1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup

1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup
1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Mash Jeans Verona
Runners-up	Crvena zvezda
FIBA Korać Cup seasons
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup was the 27th edition of the third tier European basketball tournament FIBA Korać cup and had 84 participants (42 teams played from the first round and another 42 teams from the second round). Mash Jeans Verona won the tournament.

Team allocation

Country ranking

For the 1997–1998 FIBA Korać Cup, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1994–95 to 1996–97.^[1]

Country ranking for 1996–1997 FIBA Korać Cup

Rank	Country	Points	Teams
1	Spain	279.667	4
2	Greece	275.000
3	Italy	190.833
4	France	117.500
5	Turkey	96.667
6	Russia	70.542
7	Germany	55.389
8	Croatia	50.833
9	Israel	43.048
10	Slovenia	38.833
11	Yugoslavia	25.000
12	Portugal	23.071
13	Belgium	22.500
14	Poland	21.206
15	Lithuania	19.416
16	Ukraine	15.762
17	Hungary	9.667
18	Czech Republic	7.139
19	Slovakia	6.555

Rank	Country	Points	Teams
20	Macedonia	6.111	4
21	Austria	5.445	3
22	Sweden	5.333
23	Cyprus	4.333
24	England	4.167
25	Latvia	3.722	2
26	Switzerland	3.083
27	Bulgaria	2.694
28	Romania	2.389
29	Finland	1.861	1
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.778
31	Estonia	1.500
32	Netherlands	1.500
33	Georgia	1.500
34	Luxembourg	1.444
35	Albania	1.361
36	Denmark	0.167
37	Moldova	0.111
38	Belarus	0.056
39	Iceland	0.056
40	Ireland	0.000
41	Wales	0.000

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

Regular season
Tau Cerámica (5th)	Cholet (6th)	Shakhtyor Irkutsk (5th)	Šiauliai (4th)
Leon Caja España (6th)	Montpellier Paillade (7th)	Spartak Moscow (8th)	Statyba-Lietuvos rytas (10th)
Unicaja (7th)	SLUC Nancy (8th)	Lokomotiv Kazan (WC)	Dendi Basket (3rd)
TDK Manresa (8th)	JDA Dijon (9th)	Komfort Stargard Szczecinski (2nd)	CSKA Kyiv (5th)
Peristeri 3Bit (3rd)	Kombassan Konya (6th)	Stal Bobrek Bytom (4th)	Buducnost (4th)
Aris Moda Bagno (5th)	Tuborg Pilsner (7th)	Nobiles Włocławek (5th)	Ovarense Aerosoles (8th)
Sporting (8th)	Galatasaray (8th)	Hapoel Galil Elyon (5th)	AEL Limassol
Papagou Katselis (9th)	Darüșșafaka (9th)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (6th)
Mash Jeans Verona (4th)	Telekom Baskets Bonn (2nd)	Bnei Herzliya (7th)
Calze Pompea Roma (6th)	UniVersa Bamberg (4th)	Maribor Ovni (6th)
Varese Roosters (7th)	TBB Trier (6th)	Helios Domžale (5th)
Fontanafredda Siena (9th)	Tally Oberelchingen (7th)	Zadar (5th)
Qualifying round
Žito Vardar (2nd)	Vojvodina (5th)^{[Note YUG]}	Lahti Logistics (7th)	Astra Södertälje (5th)
Orka (CF)	Spartak Subotica (6th)	Saab UU (8th)	Panathinaikos Limassol
Strumica Tabak (6th)	Crvena Zvezda (12th)	Brotnjo (1st)^{[Note BIH]}	Ventspils (4th)
Nemetali Strumica (7th)	Aveiro	Češko (7th)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Stahlbau Oberwart (2nd)	Benfica	Ricoh Astronauts (2nd)	Estonian Fairs (1st)
Montan Kapfenberg (3rd)	Queluz	Hans Verkerk Den Helder (5th)	Azot Rustavi
Möllersdorf Traiskirchen (4th)	Belgacom Union Mons (3rd)	Résidense (1st)
Mattersburg 49ers (5th)	Echo Houthalen (5th)	Sparta Bertrange (2nd)
Slavia Sofia (1st)	Albacomp Fehérvár (3rd)	Benston Zagreb (3rd)
Cherno More (3rd)	Falco Szombathely (5th)	Polonia Przemysl (7th)
Kompakt (4th)	Dinamo București (1st)	Mykolaiv (6th)
Ficosota Shumen (5th)	Steaua București (2nd)	Sparta Praha (9th)

