EuroBasket 2001 explained

Tourney Name:	EuroBasket 2001
Size:	150
Country:	Turkey
Dates:	31 August – 9 September
Num Teams:	16
Venues:	3
Cities:	3
Champion:	FR Yugoslavia
Count:	3
Mvp:	Peja Stojaković
Ppg:	28.7
Second:	Turkey
Third:	Spain
Fourth:	Germany
Games:	40
Rpg:	9.7
Apg:	7.3
Website:	EuroBasket 2001 (archive)
Prevseason:	1999
Nextseason:	2003

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.

Venues

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

Qualification

See 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
Host nation	–	1
	29 August – 8 September 1999	7
	18 May 1998 – 27 January 2001	8

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C	width=25%	Group D

Format

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

See main article: EuroBasket 2001 squads. At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the quarterfinals
width=10px bgcolor="#ffffd0"		Qualified for the second round

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Final

5th to 8th place

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points^[1]

Pos.	Name	PPG
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
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
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
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
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
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

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		43
Rebounds		17
Assists		12
Steals		8
Blocks		5
Turnovers		8

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG^[7]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1		91.5
2		86.0
3		85.0
4		84.6
5		81.0

Rebounds^[8]

Pos.	Name	RPG
1		36.3
2		36.0
3		34.4
4		33.7
4		33.7

Assists^[9]

Pos.	Name	APG
1		17.2
2		16.7
3		16.3
4		14.5
4		14.5

Steals^[10]

Pos.	Name	SPG
1		12.3
2		12.0
3		11.0
4		10.5
5		9.8

Blocks^[11]

Pos.	Name	SPG
1		4.7
2		3.8
3		2.7
4		2.5
5		2.2

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		114
Rebounds		49
Assists		33
Steals		18
Blocks		9
Field goal percentage		67.2% (41/61)
3-point field goal percentage		63.6% (14/22)
Free throw percentage		100% (22/22) 100% (19/19)
Turnovers		23

Awards

2001 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Peja Stojaković (Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team^[12]

Peja Stojaković (MVP)


Pau Gasol

Final standings

width=10px bgcolor="#aaffaa"		Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship
width=10px bgcolor="#ffffd0"		Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as current Olympic Champion

Rank	Team	Record
		6–0
		4–2
		5–2
4		4–3
5		4–2
6		3–3
7		3–4
8		2–5
9		2–2
10		1–3
11		2–2
12		2–2
13		0–3
14		0–3
15		1–2
16		1–2

External links

2001 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com