1998–99 EuroLeague Women

The 1998–99 Euroleague Women was the third edition of the Euroleague era of FIBA's premier international competition for European women's basketball clubs. It ran between 23 September 1998 and 8 April 1999.

MBK Ruzomberok won its first title beating former champion Pool Comense in the final, becoming the first (and only to date) Slovak team to win the competition. Galatasaray and BTV Wuppertal also reached the Final Four, which took place in Brno, while defending champion CJM Bourges was knocked out by Ruzomberok in the quarterfinals.

Group stage

Group A

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1 Ruzomberok 14 10 4 1104 928
2 Wuppertal 14 10 4 1063 985
3 Hemofarm 14 10 4 1078 980
4 Pool Comense 14 9 5 1066 966
5 Valenciennes 14 8 6 1048 1020
6 Pécs 14 5 9 1004 1000
7 Panathinaikos 14 4 10 96 1131
8 Elitzur Ramla 14 0 14 873 1188

Group B

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1 Brno 14 12 2 1043 798
2 Galatasaray 14 11 3 928 873
3 Dynamo Moscow 14 11 3 1084 945
4 Bourges 14 8 6 913 814
5 Schio 14 5 9 898 932
6 Ježica 14 4 10 884 1040
7 Lotos Gdynia 14 3 11 850 1003
8 Wildcats 14 2 12 911 1106

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd 3rd
Ruzomberok 2–1 Bourges 44–65 51–42 65–58
Wuppertal 2–1 Dynamo Moscow 73–80 73–63 67–58
Brno 0–2 Pool Comense 52–74 65–70
Galatasaray 2–1 Hemofarm 76–61 78–85 73–68

Final four

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 April
 
 
Ruzomberok54
 
8 April
 
Galatasaray47
 
Ruzomberok 63
 
6 April
 
Pool Comense48
 
Wuppertal53
 
 
Pool Comense70
 
Third place
 
 
8 April
 
 
Galatasaray62
 
 
Wuppertal53

Individual statistics

Points

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Sandra Brondello Wuppertal 19.5
2. Eleni Trialoni Panathinaikos 19.4
3. Andrea Stinson Galatasaray 18.7
3. Isabelle Fijalkowski Pool Comense 18.7
5. Victoria Savin Elitzur Ramla 18.4

Rebounds

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Marlies Askamp Wuppertal 12.3
2. Kamila Vodicková Brno 11.3
3. Malgorzata Dydek Lotos Gdynia 9.5
3. Olga Pfeifer Wildcats 9.4
5. Natalia Svisceva Ruzomberok 8.6

Assists

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Ana Belén Álvaro Valenciennes 4.8
2. Elena Ksendzhik Dynamo Moscow 4.1
3. Yannick Souvré Bourges 3.5
4. Shawna Molcak Wildcats 2.9
4. Iveta Bieliková Ruzomberok 2.9

References

  1. ^ Results in FIBA Europe's website