The 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague was the FIBA European professional club basketball Champions' Cup for the 2000–01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup (which is now called the EuroLeague), though in this season of 2000–01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and Euroleague Basketball Company's Euroleague 2000–01.

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2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
Season	2000–01
Duration	18 October 2000 – 13 May 2001
Number of teams	20
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd title)
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Third place	Efes Pilsen
Fourth place	CSKA Moscow
Awards
Season MVP	Nate Huffman
Final Four MVP	Ariel McDonald
Statistical leaders
Points Miroslav Berić 23.3 Rebounds Roberto Chiacig 9.4 Assists Raimonds Miglinieks 7.0
← 1999–2000 2000–01 Euroleague 2001–02 Euroleague →

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The season started on 18 October 2000, and ended on 13 May 2001. The competition's Final Four took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, France. The 2000–01 SuproLeague was the last European top tier club competition organised by FIBA.

The European Champions' Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated under its umbrella from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–2000 season. Euroleague Basketball was created on 1 July 2000.

FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name and had no legal recourse on the usage of that name. Therefore, FIBA had to find a new name for their league and chose "SuproLeague". The 2000–01 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new Euroleague.

Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Tau Cerámica, and Benetton Treviso joined Euroleague Basketball.

• 20 teams (national domestic league champions, and runners-up from various national domestic leagues), playing in a tournament system.

The first phase was a regular season, in which the twenty competing teams were drawn into two groups, each containing ten teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 18 games for each team. The top 8 teams in each group advanced to the Round of 16, and the winners of this round advanced to the Quarterfinals. Both of the rounds were played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winning teams of the Quarterfinals qualified to the SuproLeague Final Four, which was held in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, on 10–13 May 2001.

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
4. Points scored in all group matches
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group A

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos	18	13	5	1477	1364	+113	31	Advance to Play Offs
2	CSKA Moscow	18	12	6	1429	1376	+53	30
3	Split CO	18	12	6	1363	1335	+28	30
4	Ülker	18	11	7	1481	1419	+62	29
5	Alba Berlin	18	9	9	1439	1408	+31	27
6	ASVEL	18	9	9	1413	1400	+13	27
7	Lietuvos rytas	18	7	11	1522	1536	−14	25
8	Śląsk Wrocław	18	7	11	1432	1446	−14	25
9	Montepaschi Siena	18	6	12	1406	1495	−89	24
10	Maccabi Ra'anana	18	4	14	1294	1477	−183	22

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Source: FIBA Europe

Results

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Home \ Away	ALB	ASV	CSK	RYT	RAA	MPS	PAO	WRO	SPL	ULK
Alba Berlin	—	74–68	80–77	95–70	77–68	79–80	79–71	86–78	73–79	75–78
ASVEL	74–71	—	72–80	87–69	93–71	86–87	86–92	74–70	88–78	71–66
CSKA Moscow	89–86	83–91	—	88–82	69–68	85–78	69–57	72–65	66–57	83–88
Lietuvos rytas	71–80	80–81	84–88	—	91–69	92–93	87–78	91–101	93–77	79–97
Maccabi Ra'anana	77–84	75–68	66–74	71–88	—	86–71	68–82	89–82	77–84	77–76
Montepaschi Siena	93–83	67–70	76–78	87–91	82–67	—	65–97	74–83	76–81	76–87
Panathinaikos	92–75	86–82	89–81	104–83	83–61	99–95	—	85–79	64–60	84–77
Śląsk Wrocław	76–85	89–79	69–84	74–92	95–68	82–72	62–76	—	72–75	79–69
Split CO	77–73	84–78	75–72	83–80	76–65	81–61	68–59	83–88	—	76–70
Ülker	90–84	78–65	93–91	83–99	102–71	68–73	87–79	92–88	80–69	—

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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	18	15	3	1616	1343	+273	33	Advance to Play Offs
2	Efes Pilsen	18	13	5	1478	1386	+92	31
3	Partizan ICN	18	11	7	1492	1517	−25	29
4	Iraklis	18	10	8	1494	1504	−10	28
5	Scavolini Pesaro	18	9	9	1594	1518	+76	27
6	Pau-Orthez	18	9	9	1486	1432	+54	27
7	Telindus Oostende	18	8	10	1478	1544	−66	26
8	Krka	18	7	11	1401	1487	−86	25
9	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	18	6	12	1559	1624	−65	24
10	Plannja	18	2	16	1394	1637	−243	20

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Source: FIBA Europe

Results

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Home \ Away	LEV	EFS	IRA	KRK	MTA	PAR	PAU	PLA	SCA	OOS
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	—	69–71	106–110	102–94	98–100	95–81	88–79	89–72	78–82	82–90
Efes Pilsen	97–88	—	88–65	84–70	72–66	93–82	88–76	104–75	96–92	89–80
Iraklis	98–87	72–87	—	73–80	92–85	91–76	86–82	89–74	92–85	74–62
Krka	92–73	64–72	65–85	—	89–87	78–79	73–77	97–92	102–100	80–78
Maccabi Tel Aviv	100–67	69–59	95–71	83–67	—	89–53	91–67	95–69	80–78	96–79
Partizan	108–99	79–68	93–81	77–67	73–95	—	75–69	99–88	76–73	89–80
Pau-Orthez	79–80	94–73	76–74	100–75	80–93	92–81	—	86–59	84–76	92–95
Plannja	76–84	84–92	90–94	72–68	68–113	81–90	62–75	—	78–85	88–87
Scavolini Pesaro	107–89	82–80	90–70	90–68	81–85	84–93	102–89	91–78	—	118–97
Telindus Oostende	88–85	79–65	83–77	63–72	80–94	94–88	61–89	99–88	83–78	—

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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

All official awards of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague.

FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team

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First Team[1]
Ariel McDonald (MVP)	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Anthony Parker	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow
Nate Huffman	Maccabi Tel Aviv

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In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength, Euroleague Basketball Company dictated proceedings and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the EuroLeague was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball Company's umbrella, and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. It is today officially admitted that European basketball had two champions that year, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.

A year later, Euroleague Basketball Company and FIBA decided that Euroleague Basketball's EuroLeague competition would be the main basketball tournament on the continent, to be played between the top-level teams of Europe. FIBA Europe from 2002 would also organize a European league for third-tier level teams, known as the FIBA Europe League competition, while Euroleague Basketball would also organize its own second-tier level league, combining FIBA's long-time FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other and did so until 2016.

In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the EuroCup.

• 2000–01 Euroleague
• 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup
• 2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup