2000–01 North European Basketball League

Basketball league season

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 $45,000 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

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Country (League)  | Teams

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie-break

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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

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|  NOR |  PRA |  CON |  HON |  MGD  |  KAL |  ŠIA |  LMT |  VEN |  KYI |  POL |  HLT |  CSK |  ŽAL |  LRY

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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

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### Eight-finals

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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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

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Žalgiris | 163–147  |  Kyiv | 77–59  | 86–88
CSKA | 190–189  |  Ventspils | 107–104  | 83–85

## Final Four

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### Semifinal 1

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21 April 2001
15:45

Boxscore

Ural Great | 90–56 |  CSKA

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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

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21 April 2001
18:30

Boxscore

Lietuvos rytas | 79–107 |  Žalgiris

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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

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22 April 2001
15:00

Boxscore

Lietuvos rytas | 103–74 |  CSKA

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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

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22 April 2001
17:45

Boxscore

Ural Great | 88–81 |  Žalgiris

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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

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Pos | Team

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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.

### Clubs

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Country (League)  | Teams

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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

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#### Group A

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

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie-break

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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

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

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie-break

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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

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

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie-break

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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

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Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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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

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#### Group D

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

Semifinals

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Södertälje Kings | 89–75  |  Conesco
BASCO | 86–114  |  Alita

Third-place game

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Conesco | 82–74  |  BASCO

Final

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Södertälje Kings | 86–90  |  Alita

#### Group E

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

Semifinals

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Spartak | 86–74  |  USK Erpet
s.Oliver | 84–65  |  Grodno-93

Third-place game

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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USK Erpet | 72–93  |  Grodno-93

Final

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Spartak | 90–68  |  s.Oliver

#### Group F

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

Semifinals

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Odesa | 63–57  |  Ulriken Eagles
Tartu Ülikool/Delta | 78–76  |  Norrköping Dolphins

Third-place game

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Norrköping Dolphins | 97–63  |  Ulriken Eagles

Final

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Odesa | 87–77  |  Tartu Ülikool/Delta

#### Group G

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

Semifinals

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Sundsvall Dragons | 88–100  |  Pertemps Bullets
Hotronic | 67–84  |  Honka Playboys

Third-place game

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Hotronic | 74–60  |  Sundsvall Dragons

Final

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Honka Playboys | 67–80  |  Pertemps Bullets

### Final Four

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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

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

Third-place game

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Pertemps Bullets | 83–86  |  Grodno-93

Final

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2

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Odesa | 98–82  |  Alita

### Final standings

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Pos | Team

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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]

## References

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1. ^ a b "УРАЛ-ГРЕЙТ" - ЧЕМПИОН. ЧИКАЛКИН: 59 ОЧКОВ ЗА 59 МИНУТ (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
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.

## External links

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* Teams
* Schedule
* Scores
* Challenge Cup. Schedule

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[PF]: Points for
*[PA]: Points against
*[PD]: Point difference
*[Agg.]: Aggregate score
*[Grp]: Group
*[Pts]: Points