2001–02 North European Basketball League

2000–01 NEBL was the third complete season of the North European Basketball League. There were 31 teams, from 19 countries participating in the 2001–02 season's tournament. Apart from clubs from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, clubs from Southern Europe (Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia), Israel and Turkey participated for the first time in this competition.

North European Basketball League

Competition details
Season	2001-2002
Teams	31
← 2000-2001 2002–03 →

Lietuvos rytas won the tournament by defeating Ural Great in the final.

Regular season

Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Ventspils 8 7 1 717 631 15 2. Go Pass Pepinster 8 5 3 563 527 13 3. Pertemps Bullets 8 5 3 693 678 13 4. Kyiv 8 5 3 685 664 13 5. Magic Great Danes 8 4 4 595 589 12 6. Samara 8 4 4 611 586 12 7. Šiauliai 8 3 5 447 480 11 8. Mitteldeutscher 8 2 6 568 649 10 9. 08 Stockholm Human Rights 8 1 7 664 757 9 Source: ural-great.ru [1]

Results[2] SHR MIT ŠIA SAM MGD KYI BUL PEP Ventspils 102-84 80-73 92-77 79-83 76-61 104-89 91-86 93-78 Go Pass Pepinster 79-80 68-57 75-81 20-0 74-63 89-83 80-70 Pertemps Bullets 99-96 80-64 88-80 94-87 88-97 88-83 Kyiv 104-101 74-65 81-71 91-79 80-67 Magic Great Danes 88-74 82-62 59-65 78-70 Samara 92-79 116-75 84-70 Šiauliai 103-75 74-82 Mitteldeutscher 90-75

Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Polonia Warbud 8 7 1 645 587 15 2. RheinEnergy Köln 8 6 2 646 590 14 3. Odessa 8 5 3 668 621 13 4. Skonto 8 5 3 704 693 13 5. Kalev 8 4 4 660 671 12 6. Honka Playboys 8 3 5 630 624 11 7. XRAYS S.Oliver 8 3 5 663 663 11 8. Alita 8 2 6 602 640 10 9. Grodno-93 8 1 7 539 670 9 Source: ural-great.ru [1]

Results[2] GRO ALI OLI HON KAL SKO ODE KÖL Polonia Warbud 77-70 82-67 80-77 84-78 89-66 73-85 83-70 77-74 RheinEnergy Köln 88-70 87-84 86-75 72-69 79-80 90-85 70-50 Odessa 106-70 101-73 77-79 79-70 85-83 100-93 Skonto 81-67 70-93 109-100 86-82 95-88 Kalev 85-71 75-72 100-87 83-93 Honka Playboys 78-73 70-73 90-74 XRAYS S.Oliver 88-46 83-73 Alita 67-72

Group S Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1. Rabotnički 8 6 2 622 604 14 2. NIS Vojvodina 8 6 2 658 600 14 3. Yambolgaz 8 5 3 698 663 13 4. Fenerbahçe 8 5 3 616 587 13 5. Hapoel Tel Aviv 8 5 3 646 568 13 6. Levski 8 4 4 677 710 12 7. Kumanovo 8 2 6 525 528 10 8. Lukoil Academic 8 2 6 524 567 10 9. West Petrom Arad 8 0 8 595 734 8 Source: ural-great.ru [1]

Results[2] WPA LUK KUM LEV HTA FEN YAM VOJ Rabotnički 82-73 80-72 82-72 82-71 58-78 85-80 73-82 80-76 NIS Vojvodina 110-80 69-64 69-65 70-73 80-72 90-86 94-80 Yambolgaz 82-78 82-89 84-67 105-111 92-80 91-71 Fenerbahçe 85-60 73-66 77-71 78-59 66-65 Hapoel Tel Aviv 82-56 87-73 81-60 101-83 Levski 112-105 93-76 75-93 Kumanovo 97-60 87-74 Lukoil Academic 84-83

Second round

Key to colors

Top team in each group advance to Final Four.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		URA	KYI	VOJ	KÖL
1	Ural Great	6	4	2	477	446	+31	Advance to Final Four		—	108–100	111–83	20–0
2	Kyiv	6	3	3	542	510	+32			81–95	—	110–77	73–74
3	NIS Vojvodina	6	3	3	496	542	−46			88–78	81–95	—	87–81
4	RheinEnergy Köln	6	2	4	401	418	−17			94–75	75–83	77–80	—

Source: sport.niv.ru

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Lietuvos rytas	6	5	1	571	496	+75	11
2.	Skonto	6	4	2	524	510	+14	10
3.	Go Pass Pepinster	6	2	4	506	511	–5	8
4.	Rabotnički	6	1	5	448	532	–84	7

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Ventspils	6	5	1	566	511	+55	11
2.	CSKA Moscow	6	3	3	562	531	+31	9
3.	Odessa	6	2	4	479	525	–46	8
4.	Fenerbahçe	6	2	4	526	566	–40	8

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Polonia Warbud	6	4	2	512	480	+32	10
2.	Yambolgaz	6	3	3	521	499	+22	9
3.	Kinder London Towers	6	3	3	551	558	–7	9
4.	Pertemps Bullets	6	2	4	525	572	–47	8

Source: ural-great.ru [3]

Final Four

	Semi-finals				Final
	Ural Great	107
	Polonia Warbud	82
					Ural Great	74
					Lietuvos rytas	79
	Lietuvos rytas	87
	Ventspils	75
					Third place
					Polonia Warbud	63
					Ventspils	81

Source: ural-great.ru [4]

References

1. "NEBL 2001/2002 Standing".
2. "Баскетбол. Северная лига (NEBL)".
3. "NEBL 2001/2002 Standings".
4. "NEBL Open 2001/2002 Final Four".