1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague

1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the final Four
Season1997–98
DatesSeptember 18, 1997 – April 23, 1998
Teams24
Finals
Champions Kinder Bologna (1st title)
Runners-up AEK
Third place Benetton Treviso
Fourth place Partizan Zepter
Final Four MVP Zoran Savić
Statistical leaders
Points Peja Stojaković 20.9
Rebounds Dejan Tomašević 9.6
Assists Willie Anderson 4.4

The 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague was the 41st installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 18, 1997, and ended on April 23, 1998. The competition's Final Four was held at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, with Kinder Bologna defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 11,900 spectators.[1]

Benetton Treviso finished in the third position, while Partizan finished fourth.

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 1997–1998 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 1994–95 to 1996–97.[2]

Country ranking for 1997–1998 FIBA EuroLeague
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
1  Spain 279.667 3
2  Greece 275.000
3  Italy 190.833
4  France 117.500
5  Turkey 96.667 2 +1, Ulker got wild card
6  Russia 70.542 Lost one berth [Note FIBA]
7  Germany 55.389 Lost one berth [Note FIBA]
8  Croatia 50.833
9  Israel 43.048 1 +1, Hapoel Jerusalem got wild card
10  Slovenia 38.833
11  Yugoslavia 25.000
12  Portugal 23.071
13  Belgium 22.500 0
14  Poland 21.206
15  Lithuania 19.416
16  Ukraine 15.762
17  Hungary 9.667
18  Czech Republic 7.139
19  Slovakia 6.555
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
20 Macedonia 6.111 0
21  Austria 5.445
22  Sweden 5.333
23  Cyprus 4.333
24  England 4.167
25  Latvia 3.722
26  Switzerland 3.083
27  Bulgaria 2.694
28  Romania 2.389
29  Finland 1.861
30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.778
31  Estonia 1.500
32  Netherlands 1.500
33  Georgia 1.500
34  Luxembourg 1.444
35  Albania 1.361
36  Denmark 0.167
37  Moldova 0.111
38  Belarus 0.056
Note
  1. ^
    FIBA: In Euroleague, teams finishing 6th in the Second Stage of 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague (groups E-H) lose a berth for their country in next season. These berths are gained by those countries whose teams reach the Semifinal Round in the 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup. As a general rule, a federation cannot have more than 3 teams in Euroleague. Should a semi-finalist in EuroCup provide one more berth for its country, in case it already has 3 berths assigned in Euroleague, this berth will be transferred to the next federation in FIBA Ranking which has 2 teams (as long as one of its teams reached the 1/4 Final Round in EuroCup during the same season)..

