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1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
Sports season
Sports season
| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prevseason | [1996–97](1996-97-fiba-euroleague) | |||
| nextseason | [1998–99](1998-99-fiba-euroleague) | |||
| title | 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague | |||
| image | Palau_Sant_Jordi_Barcelona_Catalonia.jpg | |||
| pixels | 300 | |||
| caption | The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the final Four | |||
| season | 1997–98 | |||
| champions | ITA Kinder Bologna (1st title) | |||
| runners_up | GRE AEK | |||
| third_place | ITA Benetton Treviso | |||
| fourth_place | FRY Partizan Zepter | |||
| teams | 24 | |||
| dates | September 18, 1997 – April 23, 1998 | |||
| MVP | MVP_link = Euroleague MVP | MVP_n = | ||
| finals_MVP | finals_MVP_link = | finals_MVP_n = | ||
| playoffs_MVP | playoffs_MVP_link = | playoffs_MVP_n = | ||
| final_four_MVP | Zoran Savić | final_four_MVP_link =Euroleague Final Four MVP | final_four_MVP_n = FRY | |
| grand_final_MVP | grand_final_MVP_link = | grand_final_MVP_n = | ||
| award4 | award4_winner = | award4_link = | award4_n = | |
| award5 | award5_winner = | award5_link = | award5_n = | |
| award6 | award6_winner = | award6_link = | award6_n = | |
| award7 | award7_winner = | award7_link = | award7_n = | |
| award8 | award8_winner = | award8_link = | award8_n = | |
| award9 | award9_winner = | award9_link = | award9_n = | |
| PIR_leader | pir = | pir_n = | ||
| top_scorer | Peja Stojaković | ppg =20.9 | ppg_n = FRY | |
| rebounds_leader | Dejan Tomašević | rpg = 9.6 | rpg_n = FRY | |
| assists_leader | Willie Anderson | 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.
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.
| Rank | Country | Points | Teams | Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 279.667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 275.000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 190.833 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 117.500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 96.667 | 2 | +1, Ulker got wild card | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 70.542 | Lost one berth | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55.389 | Lost one berth | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50.833 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 43.048 | 1 | +1, Hapoel Jerusalem got wild card | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 38.833 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23.071 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22.500 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21.206 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19.416 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.762 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7.139 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.555 |
|
| Rank | Country | Points | Teams | Notes | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macedonia | 6.111 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.445 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.333 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.333 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.722 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.083 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.694 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.389 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.861 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.444 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.361 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.111 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.056 |
|} ;Note
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 |
|---|
| ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) |
| ESP Real Madrid Teka (2nd) |
| ESP Estudiantes (3rd) |
| GRE Olympiacos (1st) |
| GRE AEK (2nd) |
| GRE PAOK (3rd) |
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
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:
- 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
Group F
Group G
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.
