- Euroleague 2001-02
The
Euroleague is an internationalbasketball club competition for elite clubs throughoutEurope . TheEuroleague season 2001-02 started onOctober 10 2001 and ended with the championship final game onMay 5 ,2002 , inBologna ,Italy . 32 teams competed for the championship, which was won by Panathinaikos.Mirsad Turkcan was the regular seasonMVP andDejan Bodiroga was the Top 16 and Final FourMVP .Format
Regular Season
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.
Playoffs
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.
Final Four
The culminating stage of the Euroleague season. The final four remaining teams were divided into two semifinal games, with the winners of each semifinal game advancing to the final game. The winner of the final game was the Euroleague Champion.
Regular Season
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.
Group C
Group F
emi-finals
The culminating stage of the Euroleague season. The final four remaining teams were divided into two semifinal games, with the winners of each semifinal game advancing to the final game. The winner of the final game was the Euroleague Champion. The semifinals were held on
May 3rd ,2002 , and the final was held onMay 5th ,2002 .Final
Awards
Regular Season MVP
*flagicon|Turkey
Mirsad Turkcan ( flagicon|Russia CSKA Moscow )Top 16 MVP
*flagicon|FR Yugoslavia
Dejan Bodiroga ( flagicon|Greece Panathinaikos )Finals MVP
*flagicon|FR Yugoslavia
Dejan Bodiroga ( flagicon|Greece Panathinaikos )All Euroleague First Team 2001-2002
*flagicon|USA
Tyus Edney ( flagicon|ITA Benetton Treviso )
*flagicon|FR YugoslaviaMarko Jarić ( flagicon|ITA Kinder Bologna )
*flagicon|Argentina Emanuel Ginóbili ( flagicon|ITA Kinder Bologna )
*flagicon|FR YugoslaviaDejan Bodiroga ( flagicon|Greece Panathinaikos )
*flagicon|FR YugoslaviaDejan Tomasevic ( flagicon|Spain TAU Ceramica )All Euroleague Second Team 2001-2002
*flagicon|USA
Ariel McDonald ( flagicon|Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv| )
*flagicon|USAAlphonso Ford ( flagicon|Greece Olympiacos Piraeus )
*flagicon|TurkeyMirsad Turkcan ( flagicon|Russia CSKA Moscow )
*flagicon|ArgentinaMarcelo Nicola ( flagicon|Italy Benetton Treviso )
*flagicon|USAJoseph Blair ( flagicon|Italy Scavolini Pesaro )Notes
External links
* [http://www.euroleague.net/ Euroleague.net] - Official Euroleague homepage.
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/ Eurobasket.com] - Popular basketball news site.
* [http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/ TalkBasket.net] - Basketball forum.
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