Winners’ Cup 2002 Final: Siena with Naumoski leads, beats Valencia
In 2002, the Cup Winners’ Cup final was held in Lyon, where Montepaschi Siena beat Valencia Basket 81-71 in a match where the Italians left in the second quarter and never looked back. Petar Naumoski, MVP of the final, made the difference
Quarterfinals Baskets Bonn - Valencia Basket Unics Kazan - Montepaschi Siena Hapoel Jerusalem - Lietuvos Rytas Panionios - Anwil
Semi-finals Valencia Basket - Anwil Montepaschi Siena - Hapoel Jerusalem
Pamesa Valencia once again came close to winning their first European title, as they had done three years earlier against another Italian team, Benetton Treviso, also in the final of the Copa Saporta. This time the nerves clearly betrayed the Valencians, who played a game far below their potential, and were disastrous in the end. Montepaschi Siena, with the help of the exceptional and incombustible Macedonian point guard Petar Naumoski (23 points), only had to put forward the match that suited them to win: possessions of the ball pushed to the limit and a clever final shot.
Montepaschi Siena 81 *Stefanov - 17p, 3r *Gorenc - 4p, 6r *M.Zukauskas - 2p, 1r *Topic - 14p, 6r *Chiacig - 9p, 11r Naumoski - 23p, 3a Tolbert - 8p, 7a Bulatovic - 4p, 4r
Valencia Basket 71 *Rodilla - 18p, 4a *Luengo - 6p, 3a *Paraíso - 9p, 5a *Hopkins - 20p, 10r *Alston - 11p, 8r Elson - 4p, 2t Schmidt - 3p, 5r Millera - 0p, 3a