2000–01 Euroleague

The EuroLeague (or historically called, the FIBA European Champions' Cup) was originally established by FIBA, and it operated under its umbrella from 1958, until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–2000 season. That was when Euroleague Basketball Company was created.

Because FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name, and Euroleague Basketball simply used it without any legal ramifications, because FIBA had no legal recourse to prevent it, so they had to find a new name for their league. Thus, the following 2000–01 season started with 2 separate top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (previously known as the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new 2000–01 Euroleague season.

The rift in European professional club basketball initially showed no signs of letting up. Top clubs were also split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Tau Cerámica, and Benetton Treviso joined Euroleague Basketball.

A total of 24 teams from 14 countries participate in the competition.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round

• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC: Wild card

Regular season
Paf Wennington Bologna (1st)	AEK (4th)	Cibona VIP (1st)	Opel Skyliners (3rd)
Benetton Treviso (2nd)	Peristeri (5th)	Zadar (2nd)	Union Olimpija (3rd)
Kinder Bologna (3rd)	Real Madrid Teka (1st)	Žalgiris (2nd)	Region Wallone Spirou (4th)
Müller Verona (4th)	FC Barcelona (2nd)	Budućnost (1st)	Ovarense Aerosoles (1st)
PAOK (2nd)	Adecco Estudiantes (3rd)	Hapoel Jerusalem (WC)	Lugano Snakes (1st)
Olympiacos (3rd)	Tau Cerámica (4th)	Saint Petersburg Lions (WC)	Haribo London Towers (1st)

The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round, The Top 16. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
4. Points scored in all group matches
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		PAF	PER	ZAL	EST	LUG	ZAD
1	Paf Wennington Bologna	10	8	2	812	760	+52	Advance to Playoffs		—	71–69	91–85	81–72	81–66	81–77
2	Peristeri	10	7	3	841	786	+55			83–70	—	74–92	91–81	85–68	92–73
3	Žalgiris	10	6	4	866	816	+50			73–56	86–73	—	77–80	105–89	97–85
4	Adecco Estudiantes	10	4	6	820	821	−1			76–90	86–91	87–77	—	97–76	93–81
5	Lugano Snakes	10	3	7	777	914	−137			72–100	80–91	95–87	77–76	—	75–74
6	Zadar	10	2	8	840	859	−19			87–91	79–92	86–87	80–72	118–79	—

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		KIN	AEK	TAU	CIB	SPL	RWC
1	Kinder Bologna	10	9	1	835	734	+101	Advance to Playoffs		—	81–66	76–73	106–88	84–78	106–87
2	AEK	10	8	2	805	746	+59			78–77	—	64–52	83–75	84–73	97–73
3	Tau Cerámica	10	6	4	749	700	+49			59–65	85–65	—	92–66	97–88	76–64
4	Cibona	10	3	7	773	832	−59			69–74	72–81	62–60	—	75–70	85–70
5	Saint Petersburg Lions	10	2	8	778	840	−62			78–82	69–90	79–81	92–90	—	83–77
6	Region Wallone Spirou	10	2	8	769	857	−88			58–80	89–97	71–74	100–91	80–68	—

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		OLY	RMB	UOL	BEN	JER	OVA
1	Olympiacos	10	7	3	861	738	+123	Advance to Playoffs		—	91–84	82–70	82–73	102–69	101–67
2	Real Madrid Teka	10	7	3	859	789	+70			75–73	—	82–70	64–75	104–64	116–94
3	Union Olimpija	10	7	3	823	752	+71			69–73	88–79	—	78–74	95–68	102–79
4	Benetton Treviso	10	6	4	847	777	+70			95–87	87–88	69–71	—	78–71	106–81
5	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	3	7	784	881	−97			83–70	74–87	76–88	79–104	—	106–71
6	Ovarense Aerosoles	10	0	10	746	983	−237			53–100	73–80	70–92	76–86	82–94	—

Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		FCB	PAO	POD	VER	LON	SKY
1	FC Barcelona	10	8	2	856	757	+99	Advance to Playoffs		—	58–67	92–75	96–84	82–76	86–60
2	PAOK	10	7	3	846	773	+73			91–102	—	89–72	97–94	70–58	100–70
3	Budućnost	10	7	3	844	819	+25			77–85	83–71	—	77–73	101–83	79–73
4	Müller Verona	10	6	4	920	854	+66			94–90	102–88	86–91	—	102–76	90–70
5	Haribo London Towers	10	1	9	775	878	−103			82–97	61–93	88–95	89–98	—	86–61
6	Opel Skyliners	10	1	9	696	856	−160			51–68	73–80	79–94	80–97	79–76	—

Source:

In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength, Euroleague Basketball Company dictated proceedings, and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the EuroLeague was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball Company's umbrella, and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. It is today officially admitted that European basketball had two champions that year, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.

A year later, Euroleague Basketball Company and FIBA decided that Euroleague Basketball's EuroLeague competition would be the main basketball tournament on the continent, to be played between the top level teams of Europe. FIBA Europe would also organize a European league for third-tier level teams, known as the FIBA Europe League competition, while Euroleague Basketball would also organize its own second-tier level league, combining FIBA's long-time Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other, and did so jointly until 2016.

In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the EuroCup.

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

• 2000–01 Euroleague
• 2000–01 Euroleague
• Eurobasket.com 2000–01 Euroleague