1999 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.

	Semi-finals				Final
	Teamsystem Bologna	57
	Kinder Bologna	62
					Kinder Bologna	74
					Žalgiris	82
	Žalgiris	87
	Olympiacos	71
					Third place
					Teamsystem Bologna	63
					Olympiacos	74

April 20 18:30

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

• Tyus Edney ( Žalgiris Kaunas)

• Antoine Rigaudeau (Virtus Bologna)

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

• EuroLeague 1998–99 at FIBA Europe website
• EuroLeague at Linguasport^[usurped]