Sports season
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]
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. 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
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
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ŽAL FEN PAU TAU VAR AVT 1 Žalgiris 10 8 2 801 753 +48 18 Advance to Group E — 64–59 70–67 80–76 97–81 77–62 2 Fenerbahçe 10 6 4 777 756 +21 16 99–84 — 78–71 96–75 94–75 80–76 3 Pau-Orthez 10 5 5 751 731 +20 15 56–66 73–48 — 81–71 82–67 74–71 4 Tau Cerámica 10 5 5 778 777 +1 15 Advance to Group F 91–97 63–57 88–84 — 75–72 80–60 5 Varese Roosters 10 4 6 802 811 −9 14 75–84 92–78 89–77 86–78 — 95–73 6 Avtodor Saratov 10 2 8 732 813 −81 12 87–82 83–88 83–86 64–81 73–70 —
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAN EFE MAC CIB TDK CZV 1 Panathinaikos 10 10 0 750 628 +122 20 Advance to Group F — 77–63 67–58 83–70 74–58 77–71 2 Efes Pilsen 10 7 3 710 702 +8 17 53–80 — 81–74 80–57 82–74 73–60 3 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 4 6 690 688 +2 14 62–84 66–68 — 76–57 81–55 78–59 4 Cibona 10 4 6 678 712 −34 14 Advance to Group E 61–69 76–70 78–60 — 54–61 77–80 5 TDK Manresa 10 3 7 646 713 −67 13 58–63 67–68 72–65 67–79 — 74–59 6 Crvena zvezda 10 2 8 695 726 −31 12 74–76 71–72 67–70 66–69 88–60 —
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY KIN CSK ÜLK ZAD ALB 1 Olympiacos 10 8 2 746 677 +69 18 Advance to Group G — 55–50 74–76 58–72 71–55 94–65 2 Kinder Bologna 10 7 3 676 587 +89 17 67–72 — 86–65 66–49 62–53 78–52 3 CSKA Moscow 10 5 5 752 739 +13 15 75–81 62–70 — 82–76 66–68 86–75 4 Ülker 10 4 6 675 726 −51 14 Advance to Group H 79–89 49–60 64–91 — 62–55 76–65 5 Zadar 10 3 7 660 717 −57 13 55–67 55–65 82–79 73–85 — 79–82 6 Alba Berlin 10 3 7 725 788 −63 13 83–85 75–72 63–70 87–63 78–85 —
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UOL ASV RMA TEA PAO SAM 1 Union Olimpija 10 7 3 702 649 +53 17 Advance to Group H — 64–54 76–84 57–45 84–68 84–55 2 ASVEL 10 7 3 729 700 +29 17 77–68 — 77–73 71–66 80–66 92–69 3 Real Madrid Teka 10 6 4 795 742 +53 16 67–68 71–70 — 65–69 77–69 101–72 4 Teamsystem Bologna 10 5 5 676 639 +37 15 Advance to Group G 63–66 84–61 66–73 — 76–61 77–58 5 PAOK 10 4 6 722 738 −16 14 76–68 65–69 87–75 68–59 — 85–66 6 Samara 10 1 9 685 841 −156 11 60–67 74–78 88–109 59–71 84–77 —
Qualification round [ edit ] (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
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ŽAL FEN CIB PAU TDK CZV 1 Žalgiris 16 12 4 1259 1184 +75 28 Advance to Play Offs — 64–74 75–66 91–65 2 Fenerbahçe 16 9 7 1209 1188 +21 25 — 66–61 76–66 78–61 3 Cibona 16 8 8 1114 1137 −23 24 71–79 85–84 — 66–56 4 Pau-Orthez 16 8 8 1173 1132 +41 24 76–79 — 66–69 70–61 5 TDK Manresa 16 5 11 1047 1141 −94 21 78–80 71–62 51–69 — 6 Crvena zvezda 16 4 12 1122 1185 −63 20 77–69 88–66 75–85 —
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY KIN CSK TEA PAO SAM 1 Olympiacos 16 11 5 1160 1086 +74 27 Advance to Play Offs — 62–73 57–71 85–63 2 Kinder Bologna 16 10 6 1099 974 +125 26 — 72–74 78–56 80–58 3 CSKA Moscow 16 10 6 1206 1155 +51 26 — 69–67 77–67 79–68 4 Teamsystem Bologna 16 9 7 1100 1039 +61 25 60–63 67–65 83–69 — 5 PAOK 16 7 9 1128 1144 −16 23 72–66 71–57 69–71 — 6 Samara 16 1 15 1067 1326 −259 17 70–81 61–71 62–89 —
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UOL ASV RMA ÜLK ALB ZAD 1 Union Olimpija 16 13 3 1142 1014 +128 29 Advance to Play Offs — 80–62 66–59 76–65 2 ASVEL 16 9 7 1193 1167 +26 25 — 72–56 82–88 69–61 3 Real Madrid Teka 16 9 7 1247 1197 +50 25 — 72–85 74–63 86–75 4 Ülker 16 7 9 1110 1168 −58 23 61–71 86–64 85–83 — 5 Alba Berlin 16 6 10 1144 1220 −76 22 57–75 73–71 79–64 — 6 Zadar 16 4 12 1064 1149 −85 20 61–72 74–56 68–73 —
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.
April 20, Olympiahalle , Munich
April 22, Olympiahalle , Munich
April 22, Olympiahalle , Munich
1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Champions Žalgiris 1st Title
All official awards of the 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague .
Individual statistics [ edit ] Source: FIBAEurope
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Individual game highs [ edit ]
FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
Seasons Finals
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