1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup was the 29th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The French Limoges CSP defeated the Spanish Unicaja in the final. This was Limoges' third time winning the title following victories in 1982 and 1983.

1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Limoges CSP
Runners-up	Unicaja

Country ranking

For the 1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup, 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.^[1]

Country ranking for 1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup

Rank Country Points Teams 1  Italy 237.667 4 2  Greece 179.167 3  Spain 150.167 4  Turkey 70.500 5  France 68.833 6  Lithuania 55.556 7  Yugoslavia 54.500 8  Russia 35.695 9  Slovenia 30.622 10  Germany 27.833 11  Croatia 25.542 12  Israel 22.108 13  Poland 20.714 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 20  Cyprus 3.528 4 21  Czech Republic 3.187 3 22  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.008 23  Finland 2.917 24  Slovakia 2.583 25  Latvia 2.302 2 26  Bulgaria 1.917 27  Netherlands 1.722 28  Sweden 1.667 29  Estonia 0.667 1 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

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
Aeroporti di Roma Virtus (6th)	Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada (7th)	Neptunas (6th)	Ericsson Bobry Bytom (3rd)
Lineltex Imola (7th)	Casademont Girona (8th)	Sema Panevezys (7th)	Pogon Ruda Ślaska (5th)
Pepsi Basket Rimini (8th)	Unicaja (9th)	Beopetrol (6th)	Galatasaray (6th)
Bipop-Carire Reggiana (9th)	Le Mans (6th)	FMP Železnik (7th)	Turk Telekom (7th)
Aris (4th)	Limoges CSP (7th)	Spartak Subotica (8th)	Kouvot (1st)
Maroussi (7th)	SLUC Nancy (8th)	Ural Great (4th)	Magic M7 (WC)
Nikas Peristeri (8th)	Olympique Antibes (9th)	UNICS (5th)
Near East (9th)	Šiauliai (4th)	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody (9th)
Adecco Estudiantes (4th)	Alita (5th)	Anwil Wloclawek (2nd)
Qualifying round
Sloboda Dita (2nd)	Telindus Union Mons-Hainaut (6th)	UBM Arkadia Traiskirchen (6th)	Yambolgaz-92 (4th)
Brotnjo (3rd)	CAB Madeira (3rd)	UBC Stahlbau Oberwart (5th)	Den Helder (2nd)
Feal Široki (4th)	Seixal FC (5th)	Piloset Turku (3rd)	MPC-Donar Groningen (6th)
Posušje (5th)	Ovarense Aerosoles (9th)	Äänekosken Huima (4th)	Grodno-93 (1st)
Borac Nektar (1st)[Note RS]	CA Queluz (13th)	Namika Lahti (6th)	Gomel' Wildcats (4th)
Loka Kava (6th)	Apollon Limassol (3rd)	Etzella (1st)	Azoty Unia Tarnów (7th)
Slovan (7th)	AEL Limassol (4th)	Racing Club Luxembourg	Atomerömü (4th)
Zagorje (WC)[Note SLO]	Keravnos Keo (6th)	Sparta Bertrange	Nikol-Fert (4th)
Rogla Atras (WC)[Note SLO]	Panathinaikos Limassol (7th)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)	Sparta Praha (7th)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (4th)	Benston Zagreb (4th)	Vacallo Win (2nd)	AŠK Inter Slovnaft (2nd)
Herzogtel Trier (5th)	Zrinjevac (6th)	Lugano Snakes (4th)	CSU Atlassib Sibiu (1st)
Ratiopharm Ulm (7th)	Zagreb (8th)	Beşiktaş (8th)	Azot Rustavi
SG Braunschweig (11th)	Maccabi Ramat-Gan (4th)	Pinar Karşiyaka (9th)	London Leopards (WC)
Telindus Racing Antwerpen (2nd)	Hapoel Galil Elyon (6th)	CSKA Kyiv (1st)	IRB (WC)
Sunair Ostende (4th)	Maccabi Haifa (7th)	Kyiv (WC)
Brother Gent (5th)	Goldene Seiten Kapfenberg (2nd)	Levski Sofia (2nd)