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
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) Benetton Treviso (1st) Efes Pilsen (1st) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
Real Madrid Teka (2nd) Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) Türk Telekom PTT (2nd) Hapoel Jerusalem (WC)
Estudiantes (3rd) Kinder Bologna (3rd) Ülker (WC) Alba Berlin (1st)
Olympiacos (1st) PSG Racing (1st) Cibona (1st) Union Olimpija (1st)
AEK (2nd) Pau-Orthez (3rd) Split (2nd) Partizan Zepter (1st)
PAOK (3rd) Limoges CSP (4th) CSKA Moscow (1st) FC Porto (1st)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY EFE MAC CSK RMA LIM
1 Olympiacos 10 7 3 722 702 +20 17 Advance to Group E — 61–60 71–76 86–74 82–75 69–57
2 Efes Pilsen 10 6 4 718 674 +44 16 67–70 — 81–69 71–63 78–81 65–64
3 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 5 5 747 739 +8 15 73–87 61–70 — 87–69 87–82 78–62
4 CSKA Moscow 10 5 5 763 756 +7 15 Advance to Group F 77–58 77–73 71–63 — 90–77 83–70
5 Real Madrid Teka 10 4 6 787 793 −6 14 77–78 66–76 68–76 101–93 — 75–62
6 Limoges CSP 10 3 7 662 735 −73 13 66–60 62–77 78–77 70–66 71–85 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN EST PAO TTA SPL POR
1 Benetton Treviso 10 9 1 782 664 +118 19 Advance to Group F — 98–58 65–57 71–66 85–70 76–67
2 Estudiantes 10 6 4 753 747 +6 16 58–73 — 78–60 71–73 77–73 86–63
3 PAOK 10 6 4 729 672 +57 16 65–62 72–76 — 72–63 89–60 84–50
4 Türk Telekom PTT 10 5 5 711 716 −5 15 Advance to Group E 67–84 80–88 73–66 — 78–69 79–62
5 Split 10 4 6 747 768 −21 14 72–77 86–69 74–76 72–56 — 88–82
6 FC Porto 10 0 10 688 843 −155 10 84–91 69–92 71–88 61–76 79–83 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KIN FCB PAU PAR ÜLK HAP
1 Kinder Bologna 10 9 1 773 655 +118 19 Advance to Group G — 83–70 72–79 77–72 94–64 73–51
2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 10 7 3 828 793 +35 17 71–84 — 85–62 87–71 89–80 68–65
3 Pau-Orthez 10 5 5 739 750 −11 15 65–67 94–95 — 77–76 73–65
4 Partizan Zepter 10 4 6 793 807 −14 14 Advance to Group H 49–74 106–110 86–72 — 95–86 79–59
5 Ülker 10 3 7 734 769 −35 13 66–68 67–65 67–64 80–81 — 74–56
6 Hapoel Jerusalem 10 2 8 680 773 −93 12 68–81 81–88 67–79 88–84 80–74 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK TEA CIB ALB UOL PSG
1 AEK 10 6 4 683 653 +30 16 Advance to Group H — 80–57 70–55 79–80 74–65 57–52
2 Teamsystem Bologna 10 6 4 753 788 −35 16 70–67 — 77–75 80–73 77–61 93–77
3 Cibona 10 5 5 741 732 +9 15 67–63 87–92 — 98–84 78–75 61–73
4 Alba Berlin 10 5 5 752 754 −2 15 Advance to Group G 60–67 95–79 74–73 — 82–74 79–71
5 Union Olimpija 10 4 6 701 716 −15 14 71–74 89–68 59–76 78–72 — 59–76
6 PSG Racing 10 4 6 668 655 +13 14 76–52 84–60 65–71 55–53 66–69 —
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 OLY EFE MAC SPL TTA POR
1 Olympiacos 16 12 4 1176 1098 +78 28 Advance to Play Offs — 90–79 64–60 73–54
2 Efes Pilsen 16 12 4 1232 1106 +126 28 — 86–75 74–68 80–71
3 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 11 5 1236 1152 +84 27 — 78–69 87–76 88–69
4 Split 16 5 11 1185 1243 −58 21 60–53 82–93 73–75 —
5 Türk Telekom PTT 16 5 11 1131 1185 −54 21 80–82 69–83 67–79 —
6 FC Porto 16 0 16 1071 1356 −285 16 63–92 67–98 59–82 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN CSK PAO EST RMA LIM
1 Benetton Treviso 16 12 4 1213 1100 +113 28 Advance to Play Offs — 83–77 65–56 96–70
2 CSKA Moscow 16 9 7 1217 1159 +58 25 82–65 — 78–48 74–68
3 PAOK 16 9 7 1119 1083 +36 25 61–58 — 63–59 85–76
4 Estudiantes 16 8 8 1171 1191 −20 24 78–85 — 68–65 68–62
5 Real Madrid Teka 16 7 9 1187 1165 +22 23 82–54 63–58 75–64 —
6 Limoges CSP 16 6 10 1099 1199 −100 22 69–68 77–75 83–72 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KIN ALB FCB UOL PSG PAU
1 Kinder Bologna 16 11 5 1234 1175 +59 27 Advance to Play Offs — 81–66 72–62 69–52
2 Alba Berlin 16 10 6 1193 1167 +26 26 85–69 — 81–78 66–55
3 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 16 9 7 1236 1131 +105 25 77–78 — 84–65 78–77
4 Union Olimpija 16 9 7 1209 1173 +36 25 76–60 92–60 — 71–68
5 PSG Racing 16 8 8 1177 1175 +2 24 62–72 69–68 — 70–51
6 Pau-Orthez 16 1 15 1123 1297 −174 17 94–75 76–77 61–64 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK TEA CIB PAR ÜLK HAP
1 AEK 16 11 5 1123 1055 +68 27 Advance to Play Offs — 68–76 81–73 65–51
2 Teamsystem Bologna 16 10 6 1206 1232 −26 26 — 85–82 80–74 79–60
3 Cibona 16 10 6 1245 1204 +41 26 — 84–66 91–86 81–79
4 Partizan Zepter 16 6 10 1234 1261 −27 22 71–73 76–66 70–78 —
5 Ülker 16 5 11 1201 1242 −41 21 63–70 83–69 88–82 —
6 Hapoel Jerusalem 16 2 14 1090 1243 −153 18 68–83 69–74 83–88 —
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 Olympiacos 74 60 0
H4 Partizan Zepter 78 72 2
Partizan Zepter 87 52 89 2
CSKA Moscow 72 77 77 1
F2 CSKA Moscow 81 63 88 2
G3 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 79 75 76 1
Partizan Zepter 61
Kinder Bologna 83
G1 Kinder Bologna 86 67 2
F4 Estudiantes 62 62 0
Kinder Bologna 64 58 2
Teamsystem Bologna 52 56 0
H2 Teamsystem Bologna 96 72 68 2
E3 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 93 88 65 1
Kinder Bologna 58
AEK 44
F1 Benetton Treviso 81 70 2
G4 Union Olimpija 79 61 0
Benetton Treviso 67 58 76 2
Efes Pilsen 57 59 68 1
E2 Efes Pilsen 75 102 2
H3 Cibona 59 98 0
Benetton Treviso 66
AEK 69
H1 AEK 76 62 2 Third Place
E4 Split 46 54 0
AEK 88 82 2 Partizan Zepter 89
Alba Berlin 68 58 0 Benetton Treviso 96
G2 Alba Berlin 77 60 104 2
F3 PAOK 75 81 71 1

