1997–98 FIBA EuroCup

The 1997–98 FIBA EuroCup was the thirty-second edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. it occurred between September 16, 1997, and April 14, 1998. The final was held at Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In the final, Žalgiris defeated Stefanel Milano, in front of 5,000 spectators.

Competition system

48 teams (national domestic cup champions, plus the best qualified teams from the most important European national domestic leagues), entered a preliminary group stage, divided into eight groups of six teams each, and played a round-robin. The final standings were based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams, after the group stage, the following criteria was 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 qualified for a 1/16 Final Playoff (X-pairings, home and away games), where the winners advanced further to 1/8 Finals, 1/4 Finals, and 1/2 Final.
The Final was played at a predetermined venue.

Key to colors
	Qualified to Round of 32
	Eliminated

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Spirou	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 EBBC	10	13	3	7	761	889	-128
6.	USK Erpet Praha	10	11	1	9	730	893	-163

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 Železnik	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	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 04 Leverkusen	135–169	Panathinaikos	64–86	71–83

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

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

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

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Žalgiris	82–67	Stefanel Milano

1997–98 FIBA EuroCup Champions
Žalgiris 1st title

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Žalgiris 1997–98 FIBA EuroCup champions
Kavoliūnas Maskoliūnas Pazdrazdis Sirtautas Šeštokas 5 M. Žukauskas 6 Whatley 7 Štombergas (Finals MVP) 8 Stumbrys 9 E. Žukauskas 10 Adomaitis 11 Praškevičius 12 Masiulis 14 Arapović
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