2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

The 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 1999–2000 season. It was the second to last edition of the FIBA EuroLeague Final Fours that were organized by FIBA Europe. For the next edition of the tournament, it would be replaced by the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four, and the new Euroleague Basketball competition's 2001 Finals series, which was organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.

2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Season1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
Tournament details
ArenaP.A.O.K. Sports Arena
Thessaloniki, Greece
Dates18–20 April 2000
Final positions
Champions Panathinaikos (2nd title)
Runners-up Maccabi Elite
Third place Efes Pilsen
Fourth place FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP Željko Rebrača

Panathinaikos won its second title, after defeating Maccabi Elite in the final game.

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 FC Barcelona 51
 
 
 
 Maccabi Elite 65
 
 Maccabi Elite 67
 
 
 
 Panathinaikos 73
 
 Panathinaikos 81
 
 
 Efes Pilsen71
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 FC Barcelona 69
 
 
 Efes Pilsen 75

Semifinals

FC Barcelona – Maccabi Elite
April 18
18:30
FC Barcelona 51–65 Maccabi Elite
Scoring by half: 22–38, 29–27
Pts: Goldwire 13
Rebs: Dueñas 9
Asts: Alston, Goldwire 3		 Pts: Huffman 24
Rebs: Henefeld 6
Asts: McDonald 4
P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Panathinaikos – Efes Pilsen
April 18
21:00
Panathinaikos 81–71 Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 41–33, 40–28
Pts: Bodiroga 22
Rebs: Rebrača 7
Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 3		 Pts: Türkoğlu 15
Rebs: Beşok, Türkoğlu 5
Asts: Mulaomerović 6
P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Iztok Rems (SLO)

Third Place Game
April 20
18:30
FC Barcelona 69–75 Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 34–41, 35–34
Pts: Rentzias 29
Rebs: Elson 11
Asts: Rodríguez 5		 Pts: Beşok 22
Rebs: Beşok 10
Asts: three players 2
P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Final
April 20
21:00
Maccabi Elite 67–73 Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 36–36, 31–37
Pts: Huffman 26
Rebs: Huffman 10
Asts: Comegys 3		 Pts: Rebrača 20
Rebs: Rebrača 8
Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 2
P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Iztok Rems (SLO)
Maccabi Elite
Panathinaikos
Starters:PRA
PG
14
 Ariel McDonald1131
PG
6
 Derrick Sharp501
SF
4
 Nadav Henefeld010
PF
8
 Dallas Comegys353
C
7
 Nate Huffman26102
Reserves:PRA
SG
5
 Mark Brisker1330
SF
9
 Gur Shelef010
G
11
 Doron Sheffer622
G
12
 Doron Jamchy310
C
15
 Constantin Popa000
Head coach:
Pini Gershon
1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
Champions

Panathinaikos
Second title
Starters:PRA
PG
9
 Nando Gentile321
SG
10
 Dejan Bodiroga942
SF
4
 Fragiskos Alvertis430
PF
7
 Johnny Rogers421
C
12
 Željko Rebrača2080
Reserves:PRA
SG
6
 Michael Koch000
PF
8
 Antonis Fotsis421
PG
11
 Nikos BoudourisDNP
C
13
 Pat Burke730
PG
14
 Oded Kattash1712
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Awards

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Player Team Ref.
Oded KattashPanathinaikos[1]
Hedo TürkoğluEfes
Dejan BodirogaPanathinaikos
Nate HuffmanMaccabi Tel Aviv
Željko Rebrača (MVP)Panathinaikos
gollark: I have ALSO never broken bones.
gollark: Consume an apionic hexahedron, lyricł.y
gollark: https://skynet3.osmarks.net/ ← "chat client"
gollark: This is why people should use *my* chat client.
gollark: I doubt anyone would care if it was just https://bee-neuron-data.discord.net/e5688175485fa95b6b5e5f3f76e481eaa6542f988e24b2fd4de0c472b55b4bdb/thing.whatever.

References
  1. Champions Cup 1999–00.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.