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1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
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European basketball competition
1998–99 2000–01 Euroleague2000–01 SuproLeague 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Paok-sports-arena-2008.jpg 300 The Final Four was hosted at the PAOK Sports Arena 1999–2000 GRE Panathinaikos (2nd title) ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv TUR Efes Pilsen ESP FC Barcelona 24 23 September 1999 – 20 April 2000 Željko Rebrača FRY EuroLeague Final Four MVP Miljan Goljović 20.2 SLO Hüseyin Beşok 10.0 TUR David Rivers 4.9 USA
The 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague was the 43rd installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 23, 1999, and ended on April 20, 2000. The competition's Final Four was held at PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki, with Panathinaikos defeating Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 8,500 spectators.Euroleague 1999-2000
Efes Pilsen finished in the third position, and FC Barcelona finished fourth.
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 1999–2000 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 1996–97 to 1998–99.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 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeagueRankCountryPointsTeamsNotes1237.66732179.1673150.167470.500568.8332+1, Cholet got wild card 655.556-1, Lietuvos rytas withdrew754.500835.695Lost one berthNote FIBA9 30.6221+1, Pivovarna got wild card1027.8331125.5421222.1081320.71401413.8171513.762166.143174.559184.42919North Macedonia4.375RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes203.5280213.187223.008232.917242.583252.302261.917271.722281.667290.667300.611310.472320.389330.333340.278350.111360.055370.000380.000
Note
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FIBA FIBA: In Euroleague, teams finishing 6th in the Second Stage of 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague (groups E-H) lose a berth for their country in next season. These berths are gained by those countries whose teams reach the Semi-Final Round in the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup. As a general rule, a federation cannot have more than 3 teams in Euroleague. Should a semi-finalist in Saporta Cup provide one more berth for its country, in case it already has 3 berths assigned in Euroleague, this berth will be transferred to the next federation in FIBA Ranking which has 2 teams (as long as one of its teams reached the 1/4 Final Round in Saporta Cup during the same season)..
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 seasonITA Varese Roosters (1st)ESP FC Barcelona (1st)FRA Pau-Orthez (1st)SLO Union Olimpija (1st)ITA Benetton Treviso (2nd)ESP Caja San Fernando (2nd)FRA ASVEL (2nd)SLO Pivovarna Laško (WC)ITA Paf Wennington Bologna (3rd)ESP Real Madrid Teka (3rd)FRA Cholet (WC)RUS CSKA Moscow (1st)GRE Panathinaikos (1st)TUR Tofaş (1st)FRY Budućnost (1st)GER Alba Berlin (1st)GRE Olympiacos (2nd)TUR Efes Pilsen (2nd)FRY Crvena zvezda (2nd)CRO Cibona VIP (1st)GRE PAOK (3rd)TUR Ülker (3rd)LTU Žalgiris (1st)ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
Preliminary round
Group A
<onlyinclude>main WL Group A true points FIBA Europe BSR FCB, CSK, BEN, PAO, CHO, CZV complete 9 1 780 685 7 3 754 705 6 4 700 675 5 5 730 680 2 8 640 711 1 9 636 784 75-67 69-51 76-55 71-62 90-67 76-72 77-75 71-82 74-54 86-62 68-72 61-81 69-66 73-57 88-63 83-87 83-63 66-72 83-76 82-53 70-77 76-79 64-73 48-66 69-59 86-91 65-80 60-70 65-64 56-64 ESP FC Barcelona FCB RUS CSKA Moscow CSK ITA Benetton Treviso BEN GRE PAOK PAO FRA Cholet CHO FRY Crvena zvezda CZV Q GrE GrE GrE GrF GrF GrF yellow1 Advance to Group E orange1 Advance to Group F
Group B
<onlyinclude>main WL Group B true points FIBA Europe BSR PAN, UOL, RMB, ALB, TOF, ZAL complete 9 1 802 690 5 5 776 791 5 5 714 743 5 5 734 747 4 6 715 738 2 8 719 751 100-80 96-69 70-72 79-74 86-82 71-86 73-63 78-83 87-92 76-64 63-66 76-74 90-75 77-73 60-70 54-73 69-74 84-78 81-55 80-64 59-64 74-78 67-71 76-66 77-73 66-82 84-85 65-67 89-70 62-68 GRE Panathinaikos PAN SLO Union Olimpija UOL ESP Real Madrid Teka RMB GER Alba Berlin ALB TUR Tofaş TOF LTU Žalgiris ZAL Q GrF GrF GrF GrE GrE GrE yellow1 Advance to Group E orange1 Advance to Group F
Group C
