2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup

The 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-fifth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It occurred between October 17, 2000, and April 17, 2001. The final was held at Hala Torwar, Warsaw, Poland.

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.

Team allocation
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
 * CW: Cup winners

* As a substitute for Olimpia Milano which team withdrew from competition

Top 16

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* Aris didn't play the second leg because its players were on strike for not getting their salaries and Maroussi received a forfeit (20–0) in this game.

** The original second leg was suspended after several players of Telindus Racing Antwerpen and Crvena zvezda were disqualified. Later, FIBA decided that his game should be replayed a week later behind closed doors to avoid further incidents, but the Yugoslavian team didn't show up for the match and Telindus received a forfeit (20–0).

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final
April 17, Hala Torwar, Warsaw


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FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP

 * 🇺🇸 Jimmy Oliver ( Maroussi)