1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup

1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup
1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	FC Barcelona
Runners-up	Adecco Estudiantes
FIBA Korać Cup seasons
	← 1997–98 1999–00 →

The 1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup was the 28th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Spanish FC Barcelona defeated the Spanish Adecco Estudiantes in the final. This was FC Barcelona's second time winning the title following a victory in 1987.

Team allocation

Country ranking

For the 1998–1999 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 1995–96 to 1997–98.^[1]

Country ranking for 1998–1999 FIBA Korać Cup

Rank	Country	Points	Teams
1	Greece	237.000	4
2	Italy	222.833
3	Spain	194.500
4	Turkey	92.833
5	France	88.667
6	Russia	67.732
7	Yugoslavia	46.333
8	Germany	38.500
9	Croatia	35.542
10	Lithuania	34.667
11	Slovenia	33.714
12	Israel	31.902
13	Poland	21.524
14	Portugal	19.794
15	Belgium	15.929
16	Ukraine	8.905
17	Macedonia	6.542
18	Hungary	6.429
19	Austria	5.417

Rank	Country	Points	Teams
20	Czech Republic	4.187	4
21	Cyprus	4.083	3
22	Slovakia	3.944
23	Sweden	3.667
24	England	3.611
25	Bulgaria	3.722	2
26	Finland	3.083
27	Netherlands	2.694
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.389
29	Latvia	1.861	1
30	Estonia	1.778
31	Romania	1.500
32	Luxembourg	1.500
33	Albania	1.500
34	Georgia	1.444
35	Switzerland	1.361
36	Denmark	0.167
37	Belarus	0.111
38	Moldova	0.056
39	Ireland	0.000
40	Wales	0.000
41	Iceland	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
Panionios Nutella (5th)	Adecco Estudiantes (5th)	Le Mans Sarthe (7th)	Radnički Belgrade (8th)
Apollon Achaia Clauss (6th)	Unicaja (8th)	Besancon BCD (8th)	Šiauliai (7th)
Iraklio Minoan Lines (7th)	Forum Valladolid (9th)	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody (6th)	Alita (8th)
Papagou Katselis (8th)	Beşiktaş (5th)	Spartak Saint Petersburg (7th)	Neptunas (9th)
Zucchetti Reggiana (4th)	Darüșșafaka (7th)	Sport-Akademklub Moscow (8th)	UniVersa Bamberg (3rd)
Ducato Siena (6th)	Galatasaray (8th)	Arsenal Tula (11th)	Telekom Bonn (5th)
Aeroporti Di Roma (7th)	Tuborg Pilsner (9th)	FMP Železnik (2nd)	Benston Zagreb (4th)
Pepsi Rimini (8th)	PSG Racing (5th)	Lovćen Cetinje (6th)	Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana (3rd)
FC Barcelona (4th)	JDA Dijon (6th)	Beobanka (7th)	Porto (WC)
Qualifying round
Ericsson Bobry Bytom (3rd)	AEL Limassol (4th)	Tatami Rhöndorf (6th)	Chemosvit (2nd)
Komfort Stargard Szczecinski (4th)	Panathinaikos Limassol (5th)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8th)	Inter Slovnaft (3rd)
Pogón Ruda Ślaska (6th)	Oliveirense (3rd)	Svjetlost Brod (6th)	Tapiolan Honka (3rd)
AZS Elana Torun (8th)	Benfica	Zrinjevac (8th)	Lahti (6th)
Union Mons Hainaut (3rd)	Aveiro	Krka (4th)	Dinamo București (1st)
Okapi Aalstar (4th)	Sloboda Dita (2nd)^WC	Helios Domžale (8th)	Astral Sibiu (2nd)^WC
Sunair Ostende (5th)	Borac Nektar (1st)^{[Note BIH]}	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (5th)	Grodno 93 (1st)
Atomics Bruxelles (8th)	Brotnjo (1st)^{[Note BIH]}	Hapoel Galil Elyon (6th)	RTI Osipovichi (3rd)^WC
Montan Kapfenberg (3rd)	Racing Club (1st)	Shakhtar Donetsk (4th)	Kumanovo (4th)
Möllersdorf Traiskirchen (4th)	Residense (WC)	Azovbasket (WC)	Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
Mattersburg 49ers (5th)	Sparta Bertrange (WC)	ZTE (6th)	Ficosota Shumen (4th)
Klosterneuburg Dukes (6th)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)	Falco Szombathely (7th)	Ricoh Astronauts (3rd)
Keravnos Keo (2nd)	Vacallo Win (2nd)^WC	Sparta Praha (6th)	Vllaznia (1st)
Achilleas Kaimakli (3rd)	Lugano Snakes (3rd)^WC	Nova Hut Ostrava (7th)	Azot Rustavi (1st)

