The 1998–99 Euroleague Women was the third edition of the Euroleague era of FIBA's premier international competition for European women's basketball clubs. It ran between 23 September 1998 and 8 April 1999.
MBK Ruzomberok won its first title beating former champion Pool Comense in the final, becoming the first (and only to date) Slovak team to win the competition. Galatasaray and BTV Wuppertal also reached the Final Four, which took place in Brno, while defending champion CJM Bourges was knocked out by Ruzomberok in the quarterfinals.[1]
Group stage edit
Group A edit
# | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ruzomberok | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1104 | 928 |
2 | Wuppertal | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1063 | 985 |
3 | Hemofarm | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1078 | 980 |
4 | Pool Comense | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1066 | 966 |
5 | Valenciennes | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1048 | 1020 |
6 | Pécs | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1004 | 1000 |
7 | Panathinaikos | 14 | 4 | 10 | 96 | 1131 |
8 | Elitzur Ramla | 14 | 0 | 14 | 873 | 1188 |
Group B edit
# | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brno | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1043 | 798 |
2 | Galatasaray | 14 | 11 | 3 | 928 | 873 |
3 | Dynamo Moscow | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1084 | 945 |
4 | Bourges | 14 | 8 | 6 | 913 | 814 |
5 | Schio | 14 | 5 | 9 | 898 | 932 |
6 | Ježica | 14 | 4 | 10 | 884 | 1040 |
7 | Lotos Gdynia | 14 | 3 | 11 | 850 | 1003 |
8 | Wildcats | 14 | 2 | 12 | 911 | 1106 |
Quarter-finals edit
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ruzomberok | 2–1 | Bourges | 44–65 | 51–42 | 65–58 |
Wuppertal | 2–1 | Dynamo Moscow | 73–80 | 73–63 | 67–58 |
Brno | 0–2 | Pool Comense | 52–74 | 65–70 | |
Galatasaray | 2–1 | Hemofarm | 76–61 | 78–85 | 73–68 |
Final four edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
6 April | ||||||
Ruzomberok | 54 | |||||
8 April | ||||||
Galatasaray | 47 | |||||
Ruzomberok | 63 | |||||
6 April | ||||||
Pool Comense | 48 | |||||
Wuppertal | 53 | |||||
Pool Comense | 70 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
8 April | ||||||
Galatasaray | 62 | |||||
Wuppertal | 53 |
Individual statistics edit
Points edit
Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Sandra Brondello | Wuppertal | 19.5 |
2. | Eleni Trialoni | Panathinaikos | 19.4 |
3. | Andrea Stinson | Galatasaray | 18.7 |
3. | Isabelle Fijalkowski | Pool Comense | 18.7 |
5. | Victoria Savin | Elitzur Ramla | 18.4 |
Rebounds edit
Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Marlies Askamp | Wuppertal | 12.3 |
2. | Kamila Vodicková | Brno | 11.3 |
3. | Malgorzata Dydek | Lotos Gdynia | 9.5 |
3. | Olga Pfeifer | Wildcats | 9.4 |
5. | Natalia Svisceva | Ruzomberok | 8.6 |
Assists edit
Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Ana Belén Álvaro | Valenciennes | 4.8 |
2. | Elena Ksendzhik | Dynamo Moscow | 4.1 |
3. | Yannick Souvré | Bourges | 3.5 |
4. | Shawna Molcak | Wildcats | 2.9 |
4. | Iveta Bieliková | Ruzomberok | 2.9 |
References edit
- ^ Results in FIBA Europe's website