1997–98 EuroLeague Women

The 1997–98 Euroleague Women was the second edition of the Euroleague era of FIBA's premier international competition for European women's basketball clubs. It ran between 1 October 1997 and 9 April 1998.

Defending champion and Final Four host Bourges Basket won its second title beating Pool Getafe in the final. Pool Comense and US Valenciennes Olympic also reached the Final Four, with the Italians attaining the bronze.[1]

Group stage

Group A

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1Spain Pool Getafe141131052897
2France Bourges14104997807
3Italy Pool Comense14104961869
4Slovakia Ružomberok14861040975
5Russia CSKA Moscow1486917911
6Slovenia Ježica1477908993
7Greece Sporting Athens141138111043
8Hungary Ferencváros141139051096

Group B

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1France Valenciennes141131029871
2Czech Republic Brno141041091965
3Germany Wuppertal148610781044
4Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hemofarm1486980974
5Turkey Galatasaray1477929946
6Italy Parma1468937975
7Hungary Pécs145910201066
8Ukraine Kozachka141139581181

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd 3rd
Bourges France2–1Germany Wuppertal58–4651–5765–56
Valenciennes France2–1Slovakia Ružomberok94–8156–6175–73
Pool Getafe Spain2–0Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hemofarm80–6065–61
Brno Czech Republic0–2Italy Pool Comense67–7567–74

Final four

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 April
 
 
France Bourges69
 
9 April
 
France Valenciennes48
 
France Bourges 76
 
7 April
 
Spain Pool Getafe64
 
Spain Pool Getafe73
 
 
Italy Pool Comense69
 
Third place
 
 
9 April
 
 
Italy Pool Comense74
 
 
France Valenciennes69

Individual statistics

Points

Rank Name Team PPG
1.United States Jennifer GillomTurkey Galatasaray21.8
2.Australia Sandra BrondelloGermany Wuppertal19.1
2.Germany Marlies AskampGermany Wuppertal19.1
4.Czech Republic Eva NemcováCzech Republic Brno18.7
5.France Isabelle FijalkowskiItaly Pool Comense18.4

Rebounds

Rank Name Team PPG
1.Russia Maria StepanovaRussia CSKA Moscow12.4
2.Germany Marlies AskampGermany Wuppertal11.1
2.United States Cindy BrownFrance Valenciennes9.9
4.United States Janice BraxtonItaly Parma9.4
5.Russia Elena BaranovaRussia CSKA Moscow8.6

Assists

Rank Name Team PPG
1.Russia Ludmila KonovalovaRussia CSKA Moscow5.9
2.Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Danijela IlićSlovenia Ježica5.4
2.France Audrey SauretFrance Valenciennes5.3
4.France Yannick SouvréFrance Bourges4.1
5.Russia Svetlana AntipovaRussia CSKA Moscow3.6

References

  1. Results in FIBA Europe's website
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