2000 North European Basketball League

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.

North European Basketball League
Competition details
Season 2000
Teams 14
← 1999

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
Country (League) Teams
Denmark (Basketligaen) Great Danes Copenhagen
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
Key to colors
     Teams advance to Final Four.
     Teams advance to eight-finals.
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. CSKA 131211239953+286
2. Lietuvos rytas 1311211721032+1401–0
3. Žalgiris 1311213861086+3000–1
4. Kyiv 139413841236+148
5. Kalev 137613011288+131–0
6. Magic M7 137612571329–720–1
7. Ventspils 136712461193+53
8. Plannja Basket 135811581257–993–0
9. TeamWARE ToPo 135811461321–1752–1
10. Honka 135811851300–1151–2
11. Brocēni-LMT 135810551124–690–3
12. Skyliners 13499221002–80
13. Alita 1331010541147–93
14. Great Danes 131128591096–237

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

Eight-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris 157–140 Ventspils 76–69 81–71
Kyiv 198–180 Kalev 95–95 103–85

Final Four

Semifinal 1
15 April 2000
17:00
CSKA 105–88 Kyiv
Scoring by quarter: 24–29, 28–20, 28–15, 25–24
Pts: Panov 23 Pts: C.McCants 21
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Richard Stokes (ENG)

Semifinal 2
15 April 2000
19:00
Lietuvos rytas 74–67 Žalgiris
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
16 April 2000
17:00
Kyiv 88–110 Žalgiris
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
16 April 2000
19:00
Lietuvos rytas 77–95 CSKA
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
Pos Team
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
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References
  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. NEBL slogan: Break the ice!
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