Categoría 2002

World Champion Final 2002: Yugoslavia beat Argentina in heart attack final

In the summer of 2002, the World Cup was held in Indianapolis, where in the final Yugoslavia defeated Argentina by 84-77 in extra time, coming from a game that had virtually lost. The final had its controversy after a very discussed decision in the last action of the match in a penetration of Oberto defended by Bodiroga. In the extension Argentina deflated and Yugoslavia took advantage of it to proclaim itself World champion

ACB Final 2002: Unicaja can pressure, and Baskonia debuts as champion

In the ACB 2.002, the regular phase was dominated by Unicaja, not even lost a single game in the quarterfinals or semifinals, but to reach the final, he could stage fright. A ceramic TAU that came launched with a real team and after eliminating Barcelona in the semifinals, won the league razing Unicaja by 0-3. Contundente TAU in its first league conquered of its history

EuroLeague Final 2002: Panathinaikos attack Bolognese fort

After a year in which we had two champions, both FIBA and ULEB were aware that for the sake of basketball there could not be another year, two maximum competitions. Both organizations reached an agreement and we finally had a single competition. They began the competition with 32 teams framed in four groups of eight teams. Of which and after 14 days four will qualify for the second phase, called TOP16 and the other four will be prematurely eliminated