2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Tournament details
Host Thessaloniki,  Greece
Arena P.A.O.K. Sports Arena
Dates April 2000
Final positions
Champions Greece Panathinaikos (2nd title)
Runners-up Israel Maccabi Elite
Third place Turkey Efes Pilsen
Fourth place Spain FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Rebrača

The 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the second to last edition of the EuroLeague Final Four organized by FIBA Europe. For the next edition, it would be replaced by the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four and the new Euroleague Basketball competition's 2001 Finals series, organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.

Panathinaikos won its second title, after defeating Maccabi Elite in the final match.

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
 Spain FC Barcelona   51  
 Israel Maccabi Elite   65  
 
     Israel Maccabi Elite   67
   Greece Panathinaikos   73
Third place
 Greece Panathinaikos   81  Spain FC Barcelona   69
 Turkey Efes Pilsen  71    Turkey Efes Pilsen   75

Semifinals

FC Barcelona – Maccabi Elite

April 18
18:30
FC Barcelona Spain 5165 Israel Maccabi Elite
Scoring by half: 22–38, 29–27
Pts: Goldwire 13
Rebs: Dueñas 9
Asts: Alston, Goldwire 3
Pts: Huffman 24
Rebs: Henefeld 6
Asts: McDonald 4
P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Panathinaikos – Efes Pilsen

April 18
21:00
Panathinaikos Greece 8171 Turkey Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 41–33, 40–28
Pts: Bodiroga 22
Rebs: Rebrača 7
Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 3
Pts: Türkoğlu 15
Rebs: Beşok, Türkoğlu 5
Asts: Mulaomerović 6
P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Iztok Rems (SLO)

Third Place Game

April 20
18:30
FC Barcelona Spain 6975 Turkey Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 34–41, 35–34
Pts: Rentzias 29
Rebs: Elson 11
Asts: Rodríguez 5
Pts: Beşok 22
Rebs: Beşok 10
Asts: three players 2
P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Final

April 20
21:00
Maccabi Elite Israel 6773 Greece Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 36–36, 31–37
Pts: Huffman 26
Rebs: Huffman 10
Asts: Comegys 9
Pts: Rebrača 20
Rebs: Rebrača 8
Asts: Bodiroga, Kattash 2
P.A.O.K. Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Iztok Rems (SLO)
Maccabi Elite
Panathinaikos
Starters: P R A
PG
14
United States Ariel McDonald 11 3 1
PG
6
United States Derrick Sharp 5 0 1
SF
4
Israel Nadav Henefeld 0 1 0
PF
8
United States Dallas Comegys 3 5 3
C
7
United States Nate Huffman 26 10 2
Reserves: P R A
SG
5
United States Mark Brisker 13 3 0
SF
9
Israel Gur Shelef 0 1 0
G
11
Israel Doron Sheffer 6 2 2
G
12
Israel Doron Jamchy 3 1 0
C
15
Israel Constantin Popa 0 0 0
Head coach:
Israel Pini Gershon
1999–2000 EuroLeague champions
Greece
Panathinaikos
Second title
Starters: P R A
PG
9
Italy Ferdinando Gentile 3 2 1
SG
10
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga 9 4 2
SF
4
Greece Fragiskos Alvertis 4 3 0
C
7
Spain Johnny Rogers 4 2 1
C
12
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Rebrača 20 8 0
Reserves: P R A
SG
6
Germany Michael Koch 0 0 0
PF
8
Greece Antonis Fotsis 4 2 1
PG
11
Greece Nikos Boudouris DNP
C
13
Republic of Ireland Pat Burke 7 3 0
PG
14
Israel Oded Kattash 17 1 2
Head coach:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Obradović

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