Sports season
FIBA EuroLeague |
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The Final Four was hosted at the Olympiahalle in Munich |
Season | 1998–99 |
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Duration | 23 September 1998 – 22 April 1999 |
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Number of teams | 24 |
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Finals |
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Champions | Žalgiris (1st title) |
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Runners-up | Kinder Bologna |
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Third place | Olympiacos |
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Fourth place | Teamsystem Bologna |
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Final Four MVP | Tyus Edney |
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Statistical leaders |
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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]
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 | |
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
Preliminary round
Group A
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
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
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
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
(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:
- Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Group E
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
Source: FIBA Europe
Group G
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
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
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-Finals
Quarter-Finals
Final four
Semifinals
April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich
3rd place game
April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich
Final
April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich
1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Champions |
Žalgiris 1st Title |
Final standings
Awards
All official awards of the 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague.
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
Individual game highs
Team statistics
See also
References
- ^ Euroleague 1998–99
- ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ Champions Cup 1998–99.
External links
- 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague
- 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague
- Eurobasket.com 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague
Žalgiris 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague champions
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