2000–01 North European Basketball League (original) (raw)

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North European Basketball League
Season 2000-2001
Teams 16
← 2000 2001-2002 →

2000–01 NEBL was the second complete season of the North European Basketball League. The tournament was held during the 2000–01 basketball season on 30 November 2000 – 22 April 2001.

The winner of the NEBL championship was awarded with 45,000cheque,theotherfinalistreceived45,000 cheque, the other finalist received 45,000cheque,theotherfinalistreceived25,000, 3rd-place winner - 20,000and4thbestteamgot20,000 and 4th best team got 20,000and4thbestteamgot10,000.[1]

Ural Great won the tournament by defeating Žalgiris in the final.[1]

Sergei Chikalkin from Ural Great was named as the Most valuable player.[2]

Country (League) Teams
Czech Republic Czech Republic (NBL) USK Erpet Prague
Denmark Denmark (Basketligaen) Magic Great Danes [da]
England England (NBL) Haribo London Towers London
Estonia Estonia (KML) Kalev Tallinn
Finland Finland (Korisliiga) Honka Playboys Espoo
Latvia Latvia (LBL) Ventspils
BK LMT Rīga
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) Žalgiris Kaunas
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Šiauliai
Netherlands Netherlands (DBL) Conesco Den Helder
Poland Poland (PLK) Polonia Warbud Warsaw
Russia Russia (Super League A) Ural Great Perm
CSKA Moscow
Sweden Sweden (Basketligan) Norrköping Dolphins Norrköping
Ukraine Ukraine (SuperLeague) Kyiv Kiev
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie-break
1 Russia Ural Great (A) 15 14 1 1402 1081 +321
2 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas (A) 15 12 3 1348 1210 +138 1–0
3 Lithuania Žalgiris (B) 15 12 3 1251 1071 +180 0–1
4 Russia CSKA (B) 15 11 4 1357 1234 +123
5 England Haribo London Towers (B) 15 9 6 1179 1187 −8 1–0
6 Poland Polonia Warbud (B) 15 9 6 1098 1156 −58 0–1
7 Ukraine Kyiv (B) 15 8 7 1262 1227 +35
8 Latvia Ventspils (B) 15 7 8 1251 1237 +14 2–0
9 Latvia BK LMT (B) 15 7 8 1334 1389 −55 1–1
10 Lithuania Šiauliai (B) 15 7 8 1227 1216 +11 0–2
11 Estonia Kalev 15 5 10 1106 1304 −198
12 Denmark Magic Great Danes 15 4 11 1082 1217 −135 2–1; 1–0
13 Finland Honka Playboys (T) 15 4 11 1179 1278 −99 2–1; 0–1
14 Netherlands Conesco (T) 15 4 11 1074 1168 −94 1–2; 1–0
15 Czech Republic USK Erpet (T) 15 4 11 1199 1242 −43 1–2; 0–1
16 Sweden Norrköping Dolphins (T) 15 3 12 1288 1420 −132

Source: [_citation needed_]
(A) Advance to Final Four; (B) Advance to eight-finals; (T) Transfer to NEBL Challenge Cup

