2002 European Promotion Cup for Men
# 2002 European Promotion Cup for Men

The 2002 European Promotion Cup for Men was the 8th edition of this tournament. It was hosted in Ta'Qali, Malta and San Marino achieved its first title ever after beating Wales in the final game.

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 250 | 220 | +30 | 5 | Semifinals | — | 62–66 | | |
| 2 | San Marino | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 200 | +27 | 5 | Semifinals | | — | | 84–60 |
| 3 | Albania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 229 | +16 | 5 | Classification games | 80–92 | 78–77 | — | |
| 4 | Malta (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 267 | −73 | 3 | Classification games | 74–96 | | 60–87 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andorra | 3 | 2 | 1 | 267 | 216 | +51 | 5 | Semifinals | — | | | 100–56 |
| 2 | Wales | 3 | 2 | 1 | 230 | 198 | +32 | 5 | Semifinals | 73–72 | — | 63–67 | |
| 3 | Moldova | 3 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 216 | +32 | 5 | Classification games | 87–95 | | — | |
| 4 | Gibraltar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 288 | −115 | 3 | Classification games | | 59–94 | 58–94 | — |

## Classification games

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Malta | 44 |
| Moldova | 76 | | |
| Moldova | 76 | Moldova | 95 |
| | | Albania | 93 |
| Gibraltar | 73 | Albania | 93 |
| Albania | 94 | | |
| Albania | 94 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Malta | 81 |
| | | Gibraltar | 68 |

## Final round

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| San Marino | 78 |
| Andorra | 77 | | |
| Andorra | 77 | San Marino | 82 |
| | | Wales | 70 |
| Wales | 67 | Wales | 70 |
| Scotland | 53 | | |
| Scotland | 53 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Andorra | 80 |
| | | Scotland | 94 |

### Final

* 15 June 2002
* Boxscore

| San Marino | 82–70 | Wales |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–21, 21–15, 21–21 |||
| Pts: Rossini 26 Rebs: Rossini 8 Asts: Raschi, Rossini 4 | | Pts: Robbins 19 Rebs: Robbins 13 Asts: Hall 6 |

* Ta'Qali

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | San Marino | 4–1 |
| | Wales | 3–2 |
| | Scotland | 3–2 |
| 4 | Andorra | 2–3 |
| 5 | Moldova | 4–1 |
| 6 | Albania | 3–2 |
| 7 | Malta | 1–4 |
| 8 | Gibraltar | 0–5 |
