2000–01 North European Basketball League
# 2000–01 North European Basketball League

2000–01 NEBL was the second complete season of the North European Basketball League. The tournament was held during the 2000–01 basketball season on 30 November 2000 – 22 April 2001.

The winner of the NEBL championship was awarded with $45,000 cheque, the other finalist received $25,000, 3rd-place winner - $20,000 and 4th best team got $10,000.

Ural Great won the tournament by defeating Žalgiris in the final.

Sergei Chikalkin from Ural Great was named as the Most valuable player.

## Clubs

| Country (League) | Teams |
| - | - |
| Czech Republic (NBL) | USK Erpet Prague |
| Denmark (Basketligaen) | Magic Great Danes [da] |
| England (NBL) | Haribo London Towers London |
| Estonia (KML) | Kalev Tallinn |
| Finland (Korisliiga) | Honka Playboys Espoo |
| Latvia (LBL) | Ventspils |
| Latvia (LBL) | BK LMT Rīga |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Šiauliai |
| Netherlands (DBL) | Conesco Den Helder |
| Poland (PLK) | Polonia Warbud Warsaw |
| Russia (Super League A) | Ural Great Perm |
| Russia (Super League A) | CSKA Moscow |
| Sweden (Basketligan) | Norrköping Dolphins Norrköping |
| Ukraine (SuperLeague) | Kyiv Kiev |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie-break |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ural Great (A) | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1402 | 1081 | +321 | |
| 2 | Lietuvos rytas (A) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1348 | 1210 | +138 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Žalgiris (B) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1251 | 1071 | +180 | 0–1 |
| 4 | CSKA (B) | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1357 | 1234 | +123 | |
| 5 | Haribo London Towers (B) | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1179 | 1187 | −8 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Polonia Warbud (B) | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1098 | 1156 | −58 | 0–1 |
| 7 | Kyiv (B) | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1262 | 1227 | +35 | |
| 8 | Ventspils (B) | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1251 | 1237 | +14 | 2–0 |
| 9 | BK LMT (B) | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1334 | 1389 | −55 | 1–1 |
| 10 | Šiauliai (B) | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1227 | 1216 | +11 | 0–2 |
| 11 | Kalev | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1106 | 1304 | −198 | |
| 12 | Magic Great Danes | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1082 | 1217 | −135 | 2–1; 1–0 |
| 13 | Honka Playboys (T) | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1179 | 1278 | −99 | 2–1; 0–1 |
| 14 | Conesco (T) | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1074 | 1168 | −94 | 1–2; 1–0 |
| 15 | USK Erpet (T) | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1199 | 1242 | −43 | 1–2; 0–1 |
| 16 | Norrköping Dolphins (T) | 15 | 3 | 12 | 1288 | 1420 | −132 | |

## Results

| | NOR | PRA | CON | HON | MGD | KAL | ŠIA | LMT | VEN | KYI | POL | HLT | CSK | ŽAL | LRY |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ural Great Perm | 109-86 | 89-65 | 68-55 | 113-66 | 105-72 | 92-68 | 93-62 | 122-92 | 83-73 | 99-97 | 98-60 | 91-65 | 78-69 | 81-68 | 81-83 |
| Lietuvos rytas | 108-75 | 87-71 | 85-79 | 86-84 | 81-65 | 91-67 | 91-93 | 82-89 | 103-94 | 101-92 | 90-73 | 96-79 | 89-98 | 75-70 |
| Žalgiris Kaunas | 97-69 | 88-85 | 73-48 | 93-79 | 97-68 | 112-71 | 72-66 | 103-81 | 81-75 | 72-68 | 71-54 | 83-67 | 71-84 |
| CSKA Moscow | 94-101 | 93-92 | 87-80 | 92-91 | 87-60 | 107-64 | 91-81 | 98-104 | 101-88 | 80-88 | 83-57 | 93-90 |
| Haribo London Towers | 75-78 | 77-75 | 76-69 | 83-81 | 65-53 | 82-67 | 86-68 | 86-103 | 77-75 | 79-73 | 92-72 |
| Polonia Warbud | 89-82 | 87-75 | 83-72 | 60-52 | 63-60 | 65-74 | 87-69 | 82-78 | 72-70 | 94-90 |
| Kyiv | 97-92 | 64-57 | 82-69 | 88-74 | 81-71 | 87-69 | 73-92 | 100-87 | 82-91 |
| Ventspils | 94-88 | 87-98 | 67-64 | 80-71 | 69-70 | 99-80 | 83-77 | 106-90 |
| BK LMT Rīga | 90-82 | 83-104 | 84-94 | 77-86 | 85-73 | 95-81 | 96-90 |
| Šiauliai | 106-89 | 85-80 | 63-64 | 84-71 | 90-75 | 91-65 |
| Kalev | 88-87 | 76-73 | 76-78 | 71-67 | 89-78 |
| Magic Great Danes | 85-77 | 80-86 | 82-63 | 90-79 |
| Honka Playboys | 112-102 | 81-80 | 85-79 |
| Conesco Den Helder | 84-91 | 76-66 |
| USK Erpet Prague | 92-89 |

