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North European Basketball League
Season2000
Teams14
← 1999

NEBL'2000 was the first complete season of the North European Basketball League. The tournament was held during the 1999-2000 basketball season on 5 January – 16 April 2000.

After holding Promotion Cup, teams from four more countries[1] – Germany, Russia, Ukraine and Denmark – took part in NEBL'2000.

League accepted the participation of Magic M7 from Sweden, with which Earvin "Magic" Johnson entered into an agreement.[2]

CSKA won the tournament by defeating Lietuvos rytas in the final.[3]

Andrius Giedraitis from Lietuvos rytas was named as the Most valuable player.[3]

Clubs

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Country (League) Teams
Denmark Denmark (Basketligaen) Great Danes Copenhagen [da]
Estonia Estonia (KML) Kalev Tallinn
Finland Finland (Korisliiga) TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki
Honka Espoo
Germany Germany (BBL) Skyliners Frankfurt
Latvia Latvia (LBL) Ventspils
Brocēni-LMT Rīga
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Žalgiris Kaunas
Alita Alytus
Russia Russia (Super League A) CSKA Moscow
Sweden Sweden (Basketligan) Magic M7 Borås
Plannja Basket Luleå
Ukraine Ukraine (SuperLeague) Kyiv Kiev

Regular season

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Key to colors
     Teams advance to Final Four.
     Teams advance to eight-finals.
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Russia CSKA 13 12 1 1239 953 +286
2. Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 13 11 2 1172 1032 +140 1–0
3. Lithuania Žalgiris 13 11 2 1386 1086 +300 0–1
4. Ukraine Kyiv 13 9 4 1384 1236 +148
5. Estonia Kalev 13 7 6 1301 1288 +13 1–0
6. Sweden Magic M7 13 7 6 1257 1329 –72 0–1
7. Latvia Ventspils 13 6 7 1246 1193 +53
8. Sweden Plannja Basket 13 5 8 1158 1257 –99 3–0
9. Finland TeamWARE ToPo 13 5 8 1146 1321 –175 2–1
10. Finland Honka 13 5 8 1185 1300 –115 1–2
11. Latvia Brocēni-LMT 13 5 8 1055 1124 –69 0–3
12. Germany Skyliners 13 4 9 922 1002 –80
13. Lithuania Alita 13 3 10 1054 1147 –93
14. Denmark Great Danes 13 1 12 859 1096 –237

Results

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Denmark MGD Lithuania ALI Germany SKY Latvia LMT Finland HON Finland TOP Sweden PLA Latvia VEN Sweden MM7 Estonia KAL Ukraine KYI Lithuania ŽAL Lithuania LRY
Russia CSKA Moscow 112-82 90-62 79-67 108-81 94-91 108-68 106-57 104-84 86-88 107-82 89-77 60-57 96-77
Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 74-62 92-75 85-64 94-85 89-77 106-74 79-63 103-84 78-84 95-80 93-87 107-101
Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas 91-58 109-78 74-73 99-74 106-70 96-80 99-56 91-63 106-81 96-61 108-80
Ukraine Kyiv 90-73 111-100 93-84 97-77 89-75 95-78 100-85 75-58 95-92 85-95
Estonia Kalev 86-64 86-85 73-82 75-89 86-89 86-77 102-87 90-88 101-82
Sweden Magic M7 85-71 89-79 86-72 88-97 93-97 74-73 93-84 76-89
Latvia Ventspils 81-63 98-80 73-75 74-79 97-73 83-73 75-65
Sweden Plannja Basket 61-63 96-76 83-72 77-71 101-63 79-60
Finland TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki 85-83 93-81 72-66 93-88 91-86
Finland Honka Playboys 90-69 62-92 75-59 92-81
Latvia Brocēni-LMT 85-75 90-83 58-69
Germany Skyliners 76-68 63-83
Lithuania Alita 80-68

Source: Worldbasket.com

Play-offs

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Eight-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris Lithuania 153–145 Finland Honka 80–84 73–61
Kyiv Ukraine 210–129 Finland TeamWARE ToPo 104–78 106–51
Kalev Estonia 198–164 Sweden Plannja Basket 104–91 94–73
Magic M7 Sweden 146–201 Latvia Ventspils 65–92 81–109

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris Lithuania 157–140 Latvia Ventspils 76–69 81–71
Kyiv Ukraine 198–180 Estonia Kalev 95–95 103–85

Final four

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Semifinal 1

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15 April 2000
17:00
CSKA Russia 105–88 Ukraine Kyiv
Scoring by quarter: 24–29, 28–20, 28–15, 25–24
Pts: Panov 23 Pts: C.McCants [fr] 21
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Richard Stokes (ENG)

Semifinal 2

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15 April 2000
19:00
Lietuvos rytas Lithuania 74–67 Lithuania Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–13, 21–15, 15–23
Pts: Elliott 19 Pts: M.Žukauskas 17
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Efim Resser (GER)

Third-place game

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16 April 2000
17:00
Kyiv Ukraine 88–110 Lithuania Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 22–29, 27–28, 25–33
Pts: Medvedenko 21 Pts: Slanina 22
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Efim Resser (GER)

Final

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16 April 2000
19:00
Lietuvos rytas Lithuania 77–95 Russia CSKA
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 18–30, 28–19, 13–22
Pts: Giedraitis 25 Pts: Daineko 32
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Richard Stokes (ENG)

Final standings

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Pos Team
1. CSKA
2. Lietuvos rytas
3. Žalgiris
4. Kyiv
5. Kalev
6. Ventspils
7. Magic M7
8. Plannja Basket
9. TeamWARE ToPo
10. Honka
11. Brocēni-LMT
12. Skyliners
13. Alita
14. Great Danes

References

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  1. ^ "About NEBL'2000". Archived from the original on 2000-06-11. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  2. ^ "About NEBL". Archived from the original on 2000-08-30. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  3. ^ a b NEBL slogan: Break the ice!
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