1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague

Sports season 1997–98 1999–2000 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Olympic_hall_and_Olympiaturm.JPG 300 The Final Four was hosted at the Olympiahalle in Munich 1998–99 LTU Žalgiris (1st title) ITA Kinder Bologna GRE Olympiacos ITA Teamsystem Bologna 24 23 September 1998 – 22 April 1999 Tyus Edney USA EuroLeague Final Four MVP İbrahim Kutluay 21.4 TUR Žan Tabak 10.0 CRO Tyus Edney 6.1 USA 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.Euroleague 1998–99 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.Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B) http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/ranking/ranking_e.htm www.linguasport.com 2020-05-31February 2025 medicmedic +Country ranking for 1998–1999 FIBA EuroLeagueRankCountryPointsTeamsNotes1237.00032222.8333194.500492.833588.6672ASVEL replaced Limoges667.732+1, Samara got wild card746.333-1, FMP Železnik withdrew838.500-1, Ulm withdrew9 35.5421+1, Zadar got wild card1034.6671133.7141231.9021321.52401419.7941515.929168.90517Macedonia6.542186.429195.417RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes204.1870214.083223.944233.667243.611253.361262.361271.889281.722291.445301.333311.056320.889330.694340.416350.278360.111370.056380.056 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 Regular seasonGRE Panathinaikos (1st) ESP TDK Manresa (1st)RUS CSKA Moscow (1st)CRO Cibona (1st)GRE PAOK (2nd) ESP Tau Cerámica (2nd)RUS Avtodor Saratov (2nd)CRO Zadar (WC)GRE Olympiacos (3rd) ESP Real Madrid Teka (3rd)RUS Samara (WC)GER Alba Berlin (1st) ITA Kinder Bologna (1st)TUR Ülker (1st)FRA Pau-Orthez (1st)LTU Žalgiris (1st)ITA Teamsystem Bologna (2nd)TUR Efes Pilsen (2nd)FRA ASVEL (3rd)SLO Union Olimpija (1st)ITA Varese Roosters (3rd) TUR Fenerbahçe (3rd)FRY Crvena zvezda (1st) ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) Preliminary round Group A main WL Group A true points FIBA Europe BSR ŽAL, FEN, PAU, TAU, VAR, AVT complete 8 2 801 753 6 4 777 756 5 5 751 731 5 5 778 777 4 6 802 811 2 8 732 813 64-59 70-67 80-76 97-81 77-62 99-84 78-71 96-75 94-75 80-76 56-66 73-48 81-71 82-67 74-71 91-97 63-57 88-84 75-72 80-60 75-84 92-78 89-77 86-78 95-73 87-82 83-88 83-86 64-81 73-70 LTU Žalgiris ŽAL TUR Fenerbahçe FEN FRA Pau-Orthez PAU ESP Tau Cerámica TAU ITA Varese Roosters VAR RUS Avtodor Saratov AVT Q GrE GrE GrE GrF GrF GrF yellow1 Advance to Group E orange1 Advance to Group F Group B main WL Group B true points FIBA Europe BSR PAN, EFE, MAC, CIB, TDK, CZV complete 10 0 750 628 7 3 710 702 4 6 690 688 4 6 678 712 3 7 646 713 2 8 695 726 77-63 67-58 83-70 74-58 77-71 53-80 81-74 80-57 82-74 73-60 62-84 66-68 76-57 81-55 78-59 61-69 76-70 78-60 54-61 77-80 58-63 67-68 72-65 67-79 74-59 74-76 71-72 67-70 66-69 88-60 GRE Panathinaikos PAN TUR Efes Pilsen EFE ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv MAC CRO Cibona CIB ESP TDK Manresa TDK FRY Crvena zvezda CZV Q GrF GrF GrF GrE GrE GrE yellow1 Advance to Group E orange1 Advance to Group F Group C main WL Group C true points FIBA Europe BSR OLY, KIN, CSK, ÜLK, ZAD, ALB complete 8 2 746 677 7 3 676 587 5 5 752 739 4 6 675 726 3 7 660 717 3 7 725 788 55-50 74-76 58-72 71-55 94-65 67-72 86-65 66-49 62-53 78-52 75-81 62-70 82-76 66-68 86-75 79-89 49-60 64-91 62-55 76-65 55-67 55-65 82-79 73-85 79-82 83-85 75-72 63-70 87-63 78-85 GRE Olympiacos OLY ITA Kinder Bologna KIN RUS CSKA Moscow CSK TUR Ülker ÜLK CRO Zadar ZAD GER Alba Berlin ALB Q GrG GrG GrG GrH GrH GrH yellow1 Advance to Group G orange1 Advance to Group H Group D main WL Group D true points FIBA Europe BSR UOL, ASV, RMA, TEA, PAO, SAM