1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague

1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
	The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the Final Four
Competition details
Season	1997–98
Teams	24
Dates	September 18, 1997 – April 23, 1998
Final positions
Champions	Kinder Bologna (1st title)
Runners-up	AEK
Third place	Benetton Treviso
Fourth place	Partizan
Awards
Final Four MVP	Zoran Savić
Statistical leaders
Points	Peja Stojaković 20.9
Rebounds	Dejan Tomašević 9.6
Assists	Willie Anderson 4.4
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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.

Teams

Benetton Treviso (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)	PSG Racing (1st)	Cibona (1st)
Teamsystem Bologna (2nd)	AEK (2nd)	Pau-Orthez (3rd)	Split (2nd)
Kinder Bologna (3rd)	PAOK (4th)	Limoges CSP (4th)	Partizan (1st)
FC Barcelona (1st)	Efes Pilsen (1st)	Alba Berlin (1st)	Union Olimpija (1st)
Real Madrid Teka (2nd)	Türk Telekom PTT (2nd)	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)	CSKA Moscow (1st)
Estudiantes (3rd)	Ülker (3rd)	Hapoel Jerusalem (2nd)	FC Porto (1st)

First round

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Olympiacos	10	7	3	722	702	+20
2.	Efes Pilsen	10	6	4	718	674	+44
3.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	10	5	5	747	739	+8
4.	CSKA Moscow	10	5	5	763	756	+7
5.	Real Madrid Teka	10	4	6	787	793	–6
6.	Limoges CSP	10	3	7	662	735	–73

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Treviso	10	9	1	782	664	+118
2.	Estudiantes	10	6	4	753	747	+6
3.	PAOK	10	6	4	729	672	+57
4.	Türk Telekom PTT	10	5	5	711	716	–5
5.	Split	10	4	6	747	768	–21
6.	FC Porto	10	0	10	688	843	-155

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Kinder Bologna	10	9	1	773	655	+118
2.	FC Barcelona	10	7	3	828	793	+35
3.	Pau-Orthez	10	5	5	739	750	–11
4.	Partizan	10	4	6	793	807	–14
5.	Ülker	10	3	7	734	769	–35
6.	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	2	8	680	773	–93

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	AEK	10	6	4	683	653	+30
2.	Teamsystem Bologna	10	6	4	753	788	-35
3.	Cibona	10	5	5	741	732	+8
4.	Alba Berlin	10	5	5	752	754	–2
5.	Union Olimpija	10	4	6	701	716	–15
6.	PSG Racing	10	4	6	668	655	+13

Second 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

Key to colors
	Top four places in each group advance to Playoff

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Olympiacos	16	12	4	1176	1098	78
2.	Efes Pilsen	16	12	4	1232	1106	126
3.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	16	11	5	1236	1152	84
4.	Split	16	5	11	1185	1243	-58
5.	Türk Telekom PTT	16	5	11	1131	1185	-54
6.	FC Porto	16	0	16	1071	1356	-285

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Benetton Treviso	16	12	4	1213	1100	113
2.	CSKA Moscow	16	9	7	1217	1159	58
3.	PAOK	16	9	7	1119	1083	36
4.	Estudiantes	16	8	8	1171	1191	-20
5.	Real Madrid Teka	16	7	9	1187	1165	22
6.	Limoges CSP	16	6	10	1099	1199	-100

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Kinder Bologna	16	13	3	1196	1058	138
2.	Alba Berlin	16	9	7	1203	1208	-5
3.	FC Barcelona	16	9	7	1273	1255	18
4.	Union Olimpija	16	8	8	1144	1136	8
5.	PSG Racing	16	7	9	1062	1054	8
6.	Pau-Orthez	16	6	10	1144	1173	-29

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	AEK	16	11	5	1123	1055	68
2.	Teamsystem Bologna	16	10	6	1206	1232	-26
3.	Cibona	16	10	6	1245	1204	41
4.	Partizan	16	6	10	1234	1261	-27
5.	Ülker	16	5	11	1201	1242	-41
6.	Hapoel Jerusalem	16	2	14	1090	1243	-153

Top 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
CSKA Moscow	2–1	FC Barcelona	81–79	63–75	88–76
Olympiacos	0–2	Partizan	74–78	60–72
Teamsystem Bologna	2–1	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	96–93	72–88	68–65
Kinder Bologna	2–0	Estudiantes	86–62	67–62	{{{8}}}
Efes Pilsen	2–0	Cibona	75–59	102–98	{{{8}}}
Benetton Treviso	2–0	Union Olimpija	81–79	70–61	{{{8}}}
Alba Berlin	2–1	PAOK	77–75	60–81	104–71
AEK	2–0	Split	76–46	62–54	{{{8}}}

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Partizan	2–1	CSKA Moscow	87–72	52–77	89–77
Kinder Bologna	2–0	Teamsystem Bologna	64–52	58–56	{{{8}}}
Benetton Treviso	2–1	Efes Pilsen	67–57	58–59	76–68
AEK	2–0	Alba Berlin	88–68	82–58	{{{8}}}

Final four

Semifinals

April 21, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Partizan	61–83	Kinder Bologna
Benetton Treviso	66–69	AEK

3rd place game

April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Partizan	89–96	Benetton Treviso

Final