The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four (or five, depending on Yugoslavia reaching one of the top four places) teams in the final standings. It was held in Turkey between 31 August and 9 September 2001. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won its eighth FIBA European title (and last while competing under the name Yugoslavia) by defeating hosts Turkey with a 78–69 score in the final. Vlado Šćepanović scored 19 points for Yugoslavia, while İbrahim Kutluay scored 19 for Turkey. Yugoslavia's Peja Stojaković was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round Ankara ASKI Sport Hall 6,000 Groups A and BSecond round Antalya Antalya Expo Center 3,800 Opened in 1999 Groups C and D Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena 12,270 Opened in 1986 Knockout stages

Qualification

Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2001, the top eight teams from the previous tournament qualified directly. The other eight teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament.

Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation – 1 Qualified through EuroBasket 1999 29 August – 8 September 1999 7 Qualified through Qualifying Round 18 May 1998 – 27 January 2001 8

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Format The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The first team from each group qualified directly to the knockout stage. To define the other four teams that advanced to the knockout stage, second and third-placed teams from each group where cross-paired (2A vs. 3B, 3A vs. 2B, 2C vs. 3D, 3C vs. 2D) and the winner from each match advanced to the knockout stage. In the knockout quarterfinals, the winners advanced to the semifinals. The winners from the semifinals competed for the championship in the final, while the losing teams play a consolation game for the third place. The losing teams from the quarterfinals play in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage Championship bracket

Play-off

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

Statistical leaders Individual Tournament Highs

PointsPPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name PPG 1 Dirk Nowitzki 28.7 2 Peja Stojaković 23.0 3 İbrahim Kutluay 21.7 4 Andrei Kirilenko 19.2 5 Kaspars Kambala 19.0 6 Pau Gasol 17.3 7 Ainars Bagatskis 17.2 8 Sergei Chikalkin 17.0 9 Damir Mulaomerović 16.7 10 Fragiskos Alvertis 16.0

ReboundsRPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name RPG 1 Pau Gasol 9.7 2 Hüseyin Beşok 9.2 3 Dirk Nowitzki 9.1 4 Kaspars Kambala 9.0 5 Andrei Kirilenko 8.7 6 Mirsad Türkcan 8.3 7 Ademola Okulaja 8.1 8 Emilio Kovačić 7.7 9 Gregor Fučka 7.0 9 Yaniv Green 7.0

AssistsAPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name APG 1 Raimonds Miglinieks 7.3 2 Laurent Sciarra 5.3 3 Theo Papaloukas 5.0 4 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 4.8 4 Andrea Meneghin 4.8 6 Evgeniy Pashutin 4.5 7 Roberts Štelmahers 3.9 8 Marko Jarić 3.8 8 Sergei Panov 3.8 10 Damir Mulaomerović 3.7

StealsSPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 1 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 3.5 2 Marko Jarić 2.8 2 Andrei Kirilenko 2.8 4 Sergei Panov 2.7 5 Gianluca Basile 2.3 6 İbrahim Kutluay 2.2 7 Evgeniy Pashutin 2.0 8 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 1.8 8 Andrea Meneghin 1.8 8 Theo Papaloukas 1.8 8 Yoav Saffar 1.8

BlocksSPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 1 Andrei Kirilenko 2.8 2 Mehmet Okur 2.2 3 Pau Gasol 2.1 4 Mirsad Türkcan 1.2 5 Dirk Nowitzki 1.0 5 Giannis Giannoulis 1.0 5 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 1.0 8 Efthimios Rentzias 0.8 9 Alexandre Bachminov 0.7 9 Hüseyin Beşok 0.7 9 Peja Drobnjak 0.7 9 Dragan Tarlać 0.7

MinutesMPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name MPG 1 İbrahim Kutluay 37.3 2 Hedo Türkoğlu 36.0 3 Derrick Sharp 34.3 4 Shalom Turgeman 33.9 5 Dirk Nowitzki 33.3 6 Ademola Okulaja 33.7 7 Damir Mulaomerović 32.9 8 Andrei Kirilenko 32.8 9 Fragiskos Alvertis 32.5 9 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 32.5

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Dirk Nowitzki 43 Rebounds Ademola Okulaja 17 Assists Raimonds Miglinieks 12 Steals Lior Lubin 8 Blocks Pau Gasol Andrei Kirilenko 5 Turnovers Šarūnas Jasikevičius 8

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPGTeam Leaders – PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 91.5 2 86.0 3 85.0 4 84.6 5 81.0

ReboundsTeam Leaders – RPG Pos. Name RPG 1 36.3 2 36.0 3 34.4 4 33.7 4 33.7

AssistsTeam Leaders – APG Pos. Name APG 1 17.2 2 16.7 3 16.3 4 14.5 4 14.5

StealsTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 12.3 2 12.0 3 11.0 4 10.5 5 9.8

BlocksTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 4.7 2 3.8 3 2.7 4 2.5 5 2.2

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 114 Rebounds 49 Assists 33 Steals 18 Blocks 9 Field goal percentage 67.2% (41/61) 3-point field goal percentage 63.6% (14/22) Free throw percentage 100% (22/22)100% (19/19) Turnovers 23

Awards

2001 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Peja Stojaković ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team Damir Mulaomerović Peja Stojaković (MVP) Ibrahim Kutluay Dirk Nowitzki Pau Gasol

Final standings

Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as current Olympic Champion Rank Team Record 6–0 4–2 5–2 4 4–3 5 4–2 6 3–3 7 3–4 8 2–5 9 2–2 10 1–3 11 2–2 12 2–2 13 0–3 14 0–3 15 1–2 16 1–2

Dejan Bodiroga Veselin Petrović Saša Obradović Igor Rakočević Peja Stojaković Vlado Šćepanović Marko Jarić Predrag Drobnjak Dragan Tarlać Dejan Milojević Dejan Tomašević Milan Gurović Kerem Tunçeri Hedo Türkoğlu Mirsad Türkcan Orhun Ene Asım Pars Harun Erdenay İbrahim Kutluay Kaya Peker Hüseyin Beşok Mehmet Okur Haluk Yıldırım Ömer Onan Pau Gasol Chuck Kornegay Paco Vázquez Juan Carlos Navarro Ignacio Rodríguez Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Lucio Angulo José Antonio Paraíso Raül López Alfonso Reyes (basketball) Jorge Garbajosa Mithat Demirel Ademola Okulaja Robert Garrett Marko Pešić Stefano Garris Dražan Tomić Marvin Willoughby Stipo Papić Stephen Arigbabu Patrick Femerling Dirk Nowitzki Shawn Bradley

References

External links archive.FIBA.com