2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Season	1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
Tournament details
Arena	P.A.O.K. Sports Arena ; Thessaloniki, Greece
Dates	18–20 April 2000
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (2nd title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Third place	Efes Pilsen
Fourth place	FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP	Željko Rebrača

The 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 1999–2000 season. It was the second to last edition of the FIBA EuroLeague Final Fours that were organized by FIBA Europe. For the next edition of the tournament, it would be replaced by the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four, and the new Euroleague Basketball competition's 2001 Finals series, which was organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.

Panathinaikos won its second title, after defeating Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the final game.

Bracket

April 18
18:30

FC Barcelona	51–65	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
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)

April 18
21:00

Panathinaikos	81–71	Efes Pilsen
Scoring by half: 41–33, 40–38
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)

April 20
18:30

FC Barcelona	69–75	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)

April 20
21:00

Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	67–73	Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 36–36, 31–37
Pts: Huffman 26 Rebs: Huffman 10 Asts: Comegys 3		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 Tel Aviv

Panathinaikos

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	14	Ariel McDonald	11	3	1
PG	6	Derrick Sharp	5	0	1
SF	4	Nadav Henefeld	0	1	0
PF	8	Dallas Comegys	3	5	3
C	7	Nate Huffman	26	10	2
Reserves:			P	R	A
SG	5	Mark Brisker	13	3	0
SF	9	Gur Shelef	0	1	0
G	11	Doron Sheffer	6	2	2
G	12	Doron Jamchy	3	1	0
C	15	Constantin Popa	0	0	0
Head coach:
Pini Gershon

1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Panathinaikos Second title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	9	Nando Gentile	3	2	1
SG	10	Dejan Bodiroga	9	4	2
SF	4	Fragiskos Alvertis	4	3	0
PF	7	Johnny Rogers	4	2	1
C	12	Željko Rebrača	20	8	0
Reserves:			P	R	A
SG	6	Michael Koch	0	0	0
PF	8	Antonis Fotsis	9	5	0
PG	11	Nikos Boudouris	DNP
C	13	Pat Burke	7	3	0
PG	14	Oded Kattash	17	1	2
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Player	Team	Ref.
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Oded Kattash	Panathinaikos	[1]
Hedo Türkoğlu	Efes Pilsen
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
Nate Huffman	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Željko Rebrača (MVP)	Panathinaikos

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