2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four

2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four

Tournament details
Arena	Palais de Bercy, Paris,  France
Dates	May 11th - 13th, 2001
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd title)
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Third place	Efes
Fourth place	CSKA Moscow
Awards and statistics
MVP	Ariel McDonald

The 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague. It was the last Final Four tournament that was organized by FIBA Europe.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	May 11, Bercy Arena
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	86
					May 13, Bercy Arena
	CSKA Moscow	80
					Maccabi Tel Aviv	81
	May 11, Bercy Arena
					Panathinaikos	67
	Panathinaikos	74
	Efes Pilsen	66
					Third place
					May 13, Bercy Arena
					Efes Pilsen	91
					CSKA Moscow	85

Semifinals

Maccabi Tel Aviv – CSKA Moscow

May 11 18:00

(Report)

Maccabi Tel Aviv	86–80	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 16–24, 23–9, 26–28
Pts: Huffman 17 Rebs: Parker 9 Asts: Parker 7		Pts: Kirilenko 23 Rebs: Kirilenko 11 Asts: Kirilenko 2

Palais de Bercy, Paris, France Attendance: 13,200 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Eduardo Sancha (ESP)

Panathinaikos – Efes Pilsen

May 11 20:30

(Report)

Panathinaikos	74–66	Efes Pilsen
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 15–13, 15–25, 21–18
Pts: Bodiroga 22 Rebs: Alvertis 6 Asts: Bodiroga 5		Pts: Onan 15 Rebs: Besok 8 Asts: Onan 3

Palais de Bercy, Paris, France Attendance: 13,200 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

Third Place Game

Efes Pilsen – CSKA Moscow

May 13 18:00

(Report)

Efes Pilsen	91–85	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 29–31, 17–20, 25–23
Pts: Drobnjak 25 Rebs: Besok 9 Asts: Mulaomerović 12		Pts: Morgunov 16 Rebs: Morgunov 12 Asts: Domani 4

Palais de Bercy, Paris, France Attendance: 13,200 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv – Panathinaikos

May 13 20:30

(Report)

Maccabi Tel Aviv	81–67	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 22–10, 17–25, 27–19
Pts: McDonald 21 Rebs: Huffman 9 Asts: McDonald 9		Pts: Bodiroga 27 Rebs: Fotsis 8 Asts: Koch 3

Palais de Bercy, Paris, France Attendance: 13,200 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Panathinaikos

Starters: P R A PG 14 Ariel McDonald 21 2 9 SG 8 Anthony Parker 13 6 3 SF 10 Tal Burstein 5 3 2 PF 4 Nadav Henefeld 7 2 1 C 7 Nate Huffman 21 9 0 Reserves: P R A SG 5 Mark Brisker 3 0 0 PG 6 Derrick Sharp 5 0 0 SF 9 Gur Shelef 2 2 2 PF 11 Elad Savion DNP PF 12 Velibor Radović DNP PF 13 Radisav Ćurčić 4 2 0 C 15 David Sternlight 0 0 0 Head coach: Pini Gershon

2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv 3rd Title

Starters: P R A PG 5 Georgios Kalaitzis 0 1 2 SG 10 Dejan Bodiroga 27 8 1 SF 4 Fragiskos Alvertis 5 3 1 PF 8 Antonis Fotsis 15 8 0 C 12 Željko Rebrača 0 1 0 Reserves: P R A PG 6 Michael Koch 9 3 3 C 7 Johnny Rogers 2 2 0 SG 9 Nando Gentile 3 1 3 PF 11 Darryl Middleton 0 1 0 C 13 Pat Burke 2 1 0 PF 14 Ioannis Rodostoglou DNP SF 15 Georgios Balogiannis 0 0 0 Head coach: Željko Obradović

Awards

FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team
Player	Team	Ref.
Ariel McDonald (Final Four MVP)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	[1]
Anthony Parker	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow
Nate Huffman	Maccabi Tel Aviv

References

External links

• SuproLeague website