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.^[1]

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

• Brno, Czech Republic

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 April
	Ruzomberok	54
					8 April
	Galatasaray	47
					Ruzomberok	63
	6 April
					Pool Comense	48
	Wuppertal	53
	Pool Comense	70
					Third place
					8 April
					Galatasaray	62
					Wuppertal	53

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