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 4, 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]
Season | 1999–2000 | |||||||||
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Duration | 23 September 1999 – 4 April 2000 | |||||||||
Teams | 24 | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Panathinaikos (2nd title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | |||||||||
Third place | Efes Pilsen | |||||||||
Fourth place | FC Barcelona | |||||||||
Final Four MVP | Željko Rebrača | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 1998–99 |
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.
Teams
Varese Roosters (1st) | Panathinaikos (1st) | Pau-Orthez (1st) | Union Olimpija (1st) |
Benetton Treviso (2nd) | Olympiacos (2nd) | ASVEL (2nd) | Pivovarna Laško (2nd) |
Paf Wennington Bologna (3rd) | PAOK (3rd) | Cholet (5th) | CSKA Moscow (1st) |
FC Barcelona (1st) | Tofaş (1st) | Budućnost (1st) | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) |
Caja San Fernando (2nd) | Efes Pilsen (2nd) | Crvena zvezda (2nd) | Alba Berlin (1st) |
Real Madrid Teka (3rd) | Ülker (3rd) | Cibona VIP (1st) | Žalgiris (1st) |
First round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Second 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:
- Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Top four places in each group advance to Playoff |
Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Top 16
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Union Olimpija | 2–1 | Olympiacos | 65–61 | 52–68 | 85–67 |
FC Barcelona | 2–1 | Ülker | 78–73 | 60–63 | 86–65 |
Paf Wennington Bologna | 2–0 | Benetton Treviso | 82–73 | 77–61 | {{{8}}} |
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 2–1 | PAOK | 77–62 | 55–67 | 78–62 |
CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | Cibona VIP | 72–75 | 75–55 | 69–78 |
Panathinaikos | 2–1 | Budućnost | 65–59 | 64–77 | 78–61 |
ASVEL | 2–0 | Real Madrid Teka | 72–59 | 85–73 | {{{8}}} |
Efes Pilsen | 2–0 | Alba Berlin | 90–81 | 93–73 | {{{8}}} |
Quarterfinals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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FC Barcelona | 2–1 | Union Olimpija | 70–67 | 64–71 | 71–66 |
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Paf Wennington Bologna | 62–65 | 80–73 | 79–64 |
Panathinaikos | 2–0 | Cibona VIP | 73–62 | 69–63 | {{{8}}} |
Efes Pilsen | 2–1 | ASVEL | 93–85 | 60–77 | 68–66 |
Final Four
Semifinals
April 18, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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FC Barcelona | 51–65 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv |
Panathinaikos | 81–71 | Efes Pilsen |
Third place game
April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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FC Barcelona | 69–75 | Efes Pilsen |
Final
April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 67–73 | Panathinaikos |
1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague Champions |
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Panathinaikos 2nd Title |
Awards
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team | |||
Player | Team | Ref. | |
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Oded Kattash | Panathinaikos | [2] | |
Hedo Türkoğlu | Efes | ||
Dejan Bodiroga | Panathinaikos | ||
Nate Huffman | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
Željko Rebrača (MVP) | Panathinaikos |