The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd
FIBA EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the E ...
regional
basketball
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championship held by
FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the
2002 FIBA World Championship
The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the competition now known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the international world championship for men's basketball teams. The tournament held by the International Basketball Federation i ...
, giving a berth to the top four (or five, depending on Yugoslavia reaching one of the top four places) teams in the final standings. It was held in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
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
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,
Antalya
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hosted the tournament.
Yugoslavia
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won its eighth FIBA European title by defeating hosts
Turkey
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with a 78–69 score in the final.
Vlado Šćepanović
Vlado Šćepanović (born 13 November 1975) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. At , he played the shooting guard position.
Professional career
Šćepanović began his professional career with Budućnost during the ...
scored 19 points for Yugoslavia, while
İbrahim Kutluay
İbrahim Kutluay (born January 7, 1974) is a former Turkish professional basketball player who has been a manager and pundit since his retirement. He played the shooting guard position, and in his prime, was one of the most prolific 3-point sh ...
scored 19 for Turkey. Yugoslavia's
Peja Stojaković was voted the tournament's
MVP
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.
Venues
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.
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
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Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
Play-off
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place
Final
5th to 8th place
Statistical leaders
Individual Tournament Highs
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Minutes
Individual Game Highs
Team Tournament Highs
Offensive PPG
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Team Leaders – SPG
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Team Game highs
Awards
Final standings
References
External links
archive.FIBA.com
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Euro
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Euro
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