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 on May 5, 2002.
The Final Four was hosted in the PalaMalaguti in Bologna , Italy . A number of 32 teams competed for the championship, which was won by Panathinaikos .[1] Mirsad Türkcan was named Regular season MVP , while Dejan Bodiroga was awarded EuroLeague Top 16 MVP and EuroLeague Final Four MVP .
Competition system [ ]
41 teams in total with the qualification rounds, and 32 teams at the first group stage (the national domestic league champions from the best leagues, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues), playing in a tournament system . The competition culminated in a Final Four.
Team allocation [ ]
Distribution [ ]
The table below shows the default access list.
Teams entering in this round
Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (6 teams)
The champion from Sweden
The runners-up teams from:
The third-placed teams from:
Second qualifying round (8 teams)
The champion teams from:
The runners-up teams from:
The third-placed from France
3 winner teams from first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (4 teams)
4 winner teams from second qualifying round
Regular season (32 teams)
4 best-placed teams from:
2 best-placed teams from:
The champion teams from:
3 Wild Cards
2 winner teams from third qualifying round
Top 16 (16 teams)
4 group winners from the regular season
4 group runners-up from the regular season
4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four (4 teams)
4 group winners from the top 16
Teams [ ]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)
1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
WC: Wild card
Qualifying rounds [ ]
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
0–40[A]
Krka
0–20
0–20
Second qualifying round [ ]
Third qualifying round [ ]
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Spirou
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
Group A [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Qualification
BEN
MTA
OLY
EFES
UNI
SLA
ALB
SPI
1
Benetton Treviso
14
11
3
1206
1142
+64
Advance to Top 16
—
87–83
89–81
88–86
98–94
88–72
100–71
86–78
2
Maccabi Elite
14
10
4
1101
1021
+80
80–74
—
78–73
76–78
82–60
75–56
82–70
94–78
3
Olympiacos
14
10
4
1205
1098
+107
87–91
94–91
—
87–82
81–80
101–79
91–75
107–78
4
Efes Pilsen
14
9
5
1059
1032
+27
87–78
68–72
79–80
—
75–71
63–51
78–72
78–65
5
Unicaja Málaga
14
6
8
1054
1052
+2
67–68
79–84
86–79
66–67
—
65–66
86–79
79–68
6
Idea Śląsk
14
4
10
1001
1061
−60
91–93
79–65
75–80
74–79
58–63
—
71–66
94–95
7
Alba Berlin
14
3
11
1065
1153
−88
89–83
64–65
69–88
73–74
72–84
75–64
—
99–87
8
Spirou
14
3
11
1049
1181
−132
76–83
63–74
56–76
79–75
75–77
53–71
100–91
—
Group B [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Qualification
KIN
FCB
ULK
UOL
SKY
ŽAL
PER
LON
1
Kinder Bologna
14
12
2
1163
969
+194
Advance to Top 16
—
91–81
68–60
86–70
69–62
90–54
87–72
94–72
2
FC Barcelona
14
10
4
1211
1050
+161
69–85
—
85–64
81–61
90–81
90–86
73–77
101–63
3
Ülker
14
9
5
1104
1051
+53
51–75
77–87
—
75–63
78–76
79–66
93–79
107–64
4
Union Olimpija
14
9
5
1085
971
+114
85–89
80–74
78–80
—
81–55
87–66
81–74
73–40
5
Opel Skyliners
14
8
6
1037
1060
−23
80–79
74–88
74–70
56–79
—
84–75
72–55
61–57
6
Žalgiris
14
5
9
1054
1097
−43
91–67
72–92
79–82
70–81
73–75
—
81–78
90–72
7
Peristeri
14
3
11
1058
1158
−100
59–87
72–101
82–95
67–75
89–93
62–70
—
99–75
8
Kinder London Towers
14
0
14
910
1266
−356
57–96
67–99
75–93
58–91
77–94
58–81
75–87
—
Group C [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Qualification
PAO
RMB
SKI
CSKA
KRK
PAU
BUD
ZAD
1
Panathinaikos
14
12
