Sports season
1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup |
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League | FIBA Korać Cup |
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Sport | Basketball |
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Finals |
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Champions | Mash Jeans Verona |
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Runners-up | Crvena zvezda |
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FIBA Korać Cup seasons |
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The 1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup was the 27th edition of the third tier European basketball tournament FIBA Korać cup and had 84 participants (42 teams played from the first round and another 42 teams from the second round). Mash Jeans Verona won the tournament.
Team allocation
Country ranking
For the 1997–1998 FIBA Korać Cup, 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.[1]
Country ranking for 1996–1997 FIBA Korać Cup Rank | Country | Points | Teams | Notes | 1 | Spain | 279.667 | 4 | | 2 | Greece | 275.000 | | 3 | Italy | 190.833 | | 4 | France | 117.500 | | 5 | Turkey | 96.667 | | 6 | Russia | 70.542 | | 7 | Germany | 55.389 | | 8 | Croatia | 50.833 | | 9 | Israel | 43.048 | | 10 | Slovenia | 38.833 | | 11 | Yugoslavia | 25.000 | | 12 | Portugal | 23.071 | | 13 | Belgium | 22.500 | | 14 | Poland | 21.206 | | 15 | Lithuania | 19.416 | | 16 | Ukraine | 15.762 | | 17 | Hungary | 9.667 | | 18 | Czech Republic | 7.139 | | 19 | Slovakia | 6.555 | | | |
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Regular Season or Playoffs
- WC: Wild card
- Notes
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Note YUG: KK Vojvodina participated instead of
BFC Beočin because of merging those two clubs after the 1996–97 season.
KK Crvena zvezda (although hadn't been qualified to competition) replaced Mornar Bar, which team withdrew due to financial difficulties. - ^
Note BIH: After the war in Bosnia, basketball league in BIH was divided in three parts by ethnicity.
HKK Brotnjo participated as a champion of the league of
Herzeg-Bosnia
Qualifying round
Regular season
Key to colors | Top two places in each group advance to round of 32 |
Sources:[2][3]
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
See also
References
- ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ "Korac Cup 1997–98". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ^ "Korac Cup (1998) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
Mash Jeans Verona 1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup champions
- Iuzzolino
- Gnad
- Keys
- Brown
- Dalla Vecchia
- Bullara
- Jerichow
- Boni
- Nobile
- Savio
- Dalfini
- Tisato
- Sacchetti
- Soave
- Spezie
- Coach: Mazzon
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