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]

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1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
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The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the final Four
Season1997–98
DatesSeptember 18, 1997 – April 23, 1998
Teams24
Finals
ChampionsItaly Kinder Bologna (1st title)
  Runners-upGreece AEK
Third placeItaly Benetton Treviso
Fourth placeFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter
Final Four MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Savić
Statistical leaders
Points Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković 20.9
Rebounds Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Tomašević 9.6
Assists United States Willie Anderson 4.4
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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]

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Country ranking for 1997–1998 FIBA EuroLeague
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
1  Spain 279.667 3
2  Greece 275.000
3  Italy 190.833
4  France 117.500
5  Turkey 96.667 2 +1, Ulker got wild card
6  Russia 70.542 Lost one berth [Note FIBA]
7  Germany 55.389 Lost one berth [Note FIBA]
8  Croatia 50.833
9  Israel 43.048 1 +1, Hapoel Jerusalem got wild card
10  Slovenia 38.833
11  Yugoslavia 25.000
12  Portugal 23.071
13  Belgium 22.500 0
14  Poland 21.206
15  Lithuania 19.416
16  Ukraine 15.762
17  Hungary 9.667
18  Czech Republic 7.139
19  Slovakia 6.555
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
20  Macedonia 6.111 0
21  Austria 5.445
22  Sweden 5.333
23  Cyprus 4.333
24  England 4.167
25  Latvia 3.722
26  Switzerland 3.083
27  Bulgaria 2.694
28  Romania 2.389
29  Finland 1.861
30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.778
31  Estonia 1.500
32  Netherlands 1.500
33  Georgia 1.500
34  Luxembourg 1.444
35  Albania 1.361
36  Denmark 0.167
37  Moldova 0.111
38  Belarus 0.056
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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

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY EFE MAC CSK RMA LIM
1 Greece Olympiacos 10 7 3 722 702 +20 17 Advance to Group E 61–60 71–76 86–74 82–75 69–57
2 Turkey Efes Pilsen 10 6 4 718 674 +44 16 67–70 81–69 71–63 78–81 65–64
3 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 5 5 747 739 +8 15 73–87 61–70 87–69 87–82 78–62
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 10 5 5 763 756 +7 15 Advance to Group F 77–58 77–73 71–63 90–77 83–70
5 Spain Real Madrid Teka 10 4 6 787 793 6 14 77–78 66–76 68–76 101–93 75–62
6 France Limoges CSP 10 3 7 662 735 73 13 66–60 62–77 78–77 70–66 71–85
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Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN EST PAO TTA SPL POR
1 Italy Benetton Treviso 10 9 1 782 664 +118 19 Advance to Group F 98–58 65–57 71–66 85–70 76–67
2 Spain Estudiantes 10 6 4 753 747 +6 16 58–73 78–60 71–73 77–73 86–63
3 Greece PAOK 10 6 4 729 672 +57 16 65–62 72–76 72–63 89–60 84–50
4 Turkey 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 Croatia Split 10 4 6 747 768 21 14 72–77 86–69 74–76 72–56 88–82
6 Portugal FC Porto 10 0 10 688 843 155 10 84–91 69–92 71–88 61–76 79–83
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Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KIN FCB PAU PAR ÜLK HAP
1 Italy Kinder Bologna 10 9 1 773 655 +118 19 Advance to Group G 83–70 72–79 77–72 94–64 73–51
2 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 10 7 3 828 793 +35 17 71–84 85–62 87–71 89–80 68–65
3 France Pau-Orthez 10 5 5 739 750 11 15 65–67 94–95 77–76 73–65
4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 10 4 6 793 807 14 14 Advance to Group H 49–74 106–110 86–72 95–86 79–59
5 Turkey Ülker 10 3 7 734 769 35 13 66–68 67–65 67–64 80–81 74–56
6 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 10 2 8 680 773 93 12 68–81 81–88 67–79 88–84 80–74
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Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK TEA CIB ALB UOL PSG
1 Greece AEK 10 6 4 683 653 +30 16 Advance to Group H 80–57 70–55 79–80 74–65 57–52
2 Italy Teamsystem Bologna 10 6 4 753 788 35 16 70–67 77–75 80–73 77–61 93–77
3 Croatia Cibona 10 5 5 741 732 +9 15 67–63 87–92 98–84 78–75 61–73
4 Germany Alba Berlin 10 5 5 752 754 2 15 Advance to Group G 60–67 95–79 74–73 82–74 79–71
5 Slovenia Union Olimpija 10 4 6 701 716 15 14 71–74 89–68 59–76 78–72 59–76
6 France PSG Racing 10 4 6 668 655 +13 14 76–52 84–60 65–71 55–53 66–69
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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:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY EFE MAC SPL TTA POR
1 Greece Olympiacos 16 12 4 1176 1098 +78 28 Advance to Play Offs 90–79 64–60 73–54
2 Turkey Efes Pilsen 16 12 4 1232 1106 +126 28 86–75 74–68 80–71
3 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 11 5 1236 1152 +84 27 78–69 87–76 88–69
4 Croatia Split 16 5 11 1185 1243 58 21 60–53 82–93 73–75
5 Turkey Türk Telekom PTT 16 5 11 1131 1185 54 21 80–82 69–83 67–79
6 Portugal FC Porto 16 0 16 1071 1356 285 16 63–92 67–98 59–82
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Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN CSK PAO EST RMA LIM
1 Italy Benetton Treviso 16 12 4 1213 1100 +113 28 Advance to Play Offs 83–77 65–56 96–70
2 Russia CSKA Moscow 16 9 7 1217 1159 +58 25 82–65 78–48 74–68
3 Greece PAOK 16 9 7 1119 1083 +36 25 61–58 63–59 85–76
4 Spain Estudiantes 16 8 8 1171 1191 20 24 78–85 68–65 68–62
5 Spain Real Madrid Teka 16 7 9 1187 1165 +22 23 82–54 63–58 75–64
6 France Limoges CSP 16 6 10 1099 1199 100 22 69–68 77–75 83–72
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Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KIN ALB FCB UOL PSG PAU
1 Italy Kinder Bologna 16 11 5 1234 1175 +59 27 Advance to Play Offs 81–66 72–62 69–52
2 Germany Alba Berlin 16 10 6 1193 1167 +26 26 85–69 81–78 66–55
3 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 16 9 7 1236 1131 +105 25 77–78 84–65 78–77
4 Slovenia Union Olimpija 16 9 7 1209 1173 +36 25 76–60 92–60 71–68
5 France PSG Racing 16 8 8 1177 1175 +2 24 62–72 69–68 70–51
6 France Pau-Orthez 16 1 15 1123 1297 174 17 94–75 76–77 61–64
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Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK TEA CIB PAR ÜLK HAP
1 Greece AEK 16 11 5 1123 1055 +68 27 Advance to Play Offs 68–76 81–73 65–51
2 Italy Teamsystem Bologna 16 10 6 1206 1232 26 26 85–82 80–74 79–60
3 Croatia Cibona 16 10 6 1245 1204 +41 26 84–66 91–86 81–79
4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 16 6 10 1234 1261 27 22 71–73 76–66 70–78
5 Turkey Ülker 16 5 11 1201 1242 41 21 63–70 83–69 88–82
6 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 16 2 14 1090 1243 153 18 68–83 69–74 83–88
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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 Semi-Finals Final
                  
E1 Greece Olympiacos 74 60 0
H4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 78 72 2
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 87 52 89 2
Russia CSKA Moscow 72 77 77 1
F2 Russia CSKA Moscow 81 63 88 2
G3 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 79 75 76 1
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 61
Italy Kinder Bologna 83
G1 Italy Kinder Bologna 86 67 2
F4 Spain Estudiantes 62 62 0
Italy Kinder Bologna 64 58 2
Italy Teamsystem Bologna 52 56 0
H2 Italy Teamsystem Bologna 96 72 68 2
E3 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 93 88 65 1
Italy Kinder Bologna 58
Greece AEK 44
F1 Italy Benetton Treviso 81 70 2
G4 Slovenia Union Olimpija 79 61 0
Italy Benetton Treviso 67 58 76 2
Turkey Efes Pilsen 57 59 68 1
E2 Turkey Efes Pilsen 75 102 2
H3 Croatia Cibona 59 98 0
Italy Benetton Treviso 66
Greece AEK 69
H1 Greece AEK 76 62 2 Third Place
E4 Croatia Split 46 54 0
Greece AEK 88 82 2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 89
Germany Alba Berlin 68 58 0 Italy Benetton Treviso 96
G2 Germany Alba Berlin 77 60 104 2
F3 Greece PAOK 75 81 71 1

Eight-Finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–1 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 81–79 63–75 88–76
Olympiacos Greece 0–2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 74–78 60–72
Teamsystem Bologna Italy 2–1 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 96–93 72–88 68–65
Kinder Bologna Italy 2–0 Spain Estudiantes 86–62 67–62
Efes Pilsen Turkey 2–0 Croatia Cibona 75–59 102–98
Benetton Treviso Italy 2–0 Slovenia Union Olimpija 81–79 70–61
Alba Berlin Germany 2–1 Greece PAOK 77–75(o) 60–81 104–71
AEK Greece 2–0 Croatia Split 76–46 62–54
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Quarter-Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Partizan Zepter Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–1 Russia CSKA Moscow 87–72 52–77 89–77
Kinder Bologna Italy 2–0 Italy Teamsystem Bologna 64–52 58–56
Benetton Treviso Italy 2–1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 67–57 58–59 76–68
AEK Greece 2–0 Germany Alba Berlin 88–68 82–58
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Final four

Semifinals

April 21, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Partizan Zepter Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 61–83 Italy Kinder Bologna
Benetton Treviso Italy 66–69 Greece AEK
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3rd place game

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Partizan Zepter Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 89–96 Italy Benetton Treviso
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Final

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kinder Bologna Italy 58–44 Greece AEK
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1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
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Kinder Bologna
1st Title

Final standings

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Awards

All official awards of the 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peja StojakovićGreece PAOK1633520.9
2.Turkey Harun ErdenayTurkey Ülker1632120.1
3.Israel Oded KattashIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv1937219.6
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Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan TomaševićFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter232219.6
2.Turkey Mirsad TürkcanTurkey Efes Pilsen211949.2
3.United States Conrad McRaeGreece PAOK191678.8
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Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.United States Willie AndersonGreece AEK12534.4
2.North Macedonia Petar NaumoskiTurkey Efes Pilsen17714.2
3.Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar ĐorđevićSpain FC Barcelona B.Catalana18744.1
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Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

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Category Player Team Games Average
Steals United States David RiversItaly Teamsystem Bologna212.9
Turnovers United States Michael AndersonTurkey Ülker163.1
Minutes North Macedonia Petar NaumoskiTurkey Efes Pilsen1739.9
FT % Russia Valeriy DaynekoRussia CSKA Moscow2287.8%
2-Point % Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radisav ĆurčićIsrael Hapoel Jerusalem1663.6%
3-Point % Spain Roger EstellerSpain FC Barcelona B.Catalana1952.1%
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Individual game highs

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Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar ĐorđevićSpain FC Barcelona B.Catalana39Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter (Nov 12, 1997)
Rebounds United States Kevin RankinTurkey Ülker19Greece AEK (Jan 14, 1998)
Assists Germany Henrik RödlGermany Alba Berlin12Italy Teamsystem Bologna (Nov 6, 1997)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar ĐorđevićSpain FC Barcelona B.CatalanaTurkey Ülker (Dec 11, 1997)
Steals United States Marcus WebbRussia CSKA Moscow11Greece PAOK (Jan 8, 1998)
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Team statistics

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Category Team Average
Points Spain FC Barcelona B.Catalana79.1
Rebounds Spain Estudiantes30.8
Assists Germany Alba Berlin14.3
Steals Russia CSKA Moscow11.7
Turnovers Portugal FC Porto15.8
FT % Israel Hapoel Jerusalem75.1%
2-Point % Spain Real Madrid Teka57.9%
Italy Benetton Treviso
3-Point % Greece Olympiacos40.7%
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See also

References

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