12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia participated in Goodyear League in its first season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Triglav Osiguranje, Split Croatia Osiguranje, FEAL Široki, Bosna ASA, Sloboda Dita, Budućnost.
In February 2002 ABA was admitted as an equal member of the ULEB association.
There were 22 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Ljubljana on March 23 and 24 2002.
The first trophy in Goodyear League was won by Union Olimpija., adriaticbasket.info
Regular season
Final four Matches played at Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana
Stats leaders
Ranking MVP RankNameTeamEfficiencyGamesAverage1. Marino Baždarić Triglav osiguranje3882217.642. Stipe Šarlija FEAL Široki3472116.523. Mate Skelin Krka3482315.134. Matej Mamić Cibona Vip3272013.905. Bennett Davison Krka3182313.83
Points RankNameTeamPointsGamesPPG1. Marino Baždarić Triglav osiguranje5772226.232. Stipe Šarlija FEAL Široki3882118.483. Davor Marcelić Zadar2851617.814. Alojzij Duščak Pivovarna Laško3662117.435. Andrija Žižić Split CO3662216.86
Rebounds RankNameTeamReboundsGamesRPG1. Ante Grgurević Split CO194219.242. Mate Skelin Krka192238.353. Nikola Prkačin Cibona Vip143226.504. Soulymane Wane Sloboda Dita138226.275. Stipe Šarlija FEAL Široki128216.10
Assists {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Rank !width="175"|Name !width="120"|Team !width="60"|Assists !width="60"|Games !width="60"|APG |- |1.||align="left"| Rumeal Robinson||align="left"| Zadar||50||12||4.17 |- |2.||align="left"| Dragan Aleksić ||align="left"| Sloboda Dita||91||22||4.14 |- |3.||align="left"| Marko Popović ||align="left"| Zadar||61||17||3.59 |- |4.||align="left"| Mladen Erjavec||align="left"| FEAL Široki||67||22||3.05 |- |3.||align="left"| Davor Marcelić ||align="left"| Zadar||48||16||3.00
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