complete 7 3 702 649 7 3 729 700 6 4 795 742 5 5 676 639 4 6 722 738 1 9 685 841 64-54 76-84 57-45 84-68 84-55 77-68 77-73 71-66 80-66 92-69 67-68 71-70 65-69 77-69 101-72 63-66 84-61 66-73 76-61 77-58 76-68 65-69 87-75 68-59 85-66 60-67 74-78 88-109 59-71 84-77 SLO Union Olimpija UOL FRA ASVEL ASV ESP Real Madrid Teka RMA ITA Teamsystem Bologna TEA GRE PAOK PAO RUS Samara SAM Q GrH GrH GrH GrG GrG GrG yellow1 Advance to Group G orange1 Advance to Group H 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 main WL Group E true points FIBA Europe BSR ŽAL, FEN, CIB, PAU, TDK, CZV complete 12 4 1259 1184 9 7 1209 1188 8 8 1114 1137 8 8 1173 1132 5 11 1047 1141 4 12 1122 1185 75-66 64-74 91-65 78-80 51-69 71-62 66-69 76-79 70-61 76-66 66-61 78-61 71-79 66-56 85-84 77-69 75-85 88-66 LTU Žalgiris ŽAL ESP TDK Manresa TDK FRA Pau-Orthez PAU TUR Fenerbahçe FEN CRO Cibona CIB FRY Crvena zvezda CZV Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs Group F main WL Group F true points FIBA Europe BSR PAN, EFE, MAC, VAR, TAU, AVT complete 15 1 1211 1048 11 5 1166 1148 7 9 1225 1161 7 9 1253 1277 7 9 1208 1252 3 13 1190 1324 86-63 82-71 86-76 74-77 83-61 79-76 63-54 67-57 100-96 71-67 83-72 107-91 104-64 94-78 92-69 73-76 66-77 83-73 GRE Panathinaikos PAN ESP Tau Cerámica TAU ITA Varese Roosters VAR TUR Efes Pilsen EFE ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv MAC RUS Avtodor Saratov AVT Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs Group G main WL Group G true points FIBA Europe BSR OLY, KIN, CSK, TEA, PAO, SAM complete 11 5 1160 1086 10 6 1099 974 10 6 1206 1155 9 7 1100 1039 7 9 1128 1144 1 15 1067 1326 57-71 62-73 85-63 72-66 71-57 69-71 60-63 67-65 83-69 78-56 72-74 80-58 77-67 69-67 79-68 70-81 61-71 62-89 GRE Olympiacos OLY GRE PAOK PAO ITA Teamsystem Bologna TEA ITA Kinder Bologna KIN RUS CSKA Moscow CSK RUS Samara SAM Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs Group H main WL Group H true points FIBA Europe BSR UOL, ASV, RMA, ÜLK, ALB, ZAD complete 13 3 1142 1014 9 7 1193 1167 9 7 1247 1197 7 9 1110 1168 6 10 1144 1220 4 12 1064 1149 66-59 80-62 76-65 57-75 73-71 79-64 61-71 86-64 85-83 82-88 72-56 69-61 74-63 72-85 86-75 61-72 74-56 68-73 SLO Union Olimpija UOL GER Alba Berlin ALB TUR Ülker ÜLK FRA ASVEL ASV ESP Real Madrid Teka RMA CRO Zadar ZAD Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs 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. main 4 3 / 3 / 1 / 1 Third Place legs high y Eight-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final E1 LTU Žalgiris 76 93 H4 TUR Ülker 62 82 F2 TUR Efes Pilsen 73 105 G3 RUS CSKA Moscow 58 98 G1 GRE Olympiacos 78 83 F4 ITA Varese Roosters 66 77 H2 FRA ASVEL 95 68 74 E3 CRO Cibona 63 79 70 F1 GRE Panathinaikos 58 64 G4 ITA Teamsystem Bologna 63 88 E2 TUR Fenerbahçe 81 74 H3 ESP Real Madrid Teka 89 85 H1 SLO Union Olimpija 72 57 57 E4 FRA Pau-Orthez 63 74 64 G2 ITA Kinder Bologna 78 70 F3 ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 57 55 LTU Žalgiris 69 84 TUR Efes Pilsen 68 70 GRE Olympiacos 70 81 FRA ASVEL 57 77 ITA Teamsystem Bologna 90 76 ESP Real Madrid Teka 63 65 FRA Pau-Orthez 67 75 54 ITA Kinder Bologna 59 93 70 LTU Žalgiris 87 GRE Olympiacos 71 ITA Teamsystem Bologna 57 ITA Kinder Bologna 62 LTU Žalgiris 82 ITA Kinder Bologna 74 GRE Olympiacos 74 ITA Teamsystem Bologna 63 Eight-Finals 3 Efes Pilsen TUR 2–0 CSKA Moscow RUS 73–58 105–98 1 Žalgiris LTU 2–0 Ülker TUR 76–62 93–82 1 ASVEL FRA 2–1 Cibona CRO 95–63 68–79 74–70 1 Olympiacos GRE 2–0 Varese Roosters ITA 78–66 83–77 1 Fenerbahçe TUR 0–2 Real Madrid Teka ESP 81–89 74–85 2 Panathinaikos GRE 0–2 Teamsystem Bologna ITA 58–63 64–88 2 Kinder Bologna ITA 