2000–01 North European Basketball League

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.

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

The winner of the NEBL championship was awarded with $45,000 cheque, the other finalist received $25,000, 3rd-place winner - $20,000 and 4th best team got $10,000.^[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]

Clubs

Country (League)	Teams
Czech Republic (NBL)	USK Erpet Prague
Denmark (Basketligaen)	Magic Great Danes [da]
England (NBL)	Haribo London Towers London
Estonia (KML)	Kalev Tallinn
Finland (Korisliiga)	Honka Playboys Espoo
Latvia (LBL)	Ventspils
	BK LMT Rīga
Lithuania (LKL)	Žalgiris Kaunas
	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
	Šiauliai
Netherlands (DBL)	Conesco Den Helder
Poland (PLK)	Polonia Warbud Warsaw
Russia (Super League A)	Ural Great Perm
	CSKA Moscow
Sweden (Basketligan)	Norrköping Dolphins Norrköping
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	Kyiv Kiev

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Tie-break
1	Ural Great (A)	15	14	1	1402	1081	+321
2	Lietuvos rytas (A)	15	12	3	1348	1210	+138	1–0
3	Žalgiris (B)	15	12	3	1251	1071	+180	0–1
4	CSKA (B)	15	11	4	1357	1234	+123
5	Haribo London Towers (B)	15	9	6	1179	1187	−8	1–0
6	Polonia Warbud (B)	15	9	6	1098	1156	−58	0–1
7	Kyiv (B)	15	8	7	1262	1227	+35
8	Ventspils (B)	15	7	8	1251	1237	+14	2–0
9	BK LMT (B)	15	7	8	1334	1389	−55	1–1
10	Šiauliai (B)	15	7	8	1227	1216	+11	0–2
11	Kalev	15	5	10	1106	1304	−198
12	Magic Great Danes	15	4	11	1082	1217	−135	2–1; 1–0
13	Honka Playboys (T)	15	4	11	1179	1278	−99	2–1; 0–1
14	Conesco (T)	15	4	11	1074	1168	−94	1–2; 1–0
15	USK Erpet (T)	15	4	11	1199	1242	−43	1–2; 0–1
16	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

Results

	NOR	PRA	CON	HON	MGD	KAL	ŠIA	LMT	VEN	KYI	POL	HLT	CSK	ŽAL	LRY
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
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
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
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
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
Polonia Warbud	89-82	87-75	83-72	60-52	63-60	65-74	87-69	82-78	72-70	94-90
Kyiv	97-92	64-57	82-69	88-74	81-71	87-69	73-92	100-87	82-91
Ventspils	94-88	87-98	67-64	80-71	69-70	99-80	83-77	106-90
BK LMT Rīga	90-82	83-104	84-94	77-86	85-73	95-81	96-90
Šiauliai	106-89	85-80	63-64	84-71	90-75	91-65
Kalev	88-87	76-73	76-78	71-67	89-78
Magic Great Danes	85-77	80-86	82-63	90-79
Honka Playboys	112-102	81-80	85-79
Conesco Den Helder	84-91	76-66
USK Erpet Prague	92-89

Source: Worldbasket.com

Play-offs

Eight-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žalgiris	147–115	Šiauliai	84–54	63–61
CSKA	207–153	BK LMT	89–70	118–83
Haribo London Towers	167–178	Ventspils	70–97	97–81
Polonia Warbud	157–174	Kyiv	80–83	77–91

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žalgiris	163–147	Kyiv	77–59	86–88
CSKA	190–189	Ventspils	107–104	83–85

Final Four

Semifinal 1

21 April 2001 15:45

Boxscore

Ural Great	90–56	CSKA
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 25–16, 22–16, 22–11
Pts: Chikalkin 21 Rebs: Mikhailov 12 Asts: Panov, Pačėsas 6		Pts: Rogers 20 Rebs: Rogers 11 Asts: three players 2

Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR)

Semifinal 2

21 April 2001 18:30

Boxscore

Lietuvos rytas	79–107	Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 23–33, 17–27, 18–14, 21–33
Pts: Šeštokas, A. Javtokas 14 Rebs: Šeštokas 9 Asts: Šiškauskas 4		Pts: Slanina 30 Rebs: Marčiulionis 8 Asts: Marčiulionis 8

Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE)

Third-place game

22 April 2001 15:00

Boxscore

Lietuvos rytas	103–74	CSKA
Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 25–15, 29–14, 20–21
Pts: Šležas 21 Rebs: A. Javtokas 12 Asts: Elliott 7		Pts: Rogers 19 Rebs: Rogers 12 Asts: LaRue 3

Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE)

Final

22 April 2001 17:45

Boxscore

Ural Great	88–81	Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 24–16, 18–13, 27–30
Pts: Chikalkin 38 Rebs: Panov 13 Asts: Pačėsas 6		Pts: Woodberry 21 Rebs: Khizhnyak, Woodberry, Slanina 5 Asts: Woodberry 2

Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR)

Final standings

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

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.

Clubs

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

First stage

Group A

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

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to second stage

Group B

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

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to second stage

Group C

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

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to second stage

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

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

Source: NEBL

Second stage

Group D

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

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Södertälje Kings	89–75	Conesco
BASCO	86–114	Alita

Third-place game

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Conesco	82–74	BASCO

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Södertälje Kings	86–90	Alita

Group E

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

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Spartak	86–74	USK Erpet
s.Oliver	84–65	Grodno-93

Third-place game

Team 1	Score	Team 2
USK Erpet	72–93	Grodno-93

Final

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

Group F

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

Semifinals

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

Third-place game

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

Final

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

Group G

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

Semifinals

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

Third-place game

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hotronic	74–60	Sundsvall Dragons

Final

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

Final Four

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	102–93 OT	Pertemps Bullets
Alita	92–88	Grodno-93

Third-place game

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

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Odesa	98–82	Alita

Final standings

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]}