1999 NEBL Promotion Cup

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. "Zalgiris" Kaunas won NEBL Promotion Cup'99. BC Lietuvos rytas finished in third place by defeating Plannja Basket.

The Prize fund for the Final Four competitions equaled $100,000. 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff LMT LRY TOP ALI 1. ASK Brocēni-LMT 10 8 2 963 903 +60 -95-8088-81101-84 2. Lietuvos rytas 10 6 4 934 916 +18 120-116 -89-8889-65 3. TeamWARE ToPo 10 4 6 871 889 –18 90-9289-92 -91-84 4. Alita 10 3 7 807 853 –46 81-9372-9782-87 -

Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiff ŽAL PLA VEN KAL 1. Žalgiris 10 10 0 970 748 +222 -95-7292-88104-71 2. Plannja Basket 10 6 4 878 897 –19 80-107 -84 - 7793-80 3. Ventspils 10 3 7 846 920 –74 77-10398-83 -79-68 4. Kalev 10 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 Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Third-place game

Final

Final standings Pos Team1.Žalgiris 2.ASK Brocēni-LMT3.Lietuvos rytas4.Plannja Basket 5.TeamWARE ToPo6.Alita 7.Ventspils8.Kalev

All-NEBL Team'99

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

All-NEBL Team'99PlayerTeam (MVP)Plannja Basket Andrius GiedraitisLietuvos rytas ASK Brocēni-LMT Saulius Štombergas Žalgiris Eurelijus ŽukauskasŽalgiris

References

1999 NEBL Promotion Cup

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