# 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

The 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1997–98 season's FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.
Kinder Bologna won its first title, after defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Finals, in the lowest scoring final ever.

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Partizan Zepter | 61 |
| Kinder Bologna | 83 | | |
| Kinder Bologna | 83 | Kinder Bologna | 58 |
| | | AEK | 44 |
| Benetton Treviso | 66 | AEK | 44 |
| AEK | 69 | | |
| AEK | 69 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Partizan Zepter | 89 |
| | | Benetton Treviso | 96 |

## Semifinals
### Partizan Zepter – Kinder Bologna

* April 21 18:15
* Boxscore
| Partizan Zepter | 61–83 | Kinder Bologna |
| Scoring by half: 25–45, 36–38 |||
| Pts: Brkić 17 Rebs: Lukovski 10 Asts: Brkić 2 | | Pts: Savić 23 Rebs: Abbio 5 Asts: Danilović 6 |
* Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Armand De Keyser (BEL)

### Benetton Treviso – AEK

* April 21 20:30
* Boxscore
| Benetton Treviso | 66–69 | AEK |
| Scoring by half: 36–37, 30–32 |||
| Pts: Williams 19 Rebs: Rebrača, Rusconi 5 Asts: Bonora 5 | | Pts: Anderson 21 Rebs: Andersen 7 Asts: three players 2 |
* Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

## Third Place Game

* April 23 18:15
* Boxscore
| Partizan Zepter | 89–96 | Benetton Treviso |
| Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42 |||
| Pts: Drobnjak 22 Rebs: Tomašević 12 Asts: Lukovski 3 | | Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Sciarra 7 Asts: four players 2 |
* Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 11,900 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Armand De Keyser (BEL)

## Final

* April 23 20:30
* Boxscore
| Kinder Bologna | 58–44 | AEK |
| Scoring by half: 28–20, 30–24 |||
| Pts: Rigaudeau 14 Rebs: Nesterović 9 Asts: Abbio, Sconochini 2 | | Pts: Lasa 7 Rebs: Tsakalidis 6 Asts: Lasa, Prelević 3 |
* Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 11,900 Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Iztok Rems (SLO)
| Kinder Bologna | AEK |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | P | R | A |
| PG | 14 | Antoine Rigaudeau | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| SG | 5 | Saša Danilović | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| SF | 10 | Hugo Sconochini | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| PF | 12 | Zoran Savić | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| C | 8 | Rašo Nesterović | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | P | R | A |
| SG | 6 | Claudio Crippa | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 7 | Alessandro Abbio | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 11 | Augusto Binelli | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Riccardo Morandotti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 15 | Alessandro Frosini | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||
* 1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
* Kinder Bologna First Title
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | P | R | A |
| PG | 4 | Claudio Coldebella | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 7 | Bane Prelević | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| SF | 8 | Willie Anderson | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 15 | Victor Alexander | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| C | 12 | Jake Tsakalidis | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | P | R | A |
| PG | 5 | José Lasa | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| SG | 9 | Nikos Chatzis | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 10 | Mikkel Larsen | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 11 | Michalis Kakiouzis | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Michael Andersen | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Giannis Ioannidis ||||||

## Awards
### FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

* Zoran Savić (Virtus Bologna)

### FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

* Antoine Rigaudeau (Virtus Bologna)

### FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team :
| Player | Team |
| Antoine Rigaudeau | Kinder Bologna |
| Saša Danilović | Kinder Bologna |
| Henry Williams | Benetton Treviso |
| Dejan Tomašević | Partizan Zepter |
| Zoran Savić (MVP) | Kinder Bologna |