1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague

The 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague was the 43rd installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 23, 1999, and ended on April 20, 2000. The competition's Final Four was held at PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki, with Panathinaikos defeating Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 8,500 spectators.^[1]

FIBA EuroLeague
The Final Four was hosted at the PAOK Sports Arena
Season	1999–2000
Duration	23 September 1999 – 20 April 2000
Number of teams	24
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos (2nd title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Third place	Efes Pilsen
Fourth place	FC Barcelona
Final Four MVP	Željko Rebrača
Statistical leaders
Points Miljan Goljović 20.2 Rebounds Hüseyin Beşok 10.0 Assists David Rivers 4.9
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Efes Pilsen finished in the third position, and FC Barcelona 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 1999–2000 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 1996–97 to 1998–99.^[2]

Country ranking for 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague

Rank Country Points Teams Notes 1   Italy 237.667 3 2   Greece 179.167 3   Spain 150.167 4   Turkey 70.500 5   France 68.833 2 +1, Cholet got wild card 6   Lithuania 55.556 -1, Lietuvos rytas withdrew 7   Yugoslavia 54.500 8   Russia 35.695 Lost one berth^[Note FIBA] 9   Slovenia 30.622 1 +1, Pivovarna got wild card 10   Germany 27.833 11   Croatia 25.542 12   Israel 22.108 13   Poland 20.714 0 14   Belgium 13.817 15   Portugal 13.762 16   Ukraine 6.143 17   Austria 4.559 18   Hungary 4.429 19   Macedonia 4.375

Rank Country Points Teams Notes 20   Cyprus 3.528 0 21   Czech Republic 3.187 22   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.008 23   Finland 2.917 24   Slovakia 2.583 25   Latvia 2.302 26   Bulgaria 1.917 27   Netherlands 1.722 28   Sweden 1.667 29   Estonia 0.667 30   Romania 0.611 31   Luxembourg 0.472 32   Switzerland 0.389 33   Georgia 0.333 34   England 0.278 35   Belarus 0.111 36   Albania 0.055 37   Denmark 0.000 38   Ireland 0.000

