EuroBasket 2001

2001 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket

EuroBasket 2001

Tournament details
Host country| Turkey
Dates| 31 August – 9 September
Teams| 16
Venue(s)| 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Yugoslavia (3rd title)
Runners-up|  Turkey
Third place|  Spain
Fourth place|  Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played| 40
MVP|  Peja Stojaković
Top scorer|  Dirk Nowitzki (28.7 ppg)
Top rebounds|  Gasol (9.7 rpg)
Top assists|  Miglinieks (7.3 apg)
Official website
EuroBasket 2001 (archive)

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The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four (or five, depending on Yugoslavia reaching one of the top four places) teams in the final standings. It was held in Turkey between 31 August and 9 September 2001. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won its eighth FIBA European title by defeating hosts Turkey with a 78–69 score in the final. Vlado Šćepanović scored 19 points for Yugoslavia, while İbrahim Kutluay scored 19 for Turkey. Yugoslavia's Peja Stojaković was voted the tournament's MVP.

## Venues[edit]

Location  | Picture  | City  | Arena  | Capacity  | Status  | Round

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Ankara

|  | Ankara | ASKI Sport Hall | 6,000  |  | Groups A and B
Second round

Antalya

|  | Antalya | Antalya Expo Center | 3,800  | Opened in 1999  | Groups C and D

Istanbul

|  | Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 12,270  | Opened in 1986  | Knockout stages

## Qualification[edit]

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2001 qualification

Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2001, the top eight teams from the previous tournament qualified directly. The other eight teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament.

Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified

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Host nation | – | 1 |  Turkey
Qualified through EuroBasket 1999 | 29 August – 8 September 1999 | 7 |  France
Germany
Italy
Lithuania
Russia
Spain
Yugoslavia
Qualified through Qualifying Round | 18 May 1998 – 27 January 2001 | 8 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Estonia
Greece
Israel
Latvia
Slovenia
Ukraine
Group A  | Group B  | Group C  | Group D

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France
Israel
Lithuania
Ukraine

Latvia
Slovenia
Spain
Turkey

Croatia
Estonia
Germany
Yugoslavia

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece
Italy
Russia

## Format[edit]

* The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The first team from each group qualified directly to the knockout stage. To define the other four teams that advanced to the knockout stage, second and third-placed teams from each group where cross-paired (2A vs. 3B, 3A vs. 2B, 2C vs. 3D, 3C vs. 2D) and the winner from each match advanced to the knockout stage.
* In the knockout quarterfinals, the winners advanced to the semifinals. The winners from the semifinals competed for the championship in the final, while the losing teams play a consolation game for the third place.
* The losing teams from the quarterfinals play in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

## Squads[edit]

Main article: EuroBasket 2001 squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

## Preliminary round[edit]

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| Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

### Group A[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie

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France | 3  | 2  | 1  | 239  | 225 | +14  | 5 | 1–0
Lithuania | 3  | 2  | 1  | 215  | 195 | +20  | 5 | 0–1
Israel | 3  | 1  | 2  | 218  | 210 | +8  | 4 | 1–0
Ukraine | 3  | 1  | 2  | 214  | 256 | −42  | 4 | 0–1

31 August
14:30

Boxscore

Ukraine | 60-82 |  Lithuania

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Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 13–14, 8–18, 21–29
Pts: 3 Players 13
Rebs: Okunskyy 15
Asts: Ievstratenko, Khryapa 3 |  | Pts: Šiškauskas 16
Rebs: Einikis 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS)

31 August
16:45

Boxscore

Israel | 71-77 (OT) |  France

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Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–16, 16–15, 18–13, Overtime: 9–15
Pts: Tapiro 21
Rebs: Tapiro 12
Asts: Tapiro 7 |  | Pts: Foirest 18
Rebs: Sciarra 10
Asts: Foirest 5

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Danko Radić (CRO)

1 September
14:30

Boxscore

France | 86-89 |  Ukraine

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Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 26–19, 15–30, 30–25
Pts: Palmer 18
Rebs: Palmer 10
Asts: Sciarra 1 |  | Pts: Okunskyy 28
Rebs: Korablov, Okunskyy 6
Asts: Korablov, Rayevskyy 3

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Ademir Zurapović (BIH)

1 September
16:45

Boxscore

Lithuania | 68-59 |  Israel

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Scoring by quarter: 18–4, 9–22, 23–21, 18–12
Pts: Timinskas 15
Rebs: Timinskas 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 4 |  | Pts: Sharp, Turgeman 12
Rebs: Green 11
Asts: Lubin 3

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Ilija Belošević (YUG)

2 September
14:30

Boxscore

Ukraine | 65-88 |  Israel

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Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 13–22, 17–23, 15–22
Pts: Ryzhov 16
Rebs: Okunskyy 6
Asts: Rayevskyy 2 |  | Pts: Saffar 19
Rebs: Green 9
Asts: Tapiro 5

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Dubravko Muhvić (CRO), Atso Matsalu (EST)

2 September
21:45

Boxscore

France | 76-65 |  Lithuania

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Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 20–10, 14–17, 15–18
Pts: Risacher 18
Rebs: Sciarra 8
Asts: Sciarra 7 |  | Pts: Šiškauskas 13
Rebs: Timinskas, Žukauskas 5
Asts: Jasikevičius 3

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

### Group B[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie

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Turkey | 3  | 2  | 1  | 226  | 232 | −6  | 5 | 1–0
Spain | 3  | 2  | 1  | 270  | 222 | +48  | 5 | 0–1
Latvia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 258  | 284 | −26  | 4 | 1–0
Slovenia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 225  | 241 | −16  | 4 | 0–1

31 August
19:00

Boxscore

Latvia | 82-85 |  Turkey

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Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 28–20, 22–30, 18–18
Pts: Bagatskis 21
Rebs: Kambala 11
Asts: Miglinieks 7 |  | Pts: Kutluay 20
Rebs: Türkcan 9
Asts: Türkcan 5

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Ilija Belošević (YUG)

31 August
21:15

Boxscore

Slovenia | 61-85 |  Spain

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Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 14–21, 18–25, 14–14
Pts: Udrih 12
Rebs: Nesterovič, Udrih 4
Asts: McDonald 4 |  | Pts: Paraíso 17
Rebs: Gasol 9
Asts: Angulo 4

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Efim Resser (GER)

1 September
19:00

Boxscore

Turkey | 57-71 |  Slovenia

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Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 13–13, 13–19, 13–24
Pts: Kutluay 19
Rebs: Beşok 12
Asts: Türkoğlu 3 |  | Pts: Nesterovič 20
Rebs: Nesterovič 11
Asts: Bečirovič, Milič 4

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Danko Radić (CRO)

1 September
21:15

Boxscore

Spain | 106-77 |  Latvia

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Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 27–21, 30–15, 26–20
Pts: Paraíso 16
Rebs: Gasol 9
Asts: Navarro 9 |  | Pts: Helmanis 20
Rebs: Bagatskis, Kambala 6
Asts: Miglinieks 7

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Atso Matsalu (EST)

2 September
16:45

Boxscore

Latvia | 99-93 (OT) |  Slovenia

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Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 22–14, 17–25, 22–15, Overtime: 16–10
Pts: Kambala 24
Rebs: Bagatskis, Kambala 9
Asts: Miglinieks 12 |  | Pts: 3 Players 19
Rebs: Nesterovič 12
Asts: Bečirovič 6

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Ademir Zurapović (BIH)

2 September
21:45

Boxscore

Spain | 79-84 |  Turkey

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Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 28–22, 13–22, 24–14
Pts: Navarro 24
Rebs: Gasol 10
Asts: López 4 |  | Pts: Kutluay 35
Rebs: Beşok 10
Asts: Ene 3

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Gennaro Colucci (ITA)

### Group C[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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Yugoslavia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 279  | 197 | +82  | 6
Germany | 3  | 2  | 1  | 263  | 245 | +18  | 5
Croatia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 235  | 247 | −12  | 4
Estonia | 3  | 0  | 3  | 198  | 286 | −88  | 3