^
Note BIH: After the war in Bosnia, the basketball league in BIH was divided in three parts by ethnicity. Borac Nektar participated as a champion of the league of Republika Srpska, while 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
Sunair Ostende	174–133	Oliveirense	117–78	57–55
Tatami Rhöndorf	205–132	Sparta Bertrange	101–67	104–65
Residense	93–191	Inter Slovnaft	39–108	54–83
Lahti	154–162	Norrköping Dolphins	88–85	66–77
RTI Osipovichi	118–123	Komfort Stargard Szczecinski	56–48	62–75
ZTE	149–174	Fribourg Olympic	79–86	70–88
Möllersdorf Traiskirchen	136–139	Keravnos Keo	71–77	65–62
Brotnjo	128–101	Dinamo București	78–46	50–55
Achilleas Kaimakli	127–151	Sparta Praha	71–54	56–97
Benfica	164–146	Vacallo Win	80–74	84–72
Astral Sibiu	147–177	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	73–83	74–94
Klosterneuburg Dukes	156–165	Union Mons Hainaut	74–75	82–90
Mattersburg 49ers	110–175	Okapi Aalstar	50–83	60–92
Lugano Snakes	144–153	Nova Hut Ostrava	76–64	68–85
Vllaznia	129–190	Ericsson Bobry Bytom	60–89	69–101
Svjetlost Brod	155–157	Falco Szombathely	61–72	94–85
Borac Nektar	156–121	Montan Kapfenberg	92–56	64–65
Ricoh Astronauts	116–139	Porto	65–74	51–65
Atomics Bruxelles	172–143	Racing Club	85–69	87–74
Azot Rustavi	179–203	Shakhtar Donetsk	92–93	87–110
Pogón Ruda Ślaska	172–127	Kouvot	94–74	78–53
Tapiolan Honka	176–175	AZS Elana Torun	87–73	89–102
Zrinjevac	198–147	AEL Limassol	109–68	89–79
Helios Domžale	132–145	Sloboda Dita	64–70	68–75
Aveiro	171–186	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	94–100	77–86
Azovbasket	139–133	Grodno 93	79–54	60–79
Panathinaikos Limassol	135–191	Hapoel Galil Elyon	73–94	62–97
Kumanovo	107–139	Krka	53–64	54–75
Chemosvit	149–134	Ficosota Shumen	76–61	73–73

Source: fibaeurope.com

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.	Galatasaray	4	3	1	282	236	+46	7
2.	Radnički Belgrade	4	2	2	301	284	+17	6
3.	Inter Slovnaft	4	1	3	235	298	−63	5
4.	Sport-Akademklub Moscow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Norrköping Dolphins	6	4	2	532	488	+44	10
2.	Alita	6	4	2	477	466	+11	10
3.	Spartak Saint Petersburg	6	3	3	516	508	+8	9
4.	Komfort Stargard Szczecinski	6	1	5	431	494	−63	7

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Sunair Ostende	6	4	2	509	459	+50	10
2.	Zucchetti Reggiana	6	3	3	441	475	−34	9
3.	Tatami Rhöndorf	6	3	3	489	461	+28	9
4.	Unicaja	6	2	4	420	464	−44	8

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Panionios Nutella	6	5	1	458	420	+38	11
2.	Keravnos Keo	6	3	3	405	405	0	9
3.	FMP Železnik	6	3	3	421	441	−20	9
4.	Fribourg Olympic	6	1	5	402	420	−18	7

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Beşiktaş	6	5	1	480	455	+25	11
2.	Ericsson Bobry Bytom	6	3	3	462	445	+17	9
3.	Pepsi Rimini	6	2	4	433	453	−20	8
4.	Falco Szombathely	6	2	4	458	480	−22	8

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	JDA Dijon	6	4	2	502	477	+25	10
2.	Forum Valladolid	6	4	2	459	422	+37	10
3.	Union Mons Hainaut	6	3	3	446	451	−5	9
4.	Nova Hut Ostrava	6	1	5	447	504	−57	7

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Brotnjo	6	4	2	409	375	+34	10
2.	Apollon Achaia Clauss	6	4	2	442	411	+31	10
3.	Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana	6	4	2	450	409	+41	10
4.	Sparta Praha	6	0	6	352	458	−106	6

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	6	4	2	490	454	+36	10
2.	UniVersa Bamberg	6	4	2	424	416	+8	10
3.	Le Mans Sarthe	6	3	3	475	480	−5	9
4.	Benfica	6	1	5	429	468	−39	7

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Adecco Estudiantes	6	5	1	496	449	+47	11
2.	Porto	6	4	2	493	463	+30	10
3.	Besancon BCD	6	2	4	437	418	+19	8
4.	Atomics Bruxelles	6	1	5	411	507	−96	7

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Ducato Siena	6	4	2	449	359	+90	10
2.	Benston Zagreb	6	4	2	396	417	−21	10
3.	Borac Nektar	6	3	3	392	401	−9	9
4.	Tuborg Pilsner	6	1	5	398	458	−60	7

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	4	2	469	439	+30	10
2.	Papagou Katselis	6	4	2	456	433	+23	10
3.	Sloboda Dita	6	3	3	368	395	−27	9
4.	Zrinjevac	6	1	5	413	439	−26	7

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Šiauliai	6	4	2	538	484	+54	10
2.	Pogoń Ruda Śląska	6	4	2	494	453	+41	10
3.	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody	6	3	3	503	531	−28	9
4.	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	5	495	562	−67	7

Group M

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	6	5	1	477	424	+53	11
2.	Krka	6	5	1	465	426	+39	11
3.	Lovćen Cetinje	6	1	5	414	466	−52	7
4.	Hapoel Galil Elyon	6	1	5	444	484	−40	7

Group N

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	FC Barcelona	6	6	0	515	411	+104	12
2.	Okapi Aalstar	6	3	3	498	524	−26	9
3.	PSG Racing	6	3	3	466	451	+15	9
4.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6	0	6	409	502	−93	6

Group O

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Arsenal Tula	6	5	1	487	398	+89	11
2.	Neptunas	6	4	2	522	485	+37	10
3.	Tapiolan Honka	6	3	3	449	457	−8	9
4.	Azovbasket	6	0	6	428	546	−118	6

Group P

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Darüșșafaka	6	5	1	523	429	+94	11
2.	Iraklio Minoan Lines	6	4	2	472	464	+8	10
3.	Beobanka	6	3	3	482	463	+19	9
4.	Chemosvit	6	0	6	397	518	−121	6

Sources:^[2]^[3]

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Radnički Belgrade	177–172	Norrköping Dolphins	107–93	70–79
Alita	142–144	Galatasaray	75–70	67–74
Zucchetti Reggiana	137–150	Panionios Nutella	79–69	58–81
Keravnos Kéo	124–153	Sunair Oostende	70–73	54–80
Ericsson Bobry Bytom	145–150	JDA Dijon	78–79	67–71
Fórum Valladolid	157–159	Beşiktaş	76–79	81–80
Apollon Achaia Clauss	155–153	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	75–75	80–78
UniVersa Bamberg	136–137	Brotnjo	79–54	57–83
Porto	129–146	Ducato Siena	73–63	56–83
Benston Zagreb	108–133	Adecco Estudiantes	49–72	59–61
Papagou Katselis	138–147	Šiauliai	74–67	64–80
Pogoń Ruda Śląska	148–146	Telekom Baskets Bonn	77–70	71–76
Krka	119–158	FC Barcelona	66–75	53–83
Okapi Aalst	147–158	Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	64–70	83–88
Neptūnas	172–191	Darüşşafaka	89–97	83–94
Iraklio Minoan Lines	156–163	Arsenal Tula	69–69	87–94

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Radnički Belgrade	145–169	Panionios Nutella	74–88	71–81
Galatasaray	131–143	Sunair Oostende	62–58	69–85
JDA Dijon	135–122	Apollon Achaia Clauss	68–52	67–70
Beşiktaş	142–133	Brotnjo	84–53	58–80
Ducato Siena	151–114	Šiauliai	85–45	66–69
Adecco Estudiantes	159–150	Pogoń Ruda Śląska	76–71	83–79
FC Barcelona	157–147	Darüşşafaka	83–71	74–76
Aeroporti di Roma Virtus	156–164	Arsenal Tula	79–83	77–81

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios Nutella	161–150	JDA Dijon	87–66	74–84
Sunair Oostende	171–147	Beşiktaş	93–65	78–82
Ducato Siena	146–147	FC Barcelona	87–71	59–76
Adecco Estudiantes	147–122	Arsenal Tula	77–59	70–63

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios Nutella	132–171	FC Barcelona	71–80	61–91
Sunair Oostende	143–159	Adecco Estudiantes	82–84	61–75

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adecco Estudiantes	163–174	FC Barcelona	93–77	70–97

1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
FC Barcelona 2nd title

References

^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
^ "Korac Cup 1998–99". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
^ "Korac Cup (1999) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

External links

[cnote_Note_BIH] 
Note BIH: After the war in Bosnia, the basketball league in BIH was divided in three parts by ethnicity. Borac Nektar participated as a champion of the league of Republika Srpska, while 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 1998–99". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

[3] "Korac Cup (1999) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

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