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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 .
Euroleague opening tournament [ edit ] The 2001–02 season was the first run by ULEB and its company, the Euroleague Basketball , after FIBA Europe agreed that it would no longer organise Europe's top competition. Given that the previous season there were two main competitions, the 2000–01 FIBA Suproleague and the 2000–01 Euroleague , thus two European champions (Maccabi Tel Aviv and Kinder Bologna ), it was decided that an opening tournament would be played to determine the unofficial champion. The Euroleague opening tournament was hosted in Ljubljana by Union Olimpija and was won by Cibona VIP , the only guest of the tournament, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 78–67 in the final.[ 2]
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. 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
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 First qualifying round [ edit ] Second qualifying round [ edit ] Third qualifying round [ edit ] 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
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 — 87–72 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 —
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 —
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 —
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 —
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.
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