EuroBasket 2001
The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four teams in the final standings. It was held in Turkey between 31 August and 9 September 2001. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won its eighth FIBA European title by defeating hosts Turkey with a 78–69 score in the final. Vlado Šćepanović scored 19 points for Yugoslavia, while İbrahim Kutluay scored 19 for Turkey. Yugoslavia's Peja Stojaković was voted the tournament's MVP.
Venues
Qualification
Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2001, the top eight teams from the previous tournament qualified directly. The other eight teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament.| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Format
- The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The first team from each group qualified directly to the knockout stage. To define the other four teams that advanced to the knockout stage, second and third-placed teams from each group where cross-paired and the winner from each match advanced to the knockout stage.
- In the knockout quarterfinals, the winners advanced to the semifinals. The winners from the semifinals competed for the championship in the final, while the losing teams play a consolation game for the third place.
- The losing teams from the quarterfinals play in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place
Final
5th to 8th place
Statistical leaders
Individual Tournament Highs
Points| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 |  Dirk Nowitzki | 28.7 |
| 2 |  Peja Stojaković | 23.0 |
| 3 |  İbrahim Kutluay | 21.7 |
| 4 |  Andrei Kirilenko | 19.2 |
| 5 |  Kaspars Kambala | 19.0 |
| 6 |  Pau Gasol | 17.3 |
| 7 | Ainars Bagatskis | 17.2 |
| 8 | Sergei Chikalkin | 17.0 |
| 9 |  Damir Mulaomerović | 16.7 |
| 10 |  Fragiskos Alvertis | 16.0 |
Rebounds
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Pau Gasol | 9.7 |
| 2 | Hüseyin Beşok | 9.2 |
| 3 | Dirk Nowitzki | 9.1 |
| 4 | Kaspars Kambala | 9.0 |
| 5 | Andrei Kirilenko | 8.7 |
| 6 | Mirsad Türkcan | 8.3 |
| 7 | Ademola Okulaja | 8.1 |
| 8 | Emilio Kovačić | 7.7 |
| 9 |  Gregor Fučka | 7.0 |
| 9 |  Yaniv Green | 7.0 |
Assists
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Raimonds Miglinieks | 7.3 |
| 2 |  Laurent Sciarra | 5.3 |
| 3 | Theo Papaloukas | 5.0 |
| 4 |  Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 4.8 |
| 4 | Andrea Meneghin | 4.8 |
| 6 | Evgeniy Pashutin | 4.5 |
| 7 | Roberts Štelmahers | 3.9 |
| 8 | Marko Jarić | 3.8 |
| 8 | Sergei Panov | 3.8 |
| 10 | Damir Mulaomerović | 3.7 |
Steals
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 3.5 |
| 2 | Marko Jarić | 2.8 |
| 2 | Andrei Kirilenko | 2.8 |
| 4 | Sergei Panov | 2.7 |
| 5 | Gianluca Basile | 2.3 |
| 6 | İbrahim Kutluay | 2.2 |
| 7 | Evgeniy Pashutin | 2.0 |
| 8 | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 1.8 |
| 8 | Andrea Meneghin | 1.8 |
| 8 | Theo Papaloukas | 1.8 |
| 8 | Yoav Saffar | 1.8 |
Blocks
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | 2.8 |
| 2 | Mehmet Okur | 2.2 |
| 3 | Pau Gasol | 2.1 |
| 4 | Mirsad Türkcan | 1.2 |
| 5 | Dirk Nowitzki | 1.0 |
| 5 | Giannis Giannoulis | 1.0 |
| 5 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 1.0 |
| 8 | Efthimios Rentzias | 0.8 |
| 9 | Alexandre Bachminov | 0.7 |
| 9 | Hüseyin Beşok | 0.7 |
| 9 | Peja Drobnjak | 0.7 |
| 9 | Dragan Tarlać | 0.7 |
Minutes
| Pos. | Name | MPG |
| 1 | İbrahim Kutluay | 37.3 |
| 2 | Hedo Türkoğlu | 36.0 |
| 3 | Derrick Sharp | 34.3 |
| 4 | Shalom Turgeman | 33.9 |
| 5 | Dirk Nowitzki | 33.3 |
| 6 | Ademola Okulaja | 33.7 |
| 7 | Damir Mulaomerović | 32.9 |
| 8 | Andrei Kirilenko | 32.8 |
| 9 | Fragiskos Alvertis | 32.5 |
| 9 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 32.5 |
Individual Game Highs
Team Tournament Highs
Offensive PPG| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | ' | 91.5 |
| 2 | 86.0 | |
| 3 | 85.0 | |
| 4 | 84.6 | |
| 5 | 81.0 |
Rebounds
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | ' | 36.3 |
| 2 | 36.0 | |
| 3 | 34.4 | |
| 4 | 33.7 | |
| 4 | 33.7 |
Assists
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | ' | 17.2 |
| 2 | 16.7 | |
| 3 | 16.3 | |
| 4 | 14.5 | |
| 4 | 14.5 |
Steals
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | ' | 12.3 |
| 2 | 12.0 | |
| 3 | 11.0 | |
| 4 | 10.5 | |
| 5 | 9.8 |
Blocks
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | 4.7 | |
| 2 | 3.8 | |
| 3 | 2.7 | |
| 4 | 2.5 | |
| 5 | 2.2 |
Team Game highs
Awards
| All-Tournament Team |
| Damir Mulaomerović |
| Peja Stojaković |
| Hedo Türkoğlu |
| Dirk Nowitzki |
| Pau Gasol |
Final standings
| Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship | |
| Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as current Olympic Champion |
| Dejan Bodiroga Veselin Petrović Saša Obradović Igor Rakočević Peja Stojaković Vlado Šćepanović Marko Jarić Predrag Drobnjak Dragan Tarlać Dejan Milojević Dejan Tomašević Milan Gurović | Kerem Tunçeri Hedo Türkoğlu Mirsad Türkcan Orhun Ene Asım Pars Harun Erdenay İbrahim Kutluay Kaya Peker Hüseyin Beşok Mehmet Okur Haluk Yıldırım Ömer Onan | Pau Gasol Chuck Kornegay Paco Vázquez Juan Carlos Navarro Ignacio Rodríguez Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Lucio Angulo José Antonio Paraíso Raül López Alfonso Reyes Jorge Garbajosa | Mithat Demirel Ademola Okulaja Robert Garrett Marko Pešić Stefano Garris Dražan Tomić Marvin Willoughby Stipo Papić Stephen Arigbabu Patrick Femerling Dirk Nowitzki Shawn Bradley |