1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

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The 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1997–98 season's FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Tournament details
Arena	Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona, Spain
Dates	April 1998
Final positions
Champions	Kinder Bologna (1st title)
Runners-up	AEK
Third place	Benetton Treviso
Fourth place	Partizan Zepter
Awards and statistics
MVP	Zoran Savić

Kinder Bologna won its first title, after defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Finals, in the lowest scoring final ever.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Partizan Zepter	61
	Kinder Bologna	83
					Kinder Bologna	58
					AEK	44
	Benetton Treviso	66
	AEK	69
					Third place
					Partizan Zepter	89
					Benetton Treviso	96

Semifinals

Partizan Zepter – Kinder Bologna

April 21 18:15

Boxscore

Partizan Zepter	61–83	Kinder Bologna
Scoring by half: 25–45, 36–38
Pts: Brkić 17 Rebs: Lukovski 10 Asts: Brkić 2		Pts: Savić 23 Rebs: Abbio 5 Asts: Danilović 6

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Armand De Keyser (BEL)

Benetton Treviso – AEK

April 21 20:30

Boxscore

Benetton Treviso	66–69	AEK
Scoring by half: 36–37, 30–32
Pts: Williams 19 Rebs: Rebrača, Rusconi 5 Asts: Bonora 5		Pts: Anderson 21 Rebs: Andersen 7 Asts: three players 2

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Third Place Game

April 23 18:15

Boxscore

Partizan Zepter	89–96	Benetton Treviso
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42
Pts: Drobnjak 22 Rebs: Tomašević 12 Asts: Lukovski 3		Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Sciarra 7 Asts: four players 2

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 11,900 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Armand De Keyser (BEL)

Final

April 23 20:30

Boxscore

Kinder Bologna	58–44	AEK
Scoring by half: 28–20, 30–24
Pts: Rigaudeau 14 Rebs: Nesterović 9 Asts: Abbio, Sconochini 2		Pts: Lasa 7 Rebs: Tsakalidis 6 Asts: Lasa, Prelević 3

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 11,900 Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Iztok Rems (SLO)

Kinder Bologna

AEK

Starters: P R A PG 14 Antoine Rigaudeau 14 2 0 SG 5 Saša Danilović 13 5 1 SF 10 Hugo Sconochini 10 8 2 PF 12 Zoran Savić 7 6 0 C 8 Rašo Nesterović 6 9 0 Reserves: P R A SG 6 Claudio Crippa DNP SG 7 Alessandro Abbio 6 1 2 C 11 Augusto Binelli 2 1 0 PF 12 Riccardo Morandotti DNP PF 15 Alessandro Frosini 0 0 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions Kinder Bologna First Title

Starters: P R A PG 4 Claudio Coldebella 3 1 0 SG 7 Bane Prelević 6 0 3 SF 8 Willie Anderson 4 4 1 PF 15 Victor Alexander 5 5 0 C 12 Jake Tsakalidis 4 6 1 Reserves: P R A PG 5 José Lasa 7 1 3 SG 9 Nikos Chatzis 4 2 1 C 10 Mikkel Larsen 2 0 0 PF 11 Michalis Kakiouzis 5 2 0 C 14 Michael Andersen 4 4 0 Head coach: Giannis Ioannidis

Awards

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

• Zoran Savić (Virtus Bologna)

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

• Antoine Rigaudeau (Virtus Bologna)

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Player	Team	Ref.
Antoine Rigaudeau	Kinder Bologna
Saša Danilović	Kinder Bologna
Henry Williams	Benetton Treviso
Dejan Tomašević	Partizan Zepter
Zoran Savić (MVP)	Kinder Bologna

External links

• EuroLeague 1998–99 at FIBA Europe website
• EuroLeague at Linguasport