1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup

1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup
League	FIBA Saporta Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Benetton Treviso
Runners-up	Pamesa Valencia

1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup season was a tournament organized by FIBA Europe. It occurred between September 15, 1998 and April 13, 1999. The final was held at Zaragoza, Spain.

Competition System

48 teams (domestic Cup champions plus best qualified teams in the most important European leagues) enter a preliminary group stage, divided into eight groups of six teams each playing a round-robin. The final standing is based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria is used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
The top four teams from each group qualify for a 1/16 Final Playoff (X-pairings, home and away games), with winners advancing further to 1/8 Finals, 1/4 Finals and 1/2 Final.
The Final is played at a predetermined venue.

Preliminary group stage

Key to colors
	Qualified to Round of 32
	Eliminated

Group A

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Sony Milano	10	17	7	3	751	693	+58
2.	Tallinna Kalev	10	16	6	4	764	699	+65
3.	Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	10	16	6	4	705	709	-4
4.	Estrelas da Avenida	10	15	5	5	730	737	-7
5.	Cherno More	10	13	3	7	755	807	-52
6.	Atletas	10	13	3	7	709	769	-60

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Cholet	10	18	8	2	815	675	+140
2.	Türk Telekom PTT	10	17	8	2	815	722	+93
3.	Split	10	15	5	5	800	760	+40
4.	Slovakofarma Pezinok	10	15	5	5	759	771	-12
5.	MZT Aerodrom	10	13	3	7	738	805	-67
6.	Mlékárna Kunín	10	12	2	8	755	902	-147

Group C

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Pamesa Valencia	10	20	10	0	805	678	+117
2.	Budućnost	10	16	6	4	780	767	+13
3.	Śląsk Wrocław	10	15	5	5	729	706	+23
4.	ASK Brocēni	10	15	5	5	798	815	-17
5.	Sankt Pölten	10	12	2	8	701	768	-67
6.	Hapoel Eilat	10	12	2	8	771	850	-79

Group D

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Partizan	10	19	9	1	850	744	+106
2.	Pivovarna Laško	10	17	7	3	836	803	+33
3.	AEK	10	17	7	3	757	695	+62
4.	Atomerőmű	10	13	3	7	758	816	-58
5.	Zagreb	10	13	3	7	701	780	-79
6.	Torpan Pojat	10	11	1	9	737	791	-54

Group E

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Tofaş	10	17	7	3	774	650	+124
2.	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	17	7	3	770	707	+63
3.	Spirou Charleroi	10	17	7	3	680	682	-2
4.	Lietuvos Rytas	10	16	6	4	757	776	-19
5.	Marc Körmend	10	12	2	8	723	841	-118
6.	Bosna	10	11	1	9	672	720	-48

Group F

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Aris	10	19	9	1	799	637	+162
2.	Limoges	10	17	7	3	711	637	+74
3.	Racing Antwerpen	10	15	5	5	708	736	-28
4.	Trier	10	14	4	6	741	781	-40
5.	Planja	10	13	3	7	756	802	-46
6.	Široki	10	12	2	8	653	775	-122

Group G

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Pinturas Bruguer Badalona	10	19	9	1	855	703	+152
2.	Ratiopharm Ulm	10	17	7	3	775	759	+16
3.	Ventspils	10	15	5	5	860	813	+47
4.	Mazowzanka	10	14	4	6	751	783	-32
5.	APOEL	10	13	3	7	689	736	-47
6.	Spartak Saint Petersburg	10	12	2	8	770	906	-136

Group H

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Benetton Treviso	10	20	10	0	822	644	+177
2.	UNICS	10	15	5	5	757	748	+9
3.	Ovarense	10	14	4	6	682	697	-15
4.	Stahlbau Oberwart	10	14	4	6	691	748	-57
5.	Hans Verkerk Keukens	10	14	4	6	593	639	-46
6.	BIPA-Moda	10	12	3	7	655	724	-69

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slovakofarma Pezinok	161-152	Sony Milano	89–77	72–75
Split	152-139	Tallinna Kalev	83–77	69–62
Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	123–141	Türk Telekom PTT	70–64	53–77
Estrelas da Avenida	114–159	Cholet	59–75	55–84
Atomerőmű	133–153	Pamesa Valencia	70–71	63–82
AEK	129–135	Budućnost	66–61	63–74
Śląsk Wrocław	149–153	Pivovarna Laško	81–82	68–71
ASK Brocēni	173–184	Partizan	84–97	89–87
Trier	140–172	Tofaş	70–92	70–80
Racing Antwerpen	133–158	Hapoel Jerusalem	67–64	66–94
Spirou Charleroi	136–130	Limoges	60–61	76–69
Lietuvos Rytas	149–161	Aris	77–76	72–85
Stahlbau Oberwart	130–187	Pinturas Bruguer Badalona	66-92	64–95
Ovarense	129–141	Ratiopharm Ulm	66–62	63–79
Ventspils	167–147	UNICS	88–73	79–74
Mazowzanka	130–145	Benetton Treviso	70–62	60–83

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Budućnost	171-149	Slovakofarma Pezinok	86–68	85–81
Pivovarna Laško	159–154	Cholet	77–68	82–86
Split	151-163	Pamesa Valencia	76–79	75–84
Türk Telekom PTT	113–161	Partizan	70–85	43–76
Ratiopharm Ulm	135–153	Tofaş	65–74	70–79
Ventspils	137–144	Aris	73–65	64–79
Hapoel Jerusalem	155–166	Pinturas Bruguer Badalona	81-73	74–93
Spirou Charleroi	130–145	Benetton Treviso	66–70	61–75

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Budućnost	149-129	Tofaş	67–65	82–64
Aris	158–144	Pivovarna Laško	95–72	63–72
Pamesa Valencia	123–119	Pinturas Bruguer Badalona	57-50	66–69
Benetton Treviso	163–150	Partizan	90–77	73–73

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benetton Treviso	96–60	Budućnost	76–60	20–0*
Pamesa Valencia	128–114	Aris	70-64	58–50

*The second leg which was scheduled to be played in Podgorica, was cancelled due to the war situation in Yugoslavia. Although FIBA accepted a neutral venue (Thessaloniki, Greece) to play this game, the Yugoslav players couldn't get out of their country because of the military conflict, and therefore FIBA definitely cancelled this match and awarded a forfeit (20-0) to Benetton Treviso.

Final

April 13, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Benetton Treviso	64–60	Pamesa Valencia

1998–1999 FIBA Saporta Cup Champions
Benetton Treviso 2nd title

External links

1998–1999 FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com

Saporta Cup seasons

1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02