2001–02 Euroleague

FIBA and ULEB at the end of the 2000–01 season, struck a deal for the unification of the ULEB Euroleague and Suproleague in a new competition, that would be named Euroleague.

The following 21 teams had a guaranteed spot in the 2001-02 Euroleague (8 from FIBA and 13 from ULEB):

• Croatia (2): K.K. Cibona V.I.P, K.K. Zadar
• England (1): London Towers
• France (2): Asvel Lyon-Villeurbanne, E.B. Pau Orthez
• Germany (2): Opel Skyliners, Alba Berlin
• Greece (2): Olympiakos, Panathinaikos
• Israel (1): Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
• Italy (3): Kinder Bologna, Paf Bologna, Benetton Treviso
• Lithuania (1): Zalgiris Kaunas
• Russia (1): C.S.K.A. Moscow
• Slovenia (1): Union Olimpija Ljubljana
• Spain (2): F.C. Barcelona, Real Madrid
• Turkey (2): Efes Pilsen, Ülker S.C.
• Yugoslavia (1): K.K. Buducnost

Also, 8 teams from Belgium (1), Greece (2), Italy (1), Poland (1), Spain (2) and Yugoslavia (1) accessed the competition via their national championships.

Regarding the 3 remaining spots, there was also a preliminary round in the beginning of July 2001 between 12 teams, one from each of the following countries: Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey.^[2]

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.^[3]

• 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 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:

1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
4. Points scored in all group matches
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group A

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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	—

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Source: Euroleague

Group B

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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	—

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Source: Euroleague

Group C

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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	—

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Source: Euroleague

Group D

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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	—

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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.

Group E

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		BEN	FCB	SKI	SCA
1	Benetton Treviso	6	4	2	538	481	+57	Advance to Final Four		—	89–75	96–90	94–66
2	FC Barcelona	6	4	2	499	483	+16			76–75	—	77–59	90–76
3	Skipper Bologna	6	2	4	482	509	−27			73–86	97–93	—	73–86
4	Scavolini Pesaro	6	2	4	487	533	−46			101–98	87–88	71–90	—

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Source: Euroleague

Group F

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		KIN	EFS	RMB	UGR
1	Kinder Bologna	6	4	2	460	432	+28	Advance to Final Four		—	77–71	71–82	72–61
2	Efes Pilsen	6	3	3	506	481	+25			73–76	—	63–67	101–84
3	Real Madrid	6	3	3	500	528	−28			58–86	92–109	—	88–95
4	Ural Great	6	2	4	516	541	−25			87–78	85–89	104–113	—

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Source: Euroleague

Group G

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		PAO	OLY	AEK	UOL
1	Panathinaikos	6	5	1	496	467	+29	Advance to Final Four		—	88–78	96–92	85–67
2	Olympiacos	6	4	2	480	452	+28			92–75	—	75–69	85–89
3	AEK	6	2	4	474	475	−1			66–73	66–75	—	97–87
4	Union Olimpija	6	1	5	450	506	−56			72–79	66–75	69–85	—

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Source: Euroleague

Group H

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		MTA	TAU	CSK	ULK
1	Maccabi Elite	6	4	2	410	370	+40	Advance to Final Four		—	77–78	69–68	2–0 [D]
2	Tau Cerámica	6	4	2	496	472	+24			65–94	—	73–87	101–69
3	CSKA Moscow	6	3	3	486	485	+1			81–77	73–90	—	86–80
4	Ülker	6	1	5	395	460	−65			78–91	72–89	96–91	—

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   Ülker withdrew.^[4]

• 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup
• 2001–02 FIBA Korać Cup