Sports season
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]
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]
Country ranking for 1997–1998 FIBA EuroLeague
Note
^ 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
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
OLY
EFE
MAC
CSK
RMA
LIM
1
Olympiacos
10
7
3
722
702
+20
17
Advance to Group E
—
61–60
71–76
86–74
82–75
69–57
2
Efes Pilsen
10
6
4
718
674
+44
16
67–70
—
81–69
71–63
78–81
65–64
3
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
10
5
5
747
739
+8
15
73–87
61–70
—
87–69
87–82
78–62
4
CSKA Moscow
10
5
5
763
756
+7
15
Advance to Group F
77–58
77–73
71–63
—
90–77
83–70
5
Real Madrid Teka
10
4
6
787
793
−6
14
77–78
66–76
68–76
101–93
—
75–62
6
Limoges CSP
10
3
7
662
735
−73
13
66–60
62–77
78–77
70–66
71–85
—
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
BEN
EST
PAO
TTA
SPL
POR
1
Benetton Treviso
10
9
1
782
664
+118
19
Advance to Group F
—
98–58
65–57
71–66
85–70
76–67
2
Estudiantes
10
6
4
753
747
+6
16
58–73
—
78–60
71–73
77–73
86–63
3
PAOK
10
6
4
729
672
+57
16
65–62
72–76
—
72–63
89–60
84–50
4
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
Split
10
4
6
747
768
−21
14
72–77
86–69
74–76
72–56
—
88–82
6
FC Porto
10
0
10
688
843
−155
10
84–91
69–92
71–88
61–76
79–83
—
Group C
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
KIN
FCB
PAU
PAR
ÜLK
HAP
1
Kinder Bologna
10
9
1
773
655
+118
19
Advance to Group G
—
83–70
72–79
77–72
94–64
73–51
2
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
10
7
3
828
793
+35
17
71–84
—
85–62
87–71
89–80
68–65
3
Pau-Orthez
10
5
5
739
750
−11
15
65–67
94–95
—
77–76
73–65
4
Partizan Zepter
10
4
6
793
807
−14
14
Advance to Group H
49–74
106–110
86–72
—
95–86
79–59
5
Ülker
10
3
7
734
769
−35
13
66–68
67–65
67–64
80–81
—
74–56
6
Hapoel Jerusalem
10
2
8
680
773
−93
12
68–81
81–88
67–79
88–84
80–74
—
Group D
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
AEK
TEA
CIB
ALB
UOL
PSG
1
AEK
10
6
4
683
653
+30
16
Advance to Group H
—
80–57
70–55
79–80
74–65
57–52
2
Teamsystem Bologna
10
6
4
753
788
−35
16
70–67
—
77–75
80–73
77–61
93–77
3
Cibona
10
5
5
741
732
+9
15
67–63
87–92
—
98–84
78–75
61–73
4
Alba Berlin
10
5
5
752
754
−2
15
Advance to Group G
60–67
95–79
74–73
—
82–74
79–71
5
Union Olimpija
10
4
6
701
716
−15
14
71–74
89–68
59–76
78–72
—
59–76
6
PSG Racing
10
4
6
668
655
+13
14
76–52
84–60
65–71
55–53
66–69
—
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
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
OLY
EFE
MAC
SPL
TTA
POR
1
Olympiacos
16
12
4
1176
1098
+78
28
Advance to Play Offs
—
90–79
64–60
73–54
2
Efes Pilsen
16
12
4
1232
1106
+126
28
—
86–75
74–68
80–71
3
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
16
11
5
1236
1152
+84
27
—
78–69
87–76
88–69
4
Split
16
5
11
1185
1243
−58
21
60–53
82–93
73–75
—
5
Türk Telekom PTT
16
5
11
1131
1185
−54
21
80–82
69–83
67–79
—
6
FC Porto
16
0
16
1071
1356
−285
16
63–92
67–98
59–82
—
Group F
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
BEN
CSK
PAO
EST
RMA
LIM
1
Benetton Treviso
16
12
4
1213
1100
+113
28
Advance to Play Offs
—
83–77
65–56
96–70
2
CSKA Moscow
16
9
7
1217
1159
+58
25
82–65
—
78–48
74–68
3
PAOK
16
9
7
1119
1083
+36
25
61–58
—
63–59
85–76
4
Estudiantes
16
8
8
1171
1191
−20
24
78–85
—
68–65
68–62
5
Real Madrid Teka
16
7
9
1187
1165
+22
23
82–54
63–58
75–64
—
6
Limoges CSP
16
6
10
1099
1199
−100
22
69–68
77–75
83–72
—
Group G
Group H
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
AEK
TEA
CIB
PAR
ÜLK
HAP
1
AEK
16
11
5
1123
1055
+68
27
Advance to Play Offs
—
68–76
81–73
65–51
2
Teamsystem Bologna
16
10
6
1206
1232
−26
26
—
85–82
80–74
79–60
3
Cibona
16
10
6
1245
1204
+41
26
—
84–66
91–86
81–79
4
Partizan Zepter
16
6
10
1234
1261
−27
22
71–73
76–66
70–78
—
5
Ülker
16
5
11
1201
1242
−41
21
63–70
83–69
88–82
—
6
Hapoel Jerusalem
16
2
14
1090
1243
−153
18
68–83
69–74
83–88
—
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
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
Final standings
Awards
All official awards of the 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague .
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
Individual game highs
Team statistics
See also
References
External links
FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
Seasons Finals
Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present
Seasons Finals
General information
History Awards Statistics