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

## Regular season

Results :
| 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 | Results 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 |
Results :
| 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. Odesa 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 | Results 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 Odesa 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 |
Results :
| 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 | Results 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 | — |
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. | Odesa | 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

## Final Four

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ural Great | 107 |
| Polonia Warbud | 82 | | |
| Polonia Warbud | 82 | Ural Great | 74 |
| | | Lietuvos rytas | 79 |
| Lietuvos rytas | 87 | Lietuvos rytas | 79 |
| Ventspils | 75 | | |
| Ventspils | 75 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Polonia Warbud | 63 |
| | | Ventspils | 81 |
Source: ural-great.ru