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 rankingedit
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]
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 allocationedit
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
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.
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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 1997 98 FIBA EuroLeagueThe Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the final FourSeason1997 98DatesSeptember 18 1997 April 23 1998Number of teams24FinalsChampionsKinder Bologna 1st title Runners upAEKThird placeBenetton TrevisoFourth placePartizan ZepterFinal Four MVPZoran SavicStatistical leadersPointsPeja Stojakovic20 9ReboundsDejan Tomasevic9 6AssistsWillie Anderson4 4 1996 971998 99 Benetton Treviso finished in the third position while Partizan finished fourth Contents 1 Competition system 2 Country ranking 3 Team allocation 4 Preliminary round 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 4 3 Group C 4 4 Group D 5 Qualification round 5 1 Group E 5 2 Group F 5 3 Group G 5 4 Group H 6 Playoffs 6 1 Bracket 6 2 Eight Finals 6 3 Quarter Finals 7 Final four 7 1 Semifinals 7 2 3rd place game 7 3 Final 7 4 Final standings 8 Awards 8 1 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP 8 2 FIBA EuroLeague All Final Four Team 8 3 FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer 8 4 FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer 9 Statistics 9 1 Individual statistics 9 1 1 Points 9 1 2 Rebounds 9 1 3 Assists 9 1 4 Other statistics 9 2 Individual game highs 9 3 Team statistics 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksCompetition system edit24 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 editFor 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 Notes1 nbsp Spain 279 667 32 nbsp Greece 275 0003 nbsp Italy 190 8334 nbsp France 117 5005 nbsp Turkey 96 667 2 1 Ulker got wild card6 nbsp Russia 70 542 Lost one berth Note FIBA 7 nbsp Germany 55 389 Lost one berth Note FIBA 8 nbsp Croatia 50 8339 nbsp Israel 43 048 1 1 Hapoel Jerusalem got wild card10 nbsp Slovenia 38 83311 nbsp Yugoslavia 25 00012 nbsp Portugal 23 07113 nbsp Belgium 22 500 014 nbsp Poland 21 20615 nbsp Lithuania 19 41616 nbsp Ukraine 15 76217 nbsp Hungary 9 66718 nbsp Czech Republic 7 13919 nbsp Slovakia 6 555 Rank Country Points Teams Notes20 nbsp Macedonia 6 111 021 nbsp Austria 5 44522 nbsp Sweden 5 33323 nbsp Cyprus 4 33324 nbsp England 4 16725 nbsp Latvia 3 72226 nbsp Switzerland 3 08327 nbsp Bulgaria 2 69428 nbsp Romania 2 38929 nbsp Finland 1 86130 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 77831 nbsp Estonia 1 50032 nbsp Netherlands 1 50033 nbsp Georgia 1 50034 nbsp Luxembourg 1 44435 nbsp Albania 1 36136 nbsp Denmark 0 16737 nbsp Moldova 0 11138 nbsp Belarus 0 056Note 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 editThe 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 cardRegular season nbsp FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1st nbsp Benetton Treviso 1st nbsp Efes Pilsen 1st nbsp Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 1st nbsp Real Madrid Teka 2nd nbsp Teamsystem Bologna 2nd nbsp Turk Telekom PTT 2nd nbsp Hapoel Jerusalem WC nbsp Estudiantes 3rd nbsp Kinder Bologna 3rd nbsp Ulker WC nbsp Alba Berlin 1st nbsp Olympiacos 1st nbsp PSG Racing 1st nbsp Cibona 1st nbsp Union Olimpija 1st nbsp AEK 2nd nbsp Pau Orthez 3rd nbsp Split 2nd nbsp Partizan Zepter 1st nbsp PAOK 3rd nbsp Limoges CSP 4th nbsp CSKA Moscow 1st nbsp FC Porto 1st Preliminary round editGroup A edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY EFE MAC CSK RMA LIM1 nbsp Olympiacos 10 7 3 722 702 20 17 Advance to Group E 61 60 71 76 86 74 82 75 69 572 nbsp Efes Pilsen 10 6 4 718 674 44 16 67 70 81 69 71 63 78 81 65 643 nbsp Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 5 5 747 739 8 15 73 87 61 70 87 69 87 82 78 624 nbsp CSKA Moscow 10 5 5 763 756 7 15 Advance to Group F 77 58 77 73 71 63 90 77 83 705 nbsp Real Madrid Teka 10 4 6 787 793 6 14 77 78 66 76 68 76 101 93 75 626 nbsp Limoges CSP 10 3 7 662 735 73 13 66 60 62 77 78 77 70 66 71 85 Source FIBA Europe Group B edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN EST PAO TTA SPL POR1 nbsp Benetton Treviso 10 9 1 782 664 118 19 Advance to Group F 98 58 65 57 71 66 85 70 76 672 nbsp Estudiantes 10 6 4 753 747 6 16 58 73 78 60 71 73 77 73 86 633 nbsp PAOK 10 6 4 729 672 57 16 65 62 72 76 72 63 89 60 84 504 nbsp Turk Telekom PTT 10 5 5 711 716 5 15 Advance to Group E 67 84 80 88 73 66 78 69 79 625 nbsp Split 10 4 6 747 768 21 14 72 77 86 69 74 76 72 56 88 826 nbsp FC Porto 10 0 10 688 843 155 10 84 91 69 92 71 88 61 76 79 83 Source FIBA Europe Group C edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KIN FCB PAU PAR ULK HAP1 nbsp Kinder Bologna 10 9 1 773 655 118 19 Advance to Group G 83 70 72 79 77 72 94 64 73 512 nbsp FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 10 7 3 828 793 35 17 71 84 85 62 87 71 89 80 68 653 nbsp Pau Orthez 10 5 5 739 750 11 15 65 67 94 95 77 76 73 654 nbsp Partizan Zepter 10 4 6 793 807 14 14 Advance to Group H 49 74 106 110 86 72 95 86 79 595 nbsp Ulker 10 3 7 734 769 35 13 66 68 67 65 67 64 80 81 74 566 nbsp Hapoel Jerusalem 10 2 8 680 773 93 12 68 81 81 88 67 79 88 84 80 74 Source FIBA Europe Group D edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK TEA CIB ALB UOL PSG1 nbsp AEK 10 6 4 683 653 30 16 Advance to Group H 80 57 70 55 79 80 74 65 57 522 nbsp Teamsystem Bologna 10 6 4 753 788 35 16 70 67 77 75 80 73 77 61 93 773 nbsp Cibona 10 5 5 741 732 9 15 67 63 87 92 98 84 78 75 61 734 nbsp Alba Berlin 10 5 5 752 754 2 15 Advance to Group G 60 67 95 79 74 73 82 74 79 715 nbsp Union Olimpija 10 4 6 701 716 15 14 71 74 89 68 59 76 78 72 59 766 nbsp PSG Racing 10 4 6 668 655 13 14 76 52 84 60 65 71 55 53 66 69 Source FIBA EuropeQualification 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 matchGroup E edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY EFE MAC SPL TTA POR1 nbsp Olympiacos 16 12 4 1176 1098 78 28 Advance to Play Offs 90 79 64 60 73 542 nbsp Efes Pilsen 16 12 4 1232 1106 126 28 86 75 74 68 80 713 nbsp Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 11 5 1236 1152 84 27 78 69 87 76 88 694 nbsp Split 16 5 11 1185 1243 58 21 60 53 82 93 73 75 5 nbsp Turk Telekom PTT 16 5 11 1131 1185 54 21 80 82 69 83 67 79 6 nbsp FC Porto 16 0 16 1071 1356 285 16 63 92 67 98 59 82 Source FIBA Europe Group F edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN CSK PAO EST RMA LIM1 nbsp Benetton Treviso 16 12 4 1213 1100 113 28 Advance to Play Offs 83 77 65 56 96 702 nbsp CSKA Moscow 16 9 7 1217 1159 58 25 82 65 78 48 74 683 nbsp PAOK 16 9 7 1119 1083 36 25 61 58 63 59 85 764 