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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
Points Turkey İbrahim Kutluay 21.4
Rebounds Croatia Žan Tabak 10.0
Assists United States Tyus Edney 6.1

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 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
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
1   Greece 237.000 3
2   Italy 222.833
3   Spain 194.500
4   Turkey 92.833
5   France 88.667 2 ASVEL replaced Limoges
6   Russia 67.732 +1, Samara got wild card
7   Yugoslavia 46.333 -1, FMP Železnik withdrew
8   Germany 38.500 -1, Ulm withdrew
9   Croatia 35.542 1 +1, Zadar got wild card
10   Lithuania 34.667
11   Slovenia 33.714
12   Israel 31.902
13   Poland 21.524 0
14   Portugal 19.794
15   Belgium 15.929
16   Ukraine 8.905
17   Macedonia 6.542
18   Hungary 6.429
19   Austria 5.417
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
20   Czech Republic 4.187 0
21   Cyprus 4.083
22   Slovakia 3.944
23   Sweden 3.667
24   England 3.611
25   Bulgaria 3.361
26   Finland 2.361
27   Netherlands 1.889
28   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.722
29   Latvia 1.445
30   Estonia 1.333
31   Romania 1.056
32   Luxembourg 0.889
33   Albania 0.694
34   Georgia 0.416
35   Switzerland 0.278
36   Denmark 0.111
37   Belarus 0.056
38   Moldova 0.056

