1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague

The 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague was the 43rd installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 23, 1999, and ended on April 20, 2000. The competition's Final Four was held at PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki, with Panathinaikos defeating Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 8,500 spectators.^[1]

FIBA EuroLeague
The Final Four was hosted at the PAOK Sports Arena
Season	1999–2000
Duration	23 September 1999 – 20 April 2000
Teams	24
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos (2nd title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Third place	Efes Pilsen
Fourth place	FC Barcelona
Final Four MVP	Željko Rebrača
Statistical leaders
Points Miljan Goljović 20.2 Rebounds Hüseyin Beşok 10.0 Assists David Rivers 4.9
← 1998–99 2000–01 Euroleague 2000–01 SuproLeague →

Efes Pilsen finished in the third position, and FC Barcelona 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 1999–2000 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 1996–97 to 1998–99.^[2]

Country ranking for 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague

Rank Country Points Teams Notes 1  Italy 237.667 3 2  Greece 179.167 3  Spain 150.167 4  Turkey 70.500 5  France 68.833 2 +1, Cholet got wild card 6  Lithuania 55.556 -1, Lietuvos rytas withdrew 7  Yugoslavia 54.500 8  Russia 35.695 Lost one berth[Note FIBA] 9  Slovenia 30.622 1 +1, Pivovarna got wild card 10  Germany 27.833 11  Croatia 25.542 12  Israel 22.108 13  Poland 20.714 0 14  Belgium 13.817 15  Portugal 13.762 16  Ukraine 6.143 17  Austria 4.559 18  Hungary 4.429 19 Macedonia 4.375

Rank Country Points Teams Notes 20  Cyprus 3.528 0 21  Czech Republic 3.187 22  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.008 23  Finland 2.917 24  Slovakia 2.583 25  Latvia 2.302 26  Bulgaria 1.917 27  Netherlands 1.722 28  Sweden 1.667 29  Estonia 0.667 30  Romania 0.611 31  Luxembourg 0.472 32  Switzerland 0.389 33  Georgia 0.333 34  England 0.278 35  Belarus 0.111 36  Albania 0.055 37  Denmark 0.000 38  Ireland 0.000

Note

1. ^
   FIBA: In Euroleague, teams finishing 6th in the Second Stage of 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague (groups E-H) lose a berth for their country in next season. These berths are gained by those countries whose teams reach the Semi-Final Round in the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup. As a general rule, a federation cannot have more than 3 teams in Euroleague. Should a semi-finalist in Saporta Cup provide one more berth for its country, in case it already has 3 berths assigned in Euroleague, this berth will be transferred to the next federation in FIBA Ranking which has 2 teams (as long as one of its teams reached the 1/4 Final Round in Saporta Cup during the same season)..

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
Varese Roosters (1st)	FC Barcelona (1st)	Pau-Orthez (1st)	Union Olimpija (1st)
Benetton Treviso (2nd)	Caja San Fernando (2nd)	ASVEL (2nd)	Pivovarna Laško (WC)
Paf Wennington Bologna (3rd)	Real Madrid Teka (3rd)	Cholet (WC)	CSKA Moscow (1st)
Panathinaikos (1st)	Tofaş (1st)	Budućnost (1st)	Alba Berlin (1st)
Olympiacos (2nd)	Efes Pilsen (2nd)	Crvena zvezda (2nd)	Cibona VIP (1st)
PAOK (3rd)	Ülker (3rd)	Žalgiris (1st)	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FCB	CSK	BEN	PAO	CHO	CZV
1	FC Barcelona	10	9	1	780	685	+95	19	Advance to Group E		—	75–67	69–51	76–55	71–62	90–67
2	CSKA Moscow	10	7	3	754	705	+49	17			76–72	—	77–75	71–82	74–54	86–62
3	Benetton Treviso	10	6	4	700	675	+25	16			68–72	61–81	—	69–66	73–57	88–63
4	PAOK	10	5	5	730	680	+50	15	Advance to Group F		83–87	83–63	66–72	—	83–76	82–53
5	Cholet	10	2	8	640	711	−71	12			70–77	76–79	64–73	48–66	—	69–59
6	Crvena zvezda	10	1	9	636	784	−148	11			86–91	65–80	60–70	65–64	56–64	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	UOL	RMB	ALB	TOF	ZAL
1	Panathinaikos	10	9	1	802	690	+112	19	Advance to Group F		—	100–80	96–69	70–72	79–74	86–82
2	Union Olimpija	10	5	5	776	791	−15	15			71–86	—	73–63	78–83	87–92	76–64
3	Real Madrid Teka	10	5	5	714	743	−29	15			63–66	76–74	—	90–75	77–73	60–70
4	Alba Berlin	10	5	5	734	747	−13	15	Advance to Group E		54–73	69–74	84–78	—	81–55	80–64
5	Tofaş	10	4	6	715	738	−23	14			59–64	74–78	67–71	76–66	—	77–73
6	Žalgiris	10	2	8	719	751	−32	12			66–82	84–85	65–67	89–70	62–68	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ASV	OLY	MTA	ULK	VAR	PIV
1	ASVEL	10	8	2	711	645	+66	18	Advance to Group G		—	61–54	70–65	60–59	84–71	100–58
2	Olympiacos	10	6	4	668	627	+41	16			65–55	—	65–63	62–73	62–69	79–68
3	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	10	6	4	773	714	+59	16			73–61	54–65	—	89–74	87–66	84–62
4	Ülker	10	5	5	756	770	−14	15	Advance to Group H		73–80	64–86	85–79	—	79–70	68–78
5	Varese Roosters	10	3	7	715	762	−47	13			58–60	57–74	79–87	82–86	—	80–70
6	Pivovarna Laško	10	2	8	712	817	−105	12			69–80	63–56	87–92	84–95	73–83	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		EFS	CIB	PAF	BUD	CSF	PAU
1	Efes Pilsen	10	6	4	707	678	+29	16	Advance to Group H		—	69–60	99–63	73–67	73–57	69–65
2	Cibona VIP	10	6	4	744	759	−15	16			71–69	—	71–61	69–63	93–87	71–69
3	Paf Wennington Bologna	10	6	4	729	703	+26	16			76–56	92–78	—	72–73	69–63	83–58
4	Budućnost	10	5	5	760	746	+14	15	Advance to Group G		86–80	95–90	75–83	—	88–65	68–71
5	Caja San Fernando	10	5	5	699	689	+10	15			62–43	79–59	60–52	75–73	—	77–60
6	Pau-Orthez	10	2	8	686	750	−64	12			71–76	75–82	70–78	68–72	79–74	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Qualification round