Notes

1. ^
   Note RS: Champions of the league of Republika Srpska.
2. ^
   Note SLO: Slovenian Basketball Federation decided that two teams from the Second Slovenian Basketball League replace KK ZM Maribor Lumar (rejected) and KK Postojna (hadn't applied for the competition).
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First Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
IRB	189–155	London Leopards	111–75	78–80
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	198–135	Racing Club Luxembourg	109–65	89–70
Äänekosken Huima	184–173	Ratiopharm Ulm	100–87	84–86
Piloset Turku	177–166	Azoty Unia Tarnów	92–86	85–80
Grodno-93	147–144	Namika Lahti	73–63	74–81
Gomel' Wildcats	137–188	CSKA Kyiv	67–73	70–115
Azot Rustavi	146–190	Kyiv	74–100	72–90
Rogla Atras	122–157	Inter Slovnaft	58–70	64–87
Atomerömü	150–156	Slovan	85–86	65–70
Goldene Seiten Kapfenberg	127–130	Zrinjevac	69–67	58–63
Sparta Praha	141–137	Arkadia Traiskirchen	63–70	78–67
Stahlbau Oberwart	115–127	Brother Gent	58–66	57–61
Etzella	112–204	Sunair Ostende	63–99	49–105
Sparta Bertrange	105–180	Telindus Racing Antwerpen	57–95	48–85
Queluz	139–164	Telindus Union Mons-Hainaut	79–89	60–75
Ovarense Aerosoles	156–129	SG Braunschweig	94–55	62–74
Den Helder	121–152	CAB Madeira	68–80	53–72
Vacallo Win	164–134	Donar	86–73	78–61
Lugano Snakes	155–147	Seixal FC	83–71	72–76
Fribourg Olympic	143–159	Apollon Limassol	81–88	62–71
Panathinaikos Limassol	140–180	Herzogtel Trier	65–63	75–97
AEL Limassol	137–205	Maccabi Ramat-Gan	66–102	71–103
Keravnos Keo	124–133	Maccabi Haifa	67–67	57–66
Atlassib Sibiu	114–181	Hapoel Galil Elyon	61–74	53–107
Nikol-Fert	179–167	Zagorje	82–87	97–80
Feal Široki	155–157	Loka Kava	75–67	80–91
Brotnjo	134–133	Benston Zagreb	67–59	67–74
Sloboda Dita	113–124	Zagreb	54–60	59–64
Posušje	107–142	Beşiktaş	42–63	65–79
Yambolgaz-92	121–135	Pinar Karşiyaka	62–54	59–81
Levski Sofia	153–143	Borac Nektar	72–57	81–86

Second round

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advance to round of 32

Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Casademont Girona 6 6 0 516 444 12 2 Vacallo Win 6 4 2 456 444 10 3 Olympique Antibes 6 2 4 423 447 8 4 Brother Gent 6 0 6 414 474 6

Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Galatasaray 6 6 0 501 403 12 2 Lineltex Imola 6 4 2 466 424 10 3 Zrinjevac 6 2 4 432 451 8 4 Loka Kava 6 0 6 342 463 6

Group C Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Maccabi Haifa 4 3 1 318 261 7 2 Bipop-Carire Reggiana 4 2 2 297 300 6 3 Nikol-Fert 4 1 2 277 331 5 4 Beopetrol[Note YUG] 0 0 0 – - 0

Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Unicaja 6 4 2 460 389 10 2 Pepsi Rimini 6 4 2 439 430 10 3 Telindus Union Mons Hainaut 6 3 3 420 499 9 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 1 5 436 437 7

Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Aeroporti di Roma Virtus 6 6 0 451 381 12 2 Hapoel Galil Elyon 6 4 2 455 445 10 3 Beşiktaş 6 2 4 397 410 8 4 Inter Slovnaft 6 0 6 407 474 6

Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Alita 6 4 2 496 485 10 2 Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody 6 4 2 489 483 10 3 Piloset Turku 6 2 4 504 516 8 4 Kyiv 6 2 4 528 533 8

Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Maccabi Ramat Gan 6 5 1 493 433 11 2 Maroussi 6 4 2 487 450 10 3 Zagreb 6 3 3 427 419 9 4 Sparta Praha 6 0 6 397 502 6

Group H Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Magic M7 6 5 1 539 472 11 2 Pogon Ruda Ślaska 6 5 1 489 451 11 3 Neptunas 6 1 5 437 481 7 4 Kouvot 6 1 5 427 488 7

Group I Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Limoges CSP 6 5 1 473 424 11 2 Telindus Racing Antwerpen 6 3 3 414 397 9 3 Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada 6 3 3 429 433 9 4 Ovarense Aerosoles 6 1 5 406 468 7

Group J Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Šiauliai 6 5 1 435 368 11 2 UNICS 6 4 2 469 409 10 3 Ericsson Bobry Bytom 6 2 4 419 436 8 4 Grodno-93 6 1 5 376 486 7

Group K Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 SLUC Nancy 6 6 0 494 423 12 2 Lugano Snakes 6 4 2 506 449 10 3 IRB 6 2 4 472 518 8 4 Äänekosken Huima 6 0 6 440 522 6

Group L Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Anwil Wloclawek 6 4 2 488 427 10 2 CSKA Kyiv 6 4 2 493 470 10 3 Ural Great 6 4 2 481 437 10 4 Sema Panevezys 6 0 6 356 484 6

Group M Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Pinar Karşiyaka 4 3 1 302 291 7 2 Near East 4 2 2 293 311 6 3 Slovan 4 1 3 301 294 5 4 Spartak Subotica[Note YUG] 0 0 0 – - 0

Group N Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Nikas Peristeri 6 4 2 481 411 10 2 Turk Telekom 6 4 2 477 451 10 3 Brotnjo 6 4 2 526 545 10 4 Herzogtel Trier 6 0 6 501 578 6

Group O Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Aris 4 3 1 331 305 7 2 Apollon Limassol 4 2 2 313 357 6 3 Levski Sofia 4 1 3 343 325 5 4 FMP Železnik[Note YUG] 0 0 0 – - 0

Group P Team Pld W L PF PA Pts 1 Adecco Estudiantes 6 5 1 543 485 11 2 Sunair Oostende 6 3 3 442 468 9 3 CAB Madeira 6 2 4 470 497 8 4 Le Mans 6 2 4 472 477 8

Notes ^ Note YUG: KK Beopetrol, KK Spartak Subotica and KK FMP Železnik withdrew from the competition because FIBA did not approve Yugoslavian courts for playing domestic games (after NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia) and Yugoslavian teams refused to play their home games abroad.[3]

Sources:^[4][5]