31 August
16:45

Boxscore

Estonia | 71-92 |  Germany

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Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 22–26, 14–25, 17–22
Pts: Müürsepp 15
Rebs: Müürsepp, Noormets 5
Asts: Pärn, Tein 3 |  | Pts: Nowitzki 33
Rebs: Nowitzki 12
Asts: Demirel 3

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Moise Bitton (ISR)

31 August
19:00

Boxscore

Croatia | 66-80 |  Yugoslavia

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Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 15–17, 20–18, 11–19
Pts: Kovačić 19
Rebs: Kovačić 8
Asts: Mulaomerović 5 |  | Pts: Stojaković 21
Rebs: Tarlać 9
Asts: Jarić 4

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Petr Sudek (SVK)

1 September
14:30

Boxscore

Yugoslavia | 113-58 |  Estonia

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Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 21–15, 34–10, 25–15
Pts: Stojaković 21
Rebs: Tarlać 9
Asts: Obradović 5 |  | Pts: Müürsepp 16
Rebs: Metstak 9
Asts: 3 Players 3

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Kamen Toshev (BUL), Borys Shulga (UKR)

1 September
16:45

Boxscore

Germany | 98-88 |  Croatia

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Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 23–25, 24–17, 26–27
Pts: Nowitzki 31
Rebs: Femerling, Okulaja 4
Asts: Demirel, Pesic 3 |  | Pts: Mulaomerović 23
Rebs: Kovačić 10
Asts: 3 Players 3

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Murat Biricik (TUR)

2 September
14:30

Boxscore

Estonia | 69-81 |  Croatia

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Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 23–22, 14–17, 22–21
Pts: Müürsepp 24
Rebs: Müürsepp 8
Asts: Pehka 4 |  | Pts: Giriček 21
Rebs: Giriček 8
Asts: Giriček, Mulaomerović 3

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Moise Bitton (ISR)

2 September
19:00

Boxscore

Yugoslavia | 86-73 |  Germany

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Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 19–13, 17–28, 28–19
Pts: Stojaković 22
Rebs: Drobnjak 6
Asts: Jarić 4 |  | Pts: Okulaja 18
Rebs: Okulaja 8
Asts: Okulaja 4

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Petr Sudek (SVK)

### Group D[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie

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Russia | 3  | 2  | 1  | 247  | 208 | +39  | 5 | 0.543
Italy | 3  | 2  | 1  | 242  | 207 | +35  | 5 | 0.539
Greece | 3  | 2  | 1  | 265  | 265 | 0  | 5 | 0.500
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3  | 0  | 3  | 206  | 280 | −74  | 3 |

31 August
14:30

Boxscore

Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63-83 |  Russia

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Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 19–25, 14–18, 13–15
Pts: Marković 12
Rebs: Mujezinović, Ovčina 6
Asts: 3 Players 3 |  | Pts: Kirilenko 26
Rebs: Bachminov 9
Asts: E. Pashutin 6

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Kamen Toshev (BUL), Murat Biricik (TUR)

31 August
21:15

Boxscore

Greece | 83-82 |  Italy

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Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 18–17, 23–20, 18–20
Pts: Rentzias 22
Rebs: Kakiouzis 4
Asts: Sigalas 8 |  | Pts: Fučka 21
Rebs: Fučka 5
Asts: Meneghin 7

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

1 September
19:00

Boxscore

Italy | 96-66 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Scoring by quarter: 35–12, 18–24, 26–13, 17–17
Pts: Chiacig 15
Rebs: Fučka 7
Asts: Basile 6 |  | Pts: Mujezinović 17
Rebs: Mujezinović 6
Asts: Firić, Mršić 3

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Juris Kokainis (LAT)

1 September
21:15

Boxscore

Russia | 106-81 |  Greece

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Scoring by quarter: 37–26, 19–15, 27–23, 23–17
Pts: Chikalkin 27
Rebs: Panov 11
Asts: Panov 7 |  | Pts: Alvertis 20
Rebs: Fotsis 5
Asts: Papaloukas 5

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Petr Sudek (SVK)

2 September
16:45

Boxscore

Italy | 64-58 |  Russia

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Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 16–11, 21–18, 12–16
Pts: Fučka 18
Rebs: Fučka 10
Asts: Meneghin 6 |  | Pts: Kirilenko 16
Rebs: Kirilenko 10
Asts: E. Pashutin 6

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Murat Biricik (TUR)

2 September
21:15

Boxscore

Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77-101 |  Greece

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Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–18, 10–29, 23–33
Pts: Mršić 21
Rebs: Lerić, Mujezinović 6
Asts: Mršić 4 |  | Pts: Alvertis 23
Rebs: Fotsis 7
Asts: Papaloukas 7

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Borys Shulga (UKR)

## Knockout stage[edit]

### Championship bracket[edit]

| Play-off
3 September 2001 | | | Quarterfinals
5–6 September 2001 | | | Semifinals
8 September 2001 | | | Final
9 September 2001 |

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| | | |  France | 77 | | |
|  Germany | 80 | | |  Germany | 81 |
|  Greece | 75 | | | | | |  Germany | 78 |
| | | | | |  Turkey (OT) | 79 |
| | | |  Turkey (OT) | 87 | | | |
|  Italy | 57 | | |  Croatia | 85 |
|  Croatia | 65 | | | |  Turkey | 69 |
| | | | | | |  Yugoslavia | 78 |
| | | |  Yugoslavia | 114 |
|  Lithuania | 76 | | |  Latvia | 78 |
|  Latvia | 94 | | | | | |  Yugoslavia | 78 | | | Third place
| | | | | |  Spain | 65 |
| | | |  Russia | 55 | | | |  Germany | 90
|  Spain | 71 | | |  Spain | 62 | | |  Spain | 99
|  Israel | 67 | |

#### Play-off[edit]

3 September
19:00

Boxscore

Lithuania | 76-94 |  Latvia

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Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 15–25, 17–21, 24–28
Pts: Timinskas 15
Rebs: Timinskas 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 6 |  | Pts: Bagatskis 25
Rebs: Kambala 11
Asts: Miglinieks, Štelmahers 5

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Ilija Belošević (YUG)

3 September
21:15

Boxscore

Spain | 71-67 |  Israel

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Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 27–19, 16–24, 18–13
Pts: Reyes 16
Rebs: Reyes 11
Asts: Navarro 5 |  | Pts: Turgeman 15
Rebs: Green 7
Asts: Turgeman 2

ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI)

3 September
19:00

Boxscore

Italy | 57-65 |  Croatia

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Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 11–16, 18–18, 13–17
Pts: Pecile 15
Rebs: Chiacig 9
Asts: Righetti 3 |  | Pts: Mršić 14
Rebs: Tabak 12
Asts: Mulaomerović 3

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 1,550
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

3 September
21:15

Boxscore

Germany | 80-75 |  Greece

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Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 21–18, 22–11, 27–17
Pts: Nowitzki 25
Rebs: Nowitzki 15
Asts: Garris 4 |  | Pts: Sigalas 23
Rebs: Dikoudis 7
Asts: Papaloukas 7

Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Eduardo Sancha (ESP)

#### Quarterfinals[edit]

5 September
19:00

Boxscore

Turkey | 87-85 (OT) |  Croatia

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Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 18–25, 20–13, 25–16, Overtime: 14–12
Pts: Türkcan 20
Rebs: Türkcan 14
Asts: Erdenay, Türkoğlu 4 |  | Pts: Giriček 28
Rebs: Vujčić 8
Asts: Mulaomerović 6

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

5 September
21:15

Boxscore

France | 77-81 |  Germany

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Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 24–23, 8–25, 28–21
Pts: Foirest 23
Rebs: Bilba, Sciarra 7
Asts: Sciarra 7 |  | Pts: Nowitzki 32
Rebs: Okulaja 8
Asts: Garrett 2

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Philippe Leemann (SUI)

6 September
19:00

Boxscore

Yugoslavia | 114-78 |  Latvia

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Scoring by quarter: 37–13, 29–27, 25–21, 23–17
Pts: Stojaković 29
Rebs: Tomašević 8
Asts: Drobnjak, Jarić 6 |  | Pts: Ļaksa 18
Rebs: Kambala 7
Asts: Štelmahers 7