nbsp Estudiantes 16 8 8 1171 1191 20 24 78 85 68 65 68 625 nbsp Real Madrid Teka 16 7 9 1187 1165 22 23 82 54 63 58 75 64 6 nbsp Limoges CSP 16 6 10 1099 1199 100 22 69 68 77 75 83 72 Source FIBA Europe Group G edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KIN ALB FCB UOL PSG PAU1 nbsp Kinder Bologna 16 11 5 1234 1175 59 27 Advance to Play Offs 81 66 72 62 69 522 nbsp Alba Berlin 16 10 6 1193 1167 26 26 85 69 81 78 66 553 nbsp FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 16 9 7 1236 1131 105 25 77 78 84 65 78 774 nbsp Union Olimpija 16 9 7 1209 1173 36 25 76 60 92 60 71 685 nbsp PSG Racing 16 8 8 1177 1175 2 24 62 72 69 68 70 516 nbsp Pau Orthez 16 1 15 1123 1297 174 17 94 75 76 77 61 64 Source FIBA Europe Group H edit Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK TEA CIB PAR ULK HAP1 nbsp AEK 16 11 5 1123 1055 68 27 Advance to Play Offs 68 76 81 73 65 512 nbsp Teamsystem Bologna 16 10 6 1206 1232 26 26 85 82 80 74 79 603 nbsp Cibona 16 10 6 1245 1204 41 26 84 66 91 86 81 794 nbsp Partizan Zepter 16 6 10 1234 1261 27 22 71 73 76 66 70 78 5 nbsp Ulker 16 5 11 1201 1242 41 21 63 70 83 69 88 82 6 nbsp Hapoel Jerusalem 16 2 14 1090 1243 153 18 68 83 69 74 83 88 Source FIBA EuropePlayoffs editBracket edit 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 FinalsQuarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinal E1 nbsp Olympiacos74600H4 nbsp Partizan Zepter78722 nbsp Partizan Zepter8752892 nbsp CSKA Moscow7277771F2 nbsp CSKA Moscow8163882G3 nbsp FC Barcelona Banca Catalana7975761 nbsp Partizan Zepter61 nbsp Kinder Bologna83G1 nbsp Kinder Bologna86672F4 nbsp Estudiantes62620 nbsp Kinder Bologna64582 nbsp Teamsystem Bologna52560H2 nbsp Teamsystem Bologna9672682E3 nbsp Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv9388651 nbsp Kinder Bologna58 nbsp AEK44F1 nbsp Benetton Treviso81702G4 nbsp Union Olimpija79610 nbsp Benetton Treviso6758762 nbsp Efes Pilsen5759681E2 nbsp Efes Pilsen751022H3 nbsp Cibona59980 nbsp Benetton Treviso66 nbsp AEK69H1 nbsp AEK76622Third PlaceE4 nbsp Split46540 nbsp AEK88822 nbsp Partizan Zepter89 nbsp Alba Berlin68580 nbsp Benetton Treviso96G2 nbsp Alba Berlin77601042F3 nbsp PAOK7581711Eight Finals edit Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd legCSKA Moscow nbsp 2 1 nbsp FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 81 79 63 75 88 76Olympiacos nbsp 0 2 nbsp Partizan Zepter 74 78 60 72Teamsystem Bologna nbsp 2 1 nbsp Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 96 93 72 88 68 65Kinder Bologna nbsp 2 0 nbsp Estudiantes 86 62 67 62Efes Pilsen nbsp 2 0 nbsp Cibona 75 59 102 98Benetton Treviso nbsp 2 0 nbsp Union Olimpija 81 79 70 61Alba Berlin nbsp 2 1 nbsp PAOK 77 75 o 60 81 104 71AEK nbsp 2 0 nbsp Split 76 46 62 54Quarter Finals edit Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd legPartizan Zepter nbsp 2 1 nbsp CSKA Moscow 87 72 52 77 89 77Kinder Bologna nbsp 2 0 nbsp Teamsystem Bologna 64 52 58 56Benetton Treviso nbsp 2 1 nbsp Efes Pilsen 67 57 58 59 76 68AEK nbsp 2 0 nbsp Alba Berlin 88 68 82 58Final four editMain article 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four Semifinals edit April 21 Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona Team 1 Score Team 2Partizan Zepter nbsp 61 83 nbsp Kinder BolognaBenetton Treviso nbsp 66 69 nbsp AEK3rd place game edit April 23 Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona Team 1 Score Team 2Partizan Zepter nbsp 89 96 nbsp Benetton TrevisoFinal edit April 23 Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona Team 1 Score Team 2Kinder Bologna nbsp 58 44 nbsp AEK1997 98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions nbsp Kinder Bologna 1st TitleFinal standings edit Team nbsp nbsp Kinder Bologna nbsp nbsp AEK nbsp nbsp Benetton Treviso nbsp Partizan ZepterAwards editAll official awards of the 1997 98 FIBA EuroLeague FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP edit nbsp Zoran Savic nbsp Kinder Bologna FIBA EuroLeague All Final Four Team edit First Team lt 3 nbsp Antoine Rigaudeau nbsp Kinder Bologna nbsp Sasha Danilovic nbsp Kinder Bologna nbsp Henry Williams nbsp Benetton Treviso nbsp Dejan Tomasevic nbsp Partizan Zepter nbsp Zoran Savic MVP nbsp Kinder BolognaFIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer edit nbsp Peja Stojakovic nbsp PAOK FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer edit nbsp Antoine Rigaudeau nbsp Kinder Bologna Statistics editIndividual statistics edit Points edit Rank Name Team Games Points PPG1 nbsp Peja Stojakovic nbsp PAOK 16 335 20 92 nbsp Harun Erdenay nbsp Ulker 16 321 20 13 nbsp Oded Kattash nbsp Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 19 372 19 6Source FIBAEurope Rebounds edit Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG1 nbsp Dejan Tomasevic nbsp Partizan Zepter 23 221 9 62 nbsp Mirsad Turkcan nbsp Efes Pilsen 21 194 9 23 nbsp Conrad McRae nbsp PAOK 19 167 8 8Source FIBAEurope Assists edit Rank Name Team Games Assists APG1 nbsp Willie Anderson nbsp AEK 12 53 4 42 nbsp Petar Naumoski nbsp Efes Pilsen 17 71 4 23 nbsp Aleksandar Đorđevic nbsp FC Barcelona B Catalana 18 74 4 1Source FIBAEurope Other statistics edit Category Player Team Games AverageSteals nbsp David Rivers nbsp Teamsystem Bologna 21 2 9Turnovers nbsp Michael Anderson nbsp Ulker 16 3 1Minutes nbsp Petar Naumoski nbsp Efes Pilsen 17 39 9FT nbsp Valeriy Dayneko nbsp CSKA Moscow 22 87 8 2 Point nbsp Radisav Curcic nbsp Hapoel Jerusalem 16 63 6 3 Point nbsp Roger Esteller nbsp FC Barcelona B Catalana 19 52 1 Individual game highs edit Category Player Team Statistic OpponentPoints nbsp Aleksandar Đorđevic nbsp FC Barcelona B Catalana 39 nbsp Partizan Zepter Nov 12 1997 Rebounds nbsp Kevin Rankin nbsp Ulker 19 nbsp AEK Jan 14 1998 Assists nbsp Henrik Rodl nbsp Alba Berlin 12 nbsp Teamsystem Bologna Nov 6 1997 nbsp Aleksandar Đorđevic nbsp FC Barcelona B Catalana nbsp Ulker Dec 11 1997 Steals nbsp Marcus Webb nbsp CSKA Moscow 11 nbsp PAOK Jan 8 1998 Team statistics edit Category Team AveragePoints nbsp FC Barcelona B Catalana 79 1Rebounds nbsp Estudiantes 30 8Assists nbsp Alba Berlin 14 3Steals nbsp CSKA Moscow 11 7Turnovers nbsp FC Porto 15 8FT nbsp Hapoel Jerusalem 75 1 2 Point nbsp Real Madrid Teka 57 9 nbsp Benetton Treviso3 Point nbsp Olympiacos 40 7 See also edit1997 98 FIBA EuroCup 1997 98 FIBA Korac CupReferences edit Linguasport SuproLeague Champions Cup C1 B Linguasport FIBA Country Ranking B www linguasport com Retrieved 2020 05 31 Champions Cup 1997 98 External links edit1997 98 FIBA EuroLeague 1997 98 FIBA EuroLeague Eurobasket com 1997 98 FIBA EuroLeague 97 98 awards Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 98 FIBA EuroLeague amp oldid 1179603622, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,