1999 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

1999 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Tournament details
Arena	Olympiahalle Munich, Germany
Dates	April 1999
Final positions
Champions	Žalgiris (1st title)
Runners-up	Kinder Bologna
Third place	Olympiacos
Fourth place	Teamsystem Bologna
Awards and statistics
MVP	Tyus Edney
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The 1999 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1998–99 season's FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

Žalgiris won its first title after defeating Kinder Bologna in the final game.

Bracket

April 20
18:30

Teamsystem Bologna	57–62	Kinder Bologna
Scoring by half: 32–34, 25–28
Pts: Myers 18 Rebs: Betts 5 Asts: none		Pts: Nesterović 16 Rebs: Frosini 10 Asts: Danilović, Sconochini 3

Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Iztok Rems (SLO)

April 20
21:00

Žalgiris	87–71	Olympiacos
Scoring by half: 48–33, 39–38
Pts: Bowie 19 Rebs: Zídek 5 Asts: Edney 6		Pts: Tarlać 15 Rebs: Tarlać 9 Asts: Tarlać 2

Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

April 22
18:30

Teamsystem Bologna	63–74	Olympiacos
Scoring by half: 28–43, 35–31
Pts: Jarić 17 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Karnišovas, Pilutti 4		Pts: Komazec 13 Rebs: Oberto 8 Asts: Tomić 4

Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP)

April 22
21:00

Kinder Bologna	74–82	Žalgiris
Scoring by half: 30–45, 44–37
Pts: Rigaudeau 27 Rebs: Nesterović 13 Asts: Nesterović, Sconochini 3		Pts: Bowie 17 Rebs: Edney, Zídek 6 Asts: Edney 6

Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Kinder Bologna

Žalgiris

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	14	Antoine Rigaudeau	27	2	1
SG	7	Alessandro Abbio	8	5	2
SF	5	Saša Danilović	7	1	1
PF	12	Alessandro Frosini	5	3	0
C	8	Rašo Nesterović	12	13	3
Reserves:			P	R	A
SG	6	Claudio Crippa	0	0	0
SF	10	Hugo Sconochini	15	2	3
C	11	Augusto Binelli	0	0	0
PF	13	Dan O'Sullivan	0	1	0
SF	15	Matteo Panichi	DNP
Head coach:
Ettore Messina

1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Žalgiris 1st Title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	4	Tyus Edney	14	6	6
SG	14	Anthony Bowie	17	1	0
SF	7	Saulius Štombergas	12	2	3
PF	12	Tomas Masiulis	4	4	1
C	9	Eurelijus Žukauskas	4	1	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
PF	5	Mindaugas Žukauskas	11	2	1
C	8	Jiří Zídek	12	6	1
SG	10	Dainius Adomaitis	8	1	2
PG	13	Darius Maskoliūnas	0	0	0
SF	15	Kęstutis Šeštokas	DNP
Head coach:
Jonas Kazlauskas

Player	Team	Ref.
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Tyus Edney (MVP)	Žalgiris Kaunas	^[1]
Anthony Bowie	Žalgiris Kaunas
Saulius Štombergas	Žalgiris Kaunas
/ Rašho Nesterović	Virtus Bologna
Eurelijus Žukauskas	Žalgiris Kaunas

v t e Žalgiris 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague champions
4 Edney (Final Four MVP) 5 M. Žukauskas 7 Štombergas 8 Zidek 9 E. Žukauskas 10 Adomaitis 12 Masiulis 13 Maskoliūnas 14 Bowie 15 Šeštokas Coach Kazlauskas

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024

General information
History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history Historical formats EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV Broadcasters NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament Youngest players Winning head coaches
Awards	EuroLeague Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team EuroLeague MVP Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2000–10 All-Decade Team 2010–20 All-Decade Team
Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Season stats leaders Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists European club pyramid European club rankings