1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague


The 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague was the 43rd installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs. It began on September 23, 1999, and ended on April 20, 2000. The competition's Final Four was held at PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki, with Panathinaikos defeating Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 8,500 spectators.
Efes Pilsen finished in the third position, and FC Barcelona finished fourth.

Competition system

Country ranking

For the 1999–2000 EuroLeague, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1996–97 to 1998–99.
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Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
Varese Roosters FC Barcelona Pau-Orthez Union Olimpija
Benetton Treviso Caja San Fernando ASVEL Pivovarna Laško
Paf Wennington Bologna Real Madrid Teka Cholet CSKA Moscow
Panathinaikos Tofaş Budućnost Alba Berlin
Olympiacos Efes Pilsen Crvena zvezda Cibona VIP
PAOK Ülker Žalgiris Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round


If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Top four places in each group advance to Playoff

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Top 16

Quarterfinals

Final Four

Semifinals

April 18, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Third place game

April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Final

April 20, PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki

Awards

[FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer]