1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup

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.

1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup
LeagueFIBA Korać Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsSpain FC Barcelona
  Runners-upSpain Adecco Estudiantes
FIBA Korać Cup seasons

Team allocation

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Country ranking

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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 Notes
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 Notes
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

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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 Jugopetrol (8th)
  Apollon Achaia Clauss (6th)   Unicaja (8th)   Besancon BCD (8th)   Šiauliai (7th)
  Iraklio Minoan Lines (7th)   Forum Valladolid (9th)   Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody (6th)   Alita-Savy (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 Baskets Bonn (5th)
  Aeroporti Di Roma (7th)   Tuborg Pilsner (9th)   FMP Železnik (2nd)   Benston Zagreb (5th)
  Pepsi Basket Rimini (8th)   PSG Racing Basket (5th)   Lovćen (6th)   Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana (3rd)
  FC Barcelona (4th)   JDA Dijon (6th)   Beobanka (7th)   FC 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)   AŠK Inter Slovnaft (3rd)
  Pogón Ruda Ślaska (6th)   Oliveirense (3rd)   Svjetlost Brod (6th)   Tapiolan Honka (3rd)
  AZS Elana Torun (8th)   Aveiro Basket   Zrinjevac (8th)   Namika Lahti (6th)
  Union Mons-Hainaut (3rd)   Benfica   Krka (4th)   Dinamo București (1st)
  Okapi Aalstar (4th)   Borac Nektar (1st)[Note BIH]   Helios Domžale (8th)   CSU Astral Sibiu (2nd)WC
  Sunair Ostende (5th)   Brotnjo (3rd/4th)   Maccabi Rishon LeZion (5th)   Grodno-93 (1st)
  Atomics Bruxelles (8th)   Sloboda Dita (3rd/4th)   Hapoel Galil Elyon (6th)   RTI-OZAA Osipovichi (3rd)WC
  Montan Kapfenberg (3rd)   Racing Club Luxembourg (1st)   Shakhtar Donetsk (4th)   Kumanovo (4th)
  UKJ Möllersdorf Traiskirchen (4th)   Residense (WC)   Azovbasket (WC)   Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
  UBC 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)
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    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, not included for the playoffs for the champion of BIH

Qualifying round

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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
Namika Lahti   154–162   Norrköping Dolphins 88–85 66–77
RTI-OZAA 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 Luxembourg 85–69 87–74
Azot Rustavi   179–203   Shakhtar Donetsk 92–93 87–110
Pogoń Ruda Śląska   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

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Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to round of 32

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1.   Galatasaray 4 3 1 282 236 +46 7
2.   Radnički Jugopetrol 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

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1.   Norrköping Dolphins 6 4 2 532 488 +44 10
2.   Alita-Savy 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 6 1 5 414 466 −52 7
4.   Hapoel Galil Elyon 6 1 5 444 484 −40 7

Group N

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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 Basket 6 3 3 466 451 +15 9
4.   Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 0 6 409 502 −93 6

Group O

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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

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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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Radnički Jugopetrol   177–172   Norrköping Dolphins 107–93 70–79
Alita-Savy   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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Radnički Jugopetrol   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

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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

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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

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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

See also

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References

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  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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