1997–98 EuroLeague Women

The 1997–98 Euroleague Women was the second edition of the Euroleague era of FIBA's premier international competition for European women's basketball clubs. It ran between 1 October 1997 and 9 April 1998.

Defending champion and Final Four host Bourges Basket won its second title beating Pool Getafe in the final. Pool Comense and US Valenciennes Olympic also reached the Final Four, with the Italians attaining the bronze.^[1]

Group stage

Group A

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Pool Getafe	14	11	3	1052	897
2	Bourges	14	10	4	997	807
3	Pool Comense	14	10	4	961	869
4	Ružomberok	14	8	6	1040	975
5	CSKA Moscow	14	8	6	917	911
6	Ježica	14	7	7	908	993
7	Sporting Athens	14	1	13	811	1043
8	Ferencváros	14	1	13	905	1096

Group B

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Valenciennes	14	11	3	1029	871
2	Brno	14	10	4	1091	965
3	Wuppertal	14	8	6	1078	1044
4	Hemofarm	14	8	6	980	974
5	Galatasaray	14	7	7	929	946
6	Parma	14	6	8	937	975
7	Pécs	14	5	9	1020	1066
8	Kozachka	14	1	13	958	1181

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd	3rd
Bourges	2–1	Wuppertal	58–46	51–57	65–56
Valenciennes	2–1	Ružomberok	94–81	56–61	75–73
Pool Getafe	2–0	Hemofarm	80–60	65–61
Brno	0–2	Pool Comense	67–75	67–74

Final four

• Bourges, France

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 April
	Bourges	69
					9 April
	Valenciennes	48
					Bourges	76
	7 April
					Pool Getafe	64
	Pool Getafe	73
	Pool Comense	69
					Third place
					9 April
					Pool Comense	74
					Valenciennes	69

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Jennifer Gillom	Galatasaray	21.8
2.	Sandra Brondello	Wuppertal	19.1
2.	Marlies Askamp	Wuppertal	19.1
4.	Eva Nemcová	Brno	18.7
5.	Isabelle Fijalkowski	Pool Comense	18.4

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Maria Stepanova	CSKA Moscow	12.4
2.	Marlies Askamp	Wuppertal	11.1
2.	Cindy Brown	Valenciennes	9.9
4.	Janice Braxton	Parma	9.4
5.	Elena Baranova	CSKA Moscow	8.6

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Ludmila Konovalova	CSKA Moscow	5.9
2.	Danijela Ilić	Ježica	5.4
2.	Audrey Sauret	Valenciennes	5.3
4.	Yannick Souvré	Bourges	4.1
5.	Svetlana Antipova	CSKA Moscow	3.6

References

1. Results in FIBA Europe's website