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Murat Biricik (TUR)

6 September
21:15

Boxscore

Russia | 55-62 |  Spain

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Scoring by quarter: 13–7, 15–16, 15–20, 12–19
Pts: Chikalkin 12
Rebs: Panov 6
Asts: E. Pashutin 3 |  | Pts: A. Reyes 13
Rebs: Gasol, Kornegay 9
Asts: Rodríguez 3

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Ilija Belošević (YUG)

#### Semifinals[edit]

8 September
19:00

Boxscore

Germany | 78-79 (OT) |  Turkey

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Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 21–22, 15–16, 14–13, Overtime: 8–9
Pts: Nowitzki 22
Rebs: Okulaja 17
Asts: 5 Players 2 |  | Pts: Kutluay 24
Rebs: Beşok 13
Asts: Türkoğlu 8

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Eduardo Sancha (ESP)

8 September
21:15

Boxscore

Yugoslavia | 78-65 |  Spain

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Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 18–18, 21–12, 21–14
Pts: Stojaković 30
Rebs: 3 Players 5
Asts: Jarić 4 |  | Pts: Gasol 22
Rebs: Gasol 11
Asts: Angulo, López 2

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Murat Biricik (TUR)

#### Third place[edit]

9 September
19:00

Boxscore

Germany | 90-99 |  Spain

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Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 20–35, 21–17, 27–23
Pts: Nowitzki 43
Rebs: Nowitzki 15
Asts: Nowitzki 3 |  | Pts: Gasol 31
Rebs: Gasol 10
Asts: Navarro 5

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Petr Sudek (SVK)

#### Final[edit]

9 September
21:15

Boxscore

Turkey | 69-78 |  Yugoslavia

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Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 18–23, 17–20, 12–20
Pts: Kutluay 16
Rebs: Beşok 9
Asts: Türkoğlu 3 |  | Pts: Šćepanović 19
Rebs: Bodiroga, Tomašević 7
Asts: Tomašević 3

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

### 5th to 8th place[edit]

| Classification round| | Fifth place

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| 7 September – 19:00| |

|  France| 90

| 9 September – 16:45

|  Croatia| 79 |

|  France| 73

| 7 September – 21:15

| |  Russia| 78

|  Latvia| 81

|  Russia| 99 |

| Seventh place

| 9 September – 14:30

|  Croatia| 93

|  Latvia| 91

7 September
19:00

Boxscore

France | 90-79 |  Croatia

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Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 22–23, 28–15, 19–18
Pts: Parker 19
Rebs: Evtimov 8
Asts: Parker 4 |  | Pts: Mulaomerović 16
Rebs: Mamić 7
Asts: Mulaomerović, Prkačin 4

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Petr Sudek (SVK)

7 September
21:15

Boxscore

Latvia | 81-99 |  Russia

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Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 21–32, 20–17, 22–19
Pts: Kambala 16
Rebs: Cipruss 9
Asts: Miglinieks, Štelmahers 6 |  | Pts: Kirilenko 21
Rebs: Kirilenko 13
Asts: E. Pashutin 6

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Dubravko Muhvić (CRO)

9 September
14:30

Boxscore

Croatia | 93-91 |  Latvia

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Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 24–22, 32–21, 22–24
Pts: 3 Players 17
Rebs: Tabak 10
Asts: Giriček, Mršić 3 |  | Pts: Kambala 32
Rebs: Kambala 12
Asts: Miglinieks 11

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Murat Biricik (TUR), Philippe Leemann (SUI)

9 September
16:45

Boxscore

France | 73-78 |  Russia

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Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 17–15, 18–14, 19–24
Pts: Parker 17
Rebs: Bilba 7
Asts: Sciarra 4 |  | Pts: Kirilenko 22
Rebs: Kirilenko 11
Asts: Panov 5

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Ilija Belošević (SRB)

