2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup

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

The 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-fifth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It occurred between October 17, 2000, and April 17, 2001. The final was held at Hala Torwar, Warsaw, Poland.

Competition system

• 24 teams (national domestic cup champions, plus the best qualified teams in the most important European national domestic leagues), entered a preliminary group stage, divided into four groups of six teams each, playing a round-robin. The final standing were based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams, after the group stage, the following criteria was 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 qualified for a 1/8 Final Playoff (X-pairings, home and away games), while the winners advanced further to 1/4 Finals and 1/2 Finals.
• The Final was played at a predetermined venue.

Teams

Caja San Fernando (5th)	Beşiktaş (4th)	Anwil Włocławek (2nd)	Porto (2nd)
Pamesa Valencia (6th)	Pınar Karşıyaka (5th)	Slovakofarma Pezinok (1st)	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (1st)
Aris (8th)	UNICS (3rd)	Pivovarna Laško (2nd)	Telindus Racing Antwerpen (1st)
Maroussi (10th)	Lineltex AC Imola (12th)*	Zagreb (4th)	Sakalai (4th)
Racing Paris (6th)	Telekom Baskets Bonn (4th)	Crvena zvezda (3rd)	Namika Lahti (1st)
Élan Chalon (8th)	Hapoel Galil Elyon (WC)	Borac Banja Luka (1st)	Keravnos Keo (1st)

*As a substitute for Olimpia Milano which team withdrew from competition

First round

Group A VAL MAR CHA HGE KAR LAŠ VAL 95-81 77-79 90-86 95-93 89-87 MAR 82-75 70-62 98-82 101-92 112-71 CHA 67-77 75-56 72-67 73-57 82-88 HGE 94-97 89-83 60-68 121-90 83-85 KAR 105-91 95-99 66-78 87-90 89-88 LAŠ 83-91 77-93 75-58 67-88 76-80 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 UNI POR ARI BEŞ TRA ZAG UNI 97-70 93-61 60-65 93-50 20-0 POR 62-75 74-73 72-82 88-81 20-0 ARI 75-73 66-81 101-98 112-96 20-0 BEŞ 65-85 57-74 87-101 85-84 20-0 TRA 61-93 75-93 57-90 114-109 20-0 ZAG 0-20 0-20 0-20 0-20 0-20 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 TBB KER CZV CAJ PAR SAK TBB 84-52 83-75 97-82 87-83 88-76 KER 87-95 93-79 92-90 92-83 78-92 CZV 94-89 95-84 80-76 66-68 69-68 CAJ 76-83 70-78 79-81 96-84 102-63 PAR 87-72 69-82 65-61 78-85 79-67 SAK 89-102 81-76 85-84 79-80 102-93 Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 8 2 880 801 18 2. Keravnos Keo 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 ANW ANT BOR PEZ LAH IMO ANW 90-84 87-83 81-79 91-76 82-51 ANT 67-75 102-84 90-73 77-58 79-71 BOR 90-74 72-78 81-68 111-69 87-70 PEZ 73-76 79-82 94-76 99-86 86-80 LAH 59-60 89-66 85-83 76-102 93-69 IMO 92-98 86-79 80-83 99-103 105-79 Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Anwil Włocławek 10 9 1 814 754 19 2. Telindus Racing 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

Top 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 Baskets Bonn	93–110	86–97
Borac Banja Luka	162–165	Keravnos Keo	89–74	73–91
Crvena zvezda	89–113	Telindus Racing Antwerpen	89–93	0–20**
Caja San Fernando	134–137	Anwil Włocławek	69–67	65–70

* Aris didn't play the second leg because its 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 Racing 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).

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Awards

See also

• 2000–01 Euroleague
• 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
• 2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup

References

External links

• 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
• 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup at Linguasport