| | Sweden NOR | Czech Republic PRA | Netherlands CON | Finland HON | Denmark MGD | Estonia KAL | Lithuania ŠIA | Latvia LMT | Latvia VEN | Ukraine KYI | Poland POL | England HLT | Russia CSK | Lithuania ŽAL | Lithuania LRY | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | Russia Ural Great Perm | 109-86 | 89-65 | 68-55 | 113-66 | 105-72 | 92-68 | 93-62 | 122-92 | 83-73 | 99-97 | 98-60 | 91-65 | 78-69 | 81-68 | 81-83 | | Lithuania Lietuvos rytas | 108-75 | 87-71 | 85-79 | 86-84 | 81-65 | 91-67 | 91-93 | 82-89 | 103-94 | 101-92 | 90-73 | 96-79 | 89-98 | 75-70 | | | Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas | 97-69 | 88-85 | 73-48 | 93-79 | 97-68 | 112-71 | 72-66 | 103-81 | 81-75 | 72-68 | 71-54 | 83-67 | 71-84 | | | | Russia CSKA Moscow | 94-101 | 93-92 | 87-80 | 92-91 | 87-60 | 107-64 | 91-81 | 98-104 | 101-88 | 80-88 | 83-57 | 93-90 | | | | | England Haribo London Towers | 75-78 | 77-75 | 76-69 | 83-81 | 65-53 | 82-67 | 86-68 | 86-103 | 77-75 | 79-73 | 92-72 | | | | | | Poland Polonia Warbud | 89-82 | 87-75 | 83-72 | 60-52 | 63-60 | 65-74 | 87-69 | 82-78 | 72-70 | 94-90 | | | | | | | Ukraine Kyiv | 97-92 | 64-57 | 82-69 | 88-74 | 81-71 | 87-69 | 73-92 | 100-87 | 82-91 | | | | | | | | Latvia Ventspils | 94-88 | 87-98 | 67-64 | 80-71 | 69-70 | 99-80 | 83-77 | 106-90 | | | | | | | | | Latvia BK LMT Rīga | 90-82 | 83-104 | 84-94 | 77-86 | 85-73 | 95-81 | 96-90 | | | | | | | | | | Lithuania Šiauliai | 106-89 | 85-80 | 63-64 | 84-71 | 90-75 | 91-65 | | | | | | | | | | | Estonia Kalev | 88-87 | 76-73 | 76-78 | 71-67 | 89-78 | | | | | | | | | | | | Denmark Magic Great Danes | 85-77 | 80-86 | 82-63 | 90-79 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Finland Honka Playboys | 112-102 | 81-80 | 85-79 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands Conesco Den Helder | 84-91 | 76-66 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Czech Republic USK Erpet Prague | 92-89 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Source: Worldbasket.com

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris Lithuania 147–115 Lithuania Šiauliai 84–54 63–61
CSKA Russia 207–153 Latvia BK LMT 89–70 118–83
Haribo London Towers England 167–178 Latvia Ventspils 70–97 97–81
Polonia Warbud Poland 157–174 Ukraine Kyiv 80–83 77–91
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris Lithuania 163–147 Ukraine Kyiv 77–59 86–88
CSKA Russia 190–189 Latvia Ventspils 107–104 83–85
Pos Team
1 Ural Great
2 Žalgiris
3 Lietuvos rytas
4 CSKA
5 Kyiv
6 Ventspils
7 Haribo London Towers
8 Polonia Warbud
9 BK LMT
10 Šiauliai
11 Kalev
12 Magic Great Danes
13 Honka Playboys
14 Conesco
15 USK Erpet
16 Norrköping Dolphins

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [_citation needed_]

NEBL Challenge Cup'2001

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Challenge Cup was second-tier competition for clubs, that wanted to be promoted to first-tier NEBL tournament (Championship).[3] Four NEBL Championship worst teams transferred to NEBL Challenge Cup'2001 Second stage.

Country (League) Teams
Belarus Belarus (Premier League) Grodno-93 Grodno
RTI Minsk [ru]
England England (NBL) Pertemps Bullets Birmingham
Estonia Estonia (KML) Tartu Ülikool/Delta Tartu
Hotronic Tallinn
Nybit Tallinn
Georgia (country) Georgia (Superliga) BASCO Batumi [ka]
Germany Germany (BBL) s.Oliver Würzburg
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) Alita Alytus
Norway Norway (BLNO) Ulriken Eagles Bergen
Russia Russia (Super League A) Spartak Saint Petersburg
Sweden Sweden (Basketligan) Södertälje Kings Södertälje
Sundsvall Dragons Sundsvall
Ukraine Ukraine (SuperLeague) Odesa

All games played in Batumi[4] from 16 to 18 February 2001.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie-break
1 Georgia (country) BASCO (A) 3 3 0 241 205 +36
2 Belarus Grodno-93 (A) 3 2 1 240 215 +25
3 Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Delta (A) 3 1 2 223 225 −2
4 Estonia Nybit 3 0 3 182 241 −59

