2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Tournament details

Season	1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
Arena	P.A.O.K. Sports Arena Thessaloniki, Greece
Dates	18–20 April 2000
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (2nd title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Elite
Third place	Efes Pilsen
Fourth place	FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP	Željko Rebrača

The 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 1999–2000 season. It was the second to last edition of the FIBA EuroLeague Final Fours that were organized by FIBA Europe. For the next edition of the tournament, it would be replaced by the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four, and the new Euroleague Basketball competition's 2001 Finals series, which was organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.

Panathinaikos won its second title, after defeating Maccabi Elite in the final game.

Bracket

April 18
18:30

FC Barcelona	51–65	Maccabi Elite
Scoring by half: 22–38, 29–27
Pts: Goldwire 13 Rebs: Dueñas 9 Asts: Alston, Goldwire 3		Pts: Huffman 24 Rebs: Henefeld 6 Asts: McDonald 4

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

April 18
21:00

Panathinaikos	81–71	Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 41–33, 40–28
Pts: Bodiroga 22 Rebs: Rebrača 7 Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 3		Pts: Türkoğlu 15 Rebs: Beşok, Türkoğlu 5 Asts: Mulaomerović 6

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Iztok Rems (SLO)

April 20
18:30

FC Barcelona	69–75	Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 34–41, 35–34
Pts: Rentzias 29 Rebs: Elson 11 Asts: Rodríguez 5		Pts: Beşok 22 Rebs: Beşok 10 Asts: three players 2

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

April 20
21:00

Maccabi Elite	67–73	Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 36–36, 31–37
Pts: Huffman 26 Rebs: Huffman 10 Asts: Comegys 9		Pts: Rebrača 20 Rebs: Rebrača 8 Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 2

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Iztok Rems (SLO)

Maccabi Elite

Panathinaikos

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	14	Ariel McDonald	11	3	1
PG	6	Derrick Sharp	5	0	1
SF	4	Nadav Henefeld	0	1	0
PF	8	Dallas Comegys	3	5	3
C	7	Nate Huffman	26	10	2
Reserves:			P	R	A
SG	5	Mark Brisker	13	3	0
SF	9	Gur Shelef	0	1	0
G	11	Doron Sheffer	6	2	2
G	12	Doron Jamchy	3	1	0
C	15	Constantin Popa	0	0	0
Head coach:
Pini Gershon

1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Panathinaikos Second title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	9	Nando Gentile	3	2	1
SG	10	Dejan Bodiroga	9	4	2
SF	4	Fragiskos Alvertis	4	3	0
C	7	Johnny Rogers	4	2	1
C	12	Željko Rebrača	20	8	0
Reserves:			P	R	A
SG	6	Michael Koch	0	0	0
PF	8	Antonis Fotsis	4	2	1
PG	11	Nikos Boudouris	DNP
C	13	Pat Burke	7	3	0
PG	14	Oded Kattash	17	1	2
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Panathinaikos 1999–2000 EuroLeague champions
4 Alvertis 5 Kalaitzis 6 Koch 7 Rogers 8 Fotsis 9 Gentile 10 Bodiroga 11 Boudouris 12 Rebrača (Final Four MVP) 13 Burke 14 Kattash 15 Karagoutis 16 Maglos 17 Glyniadakis Head coach: Željko Obradović Assistant coach: Dimitrios Itoudis

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 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
Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

General information
History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history Historical formats EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament Youngest players
Awards	EuroLeague Basketball Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2001–10 All-Decade Team
Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Individual statistics Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists EuroLeague clubs performance comparison European club pyramid National league rankings European club rankings

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