2002 European Promotion Cup for Men

The 2002 European Promotion Cup for Men was the 8th edition of this tournament. It was hosted in Ta'Qali, Malta and San Marino achieved its first title ever after beating Wales in the final game.

2002 European Promotion Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malta
Dates	11–15 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	San Marino (1st title)
Official website
2002 European Championship for Small Countries

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	250	220	+30	5	Semifinals		—	62–66
2	San Marino	3	2	1	227	200	+27	5				—		84–60
3	Albania	3	2	1	245	229	+16	5	Classification games		80–92	78–77	—
4	Malta (H)	3	0	3	194	267	−73	3			74–96		60–87	—

Source: Archive FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Andorra	3	2	1	267	216	+51	5	Semifinals		—			100–56
2	Wales	3	2	1	230	198	+32	5			73–72	—	63–67
3	Moldova	3	2	1	248	216	+32	5	Classification games		87–95		—
4	Gibraltar	3	0	3	173	288	−115	3				59–94	58–94	—

Source: Archive FIBA

Classification games

	Semifinals				Final
	Malta	44
	Moldova	76
					Moldova	95
					Albania	93
	Gibraltar	73
	Albania	94
					Third place
					Malta	81
					Gibraltar	68

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	San Marino	78
	Andorra	77
					San Marino	82
					Wales	70
	Wales	67
	Scotland	53
					Third place
					Andorra	80
					Scotland	94

Final

15 June 2002

Boxscore

San Marino	82–70	Wales
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–21, 21–15, 21–21
Pts: Rossini 26 Rebs: Rossini 8 Asts: Raschi, Rossini 4		Pts: Robbins 19 Rebs: Robbins 13 Asts: Hall 6

Ta'Qali

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	San Marino	4–1
	Wales	3–2
	Scotland	3–2
4	Andorra	2–3
5	Moldova	4–1
6	Albania	3–2
7	Malta	1–4
8	Gibraltar	0–5

External links

• FIBA Archive