Playoffs

Bracket

	Third round						Top 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Lineltex Imola	72	78	150
	Casademont Girona	83	85	168
							Casademont Girona	67	79	146
							Pepsi Rimini	65	72	137
	Pepsi Rimini	81	58	139
	Maccabi Haifa	61	66	127
													Casademont Girona	61	78	139
													Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	67	66	133
	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody	72	59	131
	Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	69	86	155
							Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	66	77	143
							Pogoń Ruda Śląska	64	75	139
	Pogoń Ruda Śląska	100	70	170
	Maccabi Ramat Gan	68	91	159
																			Casademont Girona	77	57	134
																			Limoges CSP	77	69	146
	UNICS	64	69	133
	Limoges CSP	86	93	179
							Limoges CSP	86	100	186
							CSKA Kyiv	73	71	144
	CSKA Kyiv	74	73	147
	Nancy	73	68	141
													Limoges CSP	71	67	138
													Türk Telekom	57	75	132
	Türk Telekom	78	65	143
	Pinar Karşıyaka	72	66	138
							Türk Telekom	82	73	155
							Aris	59	62	121
	Sunair Oostende	75	71	146
	Aris	65	87	152
																									Limoges CSP	80	51	131
																									Unicaja	58	60	118
	Vacallo Win	58	66	124
	Galatasaray	69	82	151
							Galatasaray	67	68	135
							Unicaja	64	86	150
	Bipop Carire Reggiana	67	55	122
	Unicaja	74	61	135
													Unicaja	77	63	140
													Maroussi	58	60	118
	Hapoel Galil Elyon	88	65	153
	Alita	61	81	142
							Hapoel Galil Elyon	80	54	134
							Maroussi	77	70	147
	Maroussi	89	75	164
	Magic M7	74	81	155
																			Unicaja	85	47	132
																			Adecco Estudiantes	72	53	125
	Telindus Racing Antwerpen	69	71	140
	Šiauliai	66	69	135
							Telindus Racing Antwerpen	71	56	127
							Anwil Włocławek	65	75	140
	Lugano	60	67	127
	Anwil Włocławek	71	72	143
													Anwil Włocławek	74	55	129
													Adecco Estudiantes	69	84	153
	Near East	73	63	136
	Nikas Peristeri	80	66	146
							Nikas Peristeri	75	71	146
							Adecco Estudiantes	85	79	164
	Apollon Limassol	56	79	135
	Adecco Estudiantes	91	114	205

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vacallo Win	124–151	Galatasaray	58–69	66–82
Lineltex Imola	150–168	Casademont Girona	72–83	78–85
Bipop Carire Reggiana	122–135	Unicaja	67–74	55–61
Pepsi Rimini	139–127	Maccabi Haifa	81–61	58–66
Hapoel Galil Elyon	153–142	Alita	88–61	65–81
Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody	131–155	Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	72–69	59–86
Maroussi	164–155	Magic M7	89–74	75–81
Pogoń Ruda Śląska	170–159	Maccabi Ramat Gan	100–68	70–91
Telindus Racing Antwerpen	140–135	Šiauliai	69–66	71–69
UNICS	133–179	Limoges CSP	64–86	69–93
Lugano	127–143	Anwil Włocławek	60–71	67–72
CSKA Kyiv	147–141	Nancy	74–73	73–68
Near East	136–146	Nikas Peristeri	73–80	63–66
Türk Telekom	143–138	Pinar Karşıyaka	78–72	65–66
Apollon Limassol	135–205	Adecco Estudiantes	56–91	79–114
Sunair Oostende	146–152	Aris	75–65	71–87

Top 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	135–150	Unicaja	67–64	68–86
Casademont Girona	146–137	Pepsi Rimini	67–65	79–72
Hapoel Galil Elyon	134–144	Maroussi	80–77	54–70
Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	143–139	Pogoń Ruda Śląska	66–64	77–75
Telindus Racing Antwerpen	127–140	Anwil Włocławek	71–65	56–75
Limoges CSP	186–144	CSKA Kyiv	86–73	100–71
Nikas Peristeri	146–164	Adecco Estudiantes	75–85	71–79
Türk Telekom	155–121	Aris	82–59	73–62

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Unicaja	140–118	Maroussi	77–58	63–60
Casademont Girona	139–133	Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	61–67	78–66
Anwil Włocławek	129–153	Adecco Estudiantes	74–69	55–84
Limoges CSP	138–132	Türk Telekom	71–57	67–75

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Unicaja	132–125	Adecco Estudiantes	85–72	47–53
Casademont Girona	134–146	Limoges CSP	77–77	57–69

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Limoges CSP	131–118	Unicaja	80–58	51–60

1999–00 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Limoges CSP 3rd title

See also

• 1999-00 FIBA Euroleague
• 1999-00 FIBA Saporta Cup