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EuroBasket 2001

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)
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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.

Venues

Location	Picture	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Ankara		Ankara	ASKI Sport Hall	6,000		Groups A and B Second round
Antalya		Antalya	Antalya Expo Center	3,800	Opened in 1999	Groups C and D
Istanbul		Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12,270	Opened in 1986	Knockout stages

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	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

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

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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

Ukraine	60–82	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 13–14, 8–18, 21–29
Pts: 3 Players 13 Rebs: Okunskyy 15 Asts: Ievstratenko, Khryapa 3		Pts: Šiškauskas 16 Rebs: Einikis 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 6

Israel	71–77 (OT)	France
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–16, 16–15, 18–13, Overtime: 9–15
Pts: Tapiro 21 Rebs: Tapiro 12 Asts: Tapiro 7		Pts: Foirest 18 Rebs: Sciarra 10 Asts: Foirest 5

France	86–89	Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 26–19, 15–30, 30–25
Pts: Palmer 18 Rebs: Palmer 10 Asts: Sciarra 1		Pts: Okunskyy 28 Rebs: Korablov, Okunskyy 6 Asts: Korablov, Rayevskyy 3

Lithuania	68–59	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–4, 9–22, 23–21, 18–12
Pts: Timinskas 15 Rebs: Timinskas 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 4		Pts: Sharp, Turgeman 12 Rebs: Green 11 Asts: Lubin 3

Ukraine	65–88	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 13–22, 17–23, 15–22
Pts: Ryzhov 16 Rebs: Okunskyy 6 Asts: Rayevskyy 2		Pts: Saffar 19 Rebs: Green 9 Asts: Tapiro 5

France	76–65	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 20–10, 14–17, 15–18
Pts: Risacher 18 Rebs: Sciarra 8 Asts: Sciarra 7		Pts: Šiškauskas 13 Rebs: Timinskas, Žukauskas 5 Asts: Jasikevičius 3

Group B

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

Latvia	82–85	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 28–20, 22–30, 18–18
Pts: Bagatskis 21 Rebs: Kambala 11 Asts: Miglinieks 7		Pts: Kutluay 20 Rebs: Türkcan 9 Asts: Türkcan 5

Slovenia	61–85	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 14–21, 18–25, 14–14
Pts: Udrih 12 Rebs: Nesterovič, Udrih 4 Asts: McDonald 4		Pts: Paraíso 17 Rebs: Gasol 9 Asts: Angulo 4

Turkey	57–71	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 13–13, 13–19, 13–24
Pts: Kutluay 19 Rebs: Beşok 12 Asts: Türkoğlu 3		Pts: Nesterovič 20 Rebs: Nesterovič 11 Asts: Bečirovič, Milič 4

Spain	106–77	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 27–21, 30–15, 26–20
Pts: Paraíso 16 Rebs: Gasol 9 Asts: Navarro 9		Pts: Helmanis 20 Rebs: Bagatskis, Kambala 6 Asts: Miglinieks 7

Latvia	99–93 (OT)	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 22–14, 17–25, 22–15, Overtime: 16–10
Pts: Kambala 24 Rebs: Bagatskis, Kambala 9 Asts: Miglinieks 12		Pts: 3 Players 19 Rebs: Nesterovič 12 Asts: Bečirovič 6

Spain	79–84	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 28–22, 13–22, 24–14
Pts: Navarro 24 Rebs: Gasol 10 Asts: López 4		Pts: Kutluay 35 Rebs: Beşok 10 Asts: Ene 3

Group C

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

Estonia	71–92	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 22–26, 14–25, 17–22
Pts: Müürsepp 15 Rebs: Müürsepp, Noormets 5 Asts: Pärn, Tein 3		Pts: Nowitzki 33 Rebs: Nowitzki 12 Asts: Demirel 3

Croatia	66–80	Yugoslavia
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 15–17, 20–18, 11–19
Pts: Kovačić 19 Rebs: Kovačić 8 Asts: Mulaomerović 5		Pts: Stojaković 21 Rebs: Tarlać 9 Asts: Jarić 4

Yugoslavia	113–58	Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 21–15, 34–10, 25–15
Pts: Stojaković 21 Rebs: Tarlać 9 Asts: Obradović 5		Pts: Müürsepp 16 Rebs: Metstak 9 Asts: 3 Players 3

Germany	98–88	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 23–25, 24–17, 26–27
Pts: Nowitzki 31 Rebs: Femerling, Okulaja 4 Asts: Demirel, Pesic 3		Pts: Mulaomerović 23 Rebs: Kovačić 10 Asts: 3 Players 3

