1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague
Template:Short description Template:Infobox basketball league season 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]
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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 season | |||
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| Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos (1st) | Template:Flagicon TDK Manresa (1st) | Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow (1st) | Template:Flagicon Cibona (1st) |
| Template:Flagicon PAOK (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Tau Cerámica (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Avtodor Saratov (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Zadar (WC) |
| Template:Flagicon Olympiacos (3rd) | Template:Flagicon Real Madrid Teka (3rd) | Template:Flagicon Samara (WC) | Template:Flagicon Alba Berlin (1st) |
| Template:Flagicon Kinder Bologna (1st) | Template:Flagicon Ülker (1st) | Template:Flagicon Pau-Orthez (1st) | Template:Flagicon Žalgiris (1st) |
| Template:Flagicon Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen (2nd) | Template:Flagicon ASVEL (3rd) | Template:Flagicon Union Olimpija (1st) |
| Template:Flagicon Varese Roosters (3rd) | Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe (3rd) | Template:Flagicon Crvena zvezda (1st) | Template:Flagicon Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) |
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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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.
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Eight-Finals
Quarter-Finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg
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Final four
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Semifinals
April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Žalgiris LithuaniaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 87–71 | GreeceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Olympiacos |
| Teamsystem Bologna ItalyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 57–62 | ItalyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kinder Bologna |
3rd place game
April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Olympiacos GreeceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 74–63 | ItalyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Teamsystem Bologna |
Final
April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Žalgiris LithuaniaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 82–74 | ItalyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kinder Bologna |
| 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Champions |
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| Template:Flagicon Žalgiris 1st Title |
Final standings
Awards
All official awards of the 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague.
FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer
FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon İbrahim Kutluay | Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe | 17 | 364 | 21.4 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Dejan Bodiroga | Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos | 17 | 344 | 20.2 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Harun Erdenay | Template:Flagicon Ülker | 18 | 362 | 20.1 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Žan Tabak | Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe | 18 | 180 | 10.0 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Hüseyin Beşok | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen | 20 | 192 | 9.6 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Victor Alexander | Template:Flagicon Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 18 | 161 | 8.9 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Tyus Edney | Template:Flagicon Žalgiris | 22 | 135 | 6.1 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Delaney Rudd | Template:Flagicon ASVEL | 21 | 124 | 5.9 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Petar Naumoski | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen | 19 | 110 | 5.8 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
| Category | Player | Team | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steals | Template:Flagicon Gerald Lewis | Template:Flagicon Zadar | 15 | 2.5 |
| Turnovers | Template:Flagicon Frankie King | Template:Flagicon PAOK | 15 | 3.5 |
| Minutes | Template:Flagicon Petar Naumoski | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen | 19 | 39.1 |
| FT % | Template:Flagicon Artūras Karnišovas | Template:Flagicon Teamsystem Bologna | 20 | 89.6% |
| 2-Point % | Template:Flagicon Milenko Topić | Template:Flagicon Crvena zvezda | 16 | 64.1% |
| 3-Point % | Template:Flagicon Valeriy Dayneko | Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow | 18 | 57.9% |
Individual game highs
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Template:Flagicon İbrahim Kutluay | Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe | 41 | Template:Flagicon Cibona (Feb 10, 1999) |
| Rebounds | Template:Flagicon Hüseyin Beşok | Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen | 21 | Template:Flagicon Varese Roosters (Jan 7, 1999) |
| Template:Flagicon Nikola Prkačin | Template:Flagicon Cibona | Template:Flagicon Pau-Orthez (Jan 7, 1999) | ||
| Assists | Template:Flagicon Elmer Bennett | Template:Flagicon Tau Cerámica | 17 | Template:Flagicon Žalgiris (Dec 10, 1998) |
| Steals | Template:Flagicon Saulius Štombergas | Template:Flagicon Žalgiris | 9 | Template:Flagicon Cibona (Feb 18, 1999) |
Team statistics
| Category | Team | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Points | Template:Flagicon Žalgiris | 79.5 |
| Rebounds | Template:Flagicon Avtodor Saratov | 32.3 |
| Assists | Template:Flagicon Žalgiris | 17.1 |
| Steals | Template:Flagicon Zadar | 12.4 |
| Turnovers | Template:Flagicon Samara | 17.6 |
| FT % | Template:Flagicon Samara | 76.1% |
| 2-Point % | Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos | 57.4% |
| 3-Point % | Template:Flagicon Žalgiris | 43.4% |
See also
References
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External links
- 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague
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- Eurobasket.com 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague
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