Source: Worldbasket.com

## Play-offs

### Eight-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Žalgiris | 147–115 | Šiauliai | 84–54 | 63–61 |
| CSKA | 207–153 | BK LMT | 89–70 | 118–83 |
| Haribo London Towers | 167–178 | Ventspils | 70–97 | 97–81 |
| Polonia Warbud | 157–174 | Kyiv | 80–83 | 77–91 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Žalgiris | 163–147 | Kyiv | 77–59 | 86–88 |
| CSKA | 190–189 | Ventspils | 107–104 | 83–85 |

## Final Four

### Semifinal 1

* 21 April 2001 15:45
* Boxscore

| Ural Great | 90–56 | CSKA |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 25–16, 22–16, 22–11 |||
| Pts: Chikalkin 21 Rebs: Mikhailov 12 Asts: Panov, Pačėsas 6 | | Pts: Rogers 20 Rebs: Rogers 11 Asts: three players 2 |

* Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR)

### Semifinal 2

* 21 April 2001 18:30
* Boxscore

| Lietuvos rytas | 79–107 | Žalgiris |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–33, 17–27, 18–14, 21–33 |||
| Pts: Šeštokas, A. Javtokas 14 Rebs: Šeštokas 9 Asts: Šiškauskas 4 | | Pts: Slanina 30 Rebs: Marčiulionis 8 Asts: Marčiulionis 8 |

* Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE)

### Third-place game

* 22 April 2001 15:00
* Boxscore

| Lietuvos rytas | 103–74 | CSKA |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 25–15, 29–14, 20–21 |||
| Pts: Šležas 21 Rebs: A. Javtokas 12 Asts: Elliott 7 | | Pts: Rogers 19 Rebs: Rogers 12 Asts: LaRue 3 |

* Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE)

### Final

* 22 April 2001 17:45
* Boxscore

| Ural Great | 88–81 | Žalgiris |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 24–16, 18–13, 27–30 |||
| Pts: Chikalkin 38 Rebs: Panov 13 Asts: Pačėsas 6 | | Pts: Woodberry 21 Rebs: Khizhnyak, Woodberry, Slanina 5 Asts: Woodberry 2 |

* Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Ural Great |
| 2 | Žalgiris |
| 3 | Lietuvos rytas |
| 4 | CSKA |
| 5 | Kyiv |
| 6 | Ventspils |
| 7 | Haribo London Towers |
| 8 | Polonia Warbud |
| 9 | BK LMT |
| 10 | Šiauliai |
| 11 | Kalev |
| 12 | Magic Great Danes |
| 13 | Honka Playboys |
| 14 | Conesco |
| 15 | USK Erpet |
| 16 | Norrköping Dolphins |

## NEBL Challenge Cup'2001

Challenge Cup was second-tier competition for clubs, that wanted to be promoted to first-tier NEBL tournament (Championship). Four NEBL Championship worst teams transferred to NEBL Challenge Cup'2001 Second stage.

