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2001–02 ABA Goodyear League

Sports season

2001–02 ABA Goodyear League season
League	ABA Goodyear League
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	Croatia (4 teams)  Slovenia (4 teams)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3 teams) FR Yugoslavia (1 team)
Regular season
Season champions	Olimpija
Season MVP	Marino Baždarić (Triglav osiguranje)
Top scorer	Marino Baždarić (Triglav osiguranje) (26.23 ppg)
Final 4
Champions	Olimpija
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12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia participated in Goodyear League in its first season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Triglav Osiguranje, Split Croatia Osiguranje, FEAL Široki, Bosna ASA, Sloboda Dita, Budućnost.

In February 2002 ABA was admitted as an equal member of the ULEB association.

There were 22 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Ljubljana on March 23 and 24 2002.

The first trophy in Goodyear League was won by Union Olimpija.^[1]

Regular season[edit]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Union Olimpija	22	20	2	1898	1505	+393	42
2.	Krka	22	16	6	1962	1828	+204	38
3.	Cibona VIP	22	16	6	1897	1703	+194	38
4.	Pivovarna Laško	22	15	7	1848	1744	+104	37
5.	Sloboda Dita	22	12	10	1645	1677	-32	34
6.	FEAL Široki	22	12	10	1805	1741	+64	34
7.	Zadar	22	12	10	1811	1814	-3	34
8.	Split CO	22	10	12	1774	1830	-56	32
9.	Budućnost	22	9	13	1666	1758	-92	31
10.	Triglav osiguranje	22	5	17	1746	1950	-204	27
11.	Geoplin Slovan	22	3	19	1689	1890	-201	25
12.	Bosna ASA	22	2	20	1443	1814	-371	24

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Final four[edit]

Matches played at Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

	Semifinals March 23					Final March 24
	1	Union Olimpija	69
	4	Pivovarna Laško	56
						1	Union Olimpija	73
						2	Krka	59
	2	Krka	98
	3	Cibona VIP	93

2001–02 ABA Godyear League Champions
Union Olimpija 1st Title

Stats leaders[edit]

Ranking MVP[edit]

Rank	Name	Team	Efficiency	Games	Average
1.	Marino Baždarić	Triglav osiguranje	388	22	17.64
2.	Stipe Šarlija	FEAL Široki	347	21	16.52
3.	Mate Skelin	Krka	348	23	15.13
4.	Matej Mamić	Cibona Vip	327	20	13.90
5.	Bennett Davison	Krka	318	23	13.83

Points[edit]

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Marino Baždarić	Triglav osiguranje	577	22	26.23
2.	Stipe Šarlija	FEAL Široki	388	21	18.48
3.	Davor Marcelić	Zadar	285	16	17.81
4.	Alojzij Duščak	Pivovarna Laško	366	21	17.43
5.	Andrija Žižić	Split CO	366	22	16.86

Rebounds[edit]

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	Ante Grgurević	Split CO	194	21	9.24
2.	Mate Skelin	Krka	192	23	8.35
3.	Nikola Prkačin	Cibona Vip	143	22	6.50
4.	Soulymane Wane	Sloboda Dita	138	22	6.27
5.	Stipe Šarlija	FEAL Široki	128	21	6.10

Assists[edit]

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	Rumeal Robinson	Zadar	50	12	4.17
2.	Dragan Aleksić	Sloboda Dita	91	22	4.14
3.	Marko Popović	Zadar	61	17	3.59
4.	Mladen Erjavec	FEAL Široki	67	22	3.05
3.	Davor Marcelić	Zadar	48	16	3.00

Source: Adriatic League

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