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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 Serbia 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. Serbia won its third FIBA European title (eighth and the last FIBA European title under the name of Yugoslavia) by defeating hosts Turkey with a 78–69 score in the final. Vlado Šćepanović scored 19 points for Serbia, while İbrahim Kutluay scored 19 for Turkey. Serbia's Peja Stojaković was voted the tournament's MVP.
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| 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) | |
← 1999 2003 → | |
| Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankara | ASKI Sport Hall | 6,000 | Groups A and B Second round | |||
| Antalya | Antalya Expo Center | 3,800 | Opened in 1999 | Groups C and D | ||
| Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 12,270 | Opened in 1986 | Knockout stages |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
- 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.
At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.
| Qualified for the quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for the second round |
- Times given below are in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Danko Radić (CRO)
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Ademir Zurapović (BIH)
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Ilija Belošević (YUG)
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Dubravko Muhvić (CRO), Atso Matsalu (EST)
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Efim Resser (GER)
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Danko Radić (CRO)
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Atso Matsalu (EST)
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Ademir Zurapović (BIH)
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Gennaro Colucci (ITA)
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Petr Sudek (SVK)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Kamen Toshev (BUL), Borys Shulga (UKR)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Murat Biricik (TUR)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Moise Bitton (ISR)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Petr Sudek (SVK)
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Juris Kokainis (LAT)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Petr Sudek (SVK)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Murat Biricik (TUR)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Borys Shulga (UKR)
Championship bracket
| Play-off 3 September 2001 | Quarterfinals 5–6 September 2001 | Semifinals 8 September 2001 | Final 9 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI)
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Eduardo Sancha (ESP)
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Philippe Leemann (SUI)
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Murat Biricik (TUR)
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Ilija Belošević (YUG)
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Murat Biricik (TUR)
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| 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 | |||||
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Dubravko Muhvić (CRO)
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Murat Biricik (TUR), Philippe Leemann (SUI)
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Ilija Belošević (SRB)
Individual Tournament Highs
Individual Game Highs
| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2001 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
|---|
| Yugoslavia 3rd title |
| All-Tournament Team[12] |
|---|
| Damir Mulaomerović |
| Peja Stojaković (MVP) |
| Ibrahim Kutluay |
| Dirk Nowitzki |
| Pau Gasol |
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- ^ PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- ^ RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- ^ APG Leaders at FIBA.com
- ^ SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- ^ SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- ^ MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
- ^ Team Leaders – PPG
- ^ Team Leaders – RPG
- ^ Team Leaders – APG
- ^ Team Leaders – SPG
- ^ Team Leaders – SPG
- ^ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.
- 2001 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com