1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague

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.^[1]

FIBA EuroLeague
The Final Four was hosted at the Olympiahalle in Munich
Season	1998–99
Duration	23 September 1998 – 22 April 1999
Teams	24
Finals
Champions	Žalgiris (1st title)
Runners-up	Kinder Bologna
Third place	Olympiacos
Fourth place	Teamsystem Bologna
Final Four MVP	Tyus Edney
Statistical leaders
Points İbrahim Kutluay 21.4 Rebounds Žan Tabak 10.0 Assists Tyus Edney 6.1
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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.^[2]

Country ranking for 1998–1999 FIBA EuroLeague

Rank Country Points Teams Notes 1  Greece 237.000 3 2  Italy 222.833 3  Spain 194.500 4  Turkey 92.833 5  France 88.667 2 ASVEL replaced Limoges 6  Russia 67.732 +1, Samara got wild card 7  Yugoslavia 46.333 -1, FMP Železnik withdrew 8  Germany 38.500 -1, Ulm withdrew 9  Croatia 35.542 1 +1, Zadar got wild card 10  Lithuania 34.667 11  Slovenia 33.714 12  Israel 31.902 13  Poland 21.524 0 14  Portugal 19.794 15  Belgium 15.929 16  Ukraine 8.905 17 Macedonia 6.542 18  Hungary 6.429 19  Austria 5.417

Rank Country Points Teams Notes 20  Czech Republic 4.187 0 21  Cyprus 4.083 22  Slovakia 3.944 23  Sweden 3.667 24  England 3.611 25  Bulgaria 3.361 26  Finland 2.361 27  Netherlands 1.889 28  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.722 29  Latvia 1.445 30  Estonia 1.333 31  Romania 1.056 32  Luxembourg 0.889 33  Albania 0.694 34  Georgia 0.416 35  Switzerland 0.278 36  Denmark 0.111 37  Belarus 0.056 38  Moldova 0.056

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ŽAL	FEN	PAU	TAU	VAR	AVT
1	Žalgiris	10	8	2	801	753	+48	18	Advance to Group E		—	64–59	70–67	80–76	97–81	77–62
2	Fenerbahçe	10	6	4	777	756	+21	16			99–84	—	78–71	96–75	94–75	80–76
3	Pau-Orthez	10	5	5	751	731	+20	15			56–66	73–48	—	81–71	82–67	74–71
4	Tau Cerámica	10	5	5	778	777	+1	15	Advance to Group F		91–97	63–57	88–84	—	75–72	80–60
5	Varese Roosters	10	4	6	802	811	−9	14			75–84	92–78	89–77	86–78	—	95–73
6	Avtodor Saratov	10	2	8	732	813	−81	12			87–82	83–88	83–86	64–81	73–70	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	EFE	MAC	CIB	TDK	CZV
1	Panathinaikos	10	10	0	750	628	+122	20	Advance to Group F		—	77–63	67–58	83–70	74–58	77–71
2	Efes Pilsen	10	7	3	710	702	+8	17			53–80	—	81–74	80–57	82–74	73–60
3	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	10	4	6	690	688	+2	14			62–84	66–68	—	76–57	81–55	78–59
4	Cibona	10	4	6	678	712	−34	14	Advance to Group E		61–69	76–70	78–60	—	54–61	77–80
5	TDK Manresa	10	3	7	646	713	−67	13			58–63	67–68	72–65	67–79	—	74–59
6	Crvena zvezda	10	2	8	695	726	−31	12			74–76	71–72	67–70	66–69	88–60	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	KIN	CSK	ÜLK	ZAD	ALB
1	Olympiacos	10	8	2	746	677	+69	18	Advance to Group G		—	55–50	74–76	58–72	71–55	94–65
2	Kinder Bologna	10	7	3	676	587	+89	17			67–72	—	86–65	66–49	62–53	78–52
3	CSKA Moscow	10	5	5	752	739	+13	15			75–81	62–70	—	82–76	66–68	86–75
4	Ülker	10	4	6	675	726	−51	14	Advance to Group H		79–89	49–60	64–91	—	62–55	76–65
5	Zadar	10	3	7	660	717	−57	13			55–67	55–65	82–79	73–85	—	79–82
6	Alba Berlin	10	3	7	725	788	−63	13			83–85	75–72	63–70	87–63	78–85	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UOL	ASV	RMA	TEA	PAO	SAM
1	Union Olimpija	10	7	3	702	649	+53	17	Advance to Group H		—	64–54	76–84	57–45	84–68	84–55
2	ASVEL	10	7	3	729	700	+29	17			77–68	—	77–73	71–66	80–66	92–69
3	Real Madrid Teka	10	6	4	795	742	+53	16			67–68	71–70	—	65–69	77–69	101–72
4	Teamsystem Bologna	10	5	5	676	639	+37	15	Advance to Group G		63–66	84–61	66–73	—	76–61	77–58
5	PAOK	10	4	6	722	738	−16	14			76–68	65–69	87–75	68–59	—	85–66
6	Samara	10	1	9	685	841	−156	11			60–67	74–78	88–109	59–71	84–77	—

Source: FIBA Europe

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:

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 are 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		ŽAL	FEN	CIB	PAU	TDK	CZV
1	Žalgiris	16	12	4	1259	1184	+75	28	Advance to Play Offs		—		64–74		75–66	91–65
2	Fenerbahçe	16	9	7	1209	1188	+21	25				—	66–61		76–66	78–61
3	Cibona	16	8	8	1114	1137	−23	24			71–79	85–84	—	66–56
4	Pau-Orthez	16	8	8	1173	1132	+41	24					76–79	—	66–69	70–61
5	TDK Manresa	16	5	11	1047	1141	−94	21			78–80	71–62		51–69	—
6	Crvena zvezda	16	4	12	1122	1185	−63	20			77–69	88–66		75–85		—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	EFE	MAC	VAR	TAU	AVT
1	Panathinaikos	16	15	1	1211	1048	+163	31	Advance to Play Offs		—			82–71	86–63	86–76
2	Efes Pilsen	16	11	5	1166	1148	+18	27				—		83–72	71–67	107–91
3	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	16	7	9	1225	1161	+64	23					—	94–78	104–64	92–69
4	Varese Roosters	16	7	9	1253	1277	−24	23			63–54	67–57	100–96	—
5	Tau Cerámica	16	7	9	1208	1252	−44	23			74–77	83–61	79–76		—
6	Avtodor Saratov	16	3	13	1190	1324	−134	19			73–76	66–77	83–73			—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	KIN	CSK	TEA	PAO	SAM
1	Olympiacos	16	11	5	1160	1086	+74	27	Advance to Play Offs		—			62–73	57–71	85–63
2	Kinder Bologna	16	10	6	1099	974	+125	26				—		72–74	78–56	80–58
3	CSKA Moscow	16	10	6	1206	1155	+51	26					—	69–67	77–67	79–68
4	Teamsystem Bologna	16	9	7	1100	1039	+61	25			60–63	67–65	83–69	—
5	PAOK	16	7	9	1128	1144	−16	23			72–66	71–57	69–71		—
6	Samara	16	1	15	1067	1326	−259	17			70–81	61–71	62–89			—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UOL	ASV	RMA	ÜLK	ALB	ZAD
1	Union Olimpija	16	13	3	1142	1014	+128	29	Advance to Play Offs		—			80–62	66–59	76–65
2	ASVEL	16	9	7	1193	1167	+26	25				—		72–56	82–88	69–61
3	Real Madrid Teka	16	9	7	1247	1197	+50	25					—	72–85	74–63	86–75
4	Ülker	16	7	9	1110	1168	−58	23			61–71	86–64	85–83	—
5	Alba Berlin	16	6	10	1144	1220	−76	22			57–75	73–71	79–64		—
6	Zadar	16	4	12	1064	1149	−85	20			61–72	74–56	68–73			—

Source: FIBA Europe

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								Semi-Finals					Final
	E1	Žalgiris	76	93		2
	H4	Ülker	62	82		0
									Žalgiris		69	84		2
									Efes Pilsen		68	70		0
	F2	Efes Pilsen	73	105		2
	G3	CSKA Moscow	58	98		0
																	Žalgiris		87
																	Olympiacos		71
	G1	Olympiacos	78	83		2
	F4	Varese Roosters	66	77		0
									Olympiacos		70	81		2
									ASVEL		57	77		0
	H2	ASVEL	95	68	74	2
	E3	Cibona	63	79	70	1
																						Žalgiris		82
																						Kinder Bologna		74
	F1	Panathinaikos	58	64		0
	G4	Teamsystem Bologna	63	88		2
									Teamsystem Bologna		90	76		2
									Real Madrid Teka		63	65		0
	E2	Fenerbahçe	81	74		0
	H3	Real Madrid Teka	89	85		2
																	Teamsystem Bologna		57
																	Kinder Bologna		62
	H1	Union Olimpija	72	57	57	1																Third Place
	E4	Pau-Orthez	63	74	64	2
									Pau-Orthez		67	75	54	1								Olympiacos		74
									Kinder Bologna		59	93	70	2								Teamsystem Bologna		63
	G2	Kinder Bologna	78	70		2
	F3	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	57	55		0

Eight-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Efes Pilsen	2–0	CSKA Moscow	73–58	105–98
Žalgiris	2–0	Ülker	76–62	93–82
ASVEL	2–1	Cibona	95–63	68–79	74–70
Olympiacos	2–0	Varese Roosters	78–66	83–77
Fenerbahçe	0–2	Real Madrid Teka	81–89	74–85
Panathinaikos	0–2	Teamsystem Bologna	58–63	64–88
Kinder Bologna	2–0	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	78–57	70–55
Union Olimpija	1–2	Pau-Orthez	72–63	57–74	57–64

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Žalgiris	2–0	Efes Pilsen	69–68	84–70
Olympiacos	2–0	ASVEL	70–57	81–77
Teamsystem Bologna	2–0	Real Madrid Teka	90–63	76–65
Pau-Orthez	1–2	Kinder Bologna	67–59	75–93	54–70

Final four

Main article: 1999 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Semifinals

April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Žalgiris	87–71	Olympiacos
Teamsystem Bologna	57–62	Kinder Bologna

3rd place game

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos	74–63	Teamsystem Bologna

Final

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Žalgiris	82–74	Kinder Bologna

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[3]
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

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	İbrahim Kutluay	Fenerbahçe	17	364	21.4
2.	Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos	17	344	20.2
3.	Harun Erdenay	Ülker	18	362	20.1

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Žan Tabak	Fenerbahçe	18	180	10.0
2.	Hüseyin Beşok	Efes Pilsen	20	192	9.6
3.	Victor Alexander	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	18	161	8.9

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Tyus Edney	Žalgiris	22	135	6.1
2.	Delaney Rudd	ASVEL	21	124	5.9
3.	Petar Naumoski	Efes Pilsen	19	110	5.8

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
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

Category	Player	Team	Statistic	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

Category	Team	Average
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