1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague

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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	Lithuania Žalgiris (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy Kinder Bologna
Third place	Greece Olympiacos
Fourth place	Italy Teamsystem Bologna
Final Four MVP	United States Tyus Edney
Statistical leaders
Points Turkey İbrahim Kutluay 21.4 Rebounds Croatia Žan Tabak 10.0 Assists United States Tyus Edney 6.1
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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]

• 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.

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

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
Greece Panathinaikos (1st)	Spain TDK Manresa (1st)	Russia CSKA Moscow (1st)	Croatia Cibona (1st)
Greece PAOK (2nd)	Spain Tau Cerámica (2nd)	Russia Avtodor Saratov (2nd)	Croatia Zadar (WC)
Greece Olympiacos (3rd)	Spain Real Madrid Teka (3rd)	Russia Samara (WC)	Germany Alba Berlin (1st)
Italy Kinder Bologna (1st)	Turkey Ülker (1st)	France Pau-Orthez (1st)	Lithuania Žalgiris (1st)
Italy Teamsystem Bologna (2nd)	Turkey Efes Pilsen (2nd)	France ASVEL (3rd)	Slovenia Union Olimpija (1st)
Italy Varese Roosters (3rd)	Turkey Fenerbahçe (3rd)	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda (1st)	Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)

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

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

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

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

(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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	ŽAL	FEN	CIB	PAU	TDK	CZV
1	Lithuania Žalgiris	16	12	4	1259	1184	+75	28	Advance to Play Offs	—	64–74	75–66	91–65
2	Turkey Fenerbahçe	16	9	7	1209	1188	+21	25		—	66–61	76–66	78–61
3	Croatia Cibona	16	8	8	1114	1137	−23	24		71–79	85–84	—	66–56
4	France Pau-Orthez	16	8	8	1173	1132	+41	24		76–79	—	66–69	70–61
5	Spain TDK Manresa	16	5	11	1047	1141	−94	21	78–80	71–62	51–69	—
6	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda	16	4	12	1122	1185	−63	20	77–69	88–66	75–85	—

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

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

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

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.

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

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

April 20, Olympiahalle, Munich

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

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos Greece	74–63	Italy Teamsystem Bologna

April 22, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Žalgiris Lithuania	82–74	Italy Kinder Bologna

1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Lithuania Žalgiris 1st Title

Team
	Lithuania Žalgiris
	Italy Kinder Bologna
	Greece Olympiacos
Italy Teamsystem Bologna

All official awards of the 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague.

• United States Tyus Edney (Lithuania Žalgiris)

First Team[3]
United States Tyus Edney (MVP )	Lithuania Žalgiris
United States Anthony Bowie	Lithuania Žalgiris
Lithuania Saulius Štombergas	Lithuania Žalgiris
Slovenia Rašho Nesterović	Italy Kinder Bologna
Lithuania Eurelijus Žukauskas	Lithuania Žalgiris

• Turkey İbrahim Kutluay (Turkey Fenerbahçe)

• France Antoine Rigaudeau (Italy Virtus Bologna)

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

Source: FIBAEurope

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

Source: FIBAEurope

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

Source: FIBAEurope

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	United States Gerald Lewis	Croatia Zadar	15	2.5
Turnovers	United States Frankie King	Greece PAOK	15	3.5
Minutes	North Macedonia Petar Naumoski	Turkey Efes Pilsen	19	39.1
FT %	Lithuania Artūras Karnišovas	Italy Teamsystem Bologna	20	89.6%
2-Point %	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milenko Topić	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda	16	64.1%
3-Point %	Russia Valeriy Dayneko	Russia CSKA Moscow	18	57.9%

Category	Player	Team	Statistic	Opponent
Points	Turkey İbrahim Kutluay	Turkey Fenerbahçe	41	Croatia Cibona (Feb 10, 1999)
Rebounds	Turkey Hüseyin Beşok	Turkey Efes Pilsen	21	Italy Varese Roosters (Jan 7, 1999)
	Croatia Nikola Prkačin	Croatia Cibona		France Pau-Orthez (Jan 7, 1999)
Assists	United States Elmer Bennett	Spain Tau Cerámica	17	Lithuania Žalgiris (Dec 10, 1998)
Steals	Lithuania Saulius Štombergas	Lithuania Žalgiris	9	Croatia Cibona (Feb 18, 1999)

Category	Team	Average
Points	Lithuania Žalgiris	79.5
Rebounds	Russia Avtodor Saratov	32.3
Assists	Lithuania Žalgiris	17.1
Steals	Croatia Zadar	12.4
Turnovers	Russia Samara	17.6
FT %	Russia Samara	76.1%
2-Point %	Greece Panathinaikos	57.4%
3-Point %	Lithuania Žalgiris	43.4%

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