2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup
# 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup

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 were 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.

## Team allocation

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

* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
* CW: Cup winners

Regular season :

| Caja San Fernando (5th) | Beşiktaş (4th) | Anwil Włocławek (2nd) | Porto (CW) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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) |
| Paris Racing (6th) | Telekom Baskets Bonn (4th) | Crvena zvezda (3rd) | Namika Lahti (1st) |
| Élan Chalon (8th) | Hapoel Galil Elyon (4th) | Borac Banja Luka (1st) | Keravnos Keo (1st) |

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

## Regular season

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | MAR | CHA | HGE | KAR | LAŠ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pamesa Valencia | 10 | 7 | 3 | 877 | 857 | +20 | 17 | Advanced to Top 16 | — | 95–81 | 77–79 | 90–86 | 95–93 | 89–87 |
| 2 | Maroussi | 10 | 7 | 3 | 875 | 813 | +62 | 17 | Advanced to Top 16 | 82–75 | — | 70–62 | 98–82 | 101–92 | 112–71 |
| 3 | Élan Chalon | 10 | 6 | 4 | 714 | 693 | +21 | 16 | Advanced to Top 16 | 67–77 | 75–56 | — | 72–67 | 73–57 | 82–88 |
| 4 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 10 | 4 | 6 | 860 | 837 | +23 | 14 | Advanced to Top 16 | 94–97 | 89–83 | 60–68 | — | 121–90 | 83–85 |
| 5 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 10 | 3 | 7 | 854 | 912 | −58 | 13 | | 105–91 | 95–99 | 66–78 | 87–90 | — | 89–88 |
| 6 | Pivovarna Laško | 10 | 3 | 7 | 797 | 865 | −68 | 13 | | 83–91 | 77–93 | 75–58 | 67–88 | 76–80 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | POR | ARI | BEŞ | ARK | ZAG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | UNICS | 10 | 8 | 2 | 709 | 509 | +200 | 18 | Advanced to Top 16 | — | 97–70 | 93–61 | 60–65 | 93–50 | 20–0 |
| 2 | Porto | 10 | 7 | 3 | 654 | 606 | +48 | 17 | Advanced to Top 16 | 62–75 | — | 74–73 | 72–82 | 88–81 | 20–0 |
| 3 | Aris | 10 | 7 | 3 | 719 | 659 | +60 | 17 | Advanced to Top 16 | 75–73 | 66–81 | — | 101–98 | 112–96 | 20–0 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 10 | 5 | 5 | 688 | 691 | −3 | 15 | Advanced to Top 16 | 65–85 | 57–74 | 87–101 | — | 85–84 | 20–0 |
| 5 | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 10 | 3 | 7 | 658 | 763 | −105 | 13 | | 61–93 | 75–93 | 57–90 | 114–109 | — | 20–0 |
| 6 | Zagreb | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 200 | −200 | 10 | | 0–20 | 0–20 | 0–20 | 0–20 | 0–20 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BONN | KER | CZV | CSF | PAR | SAK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 10 | 8 | 2 | 880 | 801 | +79 | 18 | Advanced to Top 16 | — | 84–52 | 83–75 | 97–82 | 87–83 | 88–76 |
| 2 | Keravnos Keo | 10 | 5 | 5 | 814 | 838 | −24 | 15 | Advanced to Top 16 | 87–95 | — | 93–79 | 92–90 | 92–83 | 78–92 |
| 3 | Crvena zvezda | 10 | 5 | 5 | 784 | 790 | −6 | 15 | Advanced to Top 16 | 94–89 | 95–84 | — | 80–76 | 66–68 | 69–68 |
| 4 | Caja San Fernando | 10 | 4 | 6 | 836 | 815 | +21 | 14 | Advanced to Top 16 | 76–83 | 70–78 | 79–81 | — | 96–84 | 102–63 |
| 5 | Paris Racing | 10 | 4 | 6 | 789 | 810 | −21 | 14 | | 87–72 | 69–82 | 65–61 | 78–85 | — | 79–67 |
| 6 | Sakalai | 10 | 4 | 6 | 802 | 851 | −49 | 14 | | 89–102 | 81–76 | 85–84 | 79–80 | 102–93 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ANW | ANT | BOR | PEZ | LAH | IMO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anwil Włocławek | 10 | 9 | 1 | 814 | 754 | +60 | 19 | Advanced to Top 16 | — | 90–84 | 87–83 | 81–79 | 91–76 | 82–51 |
| 2 | Telindus Racing Antwerpen | 10 | 6 | 4 | 804 | 777 | +27 | 16 | Advanced to Top 16 | 67–75 | — | 102–84 | 90–73 | 77–58 | 79–71 |
| 3 | Borac Banja Luka | 10 | 5 | 5 | 855 | 802 | +53 | 15 | Advanced to Top 16 | 90–74 | 72–78 | — | 94–76 | 111–69 | 87–70 |
| 4 | Slovakofarma Pezinok | 10 | 5 | 5 | 851 | 832 | +19 | 15 | Advanced to Top 16 | 73–76 | 79–82 | 81–68 | — | 99–86 | 86–80 |
| 5 | Namika Lahti | 10 | 3 | 7 | 770 | 863 | −93 | 13 | | 59–60 | 89–66 | 85–83 | 76–102 | — | 93–69 |
| 6 | Lineltex AC Imola | 10 | 2 | 8 | 803 | 869 | −66 | 12 | | 92–98 | 86–79 | 80–83 | 99–103 | 105–79 | — |

## Top 16

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Beşiktaş | 156–188 | Pamesa Valencia | 66–81 | 90–107 |
| Aris | 76–108 | 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

### FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP

* Jimmy Oliver ( Maroussi)
