The 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague was the 41st installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 18, 1997, and ended on April 23, 1998. The competition's Final Four was held at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, with Kinder Bologna defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 11,900 spectators.

Benetton Treviso finished in the third position, while Partizan finished fourth.

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 1997–1998 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 1994–95 to 1996–97. +Country ranking for 1997–1998 FIBA EuroLeagueRankCountryPointsTeamsNotes1279.66732275.0003190.8334117.500596.6672+1, Ulker got wild card670.542Lost one berth 755.389Lost one berth 8 50.833943.0481+1, Hapoel Jerusalem got wild card1038.8331125.0001223.0711322.50001421.2061519.4161615.762179.667187.139196.555RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes206.1110215.445225.333234.333244.167253.722263.083272.694282.389291.861301.778311.500321.500331.500341.444351.361360.167370.111380.056 Note

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 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) Benetton Treviso (1st) Efes Pilsen (1st) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) Real Madrid Teka (2nd) Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) Türk Telekom PTT (2nd) Hapoel Jerusalem (WC) Estudiantes (3rd) Kinder Bologna (3rd) Ülker (WC) Alba Berlin (1st) Olympiacos (1st) PSG Racing (1st) Cibona (1st) Union Olimpija (1st) AEK (2nd) Pau-Orthez (3rd) Split (2nd) Partizan Zepter (1st) PAOK (3rd) Limoges CSP (4th) CSKA Moscow (1st) FC Porto (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 21, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

3rd place game April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Final April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions Kinder Bologna 1st Title

Final standings Team Kinder Bologna AEK Benetton Treviso Partizan Zepter

Awards All official awards of the 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP Zoran Savić ( Kinder Bologna)

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team First Team Antoine Rigaudeau Kinder Bologna Sasha Danilović Kinder Bologna Henry Williams Benetton Treviso Dejan Tomašević Partizan Zepter Zoran Savić (MVP) Kinder Bologna

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer Peja Stojaković ( PAOK)

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer Antoine Rigaudeau ( Kinder Bologna)

Statistics Individual statistics Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Peja Stojaković PAOK1633520.92. Harun Erdenay Ülker 1632120.13. Oded Kattash Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 1937219.6 Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Dejan Tomašević Partizan Zepter232219.62. Mirsad Türkcan Efes Pilsen211949.23. Conrad McRae PAOK191678.8 Source: FIBAEurope

Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Willie Anderson AEK12534.42. Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 17714.23. Aleksandar Đorđević FC Barcelona B.Catalana 18744.1 Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals David Rivers Teamsystem Bologna 21 2.9 Turnovers Michael Anderson Ülker 16 3.1 Minutes Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 17 39.9 FT % Valeriy Dayneko CSKA Moscow 22 87.8% 2-Point % Radisav Ćurčić Hapoel Jerusalem 16 63.6% 3-Point % Roger Esteller FC Barcelona B.Catalana 19 52.1%

Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Points Aleksandar Đorđević FC Barcelona B.Catalana 39 Partizan Zepter (Nov 12, 1997)Rebounds Kevin Rankin Ülker 19 AEK (Jan 14, 1998)Assists Henrik Rödl Alba Berlin 12 Teamsystem Bologna (Nov 6, 1997) Aleksandar Đorđević FC Barcelona B.Catalana Ülker (Dec 11, 1997) Steals Marcus Webb CSKA Moscow 11 PAOK (Jan 8, 1998)

Team statistics CategoryTeamAverage Points FC Barcelona B.Catalana 79.1 Rebounds Estudiantes 30.8 Assists Alba Berlin 14.3 Steals CSKA Moscow 11.7 Turnovers FC Porto 15.8 FT % Hapoel Jerusalem 75.1%2-Point % Real Madrid Teka 57.9% Benetton Treviso 3-Point % Olympiacos 40.7%

See also 1997–98 FIBA EuroCup 1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup

References

External links 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague

Eurobasket.com 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague 97-98 awards