Sports season
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
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
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
—
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
—
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
—
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
—
Qualification round [ edit ]
(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:
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
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
—
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
—
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
—
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.
April 20, Olympiahalle , Munich
April 22, Olympiahalle , Munich
April 22, Olympiahalle , Munich
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