Estonia	69–81	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 23–22, 14–17, 22–21
Pts: Müürsepp 24 Rebs: Müürsepp 8 Asts: Pehka 4		Pts: Giriček 21 Rebs: Giriček 8 Asts: Giriček, Mulaomerović 3

Yugoslavia	86–73	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 19–13, 17–28, 28–19
Pts: Stojaković 22 Rebs: Drobnjak 6 Asts: Jarić 4		Pts: Okulaja 18 Rebs: Okulaja 8 Asts: Okulaja 4

Group D

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina	63–83	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 19–25, 14–18, 13–15
Pts: Marković 12 Rebs: Mujezinović, Ovčina 6 Asts: 3 Players 3		Pts: Kirilenko 26 Rebs: Bachminov 9 Asts: E. Pashutin 6

Greece	83–82	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 18–17, 23–20, 18–20
Pts: Rentzias 22 Rebs: Kakiouzis 4 Asts: Sigalas 8		Pts: Fučka 21 Rebs: Fučka 5 Asts: Meneghin 7

Italy	96–66	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 35–12, 18–24, 26–13, 17–17
Pts: Chiacig 15 Rebs: Fučka 7 Asts: Basile 6		Pts: Mujezinović 17 Rebs: Mujezinović 6 Asts: Firić, Mršić 3

Russia	106–81	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 37–26, 19–15, 27–23, 23–17
Pts: Chikalkin 27 Rebs: Panov 11 Asts: Panov 7		Pts: Alvertis 20 Rebs: Fotsis 5 Asts: Papaloukas 5

Italy	64–58	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 16–11, 21–18, 12–16
Pts: Fučka 18 Rebs: Fučka 10 Asts: Meneghin 6		Pts: Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Kirilenko 10 Asts: E. Pashutin 6

Bosnia and Herzegovina	77–101	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–18, 10–29, 23–33
Pts: Mršić 21 Rebs: Lerić, Mujezinović 6 Asts: Mršić 4		Pts: Alvertis 23 Rebs: Fotsis 7 Asts: Papaloukas 7

Knockout stage

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

Play-off

Lithuania	76–94	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 15–25, 17–21, 24–28
Pts: Timinskas 15 Rebs: Timinskas 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 6		Pts: Bagatskis 25 Rebs: Kambala 11 Asts: Miglinieks, Štelmahers 5

Spain	71–67	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 27–19, 16–24, 18–13
Pts: Reyes 16 Rebs: Reyes 11 Asts: Navarro 5		Pts: Turgeman 15 Rebs: Green 7 Asts: Turgeman 2

Italy	57–65	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 11–16, 18–18, 13–17
Pts: Pecile 15 Rebs: Chiacig 9 Asts: Righetti 3		Pts: Mršić 14 Rebs: Tabak 12 Asts: Mulaomerović 3

Germany	80–75	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 21–18, 22–11, 27–17
Pts: Nowitzki 25 Rebs: Nowitzki 15 Asts: Garris 4		Pts: Sigalas 23 Rebs: Dikoudis 7 Asts: Papaloukas 7

Quarterfinals

Turkey	87–85 (OT)	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 18–25, 20–13, 25–16, Overtime: 14–12
Pts: Türkcan 20 Rebs: Türkcan 14 Asts: Erdenay, Türkoğlu 4		Pts: Giriček 28 Rebs: Vujčić 8 Asts: Mulaomerović 6

France	77–81	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 24–23, 8–25, 28–21
Pts: Foirest 23 Rebs: Bilba, Sciarra 7 Asts: Sciarra 7		Pts: Nowitzki 32 Rebs: Okulaja 8 Asts: Garrett 2

Yugoslavia	114–78	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 37–13, 29–27, 25–21, 23–17
Pts: Stojaković 29 Rebs: Tomašević 8 Asts: Drobnjak, Jarić 6		Pts: Ļaksa 18 Rebs: Kambala 7 Asts: Štelmahers 7

Russia	55–62	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 13–7, 15–16, 15–20, 12–19
Pts: Chikalkin 12 Rebs: Panov 6 Asts: E. Pashutin 3		Pts: A. Reyes 13 Rebs: Gasol, Kornegay 9 Asts: Rodríguez 3

Semifinals

Germany	78–79 (OT)	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 21–22, 15–16, 14–13, Overtime: 8–9
Pts: Nowitzki 22 Rebs: Okulaja 17 Asts: 5 Players 2		Pts: Kutluay 24 Rebs: Beşok 13 Asts: Türkoğlu 8