| RD1-seed1 = E1 | RD1-team1 = GRE Olympiacos | RD1-score1-1 = 74 | RD1-score1-2 = 60 | RD1-score1-3 = | RD1-seed2 = H4 | RD1-team2 = FRY Partizan Zepter | RD1-score2-1 = 78 | RD1-score2-2 = 72 | RD1-score2-3 =
| RD1-seed3 = F2 | RD1-team3 = RUS CSKA Moscow | RD1-score3-1 = 81 | RD1-score3-2 = 63 | RD1-score3-3 = 88 | RD1-seed4 = G3 | RD1-team4 = FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | RD1-score4-1 = 79 | RD1-score4-2 = 75 | RD1-score4-3 = 76
| RD1-seed5 = G1 | RD1-team5 = ITA Kinder Bologna | RD1-score5-1 = 86 | RD1-score5-2 = 67 | RD1-score5-3 = | RD1-seed6 = F4 | RD1-team6 = ESP Estudiantes | RD1-score6-1 = 62 | RD1-score6-2 = 62 | RD1-score6-3 =
| RD1-seed7 = H2 | RD1-team7 = ITA Teamsystem Bologna | RD1-score7-1 = 96 | RD1-score7-2 = 72 | RD1-score7-3 = 68 | RD1-seed8 = E3 | RD1-team8 = ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | RD1-score8-1 = 93 | RD1-score8-2 = 88 | RD1-score8-3 = 65
| RD1-seed9 = F1 | RD1-team9 = ITA Benetton Treviso | RD1-score9-1 = 81 | RD1-score9-2 = 70 | RD1-score9-3 = | RD1-seed10 = G4 | RD1-team10 = SLO Union Olimpija | RD1-score10-1 = 79 | RD1-score10-2 = 61 | RD1-score10-3 =
| RD1-seed11 = E2 | RD1-team11 = TUR Efes Pilsen | RD1-score11-1 = 75 | RD1-score11-2 = 102 | RD1-score11-3 = | RD1-seed12 = H3 | RD1-team12 = CRO Cibona | RD1-score12-1 = 59 | RD1-score12-2 = 98 | RD1-score12-3 =
| RD1-seed13 = H1 | RD1-team13 = GRE AEK | RD1-score13-1 = 76 | RD1-score13-2 = 62 | RD1-score13-3 = | RD1-seed14 = E4 | RD1-team14 = CRO Split | RD1-score14-1 = 46 | RD1-score14-2 = 54 | RD1-score14-3 =
| RD1-seed15 = G2 | RD1-team15 = GER Alba Berlin | RD1-score15-1 = 77 | RD1-score15-2 = 60 | RD1-score15-3 = 104 | RD1-seed16 = F3 | RD1-team16 = GRE PAOK | RD1-score16-1 = 75 | RD1-score16-2 = 81 | RD1-score16-3 = 71
| RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 = FRY Partizan Zepter | RD2-score1-1 = 87 | RD2-score1-2 = 52 | RD2-score1-3 = 89 | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 = RUS CSKA Moscow | RD2-score2-1 = 72 | RD2-score2-2 = 77 | RD2-score2-3 = 77
| RD2-seed3 = | RD2-team3 = ITA Kinder Bologna | RD2-score3-1 = 64 | RD2-score3-2 = 58 | RD2-score3-3 = | RD2-seed4 = | RD2-team4 = ITA Teamsystem Bologna | RD2-score4-1 = 52 | RD2-score4-2 = 56 | RD2-score4-3 =
| RD2-seed5 = | RD2-team5 = ITA Benetton Treviso | RD2-score5-1 = 67 | RD2-score5-2 = 58 | RD2-score5-3 = 76 | RD2-seed6 = | RD2-team6 = TUR Efes Pilsen | RD2-score6-1 = 57 | RD2-score6-2 = 59 | RD2-score6-3 = 68
| RD2-seed7 = | RD2-team7 = GRE AEK | RD2-score7-1 = 88 | RD2-score7-2 = 82 | RD2-score7-3 = | RD2-seed8 = | RD2-team8 = GER Alba Berlin | RD2-score8-1 = 68 | RD2-score8-2 = 58 | RD2-score8-3 =
| RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 = FRY Partizan Zepter | RD3-score1-1 = 61 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 = ITA Kinder Bologna | RD3-score2-1 = 83
| RD3-seed3 = | RD3-team3 = ITA Benetton Treviso | RD3-score3-1 = 66 | RD3-seed4 = | RD3-team4 = GRE AEK | RD3-score4-1 = 69
| RD4-seed1 = | RD4-team1 = ITA Kinder Bologna | RD4-score1-1 = 58 | RD4-seed2 = | RD4-team2 = GRE AEK | RD4-score2-1 = 44
| 3rd-seed1 = | 3rd-team1 = FRY Partizan Zepter | 3rd-score1-1 = 89 | 3rd-seed2 = | 3rd-team2 = ITA Benetton Treviso | 3rd-score2-1 = 96
Eight-Finals
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Quarter-Finals
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Final four
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 |}
| 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions |
|---|
| ITA |
| **Kinder Bologna** |
| **1st Title** |
Final standings
| Team | |
|---|---|
| [[File:Coppa_del_Campionato_di_Pallacanestro.png | 15px]] |
| [[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg | 15px]] |
| [[File:Bronze_medal_europe.svg | 15px]] |
Awards
All official awards of the 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague.
