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.
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. +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 card1034.6671133.7141231.9021321.52401419.7941515.929168.905176.542186.429195.417RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes204.1870214.083223.944233.667243.611253.361262.361271.889281.722291.445301.333311.056320.889330.694340.416350.278360.111370.056380.056
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 season 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)
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
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
Group F
Group G
Group H
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.
Eight-Finals
Quarter-Finals
Final four
Semifinals April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich
3rd place game April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich
Final April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich
1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Champions Žalgiris 1st Title
Final standings Team Žalgiris Kinder Bologna Olympiacos Teamsystem Bologna
Awards All official awards of the 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague.
FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP Tyus Edney ( Žalgiris)
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team First Team Tyus Edney (MVP) Žalgiris Anthony Bowie Žalgiris Saulius Štombergas Žalgiris Rašho Nesterović Kinder Bologna Eurelijus Žukauskas Žalgiris
FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer İbrahim Kutluay ( Fenerbahçe)
FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer Antoine Rigaudeau ( Virtus Bologna)
Statistics Individual statistics Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. İbrahim Kutluay Fenerbahçe1736421.42. Dejan Bodiroga Panathinaikos 1734420.23. Harun Erdenay Ülker 1836220.1 Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Žan Tabak Fenerbahçe1818010.02. Hüseyin Beşok Efes Pilsen201929.63. Victor Alexander Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv181618.9 Source: FIBAEurope
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Tyus Edney Žalgiris221356.12. Delaney Rudd ASVEL 211245.93. Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 191105.8 Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals Gerald Lewis Zadar 15 2.5 Turnovers Frankie King PAOK 15 3.5 Minutes Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 19 39.1 FT % Artūras Karnišovas Teamsystem Bologna 20 89.6% 2-Point % Milenko Topić Crvena zvezda 16 64.1% 3-Point % Valeriy Dayneko CSKA Moscow 18 57.9%
Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Points İbrahim Kutluay Fenerbahçe 41 Cibona (Feb 10, 1999)Rebounds Hüseyin Beşok Efes Pilsen 21 Varese Roosters (Jan 7, 1999) Nikola Prkačin Cibona Pau-Orthez (Jan 7, 1999) Assists Elmer Bennett Tau Cerámica 17 Žalgiris (Dec 10, 1998) Steals Saulius Štombergas Žalgiris 9 Cibona (Feb 18, 1999)
Team statistics CategoryTeamAverage Points Žalgiris 79.5 Rebounds Avtodor Saratov 32.3 Assists Žalgiris 17.1 Steals Zadar 12.4 Turnovers Samara 17.6 FT % Samara 76.1% 2-Point % Panathinaikos 57.4% 3-Point % 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
Eurobasket.com 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague