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1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague

The 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague was the 40th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It was organized by FIBA Europe. It began on September 19, 1996, and ended on April 24, 1997. The competition's Final Four was held at Rome.

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
The PalaEUR in Rome hosted the final Four
Season1996-97
DatesSeptember 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997
Number of teams24
Finals
ChampionsGreece Olympiacos (1st title)
  Runners-upSpain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Third placeSlovenia Smelt Olimpija
Fourth placeFrance ASVEL
Final Four MVPUnited States David Rivers
Statistical leaders
PointsItaly Carlton Myers22.9
ReboundsUnited States Warren Kidd10.6
AssistsUnited States Michael Anderson6.1

In the previous 5 seasons of the competition, the competition's official name was FIBA European League, or shortened to FIBA EuroLeague. This season was the first edition of the competition that took the shortened name of FIBA EuroLeague, as the league's official name.

Competition system

  • 24 teams (the national domestic league champions from the best leagues, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues). The competition culminated in a Final Four.

Country ranking

For the 1996–1997 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 1993–94 to 1995–96.[1]

Country ranking for 1996–1997 FIBA EuroLeague
RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes
1  Spain321.6673
2  Greece299.667
3  Italy216.667
4  France123.238
5  Turkey93.3332
6  Russia66
7  Croatia63
8  Germany61.389
9  Israel50.9051
10  Slovenia41.333
11  Belgium29
12  Yugoslavia26
13  Portugal24.50
14  Lithuania19
15  Ukraine15.389
16  Poland12.111
17  Macedonia11.778
18  Hungary10.5
19  Slovakia8.889
RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes
20  Czech Republic8.3890
21  Austria6.556
22  Switzerland6.056
23  England5.389
24  Cyprus5
25  Sweden4.722
26  Bulgaria4
27  Latvia3.667
28  Romania2.778
29  Bosnia and Herzegovina2.5
30  Luxembourg2.167
31  Netherlands1.944
32  Georgia1.833
33  Finland1.667
34  Estonia1.5
35  Albania1.444
36  Iceland0.889
37  Belarus0.278
38  Denmark0.167

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
Regular season
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) Stefanel Milano (1st) Efes Pilsen (1st) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st)
Caja San Fernando (2nd) Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) Ülker (2nd) Alba Berlin (2nd)
Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd) Kinder Bologna (3rd) CSKA Moscow (1st) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
Olympiacos (1st) Pau-Orthez (1st) Dynamo Moscow (2nd) Smelt Olimpija (1st)
Panathinaïkos (2nd) ASVEL (2nd) Cibona (1st) Spirou Charleroi (1st)
Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki (3rd) Limoges CSP (3rd) Croatia Osiguranje (2nd) Partizan Inex (1st)

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationMILCSKMACÜLKLIMPAN
1 Stefanel Milano1073775727+4817Advance to Group E—87–7485–8867–6579–6690–66
2 CSKA Moscow1064761734+271670–55—89–8071–7674–6596–66
3 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv1064755734+211678–6877–78—71–6569–7769–57
4 Ülker1046767766+114Advance to Group F67–7373–7684–80—99–9187–69
5 Limoges CSP1046757788−311474–8583–6662–6984–80—78–75
6 Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki1037729795−661379–8672–6769–7484–7192–77—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationTSBESTCIBALBOLYSPI
1 Teamsystem Bologna1073773742+3117Advance to Group F—100–8654–6682–7281–7287–78
2 Estudiantes Argentaria1064798821−231666–75—78–7182–7587–7894–72
3 Cibona1064713679+341664–7281–66—78–6863–6175–66
4 Alba Berlin1064755723+3216Advance to Group E81–6478–7979–71—62–6194–73
5 Olympiacos1055770711+591596–80110–7862–6164–67—87–60
6 Spirou Charleroi10010699832−1331061–7875–8273–7769–7978–79—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationPAOOLIASVFCBCROBAY
1 Panathinaïkos1082736693+4318Advance to Group G—75–6766–7279–7572–5087–79
2 Smelt Olimpija1073753669+841774–76—73–6077–6581–5386–70
3 ASVEL1073738718+201774–8070–69—91–9078–5972–64
4 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana1046767734+3314Advance to Group H77–5870–7178–81—68–7090–71
5 Croatia Osiguranje1046630705−751458–6553–6673–6165–75—86–79
6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen10010704809−1051067–7877–8966–7971–7960–63—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationEFEPARKINPAUCSFDYN
1 Efes Pilsen1082736693+4318Advance to Group H—93–7775–6078–7669–6687–84
2 Partizan Inex1064753669+841676–72—78–7084–7566–7297–64
3 Kinder Bologna1055738718+201575–89100–83—86–7493–7589–74
4 Pau-Orthez1055767734+3315Advance to Group G80–7873–7789–83—85–7994–71
5 Caja San Fernando1046630705−751468–7072–6772–6461–69—91–61
6 Dynamo Moscow1028704809−1051273–8271–7264–7870–6579–75—
Source: FIBA Europe

Qualification round

(The individual scores and standings of the First stage are accumulated in the Qualification round)

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are 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 (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group E

