1999 NEBL Promotion Cup

Basketball tournament December 2016 2000 North European Basketball League 1999 8 NEBL Promotion Cup 1999 was the first test run tournament of the North European Basketball League. The tournament was held during the 1998-99 basketball season on 23 January – 5 April 1999. The tournament included 8 teams from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland. BC Žalgiris won the tournament by defeating ASK/Brocēni/LMT in the final. "Zalgiris" Kaunas won NEBL Promotion Cup'99. BC Lietuvos rytas finished in third place by defeating Plannja Basket. The Prize fund for the Final Four competitions equaled $100,000. The winner of the NEBL Promotion Cup was awarded with $45,000 cheque, the other finalist received $25,000, 3rd-place winner - $20,000 and 4th best team got $10,000. NEBL Promotion Cup clubs Scandinavia 450 right Team locations 1999 NEBL Teams in the 1999 North European Basketball League8px Blue: Group A; 8px Red: Group B. Scandinavia 54.898 23.915 right #FFFFFF 70 Red pog.svg Žalgiris Scandinavia 57.392 21.555 right #FFFFFF 70 Red pog.svg Ventspils Scandinavia 59.440 24.748 right #FFFFFF 70 Red pog.svg Kalev Scandinavia 65.587 22.159 right #FFFFFF 70 Red pog.svg Plannja Basket Scandinavia 56.950 24.132 left #FFFFFF 70 Blue pog.svg Brocēni Scandinavia 54.638 25.283 bottom #FFFFFF 70 Blue pog.svg Rytas Scandinavia 54.402 24.047 bottom #FFFFFF 70 Blue pog.svg Alita Scandinavia 60.186 24.944 bottom #FFFFFF 70 Blue pog.svg ToPo Domestic league positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. Country (League)TeamsEST Estonia (KML)Kalev Tallinn (1st)FIN Finland (Korisliiga)TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki (1st)LAT Latvia (LBL)ASK Brocēni-LMT Rīga (1st)Ventspils (2nd)LTU Lithuania (LKL)Žalgiris Kaunas (1st)Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (5th)Alita Alytus (8th)SWE Sweden (Basketligan)Plannja Basket Luleå (2nd) Group stage During the group stage, each team played 10 games. A team faced opponents in own group twice (6 games) and each team from the other group once (4 games). + Key to colors     Top two teams in each group advance to Final Four. Group A TeamPldWLPFPADiffLVA LMTLTU LRYFIN TOPLTU ALI 1. LVA ASK Brocēni-LMT 10 8 2 963 903 +60 -95-8088-81101-84 2. LTU Lietuvos rytas 10 6 4 934 916 +18 120-116 -89-8889-65 3. FIN TeamWARE ToPo 10 4 6 871 889 –18 90-9289-92 -91-84 4. LTU Alita 10 3 7 807 853 –46 81-9372-9782-87 - Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiffLTU ŽALSWE PLALAT VENEST KAL 1. LTU Žalgiris 10 10 0 970 748 +222 -95-7292-88104-71 2. SWE Plannja Basket 10 6 4 878 897 –19 80-107 -84 - 7793-80 3. LAT Ventspils 10 3 7 846 920 –74 77-10398-83 -79-68 4. EST Kalev 10 0 10 821 964 –143 73-105101-10780-86 - +Second round scoresLTU ŽALSWE PLALAT VENEST KALLVA LMT84-10589-8392-81111-92LTU LRY85-8890-96114-91103-91FIN TOP57-9287-93107-8894-89LTU ALI61-7972-8397-8482-78 Source: Worldbasket.com Final Four Semifinal 1 #eee 4 April 1999 Boxscore Žalgiris LTU 103 LTU Lietuvos rytas 75 25–17 25–20 29–14 24–24 Masiulis 15 E. Žukauskas 9 Edney 7 Giedraitis 20 Kazlauskas, Šiškauskas 6 Giedraitis 6 Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius 800 Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE), Roman Ryzhyk (UKR) Semifinal 2 #eee 4 April 1999 Boxscore Plannja Basket SWE 81 LAT ASK Brocēni-LMT 87 23–20 20–29 22–21 16–17 Elliott 19 Heiden, Banks 9 Aulander, Heiden, Elliott 4 Holden 21 Šneps 9 Šneps 3 Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius 800 Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU) Third-place game #eee 5 April 1999 Boxscore Lietuvos rytas LTU 95 SWE Plannja Basket 87 25–17 20–16 25–23 25–31 Giedraitis 33 Matulis 11 Jasikevičius 9 Elliott 26 Aulander 7 Aulander 6 Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius 3,000 Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juris Kokainis (LAT) Final #ffffd0 5 April 1999 Boxscore ASK Brocēni-LMT LAT 81 LTU Žalgiris 83 21–29 19–16 18–14 23–24 S. Valters 18 Sturm, Šneps 8 Šneps 4 Edney 21 E. Žukauskas 14 Edney 7 Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius 3,500 Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE) Final standings Poshttp://www.nebl.com/competition.html Final Standings after Final Four. 2016-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/19991005082535/http://www.nebl.com/competition.html 1999-10-05 live Team1.Žalgiris 2.ASK Brocēni-LMT3.Lietuvos rytas4.Plannja Basket 5.TeamWARE ToPo6.Alita 7.Ventspils8.Kalev All-NEBL Team'99 Coaches of all teams, which participated in the 1999 NEBL Promotion Cup, selected All-NEBL Team'99:All-NEBL Team '99. All-NEBL Team'99PlayerTeamUSA Eric Elliott pl (MVP)Plannja BasketLTU Andrius GiedraitisLietuvos rytasLAT Edgars Šneps lvASK Brocēni-LMTLTU Saulius Štombergas ŽalgirisLTU Eurelijus ŽukauskasŽalgiris References See also 1998-99 FIBA Euroleague 1998-99 FIBA Saporta Cup 1998-99 FIBA Korać Cup External links NEBL NEBL Third place game "Zalgiris" Kaunas won NEBL Promotion Cup'99 All-NEBL Team '99 1999 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 1999-01-23 NEBL Promotion Cup NEBL Promotion Cup NEBL Promotion Cup NEBL Promotion Cup NEBL Promotion Cup NEBL Promotion Cup