2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup

The 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-sixth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It was the last edition of the tournament. It took place between 30 October 2001 and 30 April 2002. The final was held at Lyon, France.

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup
League	FIBA Saporta Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Montepaschi Siena
Runners-up	Pamesa Valencia
Finals MVP	Petar Naumoski

Competition system

• 24 teams (national domestic cup champions, plus the best qualified teams in the most important European national domestic leagues), entered a preliminary group stage, divided into four groups of six teams each, playing a round-robin. The final standing were based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams, after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
• The top four teams from each group qualified for a 1/8 Final Playoff (X-pairings, home and away games), while the winners advanced further to 1/4 Finals and 1/2 Finals.
• The Final was played at a predetermined venue.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
• QR1-2: Losers of the 2001-02 Euroleague qualifyng rounds.
• CW: Cup winners

Regular season
Pamesa Valencia (5th)	Darüşşafaka (3rd)QR1	Telekom Baskets Bonn (2nd)QR2	Igokea (1st)
Adecco Estudiantes (6th)	Türk Telekom (4th)	Hapoel Jerusalem (2nd)	Keravnos Keo (1st)
Montepaschi Siena (6th)	Panionios (5th)	Split CO (2nd)QR2	Portugal Telecom (1st)QR2
Snaidero Udine (7th)	Iraklis (6th)	Anwil Włocławek (2nd)	Ricoh Astronauts (1st)
Le Mans (3rd)QR2	UNICS (2nd)	Slovakofarma Pezinok (1st)	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (CW)
SIG Strasbourg (4th)	Lietuvos rytas (2nd)QR1	FMP (5th)	Lugano Snakes (1st)QR2

Regular season

Key to colors

	Qualified to Round of 16
	Eliminated

Group A VAL UDI TÜR SIG POR LUG VAL 80-62 76-77 78-73 86-68 83-64 UDI 74-69 84-89 70-74 91-80 84-68 TÜR 75-79 73-79 92-80 87-75 101-71 SIG 88-80 76-84 93-84 80-75 112-85 POR 82-88 70-74 108-104 91-98 115-78 LUG 72-87 77-88 105-110 79-78 103-88 Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Pamesa Valencia 10 7 3 806 735 17 2. Snaidero Udine 10 7 3 790 756 17 3. Türk Telekom 10 6 4 852 818 16 4. SIG Strasbourg 10 6 4 852 818 16 5. Portugal Telecom 10 2 8 852 889 12 6. Lugano Snakes 10 2 8 802 946 12

Group B SIE PAN JER EST MSB DAR SIE 74-71 99-77 106-93 91-86 106-83 PAN 91-86 97-86 100-96 108-83 83-79 JER 87-71 85-80 84-80 20-0 94-77 EST 68-64 82-84 83-82 108-81 91-85 MSB 46-94 88-75 89-82 86-96 91-61 DAR 58-60 88-87 79-88 76-86 72-93 Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Montepaschi Siena 10 7 3 851 760 17 2. Panionios 10 6 4 876 847 16 3. Hapoel Jerusalem 10 6 4 785 755 16 4. Adecco Estudiantes 10 6 4 883 848 16 5. Le Mans* 10 4 6 743 807 13 6. Darüşşafaka 10 1 9 758 879 11 *Le Mans was docked one point for not playing the game at Hapoel Jerusalem.

Group C LIE TEL UNI ANW AST TRA LIE 95-82 81-76 91-66 97-75 106-65 TEL 81-96 95-76 89-73 86-80 92-78 UNI 84-64 86-71 88-90 98-78 112-49 ANW 72-89 82-84 79-85 79-61 84-67 AST 70-82 57-72 70-78 59-61 72-65 TRA 75-111 81-102 66-93 74-105 66-82 Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Lietuvos rytas 10 9 1 912 746 19 2. Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 7 3 854 804 17 3. UNICS 10 7 3 876 743 17 4. Anwil Włocławek 10 5 5 791 793 15 5. Ricoh Astronauts 10 2 8 710 784 12 6. Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 10 0 10 686 959 10

Group D PEZ IRA FMP SPL IGO KER PEZ 86-74 95-92 85-89 62-58 93-62 IRA 62-66 71-76 88-78 86-50 80-46 FMP 81-92 63-92 96-83 72-64 82-64 SPL 86-80 87-92 73-78 82-84 87-84 IGO 78-81 81-90 77-78 99-110 91-86 KER 54-87 72-80 59-100 87-88 83-86 Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Slovakofarma Pezinok 10 8 2 827 736 18 2. Iraklis 10 7 3 815 707 17 3. FMP 10 7 3 818 770 17 4. Split CO 10 5 5 863 873 15 5. Igokea 10 3 7 768 827 13 6. Keravnos Keo 10 0 10 696 874 10

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adecco Estudiantes	145–169	Pamesa Valencia	77–80	68–89
Hapoel Jerusalem	158–152	Snaidero Udine	71–74	87–78
Türk Telekom	143–145	Panionios	80–74	63–71
SIG Strasbourg	144–152	Montepaschi Siena	78–78	66–74
Split CO	137–184	Lietuvos rytas	67–100	70–84
FMP	172–174	Telekom Baskets Bonn	88–91	84–83
UNICS	167–163	Iraklis	91–79	76–84
Anwil Włocławek	163–152	Slovakofarma Pezinok	95–78	68–74

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Telekom Baskets Bonn	156–176	Pamesa Valencia	88–92	68–84
UNICS	131–138	Montepaschi Siena	73–70	58–68
Hapoel Jerusalem	163–155	Lietuvos rytas	88–90	75–65
Panionios	142–149	Anwil Włocławek	83–74	59–75

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pamesa Valencia	135–118	Anwil Włocławek	77–65	58–53
Montepaschi Siena	192–140	Hapoel Jerusalem	98–69	94–71

Final

April 30, Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pamesa Valencia	71–81	Montepaschi Siena

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup Champions
Montepaschi Siena 1st title

Awards

FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP

• Petar Naumoski ( Montepaschi Siena)

See also

• 2001–02 Euroleague
• 2001–02 FIBA Korać Cup

References

External links

• 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
• 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup at Linguasport