2–0 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 78–57 70–55 1 Union Olimpija SLO 1–2 Pau-Orthez FRA 72–63 57–74 57–64 2 |} Quarter-Finals 3 Žalgiris LTU 2–0 Efes Pilsen TUR 69–68 84–70 1 Olympiacos GRE 2–0 ASVEL FRA 70–57 81–77 1 Teamsystem Bologna ITA 2–0 Real Madrid Teka ESP 90–63 76–65 1 Pau-Orthez FRA 1–2 Kinder Bologna ITA 67–59 75–93 54–70 2 |} Final four 1999 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four Semifinals April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich Žalgiris LTU 87–71 Olympiacos GRE 1 Teamsystem Bologna ITA 57–62 Kinder Bologna ITA 2 |} 3rd place game April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich Olympiacos GRE 74–63 Teamsystem Bologna ITA 1 |} Final April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich Žalgiris LTU 82–74 Kinder Bologna ITA 1 |} 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague ChampionsLTU 100px Žalgiris 1st Title Final standings Team 15px LTU Žalgiris 15px ITA Kinder Bologna 15px GRE Olympiacos ITA Teamsystem Bologna Awards All official awards of the 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague. FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP USA Tyus Edney (LTU Žalgiris) FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team First TeamChampions Cup 1998–99.USA Tyus Edney (MVP)LTU ŽalgirisUSA Anthony BowieLTU ŽalgirisLithuania Saulius ŠtombergasLTU ŽalgirisSLO Rašho NesterovićITA Kinder BolognaLTU Eurelijus ŽukauskasLTU Žalgiris FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer TUR İbrahim Kutluay (TUR Fenerbahçe) FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer FRA Antoine Rigaudeau (ITA Virtus Bologna) Statistics Individual statistics Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1.TUR İbrahim KutluayTUR Fenerbahçe1736421.42.FRY Dejan BodirogaGRE Panathinaikos 1734420.23.TUR Harun ErdenayTUR Ülker 1836220.1 Source: FIBAEurope Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1.CRO Žan Tabak TUR Fenerbahçe1818010.02.TUR Hüseyin Beşok TUR Efes Pilsen201929.63.USA Victor Alexander ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv181618.9 Source: FIBAEurope Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1.USA Tyus EdneyLTU Žalgiris221356.12.USA Delaney RuddFRA ASVEL 211245.93.MKD Petar NaumoskiTUR Efes Pilsen 191105.8 Source: FIBAEurope Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals USA Gerald Lewis CRO Zadar 15 2.5 Turnovers USA Frankie King GRE PAOK 15 3.5 Minutes MKD Petar NaumoskiTUR Efes Pilsen 19 39.1 FT % LTU Artūras Karnišovas ITA Teamsystem Bologna 20 89.6% 2-Point % FRY Milenko Topić FRY Crvena zvezda 16 64.1% 3-Point % RUS Valeriy Dayneko RUS CSKA Moscow 18 57.9% Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Points TUR İbrahim Kutluay TUR Fenerbahçe 41 CRO Cibona (Feb 10, 1999)ReboundsTUR Hüseyin Beşok TUR Efes Pilsen 21 ITA Varese Roosters (Jan 7, 1999)CRO Nikola Prkačin CRO Cibona FRA Pau-Orthez (Jan 7, 1999) Assists USA Elmer Bennett ESP Tau Cerámica 17 LTU Žalgiris (Dec 10, 1998) Steals LTU Saulius Štombergas LTU Žalgiris 9 CRO Cibona (Feb 18, 1999) Team statistics CategoryTeamAverage Points LTU Žalgiris 79.5 Rebounds RUS Avtodor Saratov 32.3 Assists LTU Žalgiris 17.1 Steals CRO Zadar 12.4 Turnovers RUS Samara 17.6 FT % RUS Samara 76.1% 2-Point % GRE Panathinaikos 57.4% 3-Point % LTU Žalgiris 43.4% See also 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup 1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup References Sources 98-99 season and budgets External links 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Eurobasket.com 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Category:EuroLeague seasons