1999 NEBL Promotion Cup explained

Nextseason:2000
North European Basketball League
Season:1999
Teams:8

NEBL Promotion Cup 1999 was the first test run tournament of the North European Basketball League. The tournament was held during the 1998-99 basketball season on 23 January – 5 April 1999. The tournament included 8 teams from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland.

BC Žalgiris won the tournament by defeating ASK/Brocēni/LMT in the final.[1] BC Lietuvos rytas finished in third place by defeating Plannja Basket.

The Prize fund for the Final Four competitions equaled $100,000.[1] The winner of the NEBL Promotion Cup was awarded with $45,000 cheque, the other finalist received $25,000, 3rd-place winner - $20,000 and 4th best team got $10,000.

NEBL Promotion Cup clubs

Domestic league positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.

Country (League)Teams
Estonia (KML)Kalev Tallinn (1st)
Finland (Korisliiga)TeamWARE ToPo Helsinki (1st)
Latvia (LBL)ASK Brocēni-LMT Rīga (1st)
Ventspils (2nd)
Lithuania (LKL)Žalgiris Kaunas (1st)
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (5th)
Alita Alytus (8th)
Sweden (Basketligan)Plannja Basket Luleå (2nd)

Group stage

During the group stage, each team played 10 games. A team faced opponents in own group twice (6 games) and each team from the other group once (4 games).

Key to colors
    Top two teams in each group advance to Final Four.

Group A

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff LMT LRY TOP ALI
1. ASK Brocēni-LMT10 8 2 963 903 +60 -|95-80|88-81|101-84|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2. ||align=left| Lietuvos rytas| 10 || 6 || 4 || 934 || 916 || +18 ||120-116| -|89-88|89-65|- | 3. ||align=left| TeamWARE ToPo| 10 || 4 || 6 || 871 || 889 || –18 ||90-92|89-92| -|91-84|- | 4. ||align=left| Alita| 10 || 3 || 7 || 807 || 853 || –46 ||81-93|72-97|82-87| -|-|}

Group B

width=25width=220Teamwidth=40Pldwidth=40Wwidth=40Lwidth=40PFwidth=40PAwidth=40Diff ŽAL PLA VEN KAL
1. Žalgiris10 10 0 970 748 +222 -95-7292-88104-71
2. Plannja Basket10 6 4 878 897 –19 80-107-84 - 7793-80
3. Ventspils10 3 7 846 920 –74 77-10398-83-79-68
4. Kalev10 0 10 821 964 –143 73-105101-10780-86-
Second round scores!! ŽAL! PLA! VEN! KAL
LMT84-10589-8392-81111-92
LRY85-8890-96114-91103-91
TOP57-9287-93107-8894-89
ALI61-7972-8397-8482-78
Source: Worldbasket.com

Final Four

Final

Final Standings

Pos[2] Team
1.Žalgiris
2.ASK Brocēni-LMT
3.Lietuvos rytas
4.Plannja Basket
5.TeamWARE ToPo
6.Alita
7.Ventspils
8.Kalev

All-NEBL Team'99

Coaches of all teams, which participated in the 1999 NEBL Promotion Cup, selected All-NEBL Team'99:[3]

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="60%"
All-NEBL Team'99
width=25%Playerwidth=20%Team
(MVP)Plannja Basket
Andrius GiedraitisLietuvos rytas
ASK Brocēni-LMT
Žalgiris
Eurelijus ŽukauskasŽalgiris

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/19991005103944/http://www.nebl.com/cup.html "Zalgiris" Kaunas won NEBL Promotion Cup'99.
  2. Web site: Final Standings after Final Four. . 2016-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/19991005082535/http://www.nebl.com/competition.html . 1999-10-05 . live.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/19991005030457/http://www.nebl.com/all-nebl.html All-NEBL Team '99.