2002 Euroleague Final Four

2002 Euroleague Final Four

Season	2001–02 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	PalaMalaguti Bologna, Italy
Dates	3–5 May 2002
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (3rd title)
Runners-up	Kinder Bologna
Awards and statistics
MVP	Dejan Bodiroga
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The 2002 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2001–02 Euroleague season. The event was hosted form 3 till 5 May 2002, and all games were played at the PalaMalaguti, in Bologna.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	May 3, 2002
	Benetton Treviso	82
					May 5, 2002
	Kinder Bologna	90
					Kinder Bologna	83
	May 3, 2002
					Panathinaikos	89
	Panathinaikos	83
	Maccabi Elite	75

Semifinals

3 May 2002 18:00

Report

Panathinaikos	83–75	Maccabi Elite
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 17–21, 18–13, 21–18
Pts: Bodiroga 26 Rebs: Bodiroga 9 Asts: Kalaitzis 5		Pts: Burstein 18 Rebs: Huffman 10 Asts: Burstein 5

PalaMalaguti, Bologna Attendance: 8,278 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Lamonica (ITA)

3 May 2002 21:00

Report

Benetton Treviso	82–90	Kinder Bologna
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 15–16, 22–24, 19–27
Pts: Bell, Edney 19 Rebs: Marconato 8 Asts: Nachbar 2		Pts: Jarić 15 Rebs: Ginóbili 8 Asts: Ginóbili, Jarić 3

PalaMalaguti, Bologna Attendance: 8,278 Referees: Betancor (ESP), Tsanidis (GRE), Coelho (POR)

Final

5 May 2002 20:30

Report

Kinder Bologna	83–89	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 25–17, 13–24, 22–25
Pts: Ginóbili 27 Rebs: Jarić 7 Asts: Jarić 5		Pts: Kutluay 22 Rebs: Bodiroga 7 Asts: Bodiroga 4

PalaMalaguti, Bologna Attendance: 8,278 Referees: Betancor (ESP), Arteaga (ESP), Brazauskas (LTU)

Kinder Bologna

Panathinaikos

Starters: P R A PG 14 Antoine Rigaudeau 3 1 0 SG 6 Manu Ginóbili 27 5 2 SF 20 Marko Jarić 11 7 5 PF 18 Matjaž Smodiš 23 6 0 C 15 Rashard Griffith 2 3 2 Reserves: P R A SF 10 Sani Bečirović 4 2 3 SG 11 Antonio Granger 10 1 0 PF 12 Alessandro Frosini 0 1 0 PF 13 David Andersen 3 2 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

2001–02 Euroleague Champions Panathinaikos 3rd title

Starters: P R A PG 8 Damir Mulaomerović 6 2 2 SG 10 Dejan Bodiroga 21 7 4 SF 12 İbrahim Kutluay 22 5 0 PF 4 Fragiskos Alvertis 11 3 0 C 11 Darryl Middleton 10 2 0 Reserves: P R A PG 5 Georgios Kalaitzis 0 3 1 C 7 Johnny Rogers 7 2 0 PF 14 Lazaros Papadopoulos 12 5 0 PG 16 Pepe Sánchez 0 0 0 Head coach: Željko Obradović

Awards

Euroleague Final Four MVP

• Dejan Bodiroga ( Panathinaikos)

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

• Manu Ginóbili ( Kinder Bologna)

External links

• Official website