FIBA EuroLeague
The Final Four was hosted at the PAOK Sports Arena
Season1999–2000
Duration23 September 1999 – 20 April 2000
Number of teams24
Finals
ChampionsGreece Panathinaikos
(2nd title)
  Runners-upIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Third placeTurkey Efes Pilsen
Fourth placeSpain FC Barcelona
Final Four MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Rebrača
Statistical leaders
Points Slovenia Miljan Goljović 20.2
Rebounds Turkey Hüseyin Beşok 10.0
Assists United States David Rivers 4.9

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]

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.

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  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  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)..

Team allocation

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
Italy Varese Roosters (1st) Spain FC Barcelona (1st) France Pau-Orthez (1st) Slovenia Union Olimpija (1st)
Italy Benetton Treviso (2nd) Spain Caja San Fernando (2nd) France ASVEL (2nd) Slovenia Pivovarna Laško (WC)
Italy Paf Wennington Bologna (3rd) Spain Real Madrid Teka (3rd) France Cholet (WC) Russia CSKA Moscow (1st)
Greece Panathinaikos (1st) Turkey Tofaş (1st) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost (1st) Germany Alba Berlin (1st)
Greece Olympiacos (2nd) Turkey Efes Pilsen (2nd) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda (2nd) Croatia Cibona VIP (1st)
Greece PAOK (3rd) Turkey Ülker (3rd) Lithuania Žalgiris (1st) Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FCB CSK BEN PAO CHO CZV
1 Spain FC Barcelona 10 9 1 780 685 +95 19 Advance to Group E 75–67 69–51 76–55 71–62 90–67
2 Russia CSKA Moscow 10 7 3 754 705 +49 17 76–72 77–75 71–82 74–54 86–62
3 Italy Benetton Treviso 10 6 4 700 675 +25 16 68–72 61–81 69–66 73–57 88–63
4 Greece PAOK 10 5 5 730 680 +50 15 Advance to Group F 83–87 83–63 66–72 83–76 82–53
5 France Cholet 10 2 8 640 711 71 12 70–77 76–79 64–73 48–66 69–59
6 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 10 1 9 636 784 148 11 86–91 65–80 60–70 65–64 56–64
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAN UOL RMB ALB TOF ZAL
1 Greece Panathinaikos 10 9 1 802 690 +112 19 Advance to Group F 100–80 96–69 70–72 79–74 86–82
2 Slovenia Union Olimpija 10 5 5 776 791 15 15 71–86 73–63 78–83 87–92 76–64
3 Spain Real Madrid Teka 10 5 5 714 743 29 15 63–66 76–74 90–75 77–73 60–70
4 Germany Alba Berlin 10 5 5 734 747 13 15 Advance to Group E 54–73 69–74 84–78 81–55 80–64
5 Turkey Tofaş 10 4 6 715 738 23 14 59–64 74–78 67–71 76–66 77–73
6 Lithuania Žalgiris 10 2 8 719 751 32 12 66–82 84–85 65–67 89–70 62–68
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ASV OLY MTA ULK VAR PIV
1 France ASVEL 10 8 2 711 645 +66 18 Advance to Group G 61–54 70–65 60–59 84–71 100–58
2 Greece Olympiacos 10 6 4 668 627 +41 16 65–55 65–63 62–73 62–69 79–68
3 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 6 4 773 714 +59 16 73–61 54–65 89–74 87–66 84–62
4 Turkey Ülker 10 5 5 756 770 14 15 Advance to Group H 73–80 64–86 85–79 79–70 68–78
5 Italy Varese Roosters 10 3 7 715 762 47 13 58–60 57–74 79–87 82–86 80–70
6 Slovenia Pivovarna Laško 10 2 8 712 817 105 12 69–80 63–56 87–92 84–95 73–83
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EFS CIB PAF BUD CSF PAU
1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 10 6 4 707 678 +29 16 Advance to Group H 69–60 99–63 73–67 73–57 69–65
2 Croatia Cibona VIP 10 6 4 744 759 15 16 71–69 71–61 69–63 93–87 71–69
3 Italy Paf Wennington Bologna 10 6 4 729 703 +26 16 76–56 92–78 72–73 69–63 83–58
4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost 10 5 5 760 746 +14 15 Advance to Group G 86–80 95–90 75–83 88–65 68–71
5 Spain Caja San Fernando 10 5 5 699 689 +10 15 62–43 79–59 60–52 75–73 77–60
6 France Pau-Orthez 10 2 8 686 750 64 12 71–76 75–82 70–78 68–72 79–74
Source: FIBA Europe

