 The games were held between the 27th of March and the 7th of April, 2001.The culminating stage of the Euroleague season, the two remaining teams that won the semifinal series played each other in a best-of-five series.In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.