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
  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 edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ŽAL FEN PAU TAU VAR AVT
1   Žalgiris 10 8 2 801 753 +48 18 Advance to Group E — 64–59 70–67 80–76 97–81 77–62
2   Fenerbahçe 10 6 4 777 756 +21 16 99–84 — 78–71 96–75 94–75 80–76
3   Pau-Orthez 10 5 5 751 731 +20 15 56–66 73–48 — 81–71 82–67 74–71
4   Tau Cerámica 10 5 5 778 777 +1 15 Advance to Group F 91–97 63–57 88–84 — 75–72 80–60
5   Varese Roosters 10 4 6 802 811 −9 14 75–84 92–78 89–77 86–78 — 95–73
6   Avtodor Saratov 10 2 8 732 813 −81 12 87–82 83–88 83–86 64–81 73–70 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAN EFE MAC CIB TDK CZV
1   Panathinaikos 10 10 0 750 628 +122 20 Advance to Group F — 77–63 67–58 83–70 74–58 77–71
2   Efes Pilsen 10 7 3 710 702 +8 17 53–80 — 81–74 80–57 82–74 73–60
3   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 4 6 690 688 +2 14 62–84 66–68 — 76–57 81–55 78–59
4   Cibona 10 4 6 678 712 −34 14 Advance to Group E 61–69 76–70 78–60 — 54–61 77–80
5   TDK Manresa 10 3 7 646 713 −67 13 58–63 67–68 72–65 67–79 — 74–59
6   Crvena zvezda 10 2 8 695 726 −31 12 74–76 71–72 67–70 66–69 88–60 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY KIN CSK ÜLK ZAD ALB
1   Olympiacos 10 8 2 746 677 +69 18 Advance to Group G — 55–50 74–76 58–72 71–55 94–65
2   Kinder Bologna 10 7 3 676 587 +89 17 67–72 — 86–65 66–49 62–53 78–52
3   CSKA Moscow 10 5 5 752 739 +13 15 75–81 62–70 — 82–76 66–68 86–75
4   Ülker 10 4 6 675 726 −51 14 Advance to Group H 79–89 49–60 64–91 — 62–55 76–65
5   Zadar 10 3 7 660 717 −57 13 55–67 55–65 82–79 73–85 — 79–82
6   Alba Berlin 10 3 7 725 788 −63 13 83–85 75–72 63–70 87–63 78–85 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UOL ASV RMA TEA PAO SAM
1   Union Olimpija 10 7 3 702 649 +53 17 Advance to Group H — 64–54 76–84 57–45 84–68 84–55
2   ASVEL 10 7 3 729 700 +29 17 77–68 — 77–73 71–66 80–66 92–69
3   Real Madrid Teka 10 6 4 795 742 +53 16 67–68 71–70 — 65–69 77–69 101–72
4   Teamsystem Bologna 10 5 5 676 639 +37 15 Advance to Group G 63–66 84–61 66–73 — 76–61 77–58
5   PAOK 10 4 6 722 738 −16 14 76–68 65–69 87–75 68–59 — 85–66
6   Samara 10 1 9 685 841 −156 11 60–67 74–78 88–109 59–71 84–77 —
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 ŽAL FEN CIB PAU TDK CZV
1   Žalgiris 16 12 4 1259 1184 +75 28 Advance to Play Offs — 64–74 75–66 91–65
2   Fenerbahçe 16 9 7 1209 1188 +21 25 — 66–61 76–66 78–61
3   Cibona 16 8 8 1114 1137 −23 24 71–79 85–84 — 66–56
4   Pau-Orthez 16 8 8 1173 1132 +41 24 76–79 — 66–69 70–61
5   TDK Manresa 16 5 11 1047 1141 −94 21 78–80 71–62 51–69 —
6   Crvena zvezda 16 4 12 1122 1185 −63 20 77–69 88–66 75–85 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAN EFE MAC VAR TAU AVT
1   Panathinaikos 16 15 1 1211 1048 +163 31 Advance to Play Offs — 82–71 86–63 86–76
2   Efes Pilsen 16 11 5 1166 1148 +18 27 — 83–72 71–67 107–91
3   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 7 9 1225 1161 +64 23 — 94–78 104–64 92–69
4   Varese Roosters 16 7 9 1253 1277 −24 23 63–54 67–57 100–96 —
5   Tau Cerámica 16 7 9 1208 1252 −44 23 74–77 83–61 79–76 —
6   Avtodor Saratov 16 3 13 1190 1324 −134 19 73–76 66–77 83–73 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY KIN CSK TEA PAO SAM
1   Olympiacos 16 11 5 1160 1086 +74 27 Advance to Play Offs — 62–73 57–71 85–63
2   Kinder Bologna 16 10 6 1099 974 +125 26 — 72–74 78–56 80–58
3   CSKA Moscow 16 10 6 1206 1155 +51 26 — 69–67 77–67 79–68
4   Teamsystem Bologna 16 9 7 1100 1039 +61 25 60–63 67–65 83–69 —
5   PAOK 16 7 9 1128 1144 −16 23 72–66 71–57 69–71 —
6   Samara 16 1 15 1067 1326 −259 17 70–81 61–71 62–89 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UOL ASV RMA ÜLK ALB ZAD
1   Union Olimpija 16 13 3 1142 1014 +128 29 Advance to Play Offs — 80–62 66–59 76–65
2   ASVEL 16 9 7 1193 1167 +26 25 — 72–56 82–88 69–61
3   Real Madrid Teka 16 9 7 1247 1197 +50 25 — 72–85 74–63 86–75
4   Ülker 16 7 9 1110 1168 −58 23 61–71 86–64 85–83 —
5   Alba Berlin 16 6 10 1144 1220 −76 22 57–75 73–71 79–64 —
6   Zadar 16 4 12 1064 1149 −85 20 61–72 74–56 68–73 —
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   Žalgiris 76 93 2
H4   Ülker 62 82 0
  Žalgiris 69 84 2
  Efes Pilsen 68 70 0
F2   Efes Pilsen 73 105 2
G3   CSKA Moscow 58 98 0
  Žalgiris 87
  Olympiacos 71
G1   Olympiacos 78 83 2
F4   Varese Roosters 66 77 0
  Olympiacos 70 81 2
  ASVEL 57 77 0
H2   ASVEL 95 68 74 2
E3   Cibona 63 79 70 1
  Žalgiris 82
  Kinder Bologna 74
F1   Panathinaikos 58 64 0
G4   Teamsystem Bologna 63 88 2
  Teamsystem Bologna 90 76 2
  Real Madrid Teka 63 65 0
E2   Fenerbahçe 81 74 0
H3   Real Madrid Teka 89 85 2
  Teamsystem Bologna 57
  Kinder Bologna 62
H1   Union Olimpija 72 57 57 1 Third Place
E4   Pau-Orthez 63 74 64 2
  Pau-Orthez 67 75 54 1   Olympiacos 74
  Kinder Bologna 59 93 70 2   Teamsystem Bologna 63
G2   Kinder Bologna 78 70 2
F3   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 57 55 0


