1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague

The 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague was the 43rd installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 23, 1999, and ended on April 20, 2000. The competition's Final Four was held at PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki, with Panathinaikos defeating Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 8,500 spectators.[1]

FIBA EuroLeague
The Final Four was hosted at the PAOK Sports Arena
Season1999–2000
Teams24
Dates23 September 1999 – 20 April 2000
Final positions
Champions Panathinaikos
(2nd title)
Runners-up Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Third place Efes Pilsen
Fourth place FC Barcelona
Awards
Final Four MVP Željko Rebrača
Statistical leaders
Points Miljan Goljović 20.2
Rebounds Hüseyin Beşok 10.0
Assists David Rivers 4.9

Efes Pilsen finished in the third position, and FC Barcelona 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.

Team allocation

Country ranking

For the 1999–2000 EuroLeague, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1996–97 to 1998–99.[2]

Country ranking for 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
1  Italy 237.667 3
2  Greece 179.167
3  Spain 150.167
4  Turkey 70.500
5  France 68.833 2 +1, Cholet got wild card
6  Lithuania 55.556 -1, Lietuvos rytas withdrew
7  FR Yugoslavia 54.500
8  Russia 35.695 Lost one berth[Note FIBA]
9  Slovenia 30.622 1 +1, Pivovarna got wild card
10  Germany 27.833
11  Croatia 25.542
12  Israel 22.108
13  Poland 20.714 0
14  Belgium 13.817
15  Portugal 13.762
16  Ukraine 6.143
17  Austria 4.559
18  Hungary 4.429
19  North Macedonia 4.375
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
20  Cyprus 3.528 0
21  Czech Republic 3.187
22  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.008
23  Finland 2.917
24  Slovakia 2.583
25  Latvia 2.302
26  Bulgaria 1.917
27  Netherlands 1.722
28  Sweden 1.667
29  Estonia 0.667
30  Romania 0.611
31  Luxembourg 0.472
32   Switzerland 0.389
33  Georgia 0.333
34  England 0.278
35  Belarus 0.111
36  Albania 0.055
37  Denmark 0.000
38  Ireland 0.000
Note
  1. ^
    FIBA: In Euroleague, teams finishing 6th in the Second Stage of 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague (groups E-H) lose a berth for their country in next season. These berths are gained by those countries whose teams reach the Semi-Final Round in the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup. As a general rule, a federation cannot have more than 3 teams in Euroleague. Should a semi-finalist in Saporta Cup provide one more berth for its country, in case it already has 3 berths assigned in Euroleague, this berth will be transferred to the next federation in FIBA Ranking which has 2 teams (as long as one of its teams reached the 1/4 Final Round in Saporta Cup during the same season)..

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
Varese Roosters (1st) FC Barcelona (1st) Pau-Orthez (1st) Union Olimpija (1st)
Benetton Treviso (2nd) Caja San Fernando (2nd) ASVEL (2nd) Pivovarna Laško (WC)
Paf Wennington Bologna (3rd) Real Madrid Teka (3rd) Cholet (WC) CSKA Moscow (1st)
Panathinaikos (1st) Tofaş (1st) Budućnost (1st) Alba Berlin (1st)
Olympiacos (2nd) Efes Pilsen (2nd) Crvena zvezda (2nd) Cibona VIP (1st)
PAOK (3rd) Ülker (3rd) Žalgiris (1st) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)


First round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. FC Barcelona 1091780685+95
2. CSKA Moscow 1073754705+49
3. Benetton Treviso 1064700675+25
4. PAOK 1055730680+50
5. Cholet 1028640711–71
6. Crvena zvezda 1019636784–148

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Panathinaikos 1091802690+112
2. Union Olimpija 1055776791–15
3. Real Madrid Teka 1055714743–29
4. Alba Berlin 1055734747–14
5. Tofaş 1046715738–23
6. Žalgiris 1028719751–32

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. ASVEL 1082711645+66
2. Olympiacos 1064668627+41
3. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 1064773714+59
4. Ülker 1055756770–14
5. Varese Roosters 1037715762–47
6. Pivovarna Laško 1028712817–105

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Efes Pilsen 1064707678+29
2. Cibona VIP 1064744759–15
3. Paf Wennington Bologna 1064729703+26
4. Budućnost 1055760746+14
5. Caja San Fernando 1055699689+10
6. Pau-Orthez 1028686750–64

Second round

(The individual scores and standings of the First stage were accumulated in the Second stage)

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. 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. FC Barcelona 1612411831091+92
2. CSKA Moscow 169712161182+34
3. Benetton Treviso 169711561139+17
4. Alba Berlin 169711741186–12
5. Tofaş 168811931171+22
6. Žalgiris 1641211481200–52

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Panathinaikos 1613312461084+162
2. Union Olimpija 1610612011175+26
3. Real Madrid Teka 1610612271187+40
4. PAOK 167911401114+26
5. Cholet 1631310541186–132
6. Crvena zvezda 1611510341257–223

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 1612411821050+132
2. ASVEL 1611511071056+51
3. Olympiacos 1610611171045+72
4. Budućnost 167911641168–4
5. Caja San Fernando 1661010681107–39
6. Pau-Orthez 1641210781164–86

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Efes Pilsen 1611512211142+79
2. Paf Wennington Bologna 1610611981145+53
3. Cibona VIP 1610612011207–6
4. Ülker 168812041235–31
5. Varese Roosters 1651111861240–54
6. Pivovarna Laško 1621411471314–167

Top 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Union Olimpija 2–1 Olympiacos 65–61 52–68 85–67
FC Barcelona 2–1 Ülker 78–73 60–63 86–65
Paf Wennington Bologna 2–0 Benetton Treviso 82–73 77–61
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 2–1 PAOK 77–62 55–67 78–62
CSKA Moscow 1–2 Cibona VIP 72–75 75–55 69–78
Panathinaikos 2–1 Budućnost 65–59 64–77 78–61
ASVEL 2–0 Real Madrid Teka 72–59 85–73
Efes Pilsen 2–0 Alba Berlin 90–81 93–73

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
FC Barcelona 2–1 Union Olimpija 70–67 64–71 71–66
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 2–1 Paf Wennington Bologna 62–65 80–73 79–64
Panathinaikos 2–0 Cibona VIP 73–62 69–63
Efes Pilsen 2–1 ASVEL 93–85 60–77 68–66

Final Four

Semifinals

April 18, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Barcelona 51–65 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Panathinaikos 81–71 Efes Pilsen

Third place game

April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Barcelona 69–75 Efes Pilsen

Final

April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 67–73 Panathinaikos
1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Champions

Panathinaikos
2nd Title


Awards

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Player Team Ref.
Oded KattashPanathinaikos[3]
Hedo TürkoğluEfes
Dejan BodirogaPanathinaikos
Nate HuffmanMaccabi Tel Aviv
Željko Rebrača (MVP)Panathinaikos

References

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