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1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

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1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Tournament details
ArenaPalau Sant Jordi
Barcelona,  Spain
DatesApril 1998
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Kinder Bologna (1st title)
Runners-upGreece AEK
Third placeItaly Benetton Treviso
Fourth placeFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter
Awards and statistics
MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Savić
1997
1999

The 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1997–98 season's FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

Kinder Bologna won its first title, after defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Finals, in the lowest scoring final ever.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 61
 
 
 
Italy Kinder Bologna 83
 
Italy Kinder Bologna 58
 
 
 
Greece AEK 44
 
Italy Benetton Treviso 66
 
 
Greece AEK69
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Zepter 89
 
 
Italy Benetton Treviso 96

Semifinals

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Partizan Zepter – Kinder Bologna

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April 21
18:15
Partizan Zepter Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 61–83 Italy Kinder Bologna
Scoring by half: 25–45, 36–38
Pts: Brkić 17
Rebs: Lukovski 10
Asts: Brkić 2
Pts: Savić 23
Rebs: Abbio 5
Asts: Danilović 6
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Armand De Keyser (BEL)

Benetton Treviso – AEK

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April 21
20:30
Benetton Treviso Italy 66–69 Greece AEK
Scoring by half: 36–37, 30–32
Pts: Williams 19
Rebs: Rebrača, Rusconi 5
Asts: Bonora 5
Pts: Anderson 21
Rebs: Andersen 7
Asts: three players 2
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Third Place Game

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April 23
18:15
Partizan Zepter Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 89–96 Italy Benetton Treviso
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42
Pts: Drobnjak 22
Rebs: Tomašević 12
Asts: Lukovski 3
Pts: Williams 24
Rebs: Sciarra 7
Asts: four players 2
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 11,900
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Armand De Keyser (BEL)

Final

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April 23
20:30
Kinder Bologna Italy 58–44 Greece AEK
Scoring by half: 28–20, 30–24
Pts: Rigaudeau 14
Rebs: Nesterović 9
Asts: Abbio, Sconochini 2
Pts: Lasa 7
Rebs: Tsakalidis 6
Asts: Lasa, Prelević 3
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 11,900
Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Iztok Rems (SLO)
Kinder Bologna jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Kinder Bologna
AEK jersey
Team colours
Team colours
AEK
Starters: P R A
PG
14
France Antoine Rigaudeau 14 2 0
SG
5
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Danilović 13 5 1
SF
10
Argentina Hugo Sconochini 10 8 2
PF
12
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Savić 7 6 0
C
8
Slovenia Rašo Nesterović 6 9 0
Reserves: P R A
SG
6
Italy Claudio Crippa DNP
SG
7
Italy Alessandro Abbio 6 1 2
C
11
Italy Augusto Binelli 2 1 0
PF
12
Italy Riccardo Morandotti DNP
PF
15
Italy Alessandro Frosini 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina
1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague
Champions
Italy
Kinder Bologna
First Title
Starters: P R A
PG
4
Italy Claudio Coldebella 3 1 0
SG
7
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bane Prelević 6 0 3
SF
8
United States Willie Anderson 4 4 1
PF
15
United States Victor Alexander 5 5 0
C
12
Greece Jake Tsakalidis 4 6 1
Reserves: P R A
PG
5
Spain José Lasa 7 1 3
SG
9
Greece Nikos Chatzis 4 2 1
C
10
Denmark Mikkel Larsen 2 0 0
PF
11
Greece Michalis Kakiouzis 5 2 0
C
14
Denmark Michael Andersen 4 4 0
Head coach:
Greece Giannis Ioannidis

Awards

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FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Player Team Ref.
France Antoine Rigaudeau Kinder Bologna [1]
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Danilović Kinder Bologna
United States Henry Williams Benetton Treviso
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Tomašević Partizan Zepter
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Savić (MVP) Kinder Bologna

References

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