2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
# 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

The 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 1999–2000 season. It was the second to last edition of the FIBA EuroLeague Final Fours that were organized by FIBA Europe. For the next edition of the tournament, it would be replaced by the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four, and the new Euroleague Basketball competition's 2001 Finals series, which was organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.

Panathinaikos won its second title, after defeating Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the final game.

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| FC Barcelona | 51 |
| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 65 | | |
| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 65 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 67 |
| | | Panathinaikos | 73 |
| Panathinaikos | 81 | Panathinaikos | 73 |
| Efes Pilsen | 71 | | |
| Efes Pilsen | 71 | Third place | Third place |
| | | FC Barcelona | 69 |
| | | Efes Pilsen | 75 |

## Semifinals

### FC Barcelona – Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

* April 18 18:30
* Boxscore

| FC Barcelona | 51–65 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 22–38, 29–27 |||
| Pts: Goldwire 13 Rebs: Dueñas 9 Asts: Alston, Goldwire 3 | | Pts: Huffman 24 Rebs: Henefeld 6 Asts: McDonald 4 |

* P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

### Panathinaikos – Efes Pilsen

* April 18 21:00
* Boxscore

| Panathinaikos | 81–71 | Efes Pilsen |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 41–33, 40–38 |||
| Pts: Bodiroga 22 Rebs: Rebrača 7 Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 3 | | Pts: Türkoğlu 15 Rebs: Beşok, Türkoğlu 5 Asts: Mulaomerović 6 |

* P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Iztok Rems (SLO)

## Third-place game

* April 20 18:30
* Boxscore

| FC Barcelona | 69–75 | Efes Pilsen |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 34–41, 35–34 |||
| Pts: Rentzias 29 Rebs: Elson 11 Asts: Rodríguez 5 | | Pts: Beşok 22 Rebs: Beşok 10 Asts: three players 2 |

* P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

## Final

* April 20 21:00
* Boxscore

| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 67–73 | Panathinaikos |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 36–36, 31–37 |||
| Pts: Huffman 26 Rebs: Huffman 10 Asts: Comegys 3 | | Pts: Rebrača 20 Rebs: Rebrača 8 Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 2 |

* P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Iztok Rems (SLO)

| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Panathinaikos |
| - | - |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | P | R | A |
| PG | 14 | Ariel McDonald | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 6 | Derrick Sharp | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 4 | Nadav Henefeld | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 8 | Dallas Comegys | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| C | 7 | Nate Huffman | 26 | 10 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | P | R | A |
| SG | 5 | Mark Brisker | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 9 | Gur Shelef | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Doron Sheffer | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| G | 12 | Doron Jamchy | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Constantin Popa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Pini Gershon ||||||

* 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
* Panathinaikos Second title

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | P | R | A |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 9 | Nando Gentile | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 10 | Dejan Bodiroga | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 4 | Fragiskos Alvertis | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| PF | 7 | Johnny Rogers | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Željko Rebrača | 20 | 8 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | P | R | A |
| SG | 6 | Michael Koch | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 8 | Antonis Fotsis | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| PG | 11 | Nikos Boudouris | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 13 | Pat Burke | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 14 | Oded Kattash | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Željko Obradović ||||||

## Awards

### FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

* Željko Rebrača ( Panathinaikos)

### FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

* Nate Huffman ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)

### FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team :

| Player | Team |
| - | - |
| Oded Kattash | Panathinaikos |
| Hedo Türkoğlu | Efes Pilsen |
| Dejan Bodiroga | Panathinaikos |
| Nate Huffman | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv |
| Željko Rebrača (MVP) | Panathinaikos |
