1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague

The 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague was the 41st installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 18, 1997, and ended on April 23, 1998. The competition's Final Four was held at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, with Kinder Bologna defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 11,900 spectators.

Benetton Treviso finished in the third position, while Partizan 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.

Country ranking
For the 1997–1998 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 1994–95 to 1996–97.
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Team allocation
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

Qualification 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:
 * 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 are 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

Bracket
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

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Quarter-Finals

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Semifinals
April 21, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona


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3rd place game
April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona


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Final
April 23, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona


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Awards
All official awards of the 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

 * Zoran Savić (🇮🇹 Kinder Bologna)

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

 * Peja Stojaković ( PAOK)

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

 * 🇫🇷 Antoine Rigaudeau (🇮🇹 Kinder Bologna)

Points
Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds
Source: FIBAEurope

Assists
Source: FIBAEurope