1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague explained

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1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
Pixels:300
Season:1997–98
Champions: Kinder Bologna (1st title)
Runners Up: AEK
Third Place: Benetton Treviso
Fourth Place: Partizan Zepter
Teams:24
Dates:September 18, 1997 – April 23, 1998
Mvp Link:Euroleague MVP
Final Four Mvp Link:Euroleague Final Four MVP
Final Four Mvp N:FRY
Ppg:20.9
Ppg N:FRY
Rpg:9.6
Rpg N:FRY
Apg:4.4
Apg N:USA

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

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
RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes
1279.667align=center rowspan=43
2275.000
3190.833
4117.500
596.667align=center rowspan=42+1, Ulker got wild card
670.542Lost one berth
755.389Lost one berth
850.833
943.048align=center rowspan=41+1, Hapoel Jerusalem got wild card
1038.833
1125.000
1223.071
1322.500align=center rowspan=260
1421.206
1519.416
1615.762
179.667
187.139
196.555
RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes
206.111align=center rowspan=190
215.445
225.333
234.333
244.167
253.722
263.083
272.694
282.389
291.861
301.778
311.500
321.500
331.500
341.444
351.361
360.167
370.111
380.056
Note

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

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 D

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 H

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

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Quarter-Finals

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Final four

See main article: 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four.

Semifinals

April 21, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona|}

3rd place game

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona|}

Final

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona|}

Final standings

width=25width=220Team
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

class="wikitable"
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

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Rankwidth=200Namewidth=210TeamGameswidth=85Pointswidth=50PPG
1. Peja Stojaković PAOK1633520.9
2. Harun Erdenay1632120.1
3. Oded Kattash1937219.6
Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=210TeamGameswidth=85Reboundswidth=50RPG
1. Dejan Tomašević Partizan Zepter232219.6
2. Efes Pilsen211949.2
3. PAOK191678.8
Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=210TeamGameswidth=85Assistswidth=50APG
1. Willie Anderson AEK12534.4
2. Petar Naumoski17714.2
3. Aleksandar Đorđević18744.1
Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

Categorywidth=190Playerwidth=230Teamwidth=55Gameswidth=80Average
Steals21 2.9
Turnovers16 3.1
Minutes Petar Naumoski17 39.9
FT %22 87.8%
2-Point %16 63.6%
3-Point %19 52.1%

Individual game highs

width=85Categorywidth=190Playerwidth=230Teamwidth=50StatisticOpponent
Points 39 Partizan Zepter (Nov 12, 1997)
Rebounds19 AEK (Jan 14, 1998)
Assists 12 Teamsystem Bologna (Nov 6, 1997)
Ülker (Dec 11, 1997)
Steals11 PAOK (Jan 8, 1998)

Team statistics

Categorywidth=230Teamwidth=70Average
Points79.1
Rebounds30.8
Assists14.3
Steals11.7
Turnovers15.8
FT % 75.1%
2-Point % 57.9%
3-Point % 40.7%

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linguasport – SuproLeague / Champions Cup (C1) (B) .
  2. Web site: Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B). www.linguasport.com. 2020-05-31.
  3. http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_98.htm Champions Cup 1997–98.