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1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague

The 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague was the 41st installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 18, 1997, and ended on April 23, 1998. The competition's Final Four was held at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, with Kinder Bologna defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 11,900 spectators.[1]

1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the final Four
Season1997–98
DatesSeptember 18, 1997 – April 23, 1998
Number of teams24
Finals
ChampionsItaly Kinder Bologna (1st title)
  Runners-upGreece AEK
Third placeItaly Benetton Treviso
Fourth placeFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter
Final Four MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Savić
Statistical leaders
Points Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković 20.9
Rebounds Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Tomašević 9.6
Assists United States Willie Anderson 4.4

Benetton Treviso finished in the third position, while Partizan finished fourth.

Competition system edit

  • 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 edit

For the 1997–1998 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 1994–95 to 1996–97.[2]

Country ranking for 1997–1998 FIBA EuroLeague
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
1   Spain 279.667 3
2   Greece 275.000
3   Italy 190.833
4   France 117.500
5   Turkey 96.667 2 +1, Ulker got wild card
6   Russia 70.542 Lost one berth [Note FIBA]
7   Germany 55.389 Lost one berth [Note FIBA]
8   Croatia 50.833
9   Israel 43.048 1 +1, Hapoel Jerusalem got wild card
10   Slovenia 38.833
11   Yugoslavia 25.000
12   Portugal 23.071
13   Belgium 22.500 0
14   Poland 21.206
15   Lithuania 19.416
16   Ukraine 15.762
17   Hungary 9.667
18   Czech Republic 7.139
19   Slovakia 6.555
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
20   Macedonia 6.111 0
21   Austria 5.445
22   Sweden 5.333
23   Cyprus 4.333
24   England 4.167
25   Latvia 3.722
26   Switzerland 3.083
27   Bulgaria 2.694
28   Romania 2.389
29   Finland 1.861
30   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.778
31   Estonia 1.500
32   Netherlands 1.500
33   Georgia 1.500
34   Luxembourg 1.444
35   Albania 1.361
36   Denmark 0.167
37   Moldova 0.111
38   Belarus 0.056
Note
  1. ^
    FIBA: In Euroleague, teams finishing 6th in the Second Stage of 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague (groups E-H) lose a berth for their country in next season. These berths are gained by those countries whose teams reach the Semifinal Round in the 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup. As a general rule, a federation cannot have more than 3 teams in Euroleague. Should a semi-finalist in EuroCup provide one more berth for its country, in case it already has 3 berths assigned in Euroleague, this berth will be transferred to the next federation in FIBA Ranking which has 2 teams (as long as one of its teams reached the 1/4 Final Round in EuroCup during the same season)..

Team allocation edit

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
  FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st)   Benetton Treviso (1st)   Efes Pilsen (1st)   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
  Real Madrid Teka (2nd)   Teamsystem Bologna (2nd)   Türk Telekom PTT (2nd)   Hapoel Jerusalem (WC)
  Estudiantes (3rd)   Kinder Bologna (3rd)   Ülker (WC)   Alba Berlin (1st)
  Olympiacos (1st)   PSG Racing (1st)   Cibona (1st)   Union Olimpija (1st)
  AEK (2nd)   Pau-Orthez (3rd)   Split (2nd)   Partizan Zepter (1st)
  PAOK (3rd)   Limoges CSP (4th)   CSKA Moscow (1st)   FC Porto (1st)

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY EFE MAC CSK RMA LIM
1   Olympiacos 10 7 3 722 702 +20 17 Advance to Group E — 61–60 71–76 86–74 82–75 69–57
2   Efes Pilsen 10 6 4 718 674 +44 16 67–70 — 81–69 71–63 78–81 65–64
3   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 5 5 747 739 +8 15 73–87 61–70 — 87–69 87–82 78–62
4   CSKA Moscow 10 5 5 763 756 +7 15 Advance to Group F 77–58 77–73 71–63 — 90–77 83–70
5   Real Madrid Teka 10 4 6 787 793 −6 14 77–78 66–76 68–76 101–93 — 75–62
6   Limoges CSP 10 3 7 662 735 −73 13 66–60 62–77 78–77 70–66 71–85 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN EST PAO TTA SPL POR
1   Benetton Treviso 10 9 1 782 664 +118 19 Advance to Group F — 98–58 65–57 71–66 85–70 76–67
2   Estudiantes 10 6 4 753 747 +6 16 58–73 — 78–60 71–73 77–73 86–63
3   PAOK 10 6 4 729 672 +57 16 65–62 72–76 — 72–63 89–60 84–50
4   Türk Telekom PTT 10 5 5 711 716 −5 15 Advance to Group E 67–84 80–88 73–66 — 78–69 79–62
5   Split 10 4 6 747 768 −21 14 72–77 86–69 74–76 72–56 — 88–82
6   FC Porto 10 0 10 688 843 −155 10 84–91 69–92 71–88 61–76 79–83 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KIN FCB PAU PAR ÜLK HAP
1   Kinder Bologna 10 9 1 773 655 +118 19 Advance to Group G — 83–70 72–79 77–72 94–64 73–51
2   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 10 7 3 828 793 +35 17 71–84 — 85–62 87–71 89–80 68–65
3   Pau-Orthez 10 5 5 739 750 −11 15 65–67 94–95 — 77–76 73–65
4   Partizan Zepter 10 4 6 793 807 −14 14 Advance to Group H 49–74 106–110 86–72 — 95–86 79–59
5   Ülker 10 3 7 734 769 −35 13 66–68 67–65 67–64 80–81 — 74–56
6   Hapoel Jerusalem 10 2 8 680 773 −93 12 68–81 81–88 67–79 88–84 80–74 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK TEA CIB ALB UOL PSG
1   AEK 10 6 4 683 653 +30 16 Advance to Group H — 80–57 70–55 79–80 74–65 57–52
2   Teamsystem Bologna 10 6 4 753 788 −35 16 70–67 — 77–75 80–73 77–61 93–77
3   Cibona 10 5 5 741 732 +9 15 67–63 87–92 — 98–84 78–75 61–73
4   Alba Berlin 10 5 5 752 754 −2 15 Advance to Group G 60–67 95–79 74–73 — 82–74 79–71
5   Union Olimpija 10 4 6 701 716 −15 14 71–74 89–68 59–76 78–72 — 59–76
6   PSG Racing 10 4 6 668 655 +13 14 76–52 84–60 65–71 55–53 66–69 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Qualification round edit

(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 edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY EFE MAC SPL TTA POR
1   Olympiacos 16 12 4 1176 1098 +78 28 Advance to Play Offs — 90–79 64–60 73–54
2   Efes Pilsen 16 12 4 1232 1106 +126 28 — 86–75 74–68 80–71
3   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 11 5 1236 1152 +84 27 — 78–69 87–76 88–69
4   Split 16 5 11 1185 1243 −58 21 60–53 82–93 73–75 —
5   Türk Telekom PTT 16 5 11 1131 1185 −54 21 80–82 69–83 67–79 —
6   FC Porto 16 0 16 1071 1356 −285 16 63–92 67–98 59–82 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN CSK PAO EST RMA LIM
1   Benetton Treviso 16 12 4 1213 1100 +113 28 Advance to Play Offs — 83–77 65–56 96–70
2   CSKA Moscow 16 9 7 1217 1159 +58 25 82–65 — 78–48 74–68
3   PAOK 16 9 7 1119 1083 +36 25 61–58 — 63–59 85–76
4   Estudiantes 16 8 8 1171 1191 −20 24 78–85 — 68–65 68–62
5   Real Madrid Teka 16 7 9 1187 1165 +22 23 82–54 63–58 75–64 —
6   Limoges CSP 16 6 10 1099 1199 −100 22 69–68 77–75 83–72 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KIN ALB FCB UOL PSG PAU
1   Kinder Bologna 16 11 5 1234 1175 +59 27 Advance to Play Offs — 81–66 72–62 69–52
2   Alba Berlin 16 10 6 1193 1167 +26 26 85–69 — 81–78 66–55
3   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 16 9 7 1236 1131 +105 25 77–78 — 84–65 78–77
4   Union Olimpija 16 9 7 1209 1173 +36 25 76–60 92–60 — 71–68
5   PSG Racing 16 8 8 1177 1175 +2 24 62–72 69–68 — 70–51
6   Pau-Orthez 16 1 15 1123 1297 −174 17 94–75 76–77 61–64 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK TEA CIB PAR ÜLK HAP
1   AEK 16 11 5 1123 1055 +68 27 Advance to Play Offs — 68–76 81–73 65–51
2   Teamsystem Bologna 16 10 6 1206 1232 −26 26 — 85–82 80–74 79–60
3   Cibona 16 10 6 1245 1204 +41 26 — 84–66 91–86 81–79
4   Partizan Zepter 16 6 10 1234 1261 −27 22 71–73 76–66 70–78 —
5   Ülker 16 5 11 1201 1242 −41 21 63–70 83–69 88–82 —
6   Hapoel Jerusalem 16 2 14 1090 1243 −153 18 68–83 69–74 83–88 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit

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-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                  
E1   Olympiacos 74 60 0
H4   Partizan Zepter 78 72 2
  Partizan Zepter 87 52 89 2
  CSKA Moscow 72 77 77 1
F2   CSKA Moscow 81 63 88 2
G3   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 79 75 76 1
  Partizan Zepter 61
  Kinder Bologna 83
G1   Kinder Bologna 86 67 2
F4   Estudiantes 62 62 0
  Kinder Bologna 64 58 2
  Teamsystem Bologna 52 56 0
H2   Teamsystem Bologna 96 72 68 2
E3   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 93 88 65 1
  Kinder Bologna 58
  AEK 44
F1   Benetton Treviso 81 70 2
G4   Union Olimpija 79 61 0
  Benetton Treviso 67 58 76 2
  Efes Pilsen 57 59 68 1
E2   Efes Pilsen 75 102 2
H3   Cibona 59 98 0
  Benetton Treviso 66
  AEK 69
H1   AEK 76 62 2 Third Place
E4   Split 46 54 0
  AEK 88 82 2   Partizan Zepter 89
  Alba Berlin 68 58 0   Benetton Treviso 96
G2   Alba Berlin 77 60 104 2
F3   PAOK 75 81 71 1

Eight-Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
CSKA Moscow   2–1   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 81–79 63–75 88–76
Olympiacos   0–2   Partizan Zepter 74–78 60–72
Teamsystem Bologna   2–1   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 96–93 72–88 68–65
Kinder Bologna   2–0   Estudiantes 86–62 67–62
Efes Pilsen   2–0   Cibona 75–59 102–98
Benetton Treviso   2–0   Union Olimpija 81–79 70–61
Alba Berlin   2–1   PAOK 77–75(o) 60–81 104–71
AEK   2–0   Split 76–46 62–54

Quarter-Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Partizan Zepter   2–1   CSKA Moscow 87–72 52–77 89–77
Kinder Bologna   2–0   Teamsystem Bologna 64–52 58–56
Benetton Treviso   2–1   Efes Pilsen 67–57 58–59 76–68
AEK   2–0   Alba Berlin 88–68 82–58

Final four edit

Main article: 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Semifinals edit

April 21, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Partizan Zepter   61–83   Kinder Bologna
Benetton Treviso   66–69   AEK

3rd place game edit

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Partizan Zepter   89–96   Benetton Treviso

Final edit

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kinder Bologna   58–44   AEK
1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
 
Kinder Bologna
1st Title

Final standings edit

Team
    Kinder Bologna
    AEK
    Benetton Treviso
  Partizan Zepter

Awards edit

All official awards of the 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP edit

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team edit

First Team<[3]
  Antoine Rigaudeau   Kinder Bologna
  Sasha Danilović   Kinder Bologna
  Henry Williams   Benetton Treviso
  Dejan Tomašević   Partizan Zepter
  Zoran Savić (MVP)   Kinder Bologna

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer edit

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer edit

Statistics edit

Individual statistics edit

Points edit

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.   Peja Stojaković   PAOK 16 335 20.9
2.   Harun Erdenay   Ülker 16 321 20.1
3.   Oded Kattash   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 19 372 19.6

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds edit

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.   Dejan Tomašević   Partizan Zepter 23 221 9.6
2.   Mirsad Türkcan   Efes Pilsen 21 194 9.2
3.   Conrad McRae   PAOK 19 167 8.8

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists edit

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.   Willie Anderson   AEK 12 53 4.4
2.   Petar Naumoski   Efes Pilsen 17 71 4.2
3.   Aleksandar Đorđević   FC Barcelona B.Catalana 18 74 4.1

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics edit

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals   David Rivers   Teamsystem Bologna 21 2.9
Turnovers   Michael Anderson   Ülker 16 3.1
Minutes   Petar Naumoski   Efes Pilsen 17 39.9
FT %   Valeriy Dayneko   CSKA Moscow 22 87.8%
2-Point %   Radisav Ćurčić   Hapoel Jerusalem 16 63.6%
3-Point %   Roger Esteller   FC Barcelona B.Catalana 19 52.1%

Individual game highs edit

Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points   Aleksandar Đorđević   FC Barcelona B.Catalana 39   Partizan Zepter (Nov 12, 1997)
Rebounds   Kevin Rankin   Ülker 19   AEK (Jan 14, 1998)
Assists   Henrik Rödl   Alba Berlin 12   Teamsystem Bologna (Nov 6, 1997)
  Aleksandar Đorđević   FC Barcelona B.Catalana   Ülker (Dec 11, 1997)
Steals   Marcus Webb   CSKA Moscow 11   PAOK (Jan 8, 1998)

Team statistics edit

Category Team Average
Points   FC Barcelona B.Catalana 79.1
Rebounds   Estudiantes 30.8
Assists   Alba Berlin 14.3
Steals   CSKA Moscow 11.7
Turnovers   FC Porto 15.8
FT %   Hapoel Jerusalem 75.1%
2-Point %   Real Madrid Teka 57.9%
  Benetton Treviso
3-Point %   Olympiacos 40.7%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Linguasport – SuproLeague / Champions Cup (C1) (B)".
  2. ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. ^ Champions Cup 1997–98.

External links edit

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