(The individual scores and standings of the First stage were accumulated in the Second stage)

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
4. Points scored in all group matches
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FCB	CSK	BEN	ALB	TOF	ZAL
1	FC Barcelona	16	12	4	1183	1091	+92	28	Advance to Play Offs		—			66–67	68–65	66–64
2	CSKA Moscow	16	9	7	1216	1182	+34	25				—		71–76	90–85	76–64
3	Benetton Treviso	16	9	7	1156	1139	+17	25					—	86–78	66–77	88–75
4	Alba Berlin	16	9	7	1174	1186	−12	25			72–64	81–76	66–76	—
5	Tofaş	16	8	8	1193	1171	+22	24			78–71	87–73	86–65		—
6	Žalgiris	16	4	12	1148	1200	−52	20			60–68	84–76	82–75			—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	UOL	RMB	PAK	CHO	CZV
1	Panathinaikos	16	13	3	1246	1084	+162	29	Advance to Play Offs		—			71–75	85–50	67–58
2	Union Olimpija	16	10	6	1201	1175	+26	26				—		69–63	69–55	59–47
3	Real Madrid Teka	16	10	6	1227	1187	+40	26					—	72–61	86–79	98–78
4	PAOK	16	7	9	1140	1114	+26	23			69–77	70–74	72–71	—
5	Cholet	16	3	13	1054	1186	−132	19			81–68	66–77	83–90		—
6	Crvena zvezda	16	2	14	1034	1257	−223	18			61–76	83–77	71–96			—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MTA	ASV	OLY	BUD	CSF	PAU
1	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	16	12	4	1182	1050	+132	28	Advance to Play Offs		—			74–60	66–54	65–55
2	ASVEL	16	11	5	1107	1056	+51	27				—		57–83	75–64	76–61
3	Olympiacos	16	10	6	1117	1045	+72	26					—	89–61	74–63	77–73
4	Budućnost	16	7	9	1164	1168	−4	23			59–67	59–65	82–70	—
5	Caja San Fernando	16	6	10	1068	1107	−39	22			51–75	72–62	65–66		—
6	Pau-Orthez	16	4	12	1078	1164	−86	20			57–62	72–61	74–73			—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		EFS	PAF	CIB	ULK	VAR	PIV
1	Efes Pilsen	16	11	5	1221	1142	+79	27	Advance to Play Offs		—			95–74	84–74	78–68
2	Paf Wennington Bologna	16	10	6	1198	1145	+53	26				—		79–53	91–82	81–63
3	Cibona VIP	16	10	6	1201	1207	−6	26					—	64–81	75–59	88–80
4	Ülker	16	8	8	1204	1235	−31	24			93–87	76–68	71–72	—
5	Varese Roosters	16	5	11	1186	1240	−54	21			76–79	91–72	89–77		—
6	Pivovarna Laško	16	2	14	1147	1314	−167	18			79–91	77–78	68–81			—

