2001–02 EuroLeague Women

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 2001–02 Euroleague Women was the sixth edition of the Euroleague era of FIBA's premier international competition for European women's basketball clubs, running between 31 October 2001 and 28 April 2002. Last year's runner-up US Valenciennes Olympic defeated Lotos Gdynia in the final to become the second French club to win the competition.^[1]

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Group stage

Group A

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Bourges	14	13	1	1031	845
2	Ruzomberok	14	12	2	1192	1008
3	Pool Comense	14	10	4	1075	920
4	Pécsi	14	9	5	1018	856
5	Botas	14	4	10	937	1122
6	Goldzack Wuppertal	14	3	11	899	1030
7	Aix	14	4	10	887	1054
8	Ramat HaSharon	14	2	12	1018	1222

Group B

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Valenciennes	14	12	2	1046	864
2	Lotos Gdynia	14	10	4	1109	1065
3	Gysev Sopron	14	8	6	1081	856
4	Lavezzini Parma	14	8	6	933	951
5	Ros Casares	14	6	8	945	959
6	Gambrinus Brno	14	6	8	1018	985
7	Fenerbahçe	14	4	10	953	1081
8	Lietuvos Telekomas	14	2	12	854	1038

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd	3rd
Bourges	0–2	Lavezzini Parma	58–66	57–72
Lotos Gdynia	2–1	Pool Comense	104–64	73–78	78–72
Ruzomberok	2–1	Gysev Sopron	96–83	68–87	98–78
Valenciennes	2–1	Pécsi	75–70	55–59	63–56

Final four

Gdynia, Poland

Semi-finals			Final

26 April
Lavezzini Parma	58
Lotos Gdynia	74

			28 April
			Lotos Gdynia	72
			Valenciennes	78


			Third place
26 April		28 April
Ruzomberok	60	Lavezzini Parma	75
Valenciennes	108		Ruzomberok	57

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