[[FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP]]
- FRY Zoran Savić (ITA Kinder Bologna)
[[FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team]]
| First Team |
|---|
| FRA Antoine Rigaudeau |
| FRY Sasha Danilović |
| USA Henry Williams |
| FRY Dejan Tomašević |
| FRY Zoran Savić (**MVP**) |
[[FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer]]
- FRY Peja Stojaković (GRE PAOK)
[[FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer]]
- FRA Antoine Rigaudeau (ITA Kinder Bologna)
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FRY **Peja Stojaković** | GRE PAOK | 16 | 335 | 20.9 |
| 2. | TUR Harun Erdenay | TUR Ülker | 16 | 321 | 20.1 |
| 3. | ISR Oded Kattash | ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 19 | 372 | 19.6 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FRY **Dejan Tomašević** | FRY Partizan Zepter | 23 | 221 | 9.6 |
| 2. | TUR Mirsad Türkcan | TUR Efes Pilsen | 21 | 194 | 9.2 |
| 3. | USA Conrad McRae | GRE PAOK | 19 | 167 | 8.8 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | USA **Willie Anderson** | GRE AEK | 12 | 53 | 4.4 |
| 2. | MKD Petar Naumoski | TUR Efes Pilsen | 17 | 71 | 4.2 |
| 3. | FRY Aleksandar Đorđević | ESP FC Barcelona B.Catalana | 18 | 74 | 4.1 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
| Category | Player | Team | Games | Average | Steals | Turnovers | Minutes | FT % | 2-Point % | 3-Point % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA David Rivers | ITA Teamsystem Bologna | 21 | 2.9 | |||||||
| USA Michael Anderson | TUR Ülker | 16 | 3.1 | |||||||
| MKD Petar Naumoski | TUR Efes Pilsen | 17 | 39.9 | |||||||
| RUS Valeriy Dayneko | RUS CSKA Moscow | 22 | 87.8% | |||||||
| FRY Radisav Ćurčić | ISR Hapoel Jerusalem | 16 | 63.6% | |||||||
| ESP Roger Esteller | ESP FC Barcelona B.Catalana | 19 | 52.1% |
Individual game highs
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRY Aleksandar Đorđević | ESP FC Barcelona B.Catalana | 39 | FRY Partizan Zepter (Nov 12, 1997) | |||||
| USA Kevin Rankin | TUR Ülker | 19 | GRE AEK (Jan 14, 1998) | |||||
| GER Henrik Rödl | GER Alba Berlin | 12 | ITA Teamsystem Bologna (Nov 6, 1997) | |||||
| FRY Aleksandar Đorđević | ESP FC Barcelona B.Catalana | TUR Ülker (Dec 11, 1997) | ||||||
| USA Marcus Webb | RUS CSKA Moscow | 11 | GRE PAOK (Jan 8, 1998) |
Team statistics
| Category | Team | Average | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Turnovers | FT % | 2-Point % | 3-Point % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP FC Barcelona B.Catalana | 79.1 | |||||||||
| ESP Estudiantes | 30.8 | |||||||||
| GER Alba Berlin | 14.3 | |||||||||
| RUS CSKA Moscow | 11.7 | |||||||||
| POR FC Porto | 15.8 | |||||||||
| ISR Hapoel Jerusalem | 75.1% | |||||||||
| ESP Real Madrid Teka | 57.9% | |||||||||
| ITA Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||
| GRE Olympiacos | 40.7% |
References
References
- "Linguasport – SuproLeague / Champions Cup (C1) (B)".
- (February 2025). "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)".
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