2
1176
1073
+103
Advance to Top 16
—
77–88
81–70
83–80
98–92
67–63
91–82
102–64
2
Real Madrid
14
9
5
1211
1123
+88
70–78
—
87–82
82–86
87–93
92–80
90–71
114–84
3
Skipper Bologna
14
8
6
1193
1151
+42
77–79
93–77
—
97–99
73–88
83–75
109–79
95–85
4
CSKA Moscow
14
8
6
1221
1189
+32
85–91
77–92
75–77
—
86–80
80–69
88–83
96–92
5
Krka
14
7
7
1245
1222
+23
82–81
79–95
94–100
107–93
—
84–93
101–74
91–94
6
Pau-Orthez
14
7
7
1126
1114
+12
67–79
78–74
86–69
91–83
74–84
—
87–90
101–73
7
Budućnost
14
3
11
1108
1257
−149
72–84
72–82
70–86
72–103
77–72
77–79
—
110–97
8
Zadar
14
2
12
1156
1307
−151
81–85
73–81
76–82
73–90
97–98
79–83
88–79
—
Group D [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Qualification
TAU
AEK
URA
SCA
ASV
PAR
CIB
OOS
1
Tau Cerámica
14
9
5
1219
1057
+162
Advance to Top 16
—
82–62
112–84
86–68
90–66
80–85
81–58
114–78
2
AEK
14
9
5
1152
1102
+50
85–82
—
99–85
68–70
87–65
106–70
72–69
86–79
3
Ural Great
14
8
6
1266
1260
+6
94–88
86–77
—
99–88
103–98
110–111
85–66
109–79
4
Scavolini Pesaro
14
8
6
1124
1137
−13
75–85
68–89
103–85
—
65–99
98–86
88–75
86–75
5
ASVEL
14
8
6
1147
1135
+12
73–71
86–84
73–75
63–80
—
78–91
99–84
89–76
6
Partizan ICN
14
6
8
1138
1191
−53
59–65
69–74
85–80
68–80
82–88
—
81–76
86–77
7
Cibona VIP
14
5
9
1110
1165
−55
96–95
89–90
102–97
71–74
70–82
85–71
—
85–76
8
Telindus Oostende
14
3
11
1138
1247
−109
74–88
102–73
79–84
88–81
77–88
104–94
74–84
—
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.
Group E [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Qualification
BEN
FCB
SKI
SCA
1
Benetton Treviso
6
4
2
538
481
+57
Advance to Final Four
—
89–75
96–90
94–66
2
FC Barcelona
6
4
2
499
483
+16
76–75
—
77–59
90–76
3
Skipper Bologna
6
2
4
482
509
−27
73–86
97–93
—
73–86
4
Scavolini Pesaro
6
2
4
487
514
−27
101–98
87–88
71–90
—
Group F [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Qualification
KIN
EFS
RMB
UGR
1
Kinder Bologna
6
4
2
460
432
+28
Advance to Final Four
—
77–71
71–82
72–61
2
Efes Pilsen
6
3
3
506
481
+25
73–76
—
63–67
101–84
3
Real Madrid
6
3
3
500
528
−28
58–86
92–109
—
88–95
4
Ural Great
6
2
4
516
541
−25
87–78
85–89
104–113
—
Group G [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Qualification
PAO
OLY
AEK
UOL
1
Panathinaikos
6
5
1
496
467
+29
Advance to Final Four
—
88–78
96–92
85–67
2
Olympiacos
6
4
2
480
452
+28
92–75
—
75–69
85–89
3
AEK
6
2
4
474
475
−1
66–73
66–75
—
97–87
4
Union Olimpija
6
1
5
450
506
−56
72–79
66–75
69–85
—
Group H [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Qualification
MTA
TAU
CSK
ULK
1
Maccabi Elite
6
4
2
410
370
+40
Advance to Final Four
—
77–78
69–68
2–0 [D]
2
Tau Cerámica
6
4
2
496
472
+24
65–94
—
73–87
101–69
3
CSKA Moscow
6
3
3
486
485
+1
81–77
73–90
—
86–80
4
Ülker
6
1
5
395
460
−65
78–91
72–89
96–91
—
Final Four [ ]
Semifinals 3 MayFinal 5 May
Benetton Treviso 82
Kinder Bologna 90
Kinder Bologna 83
Panathinaikos 89
Panathinaikos 83
Maccabi Elite 75
2001–02 Euroleague Champions
Panathinaikos 3rd title
Awards [ ]
Top Scorer [ ]
Regular Season MVP [ ]
Top 16 MVP [ ]
Player
Team
Dejan Bodiroga
Panathinaikos
Final Four MVP [ ]
Player
Team
Dejan Bodiroga
Panathinaikos
Finals Top Scorer [ ]
All-Euroleague First Team [ ]
All-Euroleague Second Team [ ]
Round MVP [ ]
Regular season [ ]
Top 16 [ ]
Individual statistics [ ]
Rating [ ]
Points [ ]
Rebounds [ ]
Assists [ ]
Other statistics [ ]
Individual game highs [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
show FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague Basketball
FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
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