### Clubs

| Country (League) | Teams |
| - | - |
| Belarus (Premier League) | Grodno-93 Grodno |
| Belarus (Premier League) | RTI Minsk [ru] |
| England (NBL) | Pertemps Bullets Birmingham |
| Estonia (KML) | Tartu Ülikool/Delta Tartu |
| Estonia (KML) | Hotronic Tallinn |
| Estonia (KML) | Nybit Tallinn |
| Georgia (Superliga) | BASCO Batumi [ka] |
| Germany (BBL) | s.Oliver Würzburg |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Alita Alytus |
| Norway (BLNO) | Ulriken Eagles Bergen |
| Russia (Super League A) | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
| Sweden (Basketligan) | Södertälje Kings Södertälje |
| Sweden (Basketligan) | Sundsvall Dragons Sundsvall |
| Ukraine (SuperLeague) | Odesa |

### First stage

**Group A**

All games played in Batumi from 16 to 18 February 2001.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | BASCO (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 241 | 205 | +36 |
| 2 | Grodno-93 (A) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 215 | +25 |
| 3 | Tartu Ülikool/Delta (A) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 223 | 225 | −2 |
| 4 | Nybit | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 241 | −59 |

**Group B**

All games played in Bergen from 17 to 19 February 2001.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie-break |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | s.Oliver (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 264 | 207 | +57 | |
| 2 | Ulriken Eagles (A) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 247 | 250 | −3 | 1–1, +14 |
| 3 | Pertemps Bullets (A) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 222 | −14 | 1–1, 0 |
| 4 | Hotronic (A) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 227 | −40 | 1–1, -14 |

**Group C**

All games played in Odesa from 21 to 23 February 2001.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Odesa (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 278 | 223 | +55 |
| 2 | Alita (A) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 296 | 280 | +16 |
| 3 | Spartak (A) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 262 | 248 | +14 |
| 4 | RTI | 3 | 0 | 3 | 245 | 330 | −85 |

**Ranking of fourth-placed teams**

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | B | Hotronic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 227 | −40 | 4 | Advance to Second stage |
| 2 | A | Nybit | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 241 | −59 | 3 | |
| 3 | C | RTI | 3 | 0 | 3 | 245 | 330 | −85 | 3 | |

### Second stage

**Group D**

All games played in Södertälje from 19 to 20 March 2001.

Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Södertälje Kings | 89–75 | Conesco |
| BASCO | 86–114 | Alita |

Third-place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Conesco | 82–74 | BASCO |

Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Södertälje Kings | 86–90 | Alita |

**Group E**

All games played in Grodno from 26 to 27 March 2001.

Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Spartak | 86–74 | USK Erpet |
| s.Oliver | 84–65 | Grodno-93 |

Third-place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| USK Erpet | 72–93 | Grodno-93 |

Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Spartak | 90–68 | s.Oliver |

**Group F**

All games played in Tartu from 14 to 15 March 2001.

Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Odesa | 63–57 | Ulriken Eagles |
| Tartu Ülikool/Delta | 78–76 | Norrköping Dolphins |

Third-place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Norrköping Dolphins | 97–63 | Ulriken Eagles |

Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Odesa | 87–77 | Tartu Ülikool/Delta |

**Group G**

All games played in Birmingham from 20 to 21 March 2001.

Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Sundsvall Dragons | 88–100 | Pertemps Bullets |
| Hotronic | 67–84 | Honka Playboys |

Third-place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Hotronic | 74–60 | Sundsvall Dragons |

Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Honka Playboys | 67–80 | Pertemps Bullets |

### Final Four

Final Four was held in Odesa from 27 to 28 April 2001. Spartak withdraw. It was replaced with Grodno-93 by NEBL decision. Yorick Williams (Pertemps Bullets) was named the MVP of the Final Four.

Semifinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Odesa | 102–93 OT | Pertemps Bullets |
| Alita | 92–88 | Grodno-93 |

Third-place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Pertemps Bullets | 83–86 | Grodno-93 |

Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Odesa | 98–82 | Alita |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Odesa |
| 2 | Alita |
| 3 | Grodno-93 |
| 4 | Pertemps Bullets |
| 5 | Spartak |
| 6 | Honka Playboys |
| 6 | s.Oliver |
| 6 | Södertälje Kings |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool/Delta |
| 10 | Conesco |
| 10 | Norrköping Dolphins |
| 10 | Hotronic |
| 13 | USK Erpet |
| 13 | BASCO |
| 13 | Ulriken Eagles |
| 13 | Sundsvall Dragons |
| 17 | Nybit |
| 18 | RTI |
