League FIBA EuroLeague Top scorer Peja Stojaković (PAOK) Runners-up AEK | Sport Basketball Champions Kinder Bologna | |
Final Four MVP Zoran Savić (Kinder Bologna) Champion Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna | ||
The 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague was the 41st installment of the top club competition for European basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 18, 1997, and ended on April 23, 1998. The Final Four was held at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, with Kinder Bologna defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 11,900 spectators.
Contents
Benetton Treviso finished in the third position, while Partizan finished fourth.
Competition system
Second round
(The individual scores and standings of the First round are accumulated in the Second round)
If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are 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 are not in the same group)
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Semifinals
April 21, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
3rd place game
April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Final
April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Final Four 1998 MVP
Zoran Savić (Kinder Bologna)