<onlyinclude>main WL Group C true points FIBA Europe BSR ASV, OLY, MTA, ULK, VAR, PIV complete 8 2 711 645 6 4 668 627 6 4 773 714 5 5 756 770 3 7 715 762 2 8 712 817 61-54 70-65 60-59 84-71 100-58 65-55 65-63 62-73 62-69 79-68 73-61 54-65 89-74 87-66 84-62 73-80 64-86 85-79 79-70 68-78 58-60 57-74 79-87 82-86 80-70 69-80 63-56 87-92 84-95 73-83 FRA ASVEL ASV GRE Olympiacos OLY ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv MTA TUR Ülker ULK ITA Varese Roosters VAR SLO Pivovarna Laško PIV Q GrG GrG GrG GrH GrH GrH yellow1 Advance to Group G orange1 Advance to Group H
Group D
<onlyinclude>main WL Group D true points FIBA Europe BSR EFS, CIB, PAF, BUD, CSF, PAU complete 6 4 707 678 6 4 744 759 6 4 729 703 5 5 760 746 5 5 699 689 2 8 686 750 69-60 99-63 73-67 73-57 69-65 71-69 71-61 69-63 93-87 71-69 76-56 92-78 72-73 69-63 83-58 86-80 95-90 75-83 88-65 68-71 62-43 79-59 60-52 75-73 77-60 71-76 75-82 70-78 68-72 79-74 TUR Efes Pilsen EFS CRO Cibona VIP CIB ITA Paf Wennington Bologna PAF FRY Budućnost BUD ESP Caja San Fernando CSF FRA Pau-Orthez PAU 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 stage were accumulated in the Second stage)
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were 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 were 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
<onlyinclude>main WL Group E true points FIBA Europe BSR FCB, CSK, BEN, ALB, TOF, ZAL complete 12 4 1183 1091 9 7 1216 1182 9 7 1156 1139 9 7 1174 1186 8 8 1193 1171 4 12 1148 1200 68-65 66-67 66-64 78-71 87-73 86-65 72-64 81-76 66-76 90-85 71-76 76-64 66-77 86-78 88-75 60-68 84-76 82-75 ESP FC Barcelona FCB TUR Tofaş TOF GER Alba Berlin ALB RUS CSKA Moscow CSK ITA Benetton Treviso BEN LTU Žalgiris ZAL Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs
Group F
<onlyinclude>main WL Group F true points FIBA Europe BSR PAN, UOL, RMB, PAK, CHO, CZV complete 13 3 1246 1084 10 6 1201 1175 10 6 1227 1187 7 9 1140 1114 3 13 1054 1186 2 14 1034 1257 85-50 71-75 67-58 81-68 66-77 83-90 69-77 70-74 72-71 69-55 69-63 59-47 86-79 72-61 98-78 61-76 83-77 71-96 GRE Panathinaikos PAN FRA Cholet CHO GRE PAOK PAK SLO Union Olimpija UOL ESP Real Madrid Teka RMB FRY Crvena zvezda CZV Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs
Group G
<onlyinclude>main WL Group G true points FIBA Europe BSR MTA, ASV, OLY, BUD, CSF, PAU complete 12 4 1182 1050 11 5 1107 1056 10 6 1117 1045 7 9 1164 1168 6 10 1068 1107 4 12 1078 1164 66-54 74-60 65-55 51-75 72-62 65-66 59-67 59-65 82-70 75-64 57-83 76-61 74-63 89-61 77-73 57-62 72-61 74-73 ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv MTA ESP Caja San Fernando CSF FRY Budućnost BUD FRA ASVEL ASV GRE Olympiacos OLY FRA Pau-Orthez PAU Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs
Group H
<onlyinclude>main WL Group H true points FIBA Europe BSR EFS, PAF, CIB, ULK, VAR, PIV complete 11 5 1221 1142 10 6 1198 1145 10 6 1201 1207 8 8 1204 1235 5 11 1186 1240 2 14 1147 1314 84-74 95-74 78-68 76-79 91-72 89-77 93-87 76-68 71-72 91-82 79-53 81-63 75-59 64-81 88-80 79-91 77-78 68-81 TUR Efes Pilsen EFS ITA Varese Roosters VAR TUR Ülker ULK ITA Paf Wennington Bologna PAF CRO Cibona VIP CIB SLO Pivovarna Laško PIV Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs
Play Offs
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 ESP FC Barcelona 78 60 86 H4 TUR Ülker 73 63 65 F2 SLO Union Olimpija 65 52 85 G3 GRE Olympiacos 61 68 67 G1 ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 77 55 78 F4 GRE PAOK 62 67 62 H2 ITA Paf Wennington Bologna 82 77 E3 ITA Benetton Treviso 73 61 F1 GRE Panathinaikos 65 64 78 G4 FRY Budućnost 59 77 61 E2 RUS CSKA Moscow 72 75 69 H3 CRO Cibona VIP 75 55 78 H1 TUR Efes Pilsen 90 93 E4 GER Alba Berlin 81 73 G2 FRA ASVEL 72 85 F3 ESP Real Madrid Teka 59 73 ESP FC Barcelona 70 64 71 SLO Union Olimpija 67 71 66 ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 62 80 79 ITA Paf Wennington Bologna 65 73 64 GRE Panathinaikos 73 69 CRO Cibona VIP 62 63 TUR Efes Pilsen 93 60 68 FRA ASVEL 85 77 66 ESP FC Barcelona 51 ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 65 GRE Panathinaikos 81 TUR Efes Pilsen 71 ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 67 GRE Panathinaikos 73 ESP FC Barcelona 69 TUR Efes Pilsen 75
Eight-Finals
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Union Olimpija SLO 2–1 Olympiacos GRE 65–61 52–68 85–67 1
FC Barcelona ESP 2–1 Ülker TUR 78–73 60–63 86–65 1
Paf Wennington Bologna ITA 2–0 Benetton Treviso ITA 82–73 77–61 1
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 2–1 PAOK GRE 77–62 55–67 78–62 1
CSKA Moscow RUS 1–2 Cibona VIP CRO 72–75 75–55 69–78 2
Panathinaikos GRE 2–1 Budućnost FRY 65–59 64–77 78–61 1
ASVEL FRA 2–0 Real Madrid Teka ESP 72–59 85–73 1
Efes Pilsen TUR 2–0 Alba Berlin GER 90–81 93–73 1
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Quarter-Finals
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FC Barcelona ESP 2–1 Union Olimpija SLO 70–67 64–71 71–66 1
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 2–1 Paf Wennington Bologna ITA 62–65 80–73 79–64 1
Panathinaikos GRE 2–0 Cibona VIP CRO 73–62 69–63 1
Efes Pilsen TUR 2–1 ASVEL FRA 93–85 60–77 68–66 1
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Final Four
2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Semifinals
April 18, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
FC Barcelona ESP 51–65 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 2
Panathinaikos GRE 81–71 Efes Pilsen TUR 1
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Third place game
April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
FC Barcelona ESP 69–75 Efes Pilsen TUR 2
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Final
April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 67–73 Panathinaikos GRE 2
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1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague ChampionsGRE 100px Panathinaikos 2nd Title
Awards
All official awards of the 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague.
FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP
FRY Željko Rebrača (GRE Panathinaikos)
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
First TeamChampions Cup 1999–2000.ISR Oded Kattash GRE PanathinaikosTUR Hedo TürkoğluTUR Efes PilsenFRY Dejan BodirogaGRE PanathinaikosUSA Nate HuffmanISR Maccabi Elite Tel AvivFRY Željko Rebrača (MVP)GRE Panathinaikos
FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer
SLO Miljan Goljović (SLO Pivovarna Laško)
FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer
USA Nate Huffman (ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1.SLO Miljan GoljovićSLO Pivovarna Laško1632320.22.USA David RiversTUR Tofaş 1631619.83.USA Wendell AlexisGER Alba Berlin 1833418.6
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1.TUR Hüseyin Beşok TUR Efes Pilsen2323110.02.USA Nate Huffman ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv242259.43.USA Rashard Griffith TUR Tofaş161469.1
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1.USA David RiversTUR Tofaş16794.92.LTU Šarūnas JasikevičiusSLO Union Olimpija 221084.93.CRO Damir MulaomerovićTUR Efes Pilsen 231084.7
Source: FIBAEurope
Blocks
RankNameTeamGamesBlocksBPG1.GRE Efthimios RentziasESP FC Barcelona1280.72.FRY Željko RebračaGRE Panathinaikos 23150.73.RUS Andrei KirilenkoRUS CSKA Moscow 19100.5
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals ITA Andrea Meneghin ITA Varese Roosters 16 2.9 Turnovers USA Richard Scott ESP Caja San Fernando 14 3.4 Minutes USA David Rivers TUR Tofaş 16 38.7 FT % ITA Carlton Myers ITA Paf Wennington Bologna 17 91.9% 2-Point % RUS Andrei Kirilenko RUS CSKA Moscow 19 64.2% 3-Point % RUS Valeriy Dayneko RUS CSKA Moscow 17 55.7%
Individual game highs
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Points USA David Rivers TUR Tofaş 38 RUS CSKA Moscow (Feb 3, 2000) ReboundsFRY Dragan Tarlać GRE Olympiacos 19 SLO Pivovarna Laško (Dec 8, 1999) Assists ITA Riccardo Pittis ITA Benetton Treviso 12 FRA Cholet (Sep 23, 1999)Blocks GRE Efthimios Rentzias ESP FC Barcelona 5 TUR Ülker (Feb 29, 2000) FRY Željko Rebrača GRE Panathinaikos CRO Cibona VIP (Mar 21, 2000)Steals RUS Andrei Kirilenko RUS CSKA Moscow 8 FRA Cholet (Oct 21, 1999) ESP Alberto Angulo ESP Real Madrid Teka GER Alba Berlin (Nov 18, 1999)
Team statistics
CategoryTeamAverage Points TUR Efes Pilsen 77.0 Rebounds ESP FC Barcelona 32.5 Assists LTU Žalgiris 16.6 Blocks GRE Panathinaikos 1.2 Steals ITA Varese Roosters 11.8 Turnovers LTU Žalgiris 15.2 FT % ITA Paf Wennington Bologna 80.5% 2-Point % FRY Budućnost 59.5% 3-Point % GRE Panathinaikos 41.4%
See also
1999–2000 FIBA Saporta Cup
1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup
References
Sources
1999-00 scoresheets
External links
1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
Eurobasket.com 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
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