2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup
League	FIBA Saporta Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Montepaschi Siena
Runners-up	Pamesa Valencia

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup season was the last edition of this tournament organized by FIBA Europe. It occurred between October 30, 2001 and April 30, 1998. The final was held at Lyon, France.

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	806	735	17
2.	Snaidero Udine	10	7	3	790	756	17
3.	Türk Telekom	10	6	4	852	818	16
4.	Strasbourg	10	6	4	852	818	16
5.	Portugal Telecom	10	2	8	852	889	12
6.	Lugano Snakes	10	2	8	802	946	12

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Montepaschi Siena	10	7	3	851	760	17
2.	Panionios	10	6	4	876	847	16
3.	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	6	4	785	755	16
4.	Adecco Estudiantes	10	6	4	883	848	16
5.	Le Mans*	10	4	6	743	807	13
6.	Darüşşafaka	10	1	9	758	879	11

*Le Mans was docked one point for not playing the game at Hapoel Jerusalem.

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Lietuvos Rytas	10	9	1	912	746	19
2.	Telekom Bonn	10	7	3	854	804	17
3.	UNICS	10	7	3	876	743	17
4.	Anwil Włocławek	10	5	5	791	793	15
5.	Ricoh Astronauts	10	2	8	710	784	12
6.	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	10	0	10	686	959	10

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
1.	Slovakofarma Pezinok	10	8	2	827	736	18
2.	Iraklis	10	7	3	815	707	17
3.	FMP	10	7	3	818	770	17
4.	Croatia Osiguranje Split	10	5	5	863	873	15
5.	Igokea	10	3	7	768	827	13
6.	Keravnos	10	0	10	696	874	10

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adecco Estudiantes	145–169	Pamesa Valencia	77–80	68–89
Hapoel Jerusalem	158–152	Snaidero Udine	71–74	87–78
Türk Telekom	143–145	Panionios	80–74	63–71
Strasbourg	144–152	Montepaschi Siena	78–78	66–74
Croatia Osiguranje Split	137–184	Lietuvos rytas	67–100	70–84
FMP	172–174	Telekom Bonn	88–91	84–83
UNICS	167–163	Iraklis	91–79	76–84
Anwil Włocławek	163–152	Slovakofarma Pezinok	95–78	68–74

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Telekom Bonn	156–176	Pamesa Valencia	88–92	68–84
UNICS	131–138	Montepaschi Siena	73–70	58–68
Hapoel Jerusalem	163–155	Lietuvos rytas	88–90	75–65
Panionios	142–149	Anwil Włocławek	83–74	59–75

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pamesa Valencia	135–118	Anwil Włocławek	77–65	58–53
Montepaschi Siena	192–140	Hapoel Jerusalem	98–69	94–71

Final

April 30, Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pamesa Valencia	71–81	Montepaschi Siena

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup Champions
Montepaschi Siena 1st title

External links

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com

Montepaschi Siena 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup Winners

Naumoski Stefanov Tolbert Gorenc Topić Chiacig Žukauskas Bulatović Öztaş Rossetti Scarone Pilotti Coach Ataman

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