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1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague

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The 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague was the 42nd installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 23, 1998, and ended on April 22, 1999. The competition's Final Four was held at Olympiahalle, Munich, with Žalgiris defeating Kinder Bologna in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 9,000 spectators.[1]

FIBA EuroLeague
The Final Four was hosted at the Olympiahalle in Munich
Season1998–99
Duration23 September 1998 – 22 April 1999
Number of teams24
Finals
ChampionsLithuania Žalgiris
(1st title)
  Runners-upItaly Kinder Bologna
Third placeGreece Olympiacos
Fourth placeItaly Teamsystem Bologna
Final Four MVPUnited States Tyus Edney
Statistical leaders
PointsTurkey İbrahim Kutluay21.4
ReboundsCroatia Žan Tabak10.0
AssistsUnited States Tyus Edney6.1

Competition system

  • 24 teams (the national domestic league champions from the best leagues, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues). The competition culminated in a Final Four.

Country ranking

For the 1998–1999 EuroLeague, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1995–96 to 1997–98.[2]

Country ranking for 1998–1999 FIBA EuroLeague
RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes
1  Greece237.0003
2  Italy222.833
3  Spain194.500
4  Turkey92.833
5  France88.6672ASVEL replaced Limoges
6  Russia67.732+1, Samara got wild card
7  Yugoslavia46.333-1, FMP Železnik withdrew
8  Germany38.500-1, Ulm withdrew
9  Croatia35.5421+1, Zadar got wild card
10  Lithuania34.667
11  Slovenia33.714
12  Israel31.902
13  Poland21.5240
14  Portugal19.794
15  Belgium15.929
16  Ukraine8.905
17  Macedonia6.542
18  Hungary6.429
19  Austria5.417
RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes
20  Czech Republic4.1870
21  Cyprus4.083
22  Slovakia3.944
23  Sweden3.667
24  England3.611
25  Bulgaria3.361
26  Finland2.361
27  Netherlands1.889
28  Bosnia and Herzegovina1.722
29  Latvia1.445
30  Estonia1.333
31  Romania1.056
32  Luxembourg0.889
33  Albania0.694
34  Georgia0.416
35  Switzerland0.278
36  Denmark0.111
37  Belarus0.056
38  Moldova0.056

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
Regular season
Panathinaikos (1st) TDK Manresa (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st) Cibona (1st)
PAOK (2nd) Tau Cerámica (2nd) Avtodor Saratov (2nd) Zadar (WC)
Olympiacos (3rd) Real Madrid Teka (3rd) Samara (WC) Alba Berlin (1st)
Kinder Bologna (1st) Ülker (1st) Pau-Orthez (1st) Žalgiris (1st)
Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) Efes Pilsen (2nd) ASVEL (3rd) Union Olimpija (1st)
Varese Roosters (3rd) Fenerbahçe (3rd) Crvena zvezda (1st) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationŽALFENPAUTAUVARAVT
1 Žalgiris1082801753+4818Advance to Group E—64–5970–6780–7697–8177–62
2 Fenerbahçe1064777756+211699–84—78–7196–7594–7580–76
3 Pau-Orthez1055751731+201556–6673–48—81–7182–6774–71
4 Tau Cerámica1055778777+115Advance to Group F91–9763–5788–84—75–7280–60
5 Varese Roosters1046802811−91475–8492–7889–7786–78—95–73
6 Avtodor Saratov1028732813−811287–8283–8883–8664–8173–70—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationPANEFEMACCIBTDKCZV
1 Panathinaikos10100750628+12220Advance to Group F—77–6367–5883–7074–5877–71
2 Efes Pilsen1073710702+81753–80—81–7480–5782–7473–60
3 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv1046690688+21462–8466–68—76–5781–5578–59
4 Cibona1046678712−3414Advance to Group E61–6976–7078–60—54–6177–80
5 TDK Manresa1037646713−671358–6367–6872–6567–79—74–59
6 Crvena zvezda1028695726−311274–7671–7267–7066–6988–60—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationOLYKINCSKÜLKZADALB
1 Olympiacos1082746677+6918Advance to Group G—55–5074–7658–7271–5594–65
2 Kinder Bologna1073676587+891767–72—86–6566–4962–5378–52
3 CSKA Moscow1055752739+131575–8162–70—82–7666–6886–75
4 Ülker1046675726−5114Advance to Group H79–8949–6064–91—62–5576–65
5 Zadar1037660717−571355–6755–6582–7973–85—79–82
6 Alba Berlin1037725788−631383–8575–7263–7087–6378–85—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationUOLASVRMATEAPAOSAM
1 Union Olimpija1073702649+5317Advance to Group H—64–5476–8457–4584–6884–55
2 ASVEL1073729700+291777–68—77–7371–6680–6692–69
3 Real Madrid Teka1064795742+531667–6871–70—65–6977–69101–72
4 Teamsystem Bologna1055676639+3715Advance to Group G63–6684–6166–73—76–6177–58
5 PAOK1046722738−161476–6865–6987–7568–59—85–66
6 Samara1019685841−1561160–6774–7888–10959–7184–77—
Source: FIBA Europe

Qualification round

(The individual scores and standings of the First round are accumulated in the Second round)

