2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four (original) (raw)

Club basketball tournament in Thessaloniki, Greece

2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Season	1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
Tournament details
Arena	P.A.O.K. Sports Arena Thessaloniki, Greece
Dates	18–20 April 2000
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (2nd title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Third place	Efes Pilsen
Fourth place	FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP	Željko Rebrača
← 1999 2001 Euroleague →2001 SuproLeague →

The 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 1999–2000 season. It was the second to last edition of the FIBA EuroLeague Final Fours that were organized by FIBA Europe. For the next edition of the tournament, it would be replaced by the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four, and the new Euroleague Basketball competition's 2001 Finals series, which was organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.

Panathinaikos won its second title, after defeating Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the final game.

Bracket

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| Semi-finals | Final | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FC Barcelona | 51 | | | | | | | | | | | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 65 | | | | | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 67 | | | | | | | | | | | Panathinaikos | 73 | | | | | Panathinaikos | 81 | | | | | Efes Pilsen | 71 | | | | | Third place | | | | | | | | | | | | FC Barcelona | 69 | | | | | Efes Pilsen | 75 | | | |

Semifinals

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FC Barcelona – Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

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April 18
18:30

Boxscore

FC Barcelona	51–65	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Scoring by half: 22–38, 29–27
Pts: Goldwire 13**Rebs:** Dueñas 9**Asts:** Alston, Goldwire 3	Pts: Huffman 24Rebs: Henefeld 6Asts: McDonald 4

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Panathinaikos – Efes Pilsen

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April 18
21:00

Boxscore

Panathinaikos	81–71	Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 41–33, 40–38
Pts: Bodiroga 22**Rebs:** Rebrača 7**Asts:** Bodiroga, Kattash 3	Pts: Türkoğlu 15Rebs: Beşok, Türkoğlu 5Asts: Mulaomerović 6

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Iztok Rems (SLO)

Third-place game

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April 20
18:30

Boxscore

FC Barcelona	69–75	Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 34–41, 35–34
Pts: Rentzias 29**Rebs:** Elson 11**Asts:** Rodríguez 5	Pts: Beşok 22Rebs: Beşok 10Asts: three players 2

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Final

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April 20
21:00

Boxscore

Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	67–73	Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 36–36, 31–37
Pts: Huffman 26**Rebs:** Huffman 10**Asts:** Comegys 3	Pts: Rebrača 20Rebs: Rebrača 8Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 2

P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Iztok Rems (SLO)

| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | | Panathinaikos | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Starters: P R A PG 14 Ariel McDonald 11 3 1 PG 6 Derrick Sharp 5 0 1 SF 4 Nadav Henefeld 0 1 0 PF 8 Dallas Comegys 3 5 3 C 7 Nate Huffman 26 10 2 Reserves: P R A SG 5 Mark Brisker 13 3 0 SF 9 Gur Shelef 0 1 0 G 11 Doron Sheffer 6 2 2 G 12 Doron Jamchy 3 1 0 C 15 Constantin Popa 0 0 0 Head coach: Pini Gershon	1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Champions **Panathinaikos**Second title	Starters: P R A PG 9 Nando Gentile 3 2 1 SG 10 Dejan Bodiroga 9 4 2 SF 4 Fragiskos Alvertis 4 3 0 PF 7 Johnny Rogers 4 2 1 C 12 Željko Rebrača 20 8 0 Reserves: P R A SG 6 Michael Koch 0 0 0 PF 8 Antonis Fotsis 9 5 0 PG 11 Nikos Boudouris DNP C 13 Pat Burke 7 3 0 PG 14 Oded Kattash 17 1 2 Head coach: Željko Obradović

Awards

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FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

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• Željko Rebrača ( Panathinaikos)

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

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• Nate Huffman ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

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FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Player	Team	Ref.
Oded Kattash	Panathinaikos	[1]
Hedo Türkoğlu	Efes Pilsen
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
Nate Huffman	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Željko Rebrača (MVP)	Panathinaikos

References

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1. ^ Champions Cup 1999–00.

External links

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• EuroLeague 2000 at FIBA Europe website
• 1999–2000 EuroLeague at Linguasport

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