil Włocławek	10	9	1	814	754	19
2.	Telindus RB Antwerpen	10	6	4	804	777	16
3.	Borac Banja Luka	10	5	5	855	802	15
4.	Slovakofarma Pezinok	10	5	5	851	832	15
5.	Namika Lahti	10	3	7	770	863	13
6.	Lineltex AC Imola	10	2	8	803	869	12

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beşiktaş	156–188	Pamesa Valencia	66–81	90–107
Aris	62–88	Maroussi	76–88	0–20*
Élan Chalon	141–120	Porto	80–64	61–56
Hapoel Galil Elyon	153–166	UNICS	83–88	70–78
Slovakofarma Pezinok	179–207	Telekom Bonn	93–110	86–97
Borac Banja Luka	162–165	Keravnos	89–74	73–91
Crvena Zvezda	89–113	Telindus RB Antwerpen	89–93	0–20**
Caja San Fernando	134–137	Anwil Włocławek	69–67	65–70

* Aris didn't play the second leg because it's players were on strike for not getting their salaries and Maroussi received a forfeit (20-0) in this game.

** The original second leg was suspended after several players of Telindus RB Antwerpen and Crvena Zvezda were disqualified. Later, FIBA decided that his game should be replayed a week later behind closed doors to avoid further incidents, but the Yugoslavian team didn't show up for the match and Telindus received a forfeit (20-0).

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Keravnos	122–175	Pamesa Valencia	69–74	53–101
Telindus RB Antwerpen	125–148	UNICS	62–61	63–87
Maroussi	203–173	Telekom Bonn	102–82	101–91
Élan Chalon	128–126	Anwil Włocławek	65–54	63–72

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pamesa Valencia	132–138	Élan Chalon	69–72	63–66
UNICS	176–180	Maroussi	95–87	81–93

Final

April 17, Hala Torwar, Warsaw

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Maroussi	74–72	Élan Chalon

2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup Champions
Maroussi 1st title

External links

2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com

Saporta Cup seasons

1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02