Source: FIBA Europe

Play Offs

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								Semi-Finals					Final
	E1	FC Barcelona	78	60	86	2
	H4	Ülker	73	63	65	1
									FC Barcelona		70	64	71	2
									Union Olimpija		67	71	66	1
	F2	Union Olimpija	65	52	85	2
	G3	Olympiacos	61	68	67	1
																	FC Barcelona		51
																	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		65
	G1	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	77	55	78	2
	F4	PAOK	62	67	62	1
									Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		62	80	79	2
									Paf Wennington Bologna		65	73	64	1
	H2	Paf Wennington Bologna	82	77		2
	E3	Benetton Treviso	73	61		0
																						Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		67
																						Panathinaikos		73
	F1	Panathinaikos	65	64	78	2
	G4	Budućnost	59	77	61	1
									Panathinaikos		73	69		2
									Cibona VIP		62	63		0
	E2	CSKA Moscow	72	75	69	1
	H3	Cibona VIP	75	55	78	2
																	Panathinaikos		81
																	Efes Pilsen		71
	H1	Efes Pilsen	90	93		2																Third Place
	E4	Alba Berlin	81	73		0
									Efes Pilsen		93	60	68	2								FC Barcelona		69
									ASVEL		85	77	66	1								Efes Pilsen		75
	G2	ASVEL	72	85		2
	F3	Real Madrid Teka	59	73		0

Eight-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Union Olimpija	2–1	Olympiacos	65–61	52–68	85–67
FC Barcelona	2–1	Ülker	78–73	60–63	86–65
Paf Wennington Bologna	2–0	Benetton Treviso	82–73	77–61
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	2–1	PAOK	77–62	55–67	78–62
CSKA Moscow	1–2	Cibona VIP	72–75	75–55	69–78
Panathinaikos	2–1	Budućnost	65–59	64–77	78–61
ASVEL	2–0	Real Madrid Teka	72–59	85–73
Efes Pilsen	2–0	Alba Berlin	90–81	93–73

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
FC Barcelona	2–1	Union Olimpija	70–67	64–71	71–66
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	2–1	Paf Wennington Bologna	62–65	80–73	79–64
Panathinaikos	2–0	Cibona VIP	73–62	69–63
Efes Pilsen	2–1	ASVEL	93–85	60–77	68–66

Final Four

Main article: 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Semifinals

April 18, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Barcelona	51–65	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Panathinaikos	81–71	Efes Pilsen

Third place game

April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Barcelona	69–75	Efes Pilsen

Final

April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	67–73	Panathinaikos

1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Panathinaikos 2nd Title

Awards

All official awards of the 1999–00 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

• Željko Rebrača ( Panathinaikos)

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

First Team[3]
Oded Kattash	Panathinaikos
Hedo Türkoğlu	Efes Pilsen
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
Nate Huffman	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Željko Rebrača (MVP)	Panathinaikos

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

• Miljan Goljović ( Pivovarna Laško)

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

• Nate Huffman ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Miljan Goljović	Pivovarna Laško	16	323	20.2
2.	David Rivers	Tofaş	16	316	19.8
3.	Wendell Alexis	Alba Berlin	18	334	18.6

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Hüseyin Beşok	Efes Pilsen	23	231	10.0
2.	Nate Huffman	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	24	225	9.4
3.	Rashard Griffith	Tofaş	16	146	9.1

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	David Rivers	Tofaş	16	79	4.9
2.	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Union Olimpija	22	108	4.9
3.	Damir Mulaomerović	Efes Pilsen	23	108	4.7

Source: FIBAEurope

Blocks

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Blocks	BPG
1.	Efthimios Rentzias	FC Barcelona	12	8	0.7
2.	Željko Rebrača	Panathinaikos	23	15	0.7
3.	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	19	10	0.5

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Andrea Meneghin	Varese Roosters	16	2.9
Turnovers	Richard Scott	Caja San Fernando	14	3.4
Minutes	David Rivers	Tofaş	16	38.7
FT %	Carlton Myers	Paf Wennington Bologna	17	91.9%
2-Point %	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	19	64.2%
3-Point %	Valeriy Dayneko	CSKA Moscow	17	55.7%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic	Opponent
Points	David Rivers	Tofaş	38	CSKA Moscow (Feb 3, 2000)
Rebounds	Dragan Tarlać	Olympiacos	19	Pivovarna Laško (Dec 8, 1999)
Assists	Riccardo Pittis	Benetton Treviso	12	Cholet (Sep 23, 1999)
Blocks	Efthimios Rentzias	FC Barcelona	5	Ülker (Feb 29, 2000)
	Željko Rebrača	Panathinaikos		Cibona VIP (Mar 21, 2000)
Steals	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	8	Cholet (Oct 21, 1999)
	Alberto Angulo	Real Madrid Teka		Alba Berlin (Nov 18, 1999)

Team statistics

Category	Team	Average
Points	Efes Pilsen	77.0
Rebounds	FC Barcelona	32.5
Assists	Žalgiris	16.6
Blocks	Panathinaikos	1.2
Steals	Varese Roosters	11.8
Turnovers	Žalgiris	15.2
FT %	Paf Wennington Bologna	80.5%
2-Point %	Budućnost	59.5%
3-Point %	Panathinaikos	41.4%

See also

• 1999–00 FIBA Saporta Cup
• 1999–00 FIBA Korać Cup