Notes

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Note YUG: KK Vojvodina participated instead of BFC Beočin because of merging those two clubs after the 1996–97 season.
^
Note BIH: After the war in Bosnia, basketball league in BIH was divided in three parts by ethnicity. HKK Brotnjo participated as a champion of the league of Herzeg-Bosnia

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Residense	157–182	Aveiro	79–81	78–101
Steaua București	135–141	Strumica Tabak	63–53	72–88
Mykolaiv	127–133	Slavia Sofia	66–67	61–66
Saab UU	159–166	Astra Södertälje	80–83	79–83
Montan Kapfenberg	143–134	Albacomp Fehérvár	65–74	78–60
Crvena zvezda	179–131	Panathinaikos Limassol	90–54	89–77
Češko	136–145	Dinamo București	72–68	64–77
Benfica	144–130	Fribourg Olympic	66–67	78–63
Hans Verkerk	147–111	Sparta Bertrange	93–64	54–47
Sparta Praha	138–127	Polonia Przemyśl	63–60	75–67
Echo Houthalen	167–166	Möllersdorf Traiskirchen	88–74	79–92
Ficosota Shumen	180–191	Orka	85–85	95–106
Žito Vardar	155–151	Kompakt	84–70	71–81
Mattersburg 49ers	125–150	Benston Zagreb	75–83	50–67
Ricoh Astronauts	128–160	Belgacom Union Mons	57–81	71–79
Lahti Logistics	153–163	Ventspils	80–89	73–74
Brotnjo	0–40	Falco Szombathely	0–20	0–20
Queluz	132–134	Stahlbau Oberwart	67–66	65–68
Azot Rustavi	148–165	Estonian Fairs	81–75	67–90
Nemetali Strumica	119–204	Vojvodina	66–108	53–96
Cherno More	186–168	Spartak Subotica	97–70	89–98

Regular season

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advance to round of 32

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Leon Caja España	6	6	0	549	465	+84	12
2.	Fontanafredda Siena	6	4	2	498	477	+21	10
3.	Aveiro	6	1	5	469	521	−52	7
4.	Tally Oberelchingen	6	1	5	453	506	−53	7

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Crvena zvezda	6	5	1	513	431	+72	11
2.	Peristeri 3Bit	6	4	2	472	419	+53	10
3.	Bnei Herzliya	6	2	4	446	471	−25	8
4.	Montan Kapfenberg	6	1	5	430	540	−76	7

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Statyba-Lietuvos rytas	6	4	2	516	466	+50	10
2.	Komfort Stargard Szczecinski	6	3	3	446	433	+13	9
3.	Lokomotiv Kazan	6	3	3	447	474	−27	9
4.	Astra Södertälje	6	2	4	500	536	−36	8

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Darüșșafaka	6	5	1	476	399	+77	11
2.	Budućnost	6	5	1	506	434	+72	11
3.	Slavia Sofia	6	1	5	490	530	−40	7
4.	Strumica Tabak	6	1	5	446	555	−109	7

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Hapoel Galil Elyon	6	5	1	471	441	+30	11
2.	Papagou Katselis	6	3	3	424	392	+32	9
3.	Dinamo București	6	3	3	450	461	−11	9
4.	AEL Limassol	6	1	5	469	520	−51	7

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	UniVersa Bamberg	6	6	0	515	439	+76	12
2.	Montpellier Paillade	6	4	2	462	440	+22	10
3.	Benfica	6	2	4	479	465	+14	8
4.	Hans Verkerk Den Helder	6	0	6	350	462	−112	6

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Mash Jeans Verona	6	4	2	495	457	+38	10
2.	Kombassan Konya	6	4	2	430	402	+28	10
3.	Orka	6	3	3	446	488	−42	9
4.	Zadar	6	1	5	408	432	−24	7

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	SLUC Nancy	6	5	1	517	425	+92	11
2.	Tau Cerámica	6	4	2	491	389	+102	10
3.	Echo Houthalen	6	2	4	435	489	−54	8
4.	Sparta Praha	6	1	5	374	514	−140	6

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Aris Moda Bagno	6	5	1	528	391	+137	11
2.	TBB Trier	6	4	2	508	478	+30	10
3.	Falco Szombathely	6	3	3	491	535	−43	9
4.	Maribor Ovni	6	0	6	376	499	−123	6

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Cholet	6	6	0	454	383	+71	12
2.	TDK Manresa	6	4	2	479	456	+23	10
3.	Ovarense Aerosoles	6	1	5	428	467	−39	7
4.	Belgacom Union Mons	6	1	5	433	488	−55	7

