1998–99 EuroLeague Women

The 1998–99 Euroleague Women was the third edition of the Euroleague era of FIBA's premier international competition for European women's basketball clubs. It ran between 23 September 1998 and 8 April 1999.

MBK Ruzomberok won its first title beating former champion Pool Comense in the final, becoming the first (and only to date) Slovak team to win the competition. Galatasaray and BTV Wuppertal also reached the Final Four, which took place in Brno, while defending champion CJM Bourges was knocked out by Ruzomberok in the quarterfinals.[1]

Group stage

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Group A

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# Team Pld W L PF PA
1   Ruzomberok 14 10 4 1104 928
2   Wuppertal 14 10 4 1063 985
3   Hemofarm 14 10 4 1078 980
4   Pool Comense 14 9 5 1066 966
5   Valenciennes 14 8 6 1048 1020
6   Pécs 14 5 9 1004 1000
7   Panathinaikos 14 4 10 96 1131
8   Elitzur Ramla 14 0 14 873 1188

Group B

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# Team Pld W L PF PA
1   Brno 14 12 2 1043 798
2   Galatasaray 14 11 3 928 873
3   Dynamo Moscow 14 11 3 1084 945
4   Bourges 14 8 6 913 814
5   Schio 14 5 9 898 932
6   Ježica 14 4 10 884 1040
7   Lotos Gdynia 14 3 11 850 1003
8   Wildcats 14 2 12 911 1106

Quarter-finals

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Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd 3rd
Ruzomberok   2–1   Bourges 44–65 51–42 65–58
Wuppertal   2–1   Dynamo Moscow 73–80 73–63 67–58
Brno   0–2   Pool Comense 52–74 65–70
Galatasaray   2–1   Hemofarm 76–61 78–85 73–68

Final four

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 April
 
 
  Ruzomberok54
 
8 April
 
  Galatasaray47
 
  Ruzomberok 63
 
6 April
 
  Pool Comense48
 
  Wuppertal53
 
 
  Pool Comense70
 
Third place
 
 
8 April
 
 
  Galatasaray62
 
 
  Wuppertal53

Individual statistics

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Points

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Rank Name Team PPG
1.   Sandra Brondello   Wuppertal 19.5
2.   Eleni Trialoni   Panathinaikos 19.4
3.   Andrea Stinson   Galatasaray 18.7
3.   Isabelle Fijalkowski   Pool Comense 18.7
5.   Victoria Savin   Elitzur Ramla 18.4

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team PPG
1.   Marlies Askamp   Wuppertal 12.3
2.   Kamila Vodicková   Brno 11.3
3.   Malgorzata Dydek   Lotos Gdynia 9.5
3.   Olga Pfeifer   Wildcats 9.4
5.   Natalia Svisceva   Ruzomberok 8.6

Assists

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Rank Name Team PPG
1.   Ana Belén Álvaro   Valenciennes 4.8
2.   Elena Ksendzhik   Dynamo Moscow 4.1
3.   Yannick Souvré   Bourges 3.5
4.   Shawna Molcak   Wildcats 2.9
4.   Iveta Bieliková   Ruzomberok 2.9

References

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  1. ^ Results in FIBA Europe's website