1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague

FIBA EuroLeague
FIBA EuroLeague
	The Final Four was hosted at the Olympiahalle in Munich
Season	1998–99
Duration	23 September 1998 – 22 April 1999
Number of teams	24
Finals
Champions	Žalgiris; (1st title)
Runners-up	Kinder Bologna
Third place	Olympiacos
Fourth place	Teamsystem Bologna
Final Four MVP	Tyus Edney
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	İbrahim Kutluay
Rebounds	Žan Tabak
Assists	Tyus Edney
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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.

Teams

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

Rank	Country	Points	Teams	Notes
1	Greece	237.000	3
2	Italy	222.833
3	Spain	194.500
4	Turkey	92.833
5	France	88.667	2	ASVEL replaced Limoges
6	Russia	67.732		+1, Samara got wild card
7	FR Yugoslavia	46.333		-1, FMP Železnik withdrew
8	Germany	38.500		-1, Ulm withdrew
9	Croatia	35.542	1	+1, Zadar got wild card
10	Lithuania	34.667
11	Slovenia	33.714
12	Israel	31.902
13	Poland	21.524	0
14	Portugal	19.794
15	Belgium	15.929
16	Ukraine	8.905
17	Macedonia	6.542
18	Hungary	6.429
19	Austria	5.417

Rank	Country	Points	Teams
20	Czech Republic	4.187	0
21	Cyprus	4.083
22	Slovakia	3.944
23	Sweden	3.667
24	England	3.611
25	Bulgaria	3.361
26	Finland	2.361
27	Netherlands	1.889
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.722
29	Latvia	1.445
30	Estonia	1.333
31	Romania	1.056
32	Luxembourg	0.889
33	Albania	0.694
34	Georgia	0.416
35	Switzerland	0.278
36	Denmark	0.111
37	Belarus	0.056
38	Moldova	0.056

Panathinaikos (1st)	TDK Manresa (1st)	CSKA Moscow (1st)	Cibona (1st)
PAOK (2nd)	Tau Cerámica (2nd)	Avtodor Saratov (2nd)	Zadar (WC)
Olympiacos (3rd)	Real Madrid Teka (3rd)	Samara (WC)	Alba Berlin (1st)
Kinder Bologna (1st)	Ülker (1st)	Pau-Orthez (1st)	Žalgiris (1st)
Teamsystem Bologna (2nd)	Efes Pilsen (2nd)	ASVEL (3rd)	Union Olimpija (1st)
Varese Roosters (3rd)	Fenerbahçe (3rd)	Crvena zvezda (1st)	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)

First round

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Žalgiris	10	8	2	801	753	+48
2.	Fenerbahçe	10	6	4	777	756	+21
3.	Pau-Orthez	10	5	5	751	731	+20
4.	Tau Cerámica	10	5	5	778	777	+1
5.	Varese Roosters	10	4	6	802	811	−9
6.	Avtodor Saratov	10	2	8	732	813	−81

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	10	10	0	750	628	+122
2.	Efes Pilsen	10	7	3	710	702	+8
3.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	10	4	6	690	688	+2
4.	Cibona	10	4	6	678	712	−34
5.	TDK Manresa	10	3	7	646	713	−67
6.	Crvena zvezda	10	2	8	695	726	−31

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Olympiacos	10	8	2	746	677	+69
2.	Kinder Bologna	10	7	3	676	587	+89
3.	CSKA Moscow	10	5	5	752	739	+13
4.	Ülker	10	4	6	675	726	−51
5.	Zadar	10	3	7	660	717	−57
6.	Alba Berlin	10	3	7	725	788	−62

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Union Olimpija	10	7	3	702	649	+53
2.	ASVEL	10	7	3	729	700	+29
3.	Real Madrid Teka	10	6	4	795	742	+53
4.	Teamsystem Bologna	10	5	5	676	639	+37
5.	PAOK	10	4	6	722	738	−16
6.	Samara	10	1	9	685	841	−156

Second 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

Key to colors
	Top four places in each group advance to Playoff

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Žalgiris	16	12	4	1259	1184	+105
2.	Fenerbahçe	16	9	7	1209	1188	+21
3.	Cibona	16	8	8	1114	1137	−23
4.	Pau-Orthez	16	8	8	1173	1132	+41
5.	TDK Manresa	16	5	11	1047	1141	−94
6.	Crvena zvezda	16	4	12	1122	1185	−63

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	16	15	1	1211	1048	+163
2.	Efes Pilsen	16	11	5	1166	1148	+18
3.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	16	7	9	1225	1161	+64
4.	Varese Roosters	16	7	9	1253	1277	−24
5.	Tau Cerámica	16	7	9	1208	1252	−44
6.	Avtodor Saratov	16	3	13	1190	1324	−134

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Olympiacos	16	11	5	1160	1086	+74
2.	Kinder Bologna	16	10	6	1099	974	+125
3.	CSKA Moscow	16	10	6	1206	1155	+51
4.	Teamsystem Bologna	16	9	7	1100	1039	+61
5.	PAOK	16	7	9	1128	1144	−16
6.	Samara	16	1	15	1067	1326	−259

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Union Olimpija	16	13	3	1142	1014	+128
2.	ASVEL	16	9	7	1143	1138	+5
3.	Real Madrid Teka	16	9	7	1247	1197	+50
4.	Ülker	16	7	9	1110	1168	−58
5.	Alba Berlin	16	6	10	1144	1220	−76
6.	Zadar	16	4	12	1064	1149	−85

Top 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Efes Pilsen	2–0	CSKA Moscow	73–58	105–98
Žalgiris	2–0	Ülker	76–62	93–82
ASVEL	2–1	Cibona	95–63	68–79	74–70
Olympiacos	2–0	Varese Roosters	78–66	83–77
Fenerbahçe	0–2	Real Madrid Teka	81–89	74–85
Panathinaikos	0–2	Teamsystem Bologna	58–63	64–88
Kinder Bologna	2–0	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	78–57	70–55
Union Olimpija	1–2	Pau-Orthez	72–63	57–74	57–64

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Žalgiris	2–0	Efes Pilsen	69–68	84–70
Olympiacos	2–0	ASVEL	70–57	81–77
Teamsystem Bologna	2–0	Real Madrid Teka	90–63	76–65
Pau-Orthez	1–2	Kinder Bologna	67–59	75–93	54–70

Final four

Semifinals

April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Žalgiris	87–71	Olympiacos
Teamsystem Bologna	57–62	Kinder Bologna

3rd place game

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos	74–63	Teamsystem Bologna

Final