Winners' Cup Final 1998: Stombergas executes Stefanel Milan
In 1998, the Cup Winners’ Cup final was held in Belgrade, where Zalgiris Kaunas, after a long journey, once again won a continental title, clearly beating Stefanel Milan (82-67), thanks mainly to the magnificent afternoon that Stombergas had at the launch
Quarterfinals ASVEL Villeurbanne - Stefanel Milan Avtodor - Samara Zalgiris Kaunas - BeoBanka Panathinaikos - Wroclaw
Semi-finals Panathinaikos - Stefanel Milan Zalgiris Kaunas - Avotodor
After a period of glory during the 1980s under Arvydas Sabonis - which did not, however, lead to any continental trophies - Kaunas’ ‘Algiris’ regained (and never better) old laurels and won his first European title. And he did so thanks to the prodigious performance of Saulius ’Tombergas, an old-fashioned rock eavesdropper with a pitch that was as unorthodox as it was effective. In the mere 29 minutes he was on the pitch, ‘Tombergas’ scored 35 points through a spectacular series of throws.
Zalgiris Kaunas 82 *Whatley - 19p, 2br *Adomaitis - 6p, 3r *Stombergas - 35p, 5a *Praskevicius - 2p, 2r *Arapovic - 3p, 10r M.Zukauskas - 4p, 2r Stumbrys - 0p, 1a E.Zukauskas - 6p, 6r Masiulis - 7p, 7r
Stefanel Milán 67 *Gentile - 10p, 3a *Sigalas - 0p, 3r *Portaluppi - 13p, 4r *Kidd - 11p, 12r *Bayley - 18p, 4r Jovanovic - 6p, 2br Ruggeri - 1p, 1br Sahlstrom - 0p, 1br Samburago - 8p, 1a Cantarello - 0p, 1r