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.
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 qualifying 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 VAL80-6276-7778-7386-6883-64 UDI74-6984-8970-7491-8084-68 TÜR75-7973-7992-8087-75101-71 SIG88-8076-8493-8480-75112-85 POR82-8870-74108-10491-98115-78 LUG72-8777-88105-11079-78103-88 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 12Group B SIE PAN JER EST MSB DAR SIE74-7199-77106-9391-86106-83 PAN91-8697-86100-96108-8383-79 JER87-7185-8084-8020-094-77 EST68-6482-8483-82108-8191-85 MSB46-9488-7589-8286-9691-61 DAR58-6088-8779-8876-8672-93 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 LIE95-8281-7691-6697-75106-65 TEL81-9695-7689-7386-8092-78 UNI84-6486-7188-9098-78112-49 ANW72-8982-8479-8579-6184-67 AST70-8257-7270-7859-6172-65 TRA75-11181-10266-9374-10566-82 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 10Group D PEZ IRA FMP SPL IGO KER PEZ86-7495-9285-8962-5893-62 IRA62-6671-7688-7886-5080-46 FMP81-9263-9296-8372-6482-64 SPL86-8087-9273-7882-8487-84 IGO78-8181-9077-7899-11091-86 KER54-8772-8059-10087-8883-86 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
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final April 30, Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
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