# 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.
After holding Promotion Cup, teams from four more countries – 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.
CSKA won the tournament by defeating Lietuvos rytas in the final.
Andrius Giedraitis from Lietuvos rytas was named as the Most valuable player.

## Clubs

| Country (League) | Teams |
| Denmark (Basketligaen) | Great Danes Copenhagen [da] |
| Estonia (KML) | Kalev Tallinn |
| Finland (Korisliiga) | TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki |
| Finland (Korisliiga) | Honka Espoo |
| Germany (BBL) | Skyliners Frankfurt |
| Latvia (LBL) | Ventspils |
| Latvia (LBL) | Brocēni-LMT Rīga |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Lithuania (LKL) | Alita Alytus |
| Russia (Super League A) | CSKA Moscow |
| Sweden (Basketligan) | Magic M7 Borås |
| Sweden (Basketligan) | 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 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1239 | 953 | +286 | |
| 2. | Lietuvos rytas | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1172 | 1032 | +140 | 1–0 |
| 3. | Žalgiris | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1386 | 1086 | +300 | 0–1 |
| 4. | Kyiv | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1384 | 1236 | +148 | |
| 5. | Kalev | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1301 | 1288 | +13 | 1–0 |
| 6. | Magic M7 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1257 | 1329 | –72 | 0–1 |
| 7. | Ventspils | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1246 | 1193 | +53 | |
| 8. | Plannja Basket | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1158 | 1257 | –99 | 3–0 |
| 9. | TeamWARE ToPo | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1146 | 1321 | –175 | 2–1 |
| 10. | Honka | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1185 | 1300 | –115 | 1–2 |
| 11. | Brocēni-LMT | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1055 | 1124 | –69 | 0–3 |
| 12. | Skyliners | 13 | 4 | 9 | 922 | 1002 | –80 | |
| 13. | Alita | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1054 | 1147 | –93 | |
| 14. | Great Danes | 13 | 1 | 12 | 859 | 1096 | –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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 [fr] 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 |