# 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup

The 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-sixth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It was the last edition of the tournament. It took place between 30 October 2001 and 30 April 2002. The final was held at Lyon, France.

## Competition system

* 24 teams (national domestic cup champions, plus the best qualified teams in the most important European national domestic leagues), entered a preliminary group stage, divided into four groups of six teams each, playing a round-robin. The final standing were based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams, after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
* The top four teams from each group qualified for a 1/8 Final Playoff (X-pairings, home and away games), while the winners advanced further to 1/4 Finals and 1/2 Finals.
* The Final was played at a predetermined venue.

## Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
* QR1-2: Losers of the 2001-02 Euroleague qualifying rounds.
* CW: Cup winners
Regular season :
| Pamesa Valencia (5th) | Darüşşafaka (3rd)$^{QR1}$ | Telekom Baskets Bonn (2nd)$^{QR2}$ | Igokea (1st) |
| Adecco Estudiantes (6th) | Türk Telekom (4th) | Hapoel Jerusalem (2nd) | Keravnos Keo (1st) |
| Montepaschi Siena (6th) | Panionios (5th) | Split CO (2nd)$^{QR2}$ | Portugal Telecom (1st)$^{QR2}$ |
| Snaidero Udine (7th) | Iraklis (6th) | Anwil Włocławek (2nd) | Ricoh Astronauts (1st) |
| Le Mans (3rd)$^{QR2}$ | UNICS (2nd) | Slovakofarma Pezinok (1st) | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (CW) |
| SIG Strasbourg (4th) | Lietuvos rytas (2nd)$^{QR1}$ | FMP (5th) | Lugano Snakes (1st)$^{QR2}$ |

## Regular season

Key to colors :
* Qualified to Round of 16
* Eliminated
| Group A VAL UDI TÜR SIG POR LUG VAL 80-62 76-77 78-73 86-68 83-64 UDI 74-69 84-89 70-74 91-80 84-68 TÜR 75-79 73-79 92-80 87-75 101-71 SIG 88-80 76-84 93-84 80-75 112-85 POR 82-88 70-74 108-104 91-98 115-78 LUG 72-87 77-88 105-110 79-78 103-88 TeamPldWLPFPAPts 1. Pamesa Valencia 107380673517 2. Snaidero Udine 107379075617 3. Türk Telekom 106485281816 4. SIG Strasbourg 106485281816 5. Portugal Telecom 102885288912 6. Lugano Snakes 102880294612 | Group B SIE PAN JER EST MSB DAR SIE 74-71 99-77 106-93 91-86 106-83 PAN 91-86 97-86 100-96 108-83 83-79 JER 87-71 85-80 84-80 20-0 94-77 EST 68-64 82-84 83-82 108-81 91-85 MSB 46-94 88-75 89-82 86-96 91-61 DAR 58-60 88-87 79-88 76-86 72-93 TeamPldWLPFPAPts 1. Montepaschi Siena 107385176017 2. Panionios 106487684716 3. Hapoel Jerusalem 106478575516 4. Adecco Estudiantes 106488384816 5. Le Mans* 104674380713 6. Darüşşafaka 101975887911 *Le Mans was docked one point for not playing the game at Hapoel Jerusalem. |
| Group C LIE TEL UNI ANW AST TRA LIE 95-82 81-76 91-66 97-75 106-65 TEL 81-96 95-76 89-73 86-80 92-78 UNI 84-64 86-71 88-90 98-78 112-49 ANW 72-89 82-84 79-85 79-61 84-67 AST 70-82 57-72 70-78 59-61 72-65 TRA 75-111 81-102 66-93 74-105 66-82 TeamPldWLPFPAPts 1. Lietuvos rytas 109191274619 2. Telekom Baskets Bonn 107385480417 3. UNICS 107387674317 4. Anwil Włocławek 105579179315 5. Ricoh Astronauts 102871078412 6. Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 1001068695910 | Group D PEZ IRA FMP SPL IGO KER PEZ 86-74 95-92 85-89 62-58 93-62 IRA 62-66 71-76 88-78 86-50 80-46 FMP 81-92 63-92 96-83 72-64 82-64 SPL 86-80 87-92 73-78 82-84 87-84 IGO 78-81 81-90 77-78 99-110 91-86 KER 54-87 72-80 59-100 87-88 83-86 TeamPldWLPFPAPts 1. Slovakofarma Pezinok 108282773618 2. Iraklis 107381570717 3. FMP 107381877017 4. Split CO 105586387315 5. Igokea 103776882713 6. Keravnos Keo 1001069687410 |

## Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Adecco Estudiantes | 145–169 | Pamesa Valencia | 77–80 | 68–89 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 158–152 | Snaidero Udine | 71–74 | 87–78 |
| Türk Telekom | 143–145 | Panionios | 80–74 | 63–71 |
| SIG Strasbourg | 144–152 | Montepaschi Siena | 78–78 | 66–74 |
| Split CO | 137–184 | Lietuvos rytas | 67–100 | 70–84 |
| FMP | 172–174 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 88–91 | 84–83 |
| UNICS | 167–163 | Iraklis | 91–79 | 76–84 |
| Anwil Włocławek | 163–152 | Slovakofarma Pezinok | 95–78 | 68–74 |

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | 156–176 | Pamesa Valencia | 88–92 | 68–84 |
| UNICS | 131–138 | Montepaschi Siena | 73–70 | 58–68 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 163–155 | Lietuvos rytas | 88–90 | 75–65 |
| Panionios | 142–149 | Anwil Włocławek | 83–74 | 59–75 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pamesa Valencia | 135–118 | Anwil Włocławek | 77–65 | 58–53 |
| Montepaschi Siena | 192–140 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 98–69 | 94–71 |

## Final

April 30, Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Pamesa Valencia | 71–81 | Montepaschi Siena |
* 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup Champions
* Montepaschi Siena 1st title

## Awards
### FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP

* Petar Naumoski ( Montepaschi Siena)