Sports season
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 | |
- Note
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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
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:
- 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
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
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
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
Awards
All official awards of the 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague.
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
Individual game highs
Team statistics
See also
References
- ^ "Linguasport – SuproLeague / Champions Cup (C1) (B)".
- ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ Champions Cup 1997–98.
External links
- 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
- 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
- Eurobasket.com 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
- 97-98 awards
Kinder Bologna 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague champions
- Head coach: Messina
- Assistant coach: Consolini
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