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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.

North European Basketball League
Season2000
Number of teams14
← 1999

After holding Promotion Cup, teams from four more countries[1] – 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.[2]

CSKA won the tournament by defeating Lietuvos rytas in the final.[3]

Andrius Giedraitis from Lietuvos rytas was named as the Most valuable player.[3]

Clubs edit

Country (League) Teams
  Denmark (Basketligaen) Great Danes Copenhagen [da]
  Estonia (KML) Kalev Tallinn
  Finland (Korisliiga) TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki
Honka Espoo
  Germany (BBL) Skyliners Frankfurt
  Latvia (LBL) Ventspils
Brocēni-LMT Rīga
  Lithuania (LKL) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Žalgiris Kaunas
Alita Alytus
  Russia (Super League A) CSKA Moscow
  Sweden (Basketligan) Magic M7 Borås
Plannja Basket Luleå
  Ukraine (SuperLeague) Kyiv Kiev

Regular season edit

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 edit

  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 edit

Eight-finals edit

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 edit

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 edit

Semifinal 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "About NEBL'2000". Archived from the original on 2000-06-11. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  2. ^ "About NEBL". Archived from the original on 2000-08-30. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  3. ^ a b NEBL slogan: Break the ice!

External links edit

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