1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague

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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]

FIBA EuroLeague
The Final Four was hosted at the PAOK Sports Arena
Season1999–2000
Duration23 September 1999 – 20 April 2000
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

Efes Pilsen finished in the third position, and FC Barcelona finished fourth.

Competition system

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  • 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

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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

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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
  Varese Roosters (1st)   FC Barcelona (1st)   Pau-Orthez (1st)   Union Olimpija (1st)
  Benetton Treviso (2nd)   Caja San Fernando (2nd)   ASVEL (2nd)   Pivovarna Laško (WC)
  Paf Wennington Bologna (3rd)   Real Madrid Teka (3rd)   Cholet (WC)   CSKA Moscow (1st)
  Panathinaikos (1st)   Tofaş (1st)   Budućnost (1st)   Alba Berlin (1st)
  Olympiacos (2nd)   Efes Pilsen (2nd)   Crvena zvezda (2nd)   Cibona VIP (1st)
  PAOK (3rd)   Ülker (3rd)   Žalgiris (1st)   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)

Preliminary round

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Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Qualification round

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(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

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

Group F

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

Group G

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

Group H

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

Play Offs

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Bracket

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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   FC Barcelona 78 60 86 2
H4   Ülker 73 63 65 1
  FC Barcelona 70 64 71 2
  Union Olimpija 67 71 66 1
F2   Union Olimpija 65 52 85 2
G3   Olympiacos 61 68 67 1
  FC Barcelona 51
  Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 65
G1   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 77 55 78 2
F4   PAOK 62 67 62 1
  Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 62 80 79 2
  Paf Wennington Bologna 65 73 64 1
H2   Paf Wennington Bologna 82 77 2
E3   Benetton Treviso 73 61 0
  Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 67
  Panathinaikos 73
F1   Panathinaikos 65 64 78 2
G4   Budućnost 59 77 61 1
  Panathinaikos 73 69 2
  Cibona VIP 62 63 0
E2   CSKA Moscow 72 75 69 1
H3   Cibona VIP 75 55 78 2
  Panathinaikos 81
  Efes Pilsen 71
H1   Efes Pilsen 90 93 2 Third Place
E4   Alba Berlin 81 73 0
  Efes Pilsen 93 60 68 2   FC Barcelona 69
  ASVEL 85 77 66 1   Efes Pilsen 75
G2   ASVEL 72 85 2
F3   Real Madrid Teka 59 73 0

Eight-Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
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
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
Efes Pilsen   2–0   Alba Berlin 90–81 93–73

Quarter-Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
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
Efes Pilsen   2–1   ASVEL 93–85 60–77 68–66

Final Four

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Semifinals

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April 18, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

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

Third place game

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April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

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

Final

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April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

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


Awards

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All official awards of the 1999–00 FIBA EuroLeague.

First Team[3]
  Oded Kattash   Panathinaikos
  Hedo Türkoğlu   Efes Pilsen
  Dejan Bodiroga   Panathinaikos
  Nate Huffman   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
  Željko Rebrača (MVP)   Panathinaikos

Statistics

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Individual statistics

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Points

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Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.   Miljan Goljović   Pivovarna Laško 16 323 20.2
2.   David Rivers   Tofaş 16 316 19.8
3.   Wendell Alexis   Alba Berlin 18 334 18.6

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.   Hüseyin Beşok   Efes Pilsen 23 231 10.0
2.   Nate Huffman   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 24 225 9.4
3.   Rashard Griffith   Tofaş 16 146 9.1

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.   David Rivers   Tofaş 16 79 4.9
2.   Šarūnas Jasikevičius   Union Olimpija 22 108 4.9
3.   Damir Mulaomerović   Efes Pilsen 23 108 4.7

Source: FIBAEurope

Blocks

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Rank Name Team Games Blocks BPG
1.   Efthimios Rentzias   FC Barcelona 12 8 0.7
2.   Željko Rebrača   Panathinaikos 23 15 0.7
3.   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 19 10 0.5

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

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Category Player Team Games Average
Steals   Andrea Meneghin   Varese Roosters 16 2.9
Turnovers   Richard Scott   Caja San Fernando 14 3.4
Minutes   David Rivers   Tofaş 16 38.7
FT %   Carlton Myers   Paf Wennington Bologna 17 91.9%
2-Point %   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 19 64.2%
3-Point %   Valeriy Dayneko   CSKA Moscow 17 55.7%

Individual game highs

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Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points   David Rivers   Tofaş 38   CSKA Moscow (Feb 3, 2000)
Rebounds   Dragan Tarlać   Olympiacos 19   Pivovarna Laško (Dec 8, 1999)
Assists   Riccardo Pittis   Benetton Treviso 12   Cholet (Sep 23, 1999)
Blocks   Efthimios Rentzias   FC Barcelona 5   Ülker (Feb 29, 2000)
  Željko Rebrača   Panathinaikos   Cibona VIP (Mar 21, 2000)
Steals   Andrei Kirilenko   CSKA Moscow 8   Cholet (Oct 21, 1999)
  Alberto Angulo   Real Madrid Teka   Alba Berlin (Nov 18, 1999)

Team statistics

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Category Team Average
Points   Efes Pilsen 77.0
Rebounds   FC Barcelona 32.5
Assists   Žalgiris 16.6
Blocks   Panathinaikos 1.2
Steals   Varese Roosters 11.8
Turnovers   Žalgiris 15.2
FT %   Paf Wennington Bologna 80.5%
2-Point %   Budućnost 59.5%
3-Point %   Panathinaikos 41.4%

See also

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References

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  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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