Qualification 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

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FCB CSK BEN ALB TOF ZAL
1 Spain FC Barcelona 16 12 4 1183 1091 +92 28 Advance to Play Offs 66–67 68–65 66–64
2 Russia CSKA Moscow 16 9 7 1216 1182 +34 25 71–76 90–85 76–64
3 Italy Benetton Treviso 16 9 7 1156 1139 +17 25 86–78 66–77 88–75
4 Germany Alba Berlin 16 9 7 1174 1186 12 25 72–64 81–76 66–76
5 Turkey Tofaş 16 8 8 1193 1171 +22 24 78–71 87–73 86–65
6 Lithuania Žalgiris 16 4 12 1148 1200 52 20 60–68 84–76 82–75
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAN UOL RMB PAO CHO CZV
1 Greece Panathinaikos 16 13 3 1246 1084 +162 29 Advance to Play Offs 71–75 85–50 67–58
2 Slovenia Union Olimpija 16 10 6 1201 1175 +26 26 69–63 69–55 59–47
3 Spain Real Madrid Teka 16 10 6 1227 1187 +40 26 72–61 86–79 98–78
4 Greece PAOK 16 7 9 1140 1114 +26 23 69–77 70–74 72–71
5 France Cholet 16 3 13 1054 1186 132 19 81–68 66–77 83–90
6 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 16 2 14 1034 1257 223 18 61–76 83–77 71–96
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MTA ASV OLY BUD CSF PAU
1 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 12 4 1182 1050 +132 28 Advance to Play Offs 74–60 66–54 65–55
2 France ASVEL 16 11 5 1107 1056 +51 27 57–83 75–64 76–61
3 Greece Olympiacos 16 10 6 1117 1045 +72 26 89–61 74–63 77–73
4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost 16 7 9 1164 1168 4 23 59–67 59–65 82–70
5 Spain Caja San Fernando 16 6 10 1068 1107 39 22 51–75 72–62 65–66
6 France Pau-Orthez 16 4 12 1078 1164 86 20 57–62 72–61 74–73
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EFS PAF CIB ULK VAR PIV
1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 16 11 5 1221 1142 +79 27 Advance to Play Offs 95–74 84–74 78–68
2 Italy Paf Wennington Bologna 16 10 6 1198 1145 +53 26 79–53 91–82 81–63
3 Croatia Cibona VIP 16 10 6 1201 1207 6 26 64–81 75–59 88–80
4 Turkey Ülker 16 8 8 1204 1235 31 24 93–87 76–68 71–72
5 Italy Varese Roosters 16 5 11 1186 1240 54 21 76–79 91–72 89–77
6 Slovenia Pivovarna Laško 16 2 14 1147 1314 167 18 79–91 77–78 68–81
Source: FIBA Europe

Play Offs

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Eight-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                  
E1 Spain FC Barcelona 78 60 86 2
H4 Turkey Ülker 73 63 65 1
Spain FC Barcelona 70 64 71 2
Slovenia Union Olimpija 67 71 66 1
F2 Slovenia Union Olimpija 65 52 85 2
G3 Greece Olympiacos 61 68 67 1
Spain FC Barcelona 51
Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 65
G1 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 77 55 78 2
F4 Greece PAOK 62 67 62 1
Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 62 80 79 2
Italy Paf Wennington Bologna 65 73 64 1
H2 Italy Paf Wennington Bologna 82 77 2
E3 Italy Benetton Treviso 73 61 0
Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 67
Greece Panathinaikos 73
F1 Greece Panathinaikos 65 64 78 2
G4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost 59 77 61 1
Greece Panathinaikos 73 69 2
Croatia Cibona VIP 62 63 0
E2 Russia CSKA Moscow 72 75 69 1
H3 Croatia Cibona VIP 75 55 78 2
Greece Panathinaikos 81
Turkey Efes Pilsen 71
H1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 90 93 2 Third Place
E4 Germany Alba Berlin 81 73 0
Turkey Efes Pilsen 93 60 68 2 Spain FC Barcelona 69
France ASVEL 85 77 66 1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 75
G2 France ASVEL 72 85 2
F3 Spain Real Madrid Teka 59 73 0

