The 1998–99 Euroleague Women was the third edition of the Euroleague era of FIBA's premier international competition for European women's basketball clubs. It ran between 23 September 1998 and 8 April 1999.
MBK Ruzomberok won its first title beating former champion Pool Comense in the final, becoming the first (and only to date) Slovak team to win the competition. Galatasaray and BTV Wuppertal also reached the Final Four, which took place in Brno, while defending champion CJM Bourges was knocked out by Ruzomberok in the quarterfinals.Results in FIBA Europe's website
Group stage Group A #TeamPldWLPFPA1 Ruzomberok 14 10 4 1104 9282 Wuppertal 14 10 4 1063 9853 Hemofarm 14 10 4 1078 9804 Pool Comense 14 9 5 1066 9665 Valenciennes 14 8 6 1048 10206 Pécs 14 5 9 1004 10007 Panathinaikos 14 4 10 96 11318 Elitzur Ramla 14 0 14 873 1188
Group B #TeamPldWLPFPA1 Brno 14 12 2 1043 7982 Galatasaray 14 11 3 928 8733 Dynamo Moscow 14 11 3 1084 9454 Bourges 14 8 6 913 8145 Schio 14 5 9 898 9326 Ježica 14 4 10 884 10407 Lotos Gdynia 14 3 11 850 10038 Wildcats 14 2 12 911 1106
Quarter-finals Team #1Agg.Team #21st2nd3rdRuzomberok 2–1 Bourges 44–6551–4265–58Wuppertal 2–1 Dynamo Moscow 73–8073–63 67–58Brno 0–2 Pool Comense 52–7465–70Galatasaray 2–1 Hemofarm 76–6178–8573–68
Final four Brno, Czech Republic
Individual statistics Points RankNameTeamPPG1. Sandra Brondello Wuppertal19.52. Eleni Trialoni Panathinaikos19.43. Andrea Stinson Galatasaray18.73. Isabelle Fijalkowski Pool Comense18.75. Victoria Savin Elitzur Ramla18.4
Rebounds RankNameTeamPPG1. Marlies Askamp Wuppertal12.32. Kamila Vodicková Brno11.33. Malgorzata Dydek Lotos Gdynia9.53. Olga Pfeifer Wildcats9.45. Natalia Svisceva Ruzomberok8.6
Assists RankNameTeamPPG1. Ana Belén Álvaro Valenciennes4.82. Elena Ksendzhik Dynamo Moscow4.13. Yannick Souvré Bourges3.54. Shawna Molcak Wildcats2.94. Iveta Bieliková Ruzomberok2.9
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