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationMILALBOLYMACCSKSPI
1 Stefanel Milano1611512341175+5927Advance to Play Offs—80–9173–7173–63
2 Alba Berlin1610611931167+262668–78—70–6578–76
3 Olympiacos169712361131+1052587–84—69–6082–51
4 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv169712091173+362567–6970–79—80–66
5 CSKA Moscow168811771175+22471–7674–65—96–66
6 Spirou Charleroi1611511231297−1741768–7190–8267–72—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationTSBCIBESTLIMÜLKPAN
1 Teamsystem Bologna1612412621163+9928Advance to Play Offs—90–7669–6194–58
2 Cibona1610611661126+4026—72–6682–8185–58
3 Estudiantes Argentaria169713091284+2525—68–7097–6392–70
4 Limoges CSP168812261234−82481–7085–6191–85—
5 Ülker1651111961243−472173–7873–7778–74—
6 Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki1641211621325−1632072–8884–7691–95—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationPAOASVOLICSFPAUDYN
1 Panathinaikos1613312181134+8429Advance to Play Offs—90–7175–7171–67
2 ASVEL1612412251188+3728—83–8167–6582–52
3 Smelt Olimpija1610612191119+10026—67–7096–8680–72
4 Caja San Fernando167912031194+92378–8791–6881–76—
5 Pau-Orthez1661012401251−112266–7895–9777–71—
6 Dynamo Moscow1631311401310−1701988–8186–9064–76—
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualificationEFEPARFCBKINCROBAY
1 Efes Pilsen1612412501156+9428Advance to Play Offs—96–7074–6491–68
2 Partizan Inex169712571228+2925—91–8771–8289–76
3 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana168812441225+192469–6775–73—73–72
4 Kinder Bologna167912741259+152392–103—73–5790–100
5 Croatia Osiguranje167910551124−692378–5676–7568–70—
6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen1621411751312−1371872–7370–8185–79—
Source: FIBA Europe

Play Offs

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Eight-FinalsQuarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
                  
E1 Stefanel Milano6776782
H4 Kinder Bologna5983761
Stefanel Milano9469611
Smelt Olimpija9073772
F2 Cibona6166611
G3 Smelt Olimpija5869622
Smelt Olimpija65
Olympiacos74
G1 Panathinaikos68702
F4 Limoges CSP67550
Panathinaikos49570
Olympiacos69652
H2 Partizan Inex7161691
E3 Olympiacos8160742
Olympiacos73
FCB Banca Catalana58
F1 Teamsystem Bologna73792
G4 Caja San Fernando70750
Teamsystem Bologna7073621
FCB Banca Catalana6575872
E2 Alba Berlin77620
H3 FCB Banca Catalana95722
FCB Banca Catalana77
ASVEL70
H1 Efes Pilsen7665842Third Place
E4 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv6778691
Efes Pilsen8770571 Smelt Olimpija86
ASVEL7180622 ASVEL79
G2 ASVEL9777752
F3 Estudiantes Argentaria7479711

Eight-Final

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Cibona 1–2 Smelt Olimpija61–5866–6961–62
Stefanel Milano 2–1 Kinder Bologna67–5976–8378–76
Partizan 1–2 Olympiacos71–8161–6069–74
Panathinaikos 2–0 Limoges CSP68–6770–55
Alba Berlin 0–2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana77–9562–72
Teamsystem Bologna 2–0 Caja San Fernando73–7079–75
ASVEL 2–1 Estudiantes Argentaria97–7477–7975–71
Efes Pilsen 2–1 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv76–6765–7884–69

Quarter-Final

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Stefanel Milano 1–2 Smelt Olimpija94–9069–7361–77
Teamsystem Bologna 1–2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana70–6573–7562–87
Efes Pilsen 1–2 ASVEL87–7170–8057–62
Panathinaikos 0–2 Olympiacos49–6957–65

Final four

Semifinals

April 22, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1 Score Team 2
Smelt Olimpija 65–74 Olympiacos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 77–70 ASVEL

3rd place game

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1 Score Team 2
Smelt Olimpija 86–79 ASVEL

Final

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1 Score Team 2
Olympiacos 73–58 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions

Olympiacos
1st Title

Final standings

Team
Olympiacos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Smelt Olimpija
ASVEL

Awards

All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

First Team[2]
David Rivers (MVP) Olympiacos
Dimitrios Papanikolaou Olympiacos
Brian Howard ASVEL
Andrés Jiménez FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Dragan Tarlać Olympiacos

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG
1. Carlton Myers Teamsystem Bologna1943622.9
2. Arijan Komazec Kinder Bologna1635121.9
3. Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen2245320.6

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds

RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG
1. Warren Kidd Stefanel Milano2223310.6
2. Vitaly Nosov Dynamo Moscow1616210.1
3. Hansi Gnad Bayer 04 Leverkusen161479.2

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists

RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG
1. Michael Anderson Caja San Fernando171046.1
2. Delaney Rudd ASVEL241385.8
3. Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen22985.8

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics

CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage
Steals Michael Anderson Caja San Fernando172.7
Turnovers Michael Anderson Caja San Fernando174.6
Minutes Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen2239.0
FT % Slaven Rimac Cibona1993.3%
2-Point % Arijan Komazec Kinder Bologna1667.1%
3-Point % Miroslav Berić Partizan1947.9%

Individual game highs

CategoryPlayerTeamStatisticOpponent
Points Tony Dawson Bayer 04 Leverkusen43 Kinder Bologna (Jan 15, 1997)
Rebounds Warren Kidd Stefanel Milano21 Olympiacos (Jan 16, 1997)
Assists Delaney Rudd ASVEL12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Nov 7, 1996)
Michael Anderson Caja San Fernando Dynamo Moscow (Oct 10, 1996)
ASVEL (Feb 19, 1997)
Steals Jimmy Nebot ASVEL11 Efes Pilsen (Apr 3, 1997)

Team statistics

CategoryTeamAverage
Points Estudiantes Argentaria80.7
Rebounds Olympiacos32.3
Assists Pau-Orthez16.6
Steals Estudiantes Argentaria11.2
Turnovers Dynamo Moscow16.9
FT % Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv76.9%
2-Point % Pau-Orthez58.6%
3-Point % Pau-Orthez40.9%

See also

References

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