2000 North European Basketball League

Season of the North European Basketball League

Basketball league season

North European Basketball League

Season| 2000
Teams| 14

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NEBL'2000 was the first complete season of the North European Basketball League. The tournament was held during the 1999-2000 basketball season on 5 January – 16 April 2000.

After holding Promotion Cup, teams from four more countries[1] – Germany, Russia, Ukraine and Denmark – took part in NEBL'2000.

League accepted the participation of Magic M7 from Sweden, with which Earvin "Magic" Johnson entered into an agreement.[2]

CSKA won the tournament by defeating Lietuvos rytas in the final.[3]

Andrius Giedraitis from Lietuvos rytas was named as the Most valuable player.[3]

## Clubs

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Country (League)  | Teams

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Denmark (Basketligaen)  | Great Danes Copenhagen [da]
Estonia (KML)  | Kalev Tallinn
Finland (Korisliiga)  | TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki
Honka Espoo
Germany (BBL)  | Skyliners Frankfurt
Latvia (LBL)  | Ventspils
Brocēni-LMT Rīga
Lithuania (LKL)  | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Žalgiris Kaunas
Alita Alytus
Russia (Super League A)  | CSKA Moscow
Sweden (Basketligan)  | Magic M7 Borås
Plannja Basket Luleå
Ukraine (SuperLeague)  | Kyiv Kiev

## Regular season

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Key to colors  | Teams advance to Final Four.

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| Teams advance to eight-finals.
| Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | Diff  | Tie-break

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1. |  CSKA | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1239 | 953 | +286 |
2. |  Lietuvos rytas | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1172 | 1032 | +140 | 1–0
3. |  Žalgiris | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1386 | 1086 | +300 | 0–1
4. |  Kyiv | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1384 | 1236 | +148 |
5. |  Kalev | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1301 | 1288 | +13 | 1–0
6. |  Magic M7 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1257 | 1329 | –72 | 0–1
7. |  Ventspils | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1246 | 1193 | +53 |
8. |  Plannja Basket | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1158 | 1257 | –99 | 3–0
9. |  TeamWARE ToPo | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1146 | 1321 | –175 | 2–1
10. |  Honka | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1185 | 1300 | –115 | 1–2
11. |  Brocēni-LMT | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1055 | 1124 | –69 | 0–3
12. |  Skyliners | 13 | 4 | 9 | 922 | 1002 | –80 |
13. |  Alita | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1054 | 1147 | –93 |
14. |  Great Danes | 13 | 1 | 12 | 859 | 1096 | –237 |

## Results

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|  MGD |  ALI |  SKY |  LMT |  HON |  TOP |  PLA |  VEN |  MM7 |  KAL |  KYI |  ŽAL |  LRY

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CSKA Moscow | 112-82  | 90-62  | 79-67  | 108-81  | 94-91  | 108-68  | 106-57  | 104-84  | 86-88 | 107-82  | 89-77  | 60-57  | 96-77
Lietuvos rytas | 74-62  | 92-75  | 85-64  | 94-85  | 89-77  | 106-74  | 79-63  | 103-84  | 78-84 | 95-80  | 93-87  | 107-101
Žalgiris Kaunas | 91-58  | 109-78  | 74-73  | 99-74  | 106-70  | 96-80  | 99-56  | 91-63  | 106-81  | 96-61  | 108-80
Kyiv | 90-73  | 111-100  | 93-84  | 97-77  | 89-75  | 95-78  | 100-85  | 75-58  | 95-92  | 85-95
Kalev | 86-64  | 86-85  | 73-82  | 75-89 | 86-89 | 86-77  | 102-87  | 90-88  | 101-82
Magic M7 | 85-71  | 89-79  | 86-72  | 88-97 | 93-97 | 74-73  | 93-84  | 76-89
Ventspils | 81-63  | 98-80  | 73-75 | 74-79 | 97-73  | 83-73  | 75-65
Plannja Basket | 61-63 | 96-76  | 83-72  | 77-71  | 101-63  | 79-60
TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki | 85-83  | 93-81  | 72-66  | 93-88  | 91-86
Honka Playboys | 90-69  | 62-92 | 75-59  | 92-81
Brocēni-LMT | 85-75  | 90-83  | 58-69
Skyliners | 76-68  | 63-83
Alita | 80-68

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 | 153–145  |  Honka | 80–84  | 73–61
Kyiv | 210–129  |  TeamWARE ToPo | 104–78  | 106–51
Kalev | 198–164  |  Plannja Basket | 104–91  | 94–73
Magic M7 | 146–201  |  Ventspils | 65–92  | 81–109

### Quarterfinals

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

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Žalgiris | 157–140  |  Ventspils | 76–69  | 81–71
Kyiv | 198–180  |  Kalev | 95–95  | 103–85

## Final four

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### Semifinal 1

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15 April 2000
17:00

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CSKA | 105-88 |  Kyiv

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Scoring by quarter: 24–29, 28–20, 28–15, 25–24
Pts: Panov 23 |  | Pts: C.McCants [fr] 21

Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Richard Stokes (ENG)

### Semifinal 2

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15 April 2000
19:00

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Lietuvos rytas | 74-67 |  Žalgiris

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Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–13, 21–15, 15–23
Pts: Elliott 19 |  | Pts: M.Žukauskas 17

Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Efim Resser (GER)

### Third-place game

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16 April 2000
17:00

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Kyiv | 88-110 |  Žalgiris

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Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 22–29, 27–28, 25–33
Pts: Medvedenko 21 |  | Pts: Slanina 22

Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Efim Resser (GER)

### Final

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16 April 2000
19:00

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Lietuvos rytas | 77-95 |  CSKA

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Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 18–30, 28–19, 13–22
Pts: Giedraitis 25 |  | Pts: Daineko 32

Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Richard Stokes (ENG)

## Final standings

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Pos  | Team

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1. | CSKA
2. | Lietuvos rytas
3. | Žalgiris
4. | Kyiv
5. | Kalev
6. | Ventspils
7. | Magic M7
8. | Plannja Basket
9. | TeamWARE ToPo
10. | Honka
11. | Brocēni-LMT
12. | Skyliners
13. | Alita
14. | Great Danes

## References

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1. ^ "About NEBL'2000". Archived from the original on 2000-06-11. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
2. ^ "About NEBL". Archived from the original on 2000-08-30. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
3. ^ a b NEBL slogan: Break the ice!

## External links

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* Teams
* Scores&Standings
* Schedule

*[Agg.]: Aggregate score