1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague

1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague
League	FIBA EuroLeague
Sport	Basketball
Duration	24-09-1998 to 22-04-1999
Regular Season
Top scorer	İbrahim Kutluay (Fenerbahçe)
Final Four
Champions	Žalgiris
Runners-up	Kinder Bologna
Final Four MVP	Tyus Edney (Žalgiris)

The 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague began on September 23, 1998 and ended on April 22, 1999. The Final four was held at Olympiahalle, Munich with Žalgiris defeating Kinder Bologna at the final in front of 9,000 spectators.^[1]

First stage

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Žalgiris	10	8	2	801	753	+48
2.	Fenerbahçe	10	6	4	777	756	+21
3.	Pau-Orthez	10	5	5	751	731	+20
4.	Tau Cerámica	10	5	5	778	777	+1
5.	Varése Roosters	10	4	6	802	811	-9
6.	Avtodor Saratov	10	2	8	732	813	-81

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	10	10	0	750	628	+122
2.	Efes Pilsen	10	7	3	710	702	+8
3.	Maccabi Elite	10	4	6	690	688	+2
4.	Cibona	10	4	6	678	712	-34
5.	TDK Manresa	10	3	7	646	713	-67
6.	Crvena Zvezda	10	2	8	695	726	-31

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Olympiacos	10	8	2	746	677	+69
2.	Kinder Bologna	10	7	3	676	587	+89
3.	CSKA Moscow	10	5	5	752	739	+13
4.	Ülker	10	4	6	675	726	-51
5.	Zadar	10	3	7	660	717	-57
6.	Alba Berlin	10	3	7	725	788	-62

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Union Olimpija	10	7	3	702	649	+53
2.	ASVEL	10	7	3	729	700	+29
3.	Real Madrid	10	6	4	795	742	+53
4.	Teamsystem Bologna	10	5	5	676	639	+37
5.	PAOK	10	4	6	722	738	-16
6.	CSK VVS Samara	10	1	9	685	841	-156

Second stage

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

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

Key to colors
	Top four places in each group advance to Playoff

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Žalgiris	16	12	4	1259	1184	+105
2.	Fenerbahçe	16	9	7	1209	1188	+21
3.	Cibona	16	8	8	1114	1137	-23
4.	Pau-Orthez	16	8	8	1173	1132	+41
5.	TDK Manresa	16	5	11	1047	1141	-94
6.	Crvena Zvezda	16	4	12	1122	1185	-63

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	16	15	1	1211	1048	+163
2.	Efes Pilsen	16	11	5	1166	1148	+18
3.	Maccabi Elite	16	7	9	1225	1161	+64
4.	Varése Roosters	16	7	9	1253	1277	-24
5.	Tau Cerámica	16	7	9	1208	1252	-44
6.	Avtodor Saratov	16	3	13	1190	1324	-134

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Olympiacos	16	11	5	1160	1086	+74
2.	Kinder Bologna	16	10	6	1099	974	+125
3.	CSKA Moscow	16	10	6	1206	1155	+51
4.	Teamsystem Bologna	16	9	7	1100	1039	+61
5.	PAOK	16	7	9	1128	1144	-16
6.	CSK VVS Samara	16	1	15	1067	1326	-259

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Union Olimpija	16	13	3	1142	1014	+128
2.	ASVEL	16	9	7	1143	1138	+5
3.	Real Madrid	16	9	7	1247	1197	+50
4.	Ülker	16	7	9	1110	1168	-58
5.	Alba Berlin	16	6	10	1144	1220	-76
6.	Zadar	16	4	12	1064	1149	-85

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	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	Varése Roosters	78–66	83–77
Fenerbahçe	0–2	Real Madrid	81–89	74–85
Panathinaikos	0–2	Teamsystem Bologna	58–63	64–88
Kinder Bologna	2–0	Maccabi Elite	78–57	70–55
Union Olimpija	1–2	Pau-Orthez	72–63	57–74	57–64

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	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	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

Semi finals

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

Final Four 1999 MVP

Tyus Edney (Žalgiris)

References

↑ Euroleague 1998-99

Žalgiris 1998–99 EuroLeague champions

4 Edney (Final Four MVP) 5 M. Žukauskas 7 Štombergas 8 Zidek 9 E. Žukauskas 10 Adomaitis 12 Masiulis 13 Maskoliūnas 14 Bowie 15 Šeštokas Coach Kazlauskas

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