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]
 The Final Four was hosted at the PAOK Sports Arena | ||||||||||
| Season | 1999–2000 | |||||||||
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| Duration | 23 September 1999 – 20 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.
Team allocation
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]
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- Note
- ^ 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)..
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
 Varese Roosters (1st)
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FC Barcelona (1st)
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 Pau-Orthez (1st)
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 Union Olimpija (1st)
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| Benetton Treviso (2nd)
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Caja San Fernando (2nd)
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ASVEL (2nd)
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Pivovarna Laško (WC)
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| Paf Wennington Bologna (3rd)
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Real Madrid Teka (3rd)
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Cholet (WC)
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 CSKA Moscow (1st)
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| Panathinaikos (1st)
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Tofaş (1st)
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 Budućnost (1st)
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 Alba Berlin (1st)
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| Olympiacos (2nd)
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Efes Pilsen (2nd)
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Crvena zvezda (2nd)
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 Cibona VIP (1st)
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| PAOK (3rd)
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Ülker (3rd)
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 Žalgiris (1st)
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Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
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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
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2–1 | Olympiacos
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65–61 | 52–68 | 85–67 |
| FC Barcelona
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2–1 | Ülker
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78–73 | 60–63 | 86–65 |
| Paf Wennington Bologna
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2–0 | Benetton Treviso
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82–73 | 77–61 | |
| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
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2–1 | PAOK
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77–62 | 55–67 | 78–62 |
| CSKA Moscow
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1–2 | Cibona VIP
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72–75 | 75–55 | 69–78 |
| Panathinaikos
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2–1 | Budućnost
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65–59 | 64–77 | 78–61 |
| ASVEL
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2–0 | Real Madrid Teka
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72–59 | 85–73 | |
| Efes Pilsen
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2–0 | Alba Berlin
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90–81 | 93–73 |
Quarterfinals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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| FC Barcelona
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2–1 | Union Olimpija
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70–67 | 64–71 | 71–66 |
| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
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2–1 | Paf Wennington Bologna
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62–65 | 80–73 | 79–64 |
| Panathinaikos
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2–0 | Cibona VIP
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73–62 | 69–63 | |
| Efes Pilsen
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2–1 | ASVEL
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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
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51–65 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
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| Panathinaikos
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81–71 | Efes Pilsen
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Third place game
April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| FC Barcelona
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69–75 | Efes Pilsen
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Final
April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
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75–73 | Panathinaikos
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| 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 | [3] | |
| Hedo Türkoğlu |
Efes | ||
| Dejan Bodiroga |
Panathinaikos | ||
 Nate Huffman |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Željko Rebrača (MVP) |
Panathinaikos | ||
References
- ^ Euroleague 1999-2000
- ^ "Linguasport - FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ Champions Cup 1999–00.