2002 Euroleague Final Four

2002 Euroleague Final Four
Season2001–02 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaPalaMalaguti
Bologna, Italy
Dates3–5 May 2002
Final positions
Champions Panathinaikos (3rd title)
Runners-up Kinder Bologna
Awards and statistics
MVP Dejan Bodiroga

The 2002 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2001–02 Euroleague season. The event was hosted form 3 till 5 May 2002, and all games were played at the PalaMalaguti, in Bologna.

It is the only EuroLeague Final Four game without the third place game. The Third place game was included from 2003 until 2025, which the third place game was excluded for the second time in the EuroLeague History from the final four in 2026.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 3, 2002
 
 
Benetton Treviso82
 
May 5, 2002
 
Kinder Bologna90
 
Kinder Bologna83
 
May 3, 2002
 
Panathinaikos89
 
Panathinaikos 83
 
 
Maccabi Elite 75
 

Semifinals

3 May 2002
18:00
Panathinaikos 83–75 Maccabi Elite
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 17–21, 18–13, 21–18
Pts: Bodiroga 26
Rebs: Bodiroga 9
Asts: Kalaitzis 5
Pts: Burstein 18
Rebs: Huffman 10
Asts: Burstein 5
PalaMalaguti, Bologna
Attendance: 8,278
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Lamonica (ITA)
3 May 2002
21:00
Benetton Treviso 82–90 Kinder Bologna
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 15–16, 22–24, 19–27
Pts: Bell, Edney 19
Rebs: Marconato 8
Asts: Nachbar 2
Pts: Jarić 15
Rebs: Ginóbili 8
Asts: Ginóbili, Jarić 3
PalaMalaguti, Bologna
Attendance: 8,278
Referees: Betancor (ESP), Tsanidis (GRE), Coelho (POR)

Final

5 May 2002
20:30
Kinder Bologna 83–89 Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 25–17, 13–24, 22–25
Pts: Ginóbili 27
Rebs: Jarić 7
Asts: Jarić 5
Pts: Kutluay 22
Rebs: Bodiroga 7
Asts: Bodiroga 4
PalaMalaguti, Bologna
Attendance: 8,278
Referees: Betancor (ESP), Arteaga (ESP), Brazauskas (LTU)
Kinder Bologna
Panathinaikos
Starters: P R A
PG
14
Antoine Rigaudeau (C) 3 1 0
SG
6
Manu Ginóbili 27 5 2
SF
20
Marko Jarić 11 7 5
PF
18
Matjaž Smodiš 23 6 0
C
15
Rashard Griffith 2 3 2
Reserves: P R A
SF
10
Sani Bečirović 4 2 3
SG
11
Antonio Granger 10 1 0
PF
12
Alessandro Frosini 0 1 0
PF
13
David Andersen 3 2 0
Head coach:
Ettore Messina
2001–02 Euroleague
Champions

Panathinaikos
3rd title
Starters: P R A
PG
8
Damir Mulaomerović 6 2 2
SG
10
Dejan Bodiroga 21 7 4
SF
12
İbrahim Kutluay 22 5 0
PF
4
Fragiskos Alvertis (C) 11 3 0
C
11
Darryl Middleton 10 2 0
Reserves: P R A
PG
5
Georgios Kalaitzis 0 3 1
C
7
Johnny Rogers 7 2 0
PF
14
Lazaros Papadopoulos 12 5 0
PG
16
Pepe Sánchez 0 0 0
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Awards