1998–99 EuroLeague Women

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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 Slovakia Ruzomberok 14 10 4 1104 928
2 Germany Wuppertal 14 10 4 1063 985
3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hemofarm 14 10 4 1078 980
4 Italy Pool Comense 14 9 5 1066 966
5 France Valenciennes 14 8 6 1048 1020
6 Hungary Pécs 14 5 9 1004 1000
7 Greece Panathinaikos 14 4 10 96 1131
8 Israel Elitzur Ramla 14 0 14 873 1188

Group B[edit]

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1 Czech Republic Brno 14 12 2 1043 798
2 Turkey Galatasaray 14 11 3 928 873
3 Russia Dynamo Moscow 14 11 3 1084 945
4 France Bourges 14 8 6 913 814
5 Italy Schio 14 5 9 898 932
6 Slovenia Ježica 14 4 10 884 1040
7 Poland Lotos Gdynia 14 3 11 850 1003
8 Germany Wildcats 14 2 12 911 1106

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd 3rd
Ruzomberok Slovakia 2–1 France Bourges 44–65 51–42 65–58
Wuppertal Germany 2–1 Russia Dynamo Moscow 73–80 73–63 67–58
Brno Czech Republic 0–2 Italy Pool Comense 52–74 65–70
Galatasaray Turkey 2–1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hemofarm 76–61 78–85 73–68

Final four[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 April
 
 
Slovakia Ruzomberok54
 
8 April
 
Turkey Galatasaray47
 
Slovakia Ruzomberok 63
 
6 April
 
Italy Pool Comense48
 
Germany Wuppertal53
 
 
Italy Pool Comense70
 
Third place
 
 
8 April
 
 
Turkey Galatasaray62
 
 
Germany Wuppertal53

Individual statistics[edit]

Points[edit]

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Australia Sandra Brondello Germany Wuppertal 19.5
2. Greece Eleni Trialoni Greece Panathinaikos 19.4
3. United States Andrea Stinson Turkey Galatasaray 18.7
3. France Isabelle Fijalkowski Italy Pool Comense 18.7
5. Israel Victoria Savin Israel Elitzur Ramla 18.4

Rebounds[edit]

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Germany Marlies Askamp Germany Wuppertal 12.3
2. Czech Republic Kamila Vodicková Czech Republic Brno 11.3
3. Poland Malgorzata Dydek Poland Lotos Gdynia 9.5
3. Germany Olga Pfeifer Germany Wildcats 9.4
5. Moldova Natalia Svisceva Slovakia Ruzomberok 8.6

Assists[edit]

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Spain Ana Belén Álvaro France Valenciennes 4.8
2. Belarus Elena Ksendzhik Russia Dynamo Moscow 4.1
3. France Yannick Souvré France Bourges 3.5
4. Canada Shawna Molcak Germany Wildcats 2.9
4. Slovakia Iveta Bieliková Slovakia Ruzomberok 2.9

References[edit]

  1. ^ Results in FIBA Europe's website