Yugoslavia	78–65	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 18–18, 21–12, 21–14
Pts: Stojaković 30 Rebs: 3 Players 5 Asts: Jarić 4		Pts: Gasol 22 Rebs: Gasol 11 Asts: Angulo, López 2

Third place

Germany	90–99	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 20–35, 21–17, 27–23
Pts: Nowitzki 43 Rebs: Nowitzki 15 Asts: Nowitzki 3		Pts: Gasol 31 Rebs: Gasol 10 Asts: Navarro 5

Final

Turkey	69–78	Yugoslavia
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 18–23, 17–20, 12–20
Pts: Kutluay 16 Rebs: Beşok 9 Asts: Türkoğlu 3		Pts: Šćepanović 19 Rebs: Bodiroga, Tomašević 7 Asts: Tomašević 3

5th to 8th place

	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

France	90–79	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 22–23, 28–15, 19–18
Pts: Parker 19 Rebs: Evtimov 8 Asts: Parker 4		Pts: Mulaomerović 16 Rebs: Mamić 7 Asts: Mulaomerović, Prkačin 4

Latvia	81–99	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 21–32, 20–17, 22–19
Pts: Kambala 16 Rebs: Cipruss 9 Asts: Miglinieks, Štelmahers 6		Pts: Kirilenko 21 Rebs: Kirilenko 13 Asts: E. Pashutin 6

Croatia	93–91	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 24–22, 32–21, 22–24
Pts: 3 Players 17 Rebs: Tabak 10 Asts: Giriček, Mršić 3		Pts: Kambala 32 Rebs: Kambala 12 Asts: Miglinieks 11

France	73–78	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 17–15, 18–14, 19–24
Pts: Parker 17 Rebs: Bilba 7 Asts: Sciarra 4		Pts: Kirilenko 22 Rebs: Kirilenko 11 Asts: Panov 5

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points 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 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 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 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 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 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	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

Offensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1  Yugoslavia 91.5 2  Latvia 86.0 3  Germany 85.0 4  Germany 84.6 5  Spain 81.0

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1  Croatia 36.3 2  Slovenia 36.0 3  Germany 34.4 4  Russia 33.7 4  Turkey 33.7

Assists Pos. Name APG 1  Yugoslavia 17.2 2  Latvia 16.7 3  Russia 16.3 4  Greece 14.5 4  Italy 14.5

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1  Israel 12.3 2  Yugoslavia 12.0 3  Russia 11.0 4  Italy 10.5 5  Lithuania 9.8

Blocks Pos. Name SPG 1  Russia 4.7 2  Turkey 3.8 3  Spain 2.7 4  Greece 2.5 5  Lithuania 2.2

Team Game 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

Awards

2001 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Yugoslavia 3rd title

2001 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Peja Stojaković ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team
Damir Mulaomerović
Peja Stojaković (MVP)
Ibrahim Kutluay
Dirk Nowitzki
Pau Gasol

Final standings

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

			4th
Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga Veselin Petrović Saša Obradović Igor Rakočević Peja Stojaković Vlado Šćepanović Marko Jarić Predrag Drobnjak Dragan Tarlać Dejan Milojević Dejan Tomašević Milan Gurović	Turkey Kerem Tunçeri Hedo Türkoğlu Mirsad Türkcan Orhun Ene Asım Pars Harun Erdenay İbrahim Kutluay Kaya Peker Hüseyin Beşok Mehmet Okur Haluk Yıldırım Ömer Onan	Spain Pau Gasol Chuck Kornegay Paco Vázquez Juan Carlos Navarro Ignacio Rodríguez Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Lucio Angulo José Antonio Paraíso Raül López Alfonso Reyes (basketball) Jorge Garbajosa	Germany Mithat Demirel Ademola Okulaja Robert Garrett Marko Pešić Stefano Garris Dražan Tomić Marvin Willoughby Stipo Papić Stephen Arigbabu Patrick Femerling Dirk Nowitzki Shawn Bradley

References

1. PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
2. RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
3. APG Leaders at FIBA.com
4. SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
5. SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
6. MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
7. Team Leaders – PPG
8. Team Leaders – RPG
9. Team Leaders – APG
10. Team Leaders – SPG
11. Team Leaders – SPG
12. Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

External links

• 2001 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com

• FIBA EuroBasket 2001
• EuroBasket
• 2001–02 in European basketball
• 2001–02 in Turkish basketball
• International basketball competitions hosted by Turkey
• Sports competitions in Ankara
• Sports competitions in Antalya
• 21st century in Antalya
• Sports competitions in Istanbul
• 2000s in Ankara
• 2000s in Istanbul