Eight-Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
CSKA Moscow 2–1 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 81–79 63–75 88–76
Olympiacos 0–2 Partizan Zepter 74–78 60–72
Teamsystem Bologna 2–1 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 96–93 72–88 68–65
Kinder Bologna 2–0 Estudiantes 86–62 67–62
Efes Pilsen 2–0 Cibona 75–59 102–98
Benetton Treviso 2–0 Union Olimpija 81–79 70–61
Alba Berlin 2–1 PAOK 77–75(o) 60–81 104–71
AEK 2–0 Split 76–46 62–54

Quarter-Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Partizan Zepter 2–1 CSKA Moscow 87–72 52–77 89–77
Kinder Bologna 2–0 Teamsystem Bologna 64–52 58–56
Benetton Treviso 2–1 Efes Pilsen 67–57 58–59 76–68
AEK 2–0 Alba Berlin 88–68 82–58

Final four

Main article: 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Semifinals

April 21, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Partizan Zepter 61–83 Kinder Bologna
Benetton Treviso 66–69 AEK

3rd place game

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Partizan Zepter 89–96 Benetton Treviso

Final

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kinder Bologna 58–44 AEK
1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions

Kinder Bologna
1st Title

Final standings

Team
Kinder Bologna
AEK
Benetton Treviso
Partizan Zepter

Awards

All official awards of the 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

First Team<[3]
Antoine Rigaudeau Kinder Bologna
Sasha Danilović Kinder Bologna
Henry Williams Benetton Treviso
Dejan Tomašević Partizan Zepter
Zoran Savić (MVP) Kinder Bologna

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Peja Stojaković PAOK 16 335 20.9
2. Harun Erdenay Ülker 16 321 20.1
3. Oded Kattash Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 19 372 19.6

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Dejan Tomašević Partizan Zepter 23 221 9.6
2. Mirsad Türkcan Efes Pilsen 21 194 9.2
3. Conrad McRae PAOK 19 167 8.8

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Willie Anderson AEK 12 53 4.4
2. Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 17 71 4.2
3. Aleksandar Đorđević FC Barcelona B.Catalana 18 74 4.1

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals David Rivers Teamsystem Bologna 21 2.9
Turnovers Michael Anderson Ülker 16 3.1
Minutes Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 17 39.9
FT % Valeriy Dayneko CSKA Moscow 22 87.8%
2-Point % Radisav Ćurčić Hapoel Jerusalem 16 63.6%
3-Point % Roger Esteller FC Barcelona B.Catalana 19 52.1%

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points Aleksandar Đorđević FC Barcelona B.Catalana 39 Partizan Zepter (Nov 12, 1997)
Rebounds Kevin Rankin Ülker 19 AEK (Jan 14, 1998)
Assists Henrik Rödl Alba Berlin 12 Teamsystem Bologna (Nov 6, 1997)
Aleksandar Đorđević FC Barcelona B.Catalana Ülker (Dec 11, 1997)
Steals Marcus Webb CSKA Moscow 11 PAOK (Jan 8, 1998)

Team statistics

Category Team Average
Points FC Barcelona B.Catalana 79.1
Rebounds Estudiantes 30.8
Assists Alba Berlin 14.3
Steals CSKA Moscow 11.7
Turnovers FC Porto 15.8
FT % Hapoel Jerusalem 75.1%
2-Point % Real Madrid Teka 57.9%
Benetton Treviso
3-Point % Olympiacos 40.7%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Linguasport – SuproLeague / Champions Cup (C1) (B)". Archived from the original on 2022-03-17.
  2. ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. ^ Champions Cup 1997–98.
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