1997–98 FIBA EuroCup

1997–98 FIBA EuroCup
League	FIBA EuroCup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Žalgiris
Runners-up	Stefanel Milano

The 1997–98 FIBA EuroCup season occurred between September 16, 1997 and April 14, 1998. The final was held at Pionir Hall, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia with Žalgiris defeating Stefanel Milano in front of 5,000 spectators.

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.	Festina Joventut	10	19	9	1	884	782	+102
2.	Tofaş	10	17	7	3	793	698	+95
3.	BIPA-Moda	10	17	7	3	731	644	+87
4.	Torpan Pojat	10	15	5	5	738	735	+3
5.	Žemaitijos Lokiai	10	12	2	8	734	854	-120
6.	Rabotnički	10	10	0	10	653	820	-167

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Le Mans	10	17	7	3	794	792	+2
2.	Śląsk Wrocław	10	16	6	4	760	751	+9
3.	Pivovarna Laško	10	16	6	4	800	783	+17
4.	Fenerbahçe	10	15	5	5	783	763	+20
5.	ASK Brocēni	10	15	5	5	879	832	+47
6.	ICEC Opava	10	11	1	9	745	840	-95

Group C

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Žalgiris	10	17	7	3	777	672	+105
2.	ASVEL	10	17	7	3	677	642	+35
3.	Mazowzanka	10	16	6	4	827	790	+37
4.	Zagreb	10	16	6	4	776	704	+72
5.	Tallinna Kalev	10	14	4	6	690	737	-47
6.	MZT Aerodrom	10	10	0	10	634	836	-202

Group D

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Cáceres	10	16	6	4	836	767	+69
2.	Samara	10	16	6	4	801	774	+27
3.	FMP	10	16	6	4	793	719	+74
4.	Keravnos	10	15	5	5	681	743	-62
5.	Oliveirense	10	14	4	6	713	787	-74
6.	Planja	10	13	3	7	819	853	-34

Group E

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Stefanel Milano	10	18	8	2	840	729	+111
2.	Beobanka	10	17	7	3	784	716	+68
3.	Hapoel Eilat	10	17	7	3	805	787	+18
4.	Tatami Rhöndorf	10	15	5	5	765	814	-49
5.	Honvéd	10	12	2	8	721	779	-58
6.	London Towers	10	11	1	9	692	782	-90

Group F

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Spirou Charleroi	10	18	8	2	855	710	+145
2.	Apollon Patras	10	17	7	3	910	795	+115
3.	Zrinjevac	10	16	6	4	836	822	+14
4.	Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	10	15	5	5	859	842	+17
5.	Libertel Dolphins Den Bosch	10	13	3	7	761	889	-128
6.	USK Erpet Prague	10	11	1	9	730	893	-163

Group G

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Polti Cantù	10	19	9	1	916	762	+154
2.	Sunair Oostende	10	17	7	3	860	820	+40
3.	Marc-Körmend	10	16	6	4	822	807	+15
4.	Bayer Leverkusen	10	15	5	5	820	884	-64
5.	Portugal Telekom	10	13	3	7	863	873	-10
6.	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	10	10	0	10	735	870	-135

Group H

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Panathinaikos	10	19	9	1	865	645	+220
2.	Avtodor Saratov	10	18	8	2	879	834	+45
3.	Maccabi Ironi Ra`anana	10	15	5	5	778	784	-6
4.	Slovakofarma Pezinok	10	14	4	6	756	856	-100
5.	Sankt Pölten	10	12	2	8	707	802	-95
6.	Budivelnyk	10	12	2	8	695	759	-64

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	150–162	Festina Joventut	78–75	72–87
Pivovarna Laško	157–170	Tofaş	79–85	78–85
BIPA-Moda	143–171	Śląsk Wrocław	74–84	69–87
Torpan Pojat	144–131	Le Mans	77–69	67–62
Keravnos	101–130	Žalgiris	61–57	40–73
FMP	136–145	ASVEL	71–66	65–79
Mazowzanka	150–164	Samara	78–94	72–70
Zagreb	151–146	Cáceres	98–63	53–83
Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	111–168	Stefanel Milano	56–98	55–70
Zrinjevac	114–119	Beobanka	59–59	55–60
Hapoel Eilat	180–173	Apollon Patras	101–84	79–89
Tatami Rhöndorf	177–159	Spirou Charleroi	83–77	94–82
Slovakofarma Pezinok	154–166	Polti Cantù	95–87	59–79
Maccabi Ironi Ra`anana	155–156	Sunair Oostende	86–82	69–74
Marc-Körmend	159–184	Avtodor Saratov	83–85	76–99
Bayer Leverkusen	135–169	Panathinaikos	64–86	71–83

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASVEL	164–152	Festina Joventut	82–74	82–78
Samara	127–125	Torpan Pojat	77–74	50–51
Tofaş	131–133	Žalgiris	66–62	65–71
Śląsk Wrocław	142–131	Zagreb	76–60	66–71
Sunair Oostende	140–162	Stefanel Milano	68–80	72–82
Avtodor Saratov	160–126	Tatami Rhöndorf	71–50	89–76
Beobanka	163–136	Polti Cantù	88–58	75–78
Hapoel Eilat	148–164	Panathinaikos	80–78	68–86

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASVEL	128–129	Stefanel Milano	58–67	70–62
Avtodor Saratov	181–175	Samara	92–65	89–110
Žalgiris	137–119	Beobanka	78–65	59–54
Panathinaikos	143–119	Śląsk Wrocław	82–58	61–61

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	138–144	Stefanel Milano	77–58	61–86
Žalgiris	159–151	Avtodor Saratov	96–74	63–77

Final

April 14, Hala Pionir, Belgrade

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Žalgiris	82–67	Stefanel Milano

1997–98 FIBA EuroCup Champions
Žalgiris 1st title

External links

1997–98 FIBA EuroCup @ FIBA Europe.com

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