Eight-Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Efes Pilsen   2–0   CSKA Moscow 73–58 105–98
Žalgiris   2–0   Ülker 76–62 93–82
ASVEL   2–1   Cibona 95–63 68–79 74–70
Olympiacos   2–0   Varese Roosters 78–66 83–77
Fenerbahçe   0–2   Real Madrid Teka 81–89 74–85
Panathinaikos   0–2   Teamsystem Bologna 58–63 64–88
Kinder Bologna   2–0   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 78–57 70–55
Union Olimpija   1–2   Pau-Orthez 72–63 57–74 57–64

Quarter-Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Žalgiris   2–0   Efes Pilsen 69–68 84–70
Olympiacos   2–0   ASVEL 70–57 81–77
Teamsystem Bologna   2–0   Real Madrid Teka 90–63 76–65
Pau-Orthez   1–2   Kinder Bologna 67–59 75–93 54–70

Final four edit

Main article: 1999 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Semifinals edit

April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich

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

3rd place game edit

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olympiacos   74–63   Teamsystem Bologna

Final edit

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

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

Final standings edit

Team
    Žalgiris
    Kinder Bologna
    Olympiacos
  Teamsystem Bologna

Awards edit

All official awards of the 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP edit

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team edit

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

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.   İbrahim Kutluay   Fenerbahçe 17 364 21.4
2.   Dejan Bodiroga   Panathinaikos 17 344 20.2
3.   Harun Erdenay   Ülker 18 362 20.1

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds edit

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.   Žan Tabak   Fenerbahçe 18 180 10.0
2.   Hüseyin Beşok   Efes Pilsen 20 192 9.6
3.   Victor Alexander   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 18 161 8.9

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists edit

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.   Tyus Edney   Žalgiris 22 135 6.1
2.   Delaney Rudd   ASVEL 21 124 5.9
3.   Petar Naumoski   Efes Pilsen 19 110 5.8

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics edit

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals   Gerald Lewis   Zadar 15 2.5
Turnovers   Frankie King   PAOK 15 3.5
Minutes   Petar Naumoski   Efes Pilsen 19 39.1
FT %   Artūras Karnišovas   Teamsystem Bologna 20 89.6%
2-Point %   Milenko Topić   Crvena zvezda 16 64.1%
3-Point %   Valeriy Dayneko   CSKA Moscow 18 57.9%

Individual game highs edit

Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points   İbrahim Kutluay   Fenerbahçe 41   Cibona (Feb 10, 1999)
Rebounds   Hüseyin Beşok   Efes Pilsen 21   Varese Roosters (Jan 7, 1999)
  Nikola Prkačin   Cibona   Pau-Orthez (Jan 7, 1999)
Assists   Elmer Bennett   Tau Cerámica 17   Žalgiris (Dec 10, 1998)
Steals   Saulius Štombergas   Žalgiris 9   Cibona (Feb 18, 1999)

Team statistics edit

Category Team Average
Points   Žalgiris 79.5
Rebounds   Avtodor Saratov 32.3
Assists   Žalgiris 17.1
Steals   Zadar 12.4
Turnovers   Samara 17.6
FT %   Samara 76.1%
2-Point %   Panathinaikos 57.4%
3-Point %   Žalgiris 43.4%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Euroleague 1998–99
  2. ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. ^ Champions Cup 1998–99.

External links edit

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