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group E

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationŽALFENCIBPAUTDKCZV
1 Žalgiris1612412591184+7528Advance to Play Offs—64–7475–6691–65
2 Fenerbahçe169712091188+2125—66–6176–6678–61
3 Cibona168811141137−232471–7985–84—66–56
4 Pau-Orthez168811731132+412476–79—66–6970–61
5 TDK Manresa1651110471141−942178–8071–6251–69—
6 Crvena zvezda1641211221185−632077–6988–6675–85—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationPANEFEMACVARTAUAVT
1 Panathinaikos1615112111048+16331Advance to Play Offs—82–7186–6386–76
2 Efes Pilsen1611511661148+1827—83–7271–67107–91
3 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv167912251161+6423—94–78104–6492–69
4 Varese Roosters167912531277−242363–5467–57100–96—
5 Tau Cerámica167912081252−442374–7783–6179–76—
6 Avtodor Saratov1631311901324−1341973–7666–7783–73—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationOLYKINCSKTEAPAOSAM
1 Olympiacos1611511601086+7427Advance to Play Offs—62–7357–7185–63
2 Kinder Bologna161061099974+12526—72–7478–5680–58
3 CSKA Moscow1610612061155+5126—69–6777–6779–68
4 Teamsystem Bologna169711001039+612560–6367–6583–69—
5 PAOK167911281144−162372–6671–5769–71—
6 Samara1611510671326−2591770–8161–7162–89—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationUOLASVRMAÜLKALBZAD
1 Union Olimpija1613311421014+12829Advance to Play Offs—80–6266–5976–65
2 ASVEL169711931167+2625—72–5682–8869–61
3 Real Madrid Teka169712471197+5025—72–8574–6386–75
4 Ülker167911101168−582361–7186–6485–83—
5 Alba Berlin1661011441220−762257–7573–7179–64—
6 Zadar1641210641149−852061–7274–5668–73—
Source: FIBA Europe

Playoffs

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Eight-FinalsQuarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
                  
E1 Žalgiris76932
H4 Ülker62820
Žalgiris69842
Efes Pilsen68700
F2 Efes Pilsen731052
G3 CSKA Moscow58980
Žalgiris87
Olympiacos71
G1 Olympiacos78832
F4 Varese Roosters66770
Olympiacos70812
ASVEL57770
H2 ASVEL9568742
E3 Cibona6379701
Žalgiris82
Kinder Bologna74
F1 Panathinaikos58640
G4 Teamsystem Bologna63882
Teamsystem Bologna90762
Real Madrid Teka63650
E2 Fenerbahçe81740
H3 Real Madrid Teka89852
Teamsystem Bologna57
Kinder Bologna62
H1 Union Olimpija7257571Third Place
E4 Pau-Orthez6374642
Pau-Orthez6775541 Olympiacos74
Kinder Bologna5993702 Teamsystem Bologna63
G2 Kinder Bologna78702
F3 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv57550


Eight-Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Efes Pilsen 2–0 CSKA Moscow73–58105–98
Žalgiris 2–0 Ülker76–6293–82
ASVEL 2–1 Cibona95–6368–7974–70
Olympiacos 2–0 Varese Roosters78–6683–77
Fenerbahçe 0–2 Real Madrid Teka81–8974–85
Panathinaikos 0–2 Teamsystem Bologna58–6364–88
Kinder Bologna 2–0 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv78–5770–55
Union Olimpija 1–2 Pau-Orthez72–6357–7457–64

Quarter-Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Žalgiris 2–0 Efes Pilsen69–6884–70
Olympiacos 2–0 ASVEL70–5781–77
Teamsystem Bologna 2–0 Real Madrid Teka90–6376–65
Pau-Orthez 1–2 Kinder Bologna67–5975–9354–70

Final four

Semifinals

April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1 Score Team 2
Žalgiris 87–71 Olympiacos
Teamsystem Bologna 57–62 Kinder Bologna

3rd place game

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1 Score Team 2
Olympiacos 74–63 Teamsystem Bologna

Final

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1 Score Team 2
Žalgiris 82–74 Kinder Bologna
1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Champions

Žalgiris
1st Title

Final standings

Team
Žalgiris
Kinder Bologna
Olympiacos
Teamsystem Bologna

Awards

All official awards of the 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

First Team[3]
Tyus Edney (MVP) Žalgiris
Anthony Bowie Žalgiris
Saulius Štombergas Žalgiris
Rašho Nesterović Kinder Bologna
Eurelijus Žukauskas Žalgiris

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG
1. İbrahim Kutluay Fenerbahçe1736421.4
2. Dejan Bodiroga Panathinaikos1734420.2
3. Harun Erdenay Ülker1836220.1

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG
1. Žan Tabak Fenerbahçe1818010.0
2. Hüseyin Beşok Efes Pilsen201929.6
3. Victor Alexander Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv181618.9

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG
1. Tyus Edney Žalgiris221356.1
2. Delaney Rudd ASVEL211245.9
3. Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen191105.8

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage
Steals Gerald Lewis Zadar152.5
Turnovers Frankie King PAOK153.5
Minutes Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen1939.1
FT % Artūras Karnišovas Teamsystem Bologna2089.6%
2-Point % Milenko Topić Crvena zvezda1664.1%
3-Point % Valeriy Dayneko CSKA Moscow1857.9%

Individual game highs

CategoryPlayerTeamStatisticOpponent
Points İbrahim Kutluay Fenerbahçe41 Cibona (Feb 10, 1999)
Rebounds Hüseyin Beşok Efes Pilsen21 Varese Roosters (Jan 7, 1999)
Nikola Prkačin Cibona Pau-Orthez (Jan 7, 1999)
Assists Elmer Bennett Tau Cerámica17 Žalgiris (Dec 10, 1998)
Steals Saulius Štombergas Žalgiris9 Cibona (Feb 18, 1999)

Team statistics

CategoryTeamAverage
Points Žalgiris79.5
Rebounds Avtodor Saratov32.3
Assists Žalgiris17.1
Steals Zadar12.4
Turnovers Samara17.6
FT % Samara76.1%
2-Point % Panathinaikos57.4%
3-Point % Žalgiris43.4%

See also

References

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