group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group) Points scored in all group matches Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match Group A Group B Round of 16 |} Quarterfinals |} Final four Bracket Semifinals 11 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris |} 3rd place game 13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris |} Final 13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris |} Final standings Awards FIBA SuproLeague Top Scorer Miroslav Berić (Partizan) FIBA SuproLeague Player of the Year Nate Huffman (Maccabi Tel Aviv) FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP Ariel McDonald (Maccabi Tel Aviv) FIBA SuproLeague Finals Top Scorer Dejan Bodiroga (Panathinaikos) FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team Ariel McDonald (Maccabi Tel Aviv; Final Four MVP) Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Dejan Bodiroga (Panathinaikos) Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow) Nate Huffman (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Two continental champions 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. Formation of the 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 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