## Statistical leaders[edit]

### Individual Tournament Highs[edit]

Points[1]

| Pos. | Name | PPG

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1 |  Dirk Nowitzki | 28.7
2 |  Peja Stojaković | 23.0
3 |  İbrahim Kutluay | 21.7
4 |  Andrei Kirilenko | 19.2
5 |  Kaspars Kambala | 19.0
6 |  Pau Gasol | 17.3
7 |  Ainars Bagatskis | 17.2
8 |  Sergei Chikalkin | 17.0
9 |  Damir Mulaomerović | 16.7
10 |  Fragiskos Alvertis | 16.0

Rebounds[2]

| Pos. | Name | RPG

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1 |  Pau Gasol | 9.7
2 |  Hüseyin Beşok | 9.2
3 |  Dirk Nowitzki | 9.1
4 |  Kaspars Kambala | 9.0
5 |  Andrei Kirilenko | 8.7
6 |  Mirsad Türkcan | 8.3
7 |  Ademola Okulaja | 8.1
8 |  Emilio Kovačić | 7.7
9 |  Gregor Fučka | 7.0
9 |  Yaniv Green | 7.0

Assists[3]

| Pos. | Name | APG

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1 |  Raimonds Miglinieks | 7.3
2 |  Laurent Sciarra | 5.3
3 |  Theo Papaloukas | 5.0
4 |  Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 4.8
4 |  Andrea Meneghin | 4.8
6 |  Evgeniy Pashutin | 4.5
7 |  Roberts Štelmahers | 3.9
8 |  Marko Jarić | 3.8
8 |  Sergei Panov | 3.8
10 |  Damir Mulaomerović | 3.7

Steals[4]

| Pos. | Name | SPG

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1 |  Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 3.5
2 |  Marko Jarić | 2.8
2 |  Andrei Kirilenko | 2.8
4 |  Sergei Panov | 2.7
5 |  Gianluca Basile | 2.3
6 |  İbrahim Kutluay | 2.2
7 |  Evgeniy Pashutin | 2.0
8 |  Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 1.8
8 |  Andrea Meneghin | 1.8
8 |  Theo Papaloukas | 1.8
8 |  Yoav Saffar | 1.8

Blocks[5]

| Pos. | Name | SPG

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1 |  Andrei Kirilenko | 2.8
2 |  Mehmet Okur | 2.2
3 |  Pau Gasol | 2.1
4 |  Mirsad Türkcan | 1.2
5 |  Dirk Nowitzki | 1.0
5 |  Giannis Giannoulis | 1.0
5 |  Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 1.0
8 |  Efthimios Rentzias | 0.8
9 |  Alexandre Bachminov | 0.7
9 |  Hüseyin Beşok | 0.7
9 |  Peja Drobnjak | 0.7
9 |  Dragan Tarlać | 0.7

Minutes[6]

| Pos. | Name | MPG

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1 |  İbrahim Kutluay | 37.3
2 |  Hedo Türkoğlu | 36.0
3 |  Derrick Sharp | 34.3
4 |  Shalom Turgeman | 33.9
5 |  Dirk Nowitzki | 33.3
6 |  Ademola Okulaja | 33.7
7 |  Damir Mulaomerović | 32.9
8 |  Andrei Kirilenko | 32.8
9 |  Fragiskos Alvertis | 32.5
9 |  Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 32.5

### Individual Game Highs[edit]

Department | Name | Total | Opponent

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Points |  Dirk Nowitzki | 43 |  Spain
Rebounds |  Ademola Okulaja | 17 |  Turkey
Assists |  Raimonds Miglinieks | 12 |  Slovenia
Steals |  Lior Lubin | 8 |  Ukraine
Blocks |  Pau Gasol
Andrei Kirilenko | 5 |  Turkey
Italy
Turnovers |  Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 8 |  Israel

### Team Tournament Highs[edit]

Offensive PPG[7]

| Pos. | Name | PPG

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1 |  Yugoslavia | 91.5
2 |  Latvia | 86.0
3 |  Germany | 85.0
4 |  Germany | 84.6
5 |  Spain | 81.0

Rebounds[8]

| Pos. | Name | RPG

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1 |  Croatia | 36.3
2 |  Slovenia | 36.0
3 |  Germany | 34.4
4 |  Russia | 33.7
4 |  Turkey | 33.7

Assists[9]

| Pos. | Name | APG

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1 |  Yugoslavia | 17.2
2 |  Latvia | 16.7
3 |  Russia | 16.3
4 |  Greece | 14.5
4 |  Italy | 14.5

Steals[10]

| Pos. | Name | SPG

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1 |  Israel | 12.3
2 |  Yugoslavia | 12.0
3 |  Russia | 11.0
4 |  Italy | 10.5
5 |  Lithuania | 9.8

Blocks[11]

| Pos. | Name | SPG

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1 |  Russia | 4.7
2 |  Turkey | 3.8
3 |  Spain | 2.7
4 |  Greece | 2.5
5 |  Lithuania | 2.2

### Team Game highs[edit]

Department | Name | Total | Opponent

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Points |  Yugoslavia | 114 |  Latvia
Rebounds |  Germany | 49 |  Turkey
Assists |  Yugoslavia | 33 |  Estonia
Steals |  Yugoslavia | 18 |  Latvia
Blocks |  Russia | 9 |  Italy
Field goal percentage |  Yugoslavia | 67.2% (41/61) |  Estonia
3-point field goal percentage |  Latvia | 63.6% (14/22) |  Lithuania
Free throw percentage |  Latvia
Croatia | 100% (22/22)
100% (19/19)
|  Croatia
Latvia
Turnovers |  Czech Republic | 23 |  Italy

## Awards[edit]

2001 FIBA EuroBasket champions

Yugoslavia
3rd title
2001 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Peja Stojaković ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team[12]

Damir Mulaomerović
Peja Stojaković (MVP)
Ibrahim Kutluay
Dirk Nowitzki
Pau Gasol

## Final standings[edit]

Results | Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship

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| Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as current Olympic Champion
Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  Yugoslavia | 6–0
|  Turkey | 4–2
|  Spain | 5–2
4  |  Germany | 4–3
5  |  Russia | 4–2
6  |  France | 3–3
7  |  Croatia | 3–4
8  |  Latvia | 2–5
9  |  Greece | 2–2
10  |  Israel | 1–3
11  |  Italy | 2–2
12  |  Lithuania | 2–2
13  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–3
14  |  Estonia | 0–3
15  |  Slovenia | 1–2
16  |  Ukraine | 1–2

4th

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Yugoslavia

* * *

Dejan Bodiroga
Veselin Petrović
Saša Obradović
Igor Rakočević
Peja Stojaković
Vlado Šćepanović
Marko Jarić
Predrag Drobnjak
Dragan Tarlać
Dejan Milojević
Dejan Tomašević
Milan Gurović  |  Turkey

* * *

Kerem Tunçeri
Hedo Türkoğlu
Mirsad Türkcan
Orhun Ene
Asım Pars
Harun Erdenay
İbrahim Kutluay
Kaya Peker
Hüseyin Beşok
Mehmet Okur
Haluk Yıldırım
Ömer Onan |  Spain

* * *

Pau Gasol
Chuck Kornegay
Paco Vázquez
Juan Carlos Navarro
Ignacio Rodríguez
Felipe Reyes
Carlos Jiménez
Lucio Angulo
José Antonio Paraíso
Raül López
Alfonso Reyes (basketball)
Jorge Garbajosa |  Germany

* * *

Mithat Demirel
Ademola Okulaja
Robert Garrett
Marko Pešić
Stefano Garris
Dražan Tomić
Marvin Willoughby
Stipo Papić
Stephen Arigbabu
Patrick Femerling
Dirk Nowitzki
Shawn Bradley

## References[edit]

1. ^ PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
2. ^ RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
3. ^ APG Leaders at FIBA.com
4. ^ SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
5. ^ SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
6. ^ MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
7. ^ Team Leaders – PPG
8. ^ Team Leaders – RPG
9. ^ Team Leaders – APG
10. ^ Team Leaders – SPG
11. ^ Team Leaders – SPG
12. ^ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

## External links[edit]

* 2001 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com

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