2001–02 Euroleague

2001–02 Euroleague
The PalaMalaguti in Bologna hosted the Final
Champions	Panathinaikos (3rd title)
Runners-up	Kinder Bologna
Third place	Benetton Treviso
Fourth place	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Teams	32 (regular season) 41 (total)
Duration	10 October 2001 – 12 May 2002
Awards
Regular Season MVP	Mirsad Türkcan
Top 16 MVP	Dejan Bodiroga
Final Four MVP	Dejan Bodiroga
Statistical leaders
PIR	Dejan Bodiroga 23.1
Points	Alphonso Ford 24.8
Rebounds	Mirsad Türkcan 12.8
Assists	Elmer Bennett 5.3

The 2001–02 Euroleague was the second season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 45th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season started on October 10, 2001, and ended with the championship final game on May 5, 2002, in PalaMalaguti, Bologna, Italy. 32 teams competed for the championship, which was won by Panathinaikos. Mirsad Türkcan was the EuroLeague Regular Season MVP, and Dejan Bodiroga was the Euroleague Top 16 MVP and Euroleague Final Four MVP.

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Darüşşafaka	135–171	Telekom Bonn	81–94	54–77
Lietuvos Rytas	158–159	Split CO	87–71	71–88
Alvik	–*	Krka

*Alvik withdrew.

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Portugal Telekom Lisbon	150–198	Spirou Charleroi	77–92	73–106
Telekom Bonn	166–159	Split CO	76–73	90–86
Krka	–*	Lugano Snakes
Le Mans	–**	Hapoel Jerusalem

*Lugano Snakes withdrew.

**Le Mans withdrew.

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spirou Charleroi	162–141	Hapoel Jerusalem	84–70	78–71
Krka	162–153	Telekom Bonn	89–82	73–71

Regular season

The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 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:

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

Key to colors
	Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Treviso	14	11	3	1206	1142	+64
2.	Maccabi Elite	14	10	4	1101	1021	+80
3.	Olympiacos	14	10	4	1205	1098	+107
4.	Efes Pilsen	14	9	5	1059	1032	+27
5.	Unicaja Málaga	14	6	8	1054	1052	+2
6.	Śląsk Wrocław	14	4	10	1001	1061	-60
7.	Alba Berlin	14	3	11	1065	1153	-88
8.	Spirou Charleroi	14	3	11	1049	1181	-132

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Kinder Bologna	14	12	2	1163	969	+194
2.	FC Barcelona	14	10	4	1211	1050	+161
3.	Ülker	14	9	5	1104	1051	+53
4.	Union Olimpija	14	9	5	1085	971	+114
5.	Opel Skyliners	14	8	6	1037	1060	-23
6.	Žalgiris	14	5	9	1054	1097	-43
7.	Peristeri	14	3	11	1058	1158	-100
8.	London Towers	14	0	14	910	1266	-356

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	14	12	2	1176	1073	+103
2.	Real Madrid	14	9	5	1211	1123	+88
3.	Skipper Bologna	14	8	6	1193	1151	+42
4.	CSKA Moscow	14	8	6	1221	1189	+32
5.	Krka	14	7	7	1245	1222	+23
6.	Pau-Orthez	14	7	7	1126	1114	+12
7.	Budućnost	14	3	11	1108	1257	-149
8.	Zadar	14	2	12	1156	1307	-151

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Tau Cerámica	14	9	5	1219	1057	+162
2.	AEK	14	9	5	1152	1102	+50
3.	Ural Great	14	8	6	1266	1260	+6
4.	Scavolini Pesaro	14	8	6	1124	1137	-13
5.	ASVEL	14	8	6	1147	1135	+12
6.	Partizan	14	6	8	1138	1191	-53
7.	Cibona	14	5	9	1110	1165	-55
8.	Telindus Oostende	14	3	11	1138	1247	-109

Top 16

The remaining 16 teams were placed into four groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in its group twice, once at home and once away. The top teams of each of the four groups advanced to the Final Four.

Key to colors
	Top place in each group advanced to Final four

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Treviso	6	4	2	538	481	+57
2.	FC Barcelona	6	4	2	499	483	+16
3.	Skipper Bologna	6	2	4	482	509	-27
4.	Scavolini Pesaro	6	2	4	487	514	-27

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Kinder Bologna	6	4	2	460	432	+28
2.	Efes Pilsen	6	3	3	506	481	+25
3.	Real Madrid	6	3	3	500	528	-28
4.	Ural Great	6	2	4	516	541	-25

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	6	5	1	496	467	+29
2.	Olympiacos	6	4	2	480	452	+28
3.	AEK	6	2	4	474	475	-1
4.	Union Olimpija	6	1	5	450	506	-56

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Maccabi Elite	6	4	2	410	370	+40
2.	Tau Cerámica	6	4	2	496	472	+24
3.	CSKA Moscow	6	3	3	486	485	+1
4.	Ülker	6	1	5	395	460	-65

Final Four

Main article: 2002 Euroleague Final Four

Semifinals

May 3, PalaMalaguti, Bologna

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Benetton Treviso	82–90	Kinder Bologna
Panathinaikos	83–75	Maccabi Elite

Final

May 5, PalaMalaguti, Bologna

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kinder Bologna	83–89	Panathinaikos

2001–02 Euroleague Champions
Panathinaikos 3rd Title

Final standings

	Team
	Panathinaikos
	Kinder Bologna
	Benetton Treviso
	Maccabi Elite

Final Four 2002 MVP

Dejan Bodiroga (Panathinaikos)

Awards

All-Euroleague First Team 2001–02

All-Euroleague Second Team 2001–02

References and notes

External links

Euroleague 2001/02 ULEB Euroleague 2001/02
Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage.
Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site.
TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum.

Panathinaikos 2001–02 Euroleague Champions

4 Fragiskos Alvertis 5 Georgios Kalaitzis 6 Ioannis Sioutis 7 Johnny Rogers 8 Damir Mulaomerović 10 Dejan Bodiroga (Final Four MVP) 11 Darryl Middleton 12 İbrahim Kutluay 13 Corey Albano 14 Lazaros Papadopoulos 15 Giannis Giannoulis 16 Juan Ignacio Sánchez Head coach: Željko Obradović Assistant coach: Dimitrios Itoudis

FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague

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

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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

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