1999 NEBL Promotion Cup

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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[]

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

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

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Latvia LMT Lithuania LRY Finland TOP Lithuania ALI
1. Latvia ASK Brocēni-LMT 10 8 2 963 903 +60 - 95-80 88-81 101-84
2. Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 10 6 4 934 916 +18 120-116 - 89-88 89-65
3. Finland TeamWARE ToPo 10 4 6 871 889 –18 90-92 89-92 - 91-84
4. Lithuania Alita 10 3 7 807 853 –46 81-93 72-97 82-87 -

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Lithuania ŽAL Sweden PLA Latvia VEN Estonia KAL
1. Lithuania Žalgiris 10 10 0 970 748 +222 - 95-72 92-88 104-71
2. Sweden Plannja Basket 10 6 4 878 897 –19 80-107 - 84 - 77 93-80
3. Latvia Ventspils 10 3 7 846 920 –74 77-103 98-83 - 79-68
4. Estonia Kalev 10 0 10 821 964 –143 73-105 101-107 80-86 -
Second round scores
Lithuania ŽAL Sweden PLA Latvia VEN Estonia KAL
Latvia LMT 84-105 89-83 92-81 111-92
Lithuania LRY 85-88 90-96 114-91 103-91
Finland TOP 57-92 87-93 107-88 94-89
Lithuania ALI 61-79 72-83 97-84 82-78

Source: Worldbasket.com

Final Four[]

Semifinal 1[]

4 April 1999
Žalgiris Lithuania 103–75 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 25–20, 29–14, 24–24
Pts: Masiulis 15
Rebs: E. Žukauskas 9
Asts: Edney 7		 Pts: Giedraitis 20
Rebs: , Šiškauskas 6
Asts: Giedraitis 6
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 800
Referees: Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE), Roman Ryzhyk (UKR)

Semifinal 2[]

4 April 1999
Plannja Basket Sweden 81–87 Latvia ASK Brocēni-LMT
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 20–29, 22–21, 16–17
Pts: 19
Rebs: Heiden, Banks 9
Asts: Aulander, Heiden, 4		 Pts: Holden 21
Rebs: Šneps 9
Asts: Šneps 3
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 800
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Third-place game[]

5 April 1999
Lietuvos rytas Lithuania 95–87 Sweden Plannja Basket
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 20–16, 25–23, 25–31
Pts: Giedraitis 33
Rebs: Matulis 11
Asts: Jasikevičius 9		 Pts: 26
Rebs: Aulander 7
Asts: Aulander 6
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Juris Kokainis (LAT)

Final[]

5 April 1999
ASK Brocēni-LMT Latvia 81–83 Lithuania Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 19–16, 18–14, 23–24
Pts: S. Valters 18
Rebs: Sturm, Šneps 8
Asts: Šneps 4		 Pts: Edney 21
Rebs: E. Žukauskas 14
Asts: Edney 7
Vilnius Sports Palace, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE)

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]

All-NEBL Team'99
Player Team
United States  [pl] (MVP) Plannja Basket
Lithuania Andrius Giedraitis Lietuvos rytas
Latvia  [lv] ASK Brocēni-LMT
Lithuania Saulius Štombergas Žalgiris
Lithuania Eurelijus Žukauskas Žalgiris

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Zalgiris" Kaunas won NEBL Promotion Cup'99.
  2. ^ "Final Standings after Final Four". Archived from the original on 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  3. ^ All-NEBL Team '99.

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