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Ventspils	6	4	2	514	423	+91	10
2.	Spartak Moscow	6	4	2	492	426	+66	10
3.	CSKA Kyiv	6	4	2	428	443	−15	10
4.	Nobiles Włocławek	6	0	6	384	526	−142	6

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Varese Roosters	6	5	1	505	424	+81	11
2.	Galatasaray	6	4	2	506	428	+78	10
3.	Benston Zagreb	6	3	3	482	476	+6	9
4.	Žito Vardar	6	0	6	411	576	−165	6

Group M

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Calze Pompea Roma	6	6	0	434	343	+91	12
2.	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	6	3	3	431	417	+14	9
3.	Vojvodina	6	3	3	378	410	−32	9
4.	Helios Domžale	6	0	6	389	462	−73	6

Group N

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Stal Bobrek Bytom	6	4	2	487	476	+11	10
2.	Cherno More	6	3	3	471	464	+7	10
3.	Tuborg Pilsner	6	3	3	514	479	+35	9
4.	Sporting	6	2	4	425	478	−53	8

Group O

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Unicaja	6	5	1	486	411	+75	11
2.	JDA Dijon	6	4	2	454	435	+19	10
3.	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	2	4	475	478	−3	8
4.	Stahlbau Oberwart	6	1	5	453	544	−91	7

Group P

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Dendi Basket	6	5	1	494	444	+50	11
2.	Šiauliai	6	4	2	509	446	+63	10
3.	Shakhtyor Irkutsk	6	2	4	431	459	−28	9
4.	Estonian Fairs	6	1	5	419	504	−85	7

Sources:^[2]^[3]

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fontanafredda Siena	154–163	Crvena zvezda	81–72	73–91
Peristeri 3Bit	145–137	León Caja España	78–69	67–68
Komfort Stargard Szczeciński	133–137	Darüşşafaka	78–69	55–68
Budućnost	144–138	Statyba-Lietuvos rytas	83–69	61–69
Papagou Katselis	129–117	UniVersa Bamberg	60–71	69–46
Montpellier Paillade	118–136	Hapoel Galil Elyon	61–56	57–80
Kombassan Konya	140–137	SLUC Nancy	74–68	66–69
Tau Cerámica	155–169	Mash Jeans Verona	70–90	85–79
TBB Trier	145–170	Cholet	75–85	70–85
TDK Manresa	158–163	Aris Moda Bagno	84–67	74–96
Spartak Moscow	173–198	Varese Roosters	79–104	94–94
Galatasaray	141–146	Ventspils	77–76	64–70
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	149–163	Stal Bobrek Bytom	63–81	86–82
Cherno More	134–163	Calze Pompea Roma	79–78	55–85
JDA Dijon	171–152	Dendi	85–79	86–73
Šiauliai	133–142	Unicaja	74–73	59–69

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Crvena zvezda	148–139	Darüşşafaka	67–62	81–77
Peristeri 3Bit	136–135	Budućnost	76–57	60–78
Papagou Katselis	134–142	Kombassan Konya	79–76	55–66
Hapoel Galil Elyon	146–154	Mash Jeans Verona	86–83	60–71
Cholet	177–159	Varese Roosters	95–70	82–89
Aris Moda Bagno	175–133	Ventspils	102–66	73–67
Stal Bobrek Bytom	133–138	JDA Dijon	77–63	56–75
Calze Pompea Roma	139–129	Unicaja	74–55	65–74

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Crvena zvezda	144–133	Kombassan Konya	81–66	63–67
Peristeri 3Bit	151–158	Mash Jeans Verona	72–68	79–90
Cholet	139–124	JDA Dijon	82–62	57–62
Aris Moda Bagno	158–166	Calze Pompea Roma	79–80	79–86

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Crvena zvezda	155–145	Cholet	81–49	74–96
Mash Jeans Verona	166–154	Calze Pompea Roma	96–82	70–72

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mash Jeans Verona	141–138	Crvena zvezda	68–74	73–64

1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Mash Jeans Verona 1st title

References

^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
^ "Korac Cup 1997–98". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
^ "Korac Cup (1998) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

[cnote_Note_YUG] 
Note YUG: KK Vojvodina participated instead of BFC Beočin because of merging those two clubs after the 1996–97 season.

[cnote_Note_BIH] 
Note BIH: After the war in Bosnia, basketball league in BIH was divided in three parts by ethnicity. HKK Brotnjo participated as a champion of the league of Herzeg-Bosnia

[1] "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

[2] "Korac Cup 1997–98". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

[3] "Korac Cup (1998) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

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