Eight-Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Union Olimpija Slovenia 2–1 Greece Olympiacos 65–61 52–68 85–67
FC Barcelona Spain 2–1 Turkey Ülker 78–73 60–63 86–65
Paf Wennington Bologna Italy 2–0 Italy Benetton Treviso 82–73 77–61
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Israel 2–1 Greece PAOK 77–62 55–67 78–62
CSKA Moscow Russia 1–2 Croatia Cibona VIP 72–75 75–55 69–78
Panathinaikos Greece 2–1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost 65–59 64–77 78–61
ASVEL France 2–0 Spain Real Madrid Teka 72–59 85–73
Efes Pilsen Turkey 2–0 Germany Alba Berlin 90–81 93–73

Quarter-Finals

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

Final Four

Semifinals

April 18, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

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

Third place game

April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

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

Final

April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

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


Awards

All official awards of the 1999–00 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

First Team[3]
Israel Oded Kattash Greece Panathinaikos
Turkey Hedo Türkoğlu Turkey Efes Pilsen
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga Greece Panathinaikos
United States Nate Huffman Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Rebrača (MVP) Greece Panathinaikos

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Slovenia Miljan GoljovićSlovenia Pivovarna Laško1632320.2
2.United States David RiversTurkey Tofaş1631619.8
3.United States Wendell AlexisGermany Alba Berlin1833418.6

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.Turkey Hüseyin BeşokTurkey Efes Pilsen2323110.0
2.United States Nate HuffmanIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv242259.4
3.United States Rashard GriffithTurkey Tofaş161469.1

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.United States David RiversTurkey Tofaş16794.9
2.Lithuania Šarūnas JasikevičiusSlovenia Union Olimpija221084.9
3.Croatia Damir MulaomerovićTurkey Efes Pilsen231084.7

Source: FIBAEurope

Blocks

Rank Name Team Games Blocks BPG
1.Greece Efthimios RentziasSpain FC Barcelona1280.7
2.Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko RebračaGreece Panathinaikos23150.7
3.Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow19100.5

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals Italy Andrea MeneghinItaly Varese Roosters162.9
Turnovers United States Richard ScottSpain Caja San Fernando143.4
Minutes United States David RiversTurkey Tofaş1638.7
FT % Italy Carlton MyersItaly Paf Wennington Bologna1791.9%
2-Point % Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow1964.2%
3-Point % Russia Valeriy DaynekoRussia CSKA Moscow1755.7%

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points United States David RiversTurkey Tofaş38Russia CSKA Moscow (Feb 3, 2000)
Rebounds Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan TarlaćGreece Olympiacos19Slovenia Pivovarna Laško (Dec 8, 1999)
Assists Italy Riccardo PittisItaly Benetton Treviso12France Cholet (Sep 23, 1999)
Blocks Greece Efthimios RentziasSpain FC Barcelona5Turkey Ülker (Feb 29, 2000)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko RebračaGreece PanathinaikosCroatia Cibona VIP (Mar 21, 2000)
Steals Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow8France Cholet (Oct 21, 1999)
Spain Alberto AnguloSpain Real Madrid TekaGermany Alba Berlin (Nov 18, 1999)

Team statistics

Category Team Average
Points Turkey Efes Pilsen77.0
Rebounds Spain FC Barcelona32.5
Assists Lithuania Žalgiris16.6
Blocks Greece Panathinaikos1.2
Steals Italy Varese Roosters11.8
Turnovers Lithuania Žalgiris15.2
FT % Italy Paf Wennington Bologna80.5%
2-Point % Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost59.5%
3-Point % Greece Panathinaikos41.4%

See also

References

  1. Euroleague 1999-2000
  2. "Linguasport - FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. Champions Cup 1999–00.
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