All games played in Bergen[4] from 17 to 19 February 2001.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie-break
1 Germany s.Oliver (A) 3 3 0 264 207 +57
2 Norway Ulriken Eagles (A) 3 1 2 247 250 −3 1–1, +14
3 England Pertemps Bullets (A) 3 1 2 208 222 −14 1–1, 0
4 Estonia Hotronic (A) 3 1 2 187 227 −40 1–1, -14

All games played in Odesa[4] from 21 to 23 February 2001.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie-break
1 Ukraine Odesa (A) 3 3 0 278 223 +55
2 Lithuania Alita (A) 3 2 1 296 280 +16
3 Russia Spartak (A) 3 1 2 262 248 +14
4 Belarus RTI 3 0 3 245 330 −85

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 B Estonia Hotronic 3 1 2 187 227 −40 4 Advance to Second stage
2 A Estonia Nybit 3 0 3 182 241 −59 3
3 C Belarus RTI 3 0 3 245 330 −85 3

All games played in Södertälje[4] from 19 to 20 March 2001.

Semifinals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Södertälje Kings Sweden 89–75 Netherlands Conesco
BASCO Georgia (country) 86–114 Lithuania Alita

Third-place game

Team 1 Score Team 2
Conesco Netherlands 82–74 Georgia (country) BASCO

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Södertälje Kings Sweden 86–90 Lithuania Alita

All games played in Grodno[4] from 26 to 27 March 2001.

Semifinals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Spartak Russia 86–74 Czech Republic USK Erpet
s.Oliver Germany 84–65 Belarus Grodno-93

Third-place game

Team 1 Score Team 2
USK Erpet Czech Republic 72–93 Belarus Grodno-93

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Spartak Russia 90–68 Germany s.Oliver

All games played in Tartu[4] from 14 to 15 March 2001.

Semifinals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Odesa Ukraine 63–57 Norway Ulriken Eagles
Tartu Ülikool/Delta Estonia 78–76 Sweden Norrköping Dolphins

Third-place game

Team 1 Score Team 2
Norrköping Dolphins Sweden 97–63 Norway Ulriken Eagles

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Odesa Ukraine 87–77 Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Delta

All games played in Birmingham[4] from 20 to 21 March 2001.

Semifinals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Sundsvall Dragons Sweden 88–100 England Pertemps Bullets
Hotronic Estonia 67–84 Finland Honka Playboys

Third-place game

Team 1 Score Team 2
Hotronic Estonia 74–60 Sweden Sundsvall Dragons

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Honka Playboys Finland 67–80 England Pertemps Bullets

Final Four was held in Odesa[5] from 27 to 28 April 2001.
Spartak withdraw.[6] It was replaced with Grodno-93 by NEBL decision.[7]
Yorick Williams (Pertemps Bullets) was named the MVP of the Final Four.[8]

Semifinals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Odesa Ukraine 102–93 OT England Pertemps Bullets
Alita Lithuania 92–88 Belarus Grodno-93

Third-place game

Team 1 Score Team 2
Pertemps Bullets England 83–86 Belarus Grodno-93

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Odesa Ukraine 98–82 Lithuania Alita
Pos Team
1 Odesa
2 Alita
3 Grodno-93
4 Pertemps Bullets
5 Spartak
6 Honka Playboys
6 s.Oliver
6 Södertälje Kings
6 Tartu Ülikool/Delta
10 Conesco
10 Norrköping Dolphins
10 Hotronic
13 USK Erpet
13 BASCO
13 Ulriken Eagles
13 Sundsvall Dragons
17 Nybit
18 RTI

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [_citation needed_]

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  2. ^ Финал Четырех NEBL в Перми (in Russian). Ural Great. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ "The NEBL Challenge Cup'2001 starts in January-February". Archived from the original on 2000-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Challenge Cup. Schedule". Archived from the original on 2001-04-26. Retrieved 2001-04-26.
  5. ^ "Challenge Cup. Final Four schedule". Archived from the original on 2001-04-21. Retrieved 2001-04-21.
  6. ^ БАСКЕТБОЛ (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс. 14 April 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. ^ Большие баскетбольные торги (in Russian). Беларусь Сегодня. 18 April 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  8. ^ БАСКЕТБОЛ (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс. 4 May 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2018.