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
← 1999 2001 Euroleague → 2001 SuproLeague →

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	FC Barcelona	51
	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	65
					Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	67
					Panathinaikos	73
	Panathinaikos	81
	Efes Pilsen	71
					Third place
					FC Barcelona	69
					Efes Pilsen	75

Semifinals

FC Barcelona – Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

April 18 18:30

Boxscore

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)

Panathinaikos – Efes Pilsen

April 18 21:00

Boxscore

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)

Third-place game

April 20 18:30

Boxscore

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)

Final

April 20 21:00

Boxscore

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 (C) 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 (C) 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

Awards

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

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

References

External links

• EuroLeague 2000 at FIBA Europe website
• 1999–2000 EuroLeague at Linguasport