Note

1. FIBA: In Euroleague, teams finishing 6th in the Second Stage of 1998–99 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 Semi-Final Round in the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup. As a general rule, a federation cannot have more than 3 teams in Euroleague. Should a semi-finalist in Saporta Cup 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 Saporta Cup 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
Varese Roosters (1st)	FC Barcelona (1st)	Pau-Orthez (1st)	Union Olimpija (1st)
Benetton Treviso (2nd)	Caja San Fernando (2nd)	ASVEL (2nd)	Pivovarna Laško (WC)
Paf Wennington Bologna (3rd)	Real Madrid Teka (3rd)	Cholet (WC)	CSKA Moscow (1st)
Panathinaikos (1st)	Tofaş (1st)	Budućnost (1st)	Alba Berlin (1st)
Olympiacos (2nd)	Efes Pilsen (2nd)	Crvena zvezda (2nd)	Cibona VIP (1st)
PAOK (3rd)	Ülker (3rd)	Žalgiris (1st)	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FCB	CSK	BEN	PAO	CHO	CZV
1	FC Barcelona	10	9	1	780	685	+95	19	Advance to Group E		—	75–67	69–51	76–55	71–62	90–67
2	CSKA Moscow	10	7	3	754	705	+49	17			76–72	—	77–75	71–82	74–54	86–62
3	Benetton Treviso	10	6	4	700	675	+25	16			68–72	61–81	—	69–66	73–57	88–63
4	PAOK	10	5	5	730	680	+50	15	Advance to Group F		83–87	83–63	66–72	—	83–76	82–53
5	Cholet	10	2	8	640	711	−71	12			70–77	76–79	64–73	48–66	—	69–59
6	Crvena zvezda	10	1	9	636	784	−148	11			86–91	65–80	60–70	65–64	56–64	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	UOL	RMB	ALB	TOF	ZAL
1	Panathinaikos	10	9	1	802	690	+112	19	Advance to Group F		—	100–80	96–69	70–72	79–74	86–82
2	Union Olimpija	10	5	5	776	791	−15	15			71–86	—	73–63	78–83	87–92	76–64
3	Real Madrid Teka	10	5	5	714	743	−29	15			63–66	76–74	—	90–75	77–73	60–70
4	Alba Berlin	10	5	5	734	747	−13	15	Advance to Group E		54–73	69–74	84–78	—	81–55	80–64
5	Tofaş	10	4	6	715	738	−23	14			59–64	74–78	67–71	76–66	—	77–73
6	Žalgiris	10	2	8	719	751	−32	12			66–82	84–85	65–67	89–70	62–68	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ASV OLY MTA ULK VAR PIV 1   ASVEL 10 8 2 711 645 +66 18 Advance to Group G — 61–54 70–65 60–59 84–71 100–58 2   Olympiacos 10 6 4 668 627 +41 16 65–55 — 65–63 62–73 62–69 79–68 3   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 6 4 773 714 +59 16 73–61 54–65 — 89–74 87–66 84–62 4   Ülker 10 5 5 756 770 −14 15 Advance to Group H 73–80 64–86 85–79 — 79–70 68–78 5   Varese Roosters 10 3 7 715 762 −47 13 58–60 57–74 79–87 82–86 — 80–70 6   Pivovarna Laško 10 2 8 712 817 −105 12 69–80 63–56 87–92 84–95 73–83 — Source: FIBA Europe Group D Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EFS CIB PAF BUD CSF PAU 1   Efes Pilsen 10 6 4 707 678 +29 16 Advance to Group H — 69–60 99–63 73–67 73–57 69–65 2   Cibona VIP 10 6 4 744 759 −15 16 71–69 — 71–61 69–63 93–87 71–69 3   Paf Wennington Bologna 10 6 4 729 703 +26 16 76–56 92–78 — 72–73 69–63 83–58 4   Budućnost 10 5 5 760 746 +14 15 Advance to Group G 86–80 95–90 75–83 — 88–65 68–71 5   Caja San Fernando 10 5 5 699 689 +10 15 62–43 79–59 60–52 75–73 — 77–60 6   Pau-Orthez 10 2 8 686 750 −64 12 71–76 75–82 70–78 68–72 79–74 — Source: FIBA Europe Qualification round (The individual scores and standings of the First stage were accumulated in the Second stage) If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were 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 were 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 FCB CSK BEN ALB TOF ZAL 1   FC Barcelona 16 12 4 1183 1091 +92 28 Advance to Play Offs — 66–67 68–65 66–64 2   CSKA Moscow 16 9 7 1216 1182 +34 25 — 71–76 90–85 76–64 3   Benetton Treviso 16 9 7 1156 1139 +17 25 — 86–78 66–77 88–75 4   Alba Berlin 16 9 7 1174 1186 −12 25 72–64 81–76 66–76 — 5   Tofaş 16 8 8 1193 1171 +22 24 78–71 87–73 86–65 — 6   Žalgiris 16 4 12 1148 1200 −52 20 60–68 84–76 82–75 — Source: FIBA Europe Group F Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAN UOL RMB PAO CHO CZV 1   Panathinaikos 16 13 3 1246 1084 +162 29 Advance to Play Offs — 71–75 85–50 67–58 2   Union Olimpija 16 10 6 1201 1175 +26 26 — 69–63 69–55 59–47 3   Real Madrid Teka 16 10 6 1227 1187 +40 26 — 72–61 86–79 98–78 4   PAOK 16 7 9 1140 1114 +26 23 69–77 70–74 72–71 — 5   Cholet 16 3 13 1054 1186 −132 19 81–68 66–77 83–90 — 6   Crvena zvezda 16 2 14 1034 1257 −223 18 61–76 83–77 71–96 — Source: FIBA Europe Group G Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MTA ASV OLY BUD CSF PAU 1   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 12 4 1182 1050 +132 28 Advance to Play Offs — 74–60 66–54 65–55 2   ASVEL 16 11 5 1107 1056 +51 27 — 57–83 75–64 76–61 3   Olympiacos 16 10 6 1117 1045 +72 26 — 89–61 74–63 77–73 4   Budućnost 16 7 9 1164 1168 −4 23 59–67 59–65 82–70 — 5   Caja San Fernando 16 6 10 1068 1107 −39 22 51–75 72–62 65–66 — 6   Pau-Orthez 16 4 12 1078 1164 −86 20 57–62 72–61 74–73 — Source: FIBA Europe Group H Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EFS PAF CIB ULK VAR PIV 1   Efes Pilsen 16 11 5 1221 1142 +79 27 Advance to Play Offs — 95–74 84–74 78–68 2   Paf Wennington Bologna 16 10 6 1198 1145 +53 26 — 79–53 91–82 81–63 3   Cibona VIP 16 10 6 1201 1207 −6 26 — 64–81 75–59 88–80 4   Ülker 16 8 8 1204 1235 −31 24 93–87 76–68 71–72 — 5   Varese Roosters 16 5 11 1186 1240 −54 21 76–79 91–72 89–77 — 6   Pivovarna Laško 16 2 14 1147 1314 −167 18 79–91 77–78 68–81 — Source: FIBA Europe Play Offs 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   FC Barcelona 78 60 86 2 H4   Ülker 73 63 65 1   FC Barcelona 70 64 71 2   Union Olimpija 67 71 66 1 F2   Union Olimpija 65 52 85 2 G3   Olympiacos 61 68 67 1   FC Barcelona 51   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 65 G1   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 77 55 78 2 F4   PAOK 62 67 62 1   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 62 80 79 2   Paf Wennington Bologna 65 73 64 1 H2   Paf Wennington Bologna 82 77 2 E3   Benetton Treviso 73 61 0   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 67   Panathinaikos 73 F1   Panathinaikos 65 64 78 2 G4   Budućnost 59 77 61 1   Panathinaikos 73 69 2   Cibona VIP 62 63 0 E2   CSKA Moscow 72 75 69 1 H3   Cibona VIP 75 55 78 2   Panathinaikos 81   Efes Pilsen 71 H1   Efes Pilsen 90 93 2 Third Place E4   Alba Berlin 81 73 0   Efes Pilsen 93 60 68 2   FC Barcelona 69   ASVEL 85 77 66 1   Efes Pilsen 75 G2   ASVEL 72 85 2 F3   Real Madrid Teka 59 73 0 Eight-Finals Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg Union Olimpija   2–1   Olympiacos 65–61 52–68 85–67 FC Barcelona   2–1   Ülker 78–73 60–63 86–65 Paf Wennington Bologna   2–0   Benetton Treviso 82–73 77–61 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv   2–1   PAOK 77–62 55–67 78–62 CSKA Moscow   1–2   Cibona VIP 72–75 75–55 69–78 Panathinaikos   2–1   Budućnost 65–59 64–77 78–61 ASVEL   2–0   Real Madrid Teka 72–59 85–73 Efes Pilsen   2–0   Alba Berlin 90–81 93–73 Quarter-Finals Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg FC Barcelona   2–1   Union Olimpija 70–67 64–71 71–66 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv   2–1   Paf Wennington Bologna 62–65 80–73 79–64 Panathinaikos   2–0   Cibona VIP 73–62 69–63 Efes Pilsen   2–1   ASVEL 93–85 60–77 68–66 Final Four Main article: 2000 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four Semifinals April 18, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Team 1  Score  Team 2 FC Barcelona   51–65   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Panathinaikos   81–71   Efes Pilsen Third place game April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Team 1  Score  Team 2 FC Barcelona   69–75   Efes Pilsen Final April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Team 1  Score  Team 2 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv   67–73   Panathinaikos 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Champions   Panathinaikos 2nd Title Awards All official awards of the 1999–00 FIBA EuroLeague. FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP   Željko Rebrača (  Panathinaikos) FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team First Team^[3]   Oded Kattash   Panathinaikos   Hedo Türkoğlu   Efes Pilsen   Dejan Bodiroga   Panathinaikos   Nate Huffman   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv   Željko Rebrača (MVP)   Panathinaikos FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer   Miljan Goljović (  Pivovarna Laško) FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer   Nate Huffman (  Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv) Statistics Individual statistics Points Rank Name Team Games Points PPG 1.   Miljan Goljović   Pivovarna Laško 16 323 20.2 2.   David Rivers   Tofaş 16 316 19.8 3.   Wendell Alexis   Alba Berlin 18 334 18.6 Source: FIBAEurope Rebounds Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG 1.   Hüseyin Beşok   Efes Pilsen 23 231 10.0 2.   Nate Huffman   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 24 225 9.4 3.   Rashard Griffith   Tofaş 16 146 9.1 Source: FIBAEurope Assists Rank Name Team Games Assists APG 1.   David Rivers   Tofaş 16 79 4.9 2.   Šarūnas Jasikevičius   Union Olimpija 22 108 4.9 3.   Damir Mulaomerović   Efes Pilsen 23 108 4.7 Source: FIBAEurope Blocks Rank Name Team Games Blocks BPG 1.   Efthimios Rentzias   FC Barcelona 12 8 0.7 2.   Željko Rebrača   Panathinaikos 23 15 0.7 3.   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 19 10 0.5 Source: FIBAEurope Other statistics Category Player Team Games Average Steals   Andrea Meneghin   Varese Roosters 16 2.9 Turnovers   Richard Scott   Caja San Fernando 14 3.4 Minutes   David Rivers   Tofaş 16 38.7 FT %   Carlton Myers   Paf Wennington Bologna 17 91.9% 2-Point %   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 19 64.2% 3-Point %   Valeriy Dayneko   CSKA Moscow 17 55.7% Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Opponent Points   David Rivers   Tofaş 38   CSKA Moscow (Feb 3, 2000) Rebounds   Dragan Tarlać   Olympiacos 19   Pivovarna Laško (Dec 8, 1999) Assists   Riccardo Pittis   Benetton Treviso 12   Cholet (Sep 23, 1999) Blocks   Efthimios Rentzias   FC Barcelona 5   Ülker (Feb 29, 2000)   Željko Rebrača   Panathinaikos   Cibona VIP (Mar 21, 2000) Steals   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 8   Cholet (Oct 21, 1999)   Alberto Angulo   Real Madrid Teka   Alba Berlin (Nov 18, 1999) Team statistics Category Team Average Points   Efes Pilsen 77.0 Rebounds   FC Barcelona 32.5 Assists   Žalgiris 16.6 Blocks   Panathinaikos 1.2 Steals   Varese Roosters 11.8 Turnovers   Žalgiris 15.2 FT %   Paf Wennington Bologna 80.5% 2-Point %   Budućnost 59.5% 3-Point %   Panathinaikos 41.4% See also 1999–00 FIBA Saporta Cup 1999–00 FIBA Korać Cup References Euroleague 1999-2000 "Linguasport - FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31. Champions Cup 1999–00. External links 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Eurobasket.com 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague