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. 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 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.Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=discCnote2|Note FIBA|FIBA: In Euroleague, teams finishing 6th in the Second Stage of 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague lose a berth for their country in next season. These berths are gained by those countries whose teams reach the Semifinal Round in the 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup. As a general rule, a federation cannot have more than 3 teams in Euroleague. Should a semi-finalist in EuroCup 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..Cnote2 End
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
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
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match