1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague

1995–96 1997–98 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague PalaLottomatica.jpg 300 The PalaEUR in Rome hosted the final Four 1996–97 GRE Olympiacos (1st title) ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana SLO Smelt Olimpija FRA ASVEL 24 September 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997 Euroleague MVP David Rivers Euroleague Final Four MVP USA Carlton Myers 22.9 ITA Warren Kidd 10.6 USA Michael Anderson 6.1 USA 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. 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.Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B) http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/ranking/ranking_e.htm www.linguasport.com 2020-05-31February 2025 medicmedic +Country ranking for 1996–1997 FIBA EuroLeagueRankCountryPointsTeamsNotes1321.66732299.6673216.6674123.238593.33326667638 61.389950.90511041.333112912261324.5014191515.3891612.11117Macedonia11.7781810.5198.889RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes208.3890216.556226.056235.389245254.722264273.667282.778292.5302.167311.944321.833331.667341.5351.444360.889370.278380.167 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 ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) ITA Stefanel Milano (1st) TUR Efes Pilsen (1st) GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) ESP Caja San Fernando (2nd) ITA Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) TUR Ülker (2nd) GER Alba Berlin (2nd) ESP Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd) ITA Kinder Bologna (3rd) RUS CSKA Moscow (1st) ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) GRE Olympiacos (1st) FRA Pau-Orthez (1st) RUS Dynamo Moscow (2nd) SVN Smelt Olimpija (1st) GRE Panathinaïkos (2nd) FRA ASVEL (2nd) CRO Cibona (1st) BEL Spirou Charleroi (1st) GRE Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki (3rd) FRA Limoges CSP (3rd) CRO Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd) FRY Partizan Inex (1st) Preliminary round Group A main WL Group A true points FIBA Europe BSR MIL, CSK, MAC, ÜLK, LIM, PAN complete 7 3 775 727 6 4 761 734 6 4 755 734 4 6 767 766 4 6 757 788 3 7 729 795 87-74 85-88 67-65 79-66 90-66 70-55 89-80 71-76 74-65 96-66 78-68 77-78 71-65 69-77 69-57 67-73 73-76 84-80 99-91 87-69 74-85 83-66 62-69 84-80 78-75 79-86 72-67 69-74 84-71 92-77 ITA Stefanel Milano MIL RUS CSKA Moscow CSK ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv MAC TUR Ülker ÜLK FRA Limoges CSP LIM GRE Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki PAN Q GrE GrE GrE GrF GrF GrF yellow1 Advance to Group E orange1 Advance to Group F Group B main WL Group B true points FIBA Europe BSR TSB, EST, CIB, ALB, OLY, SPI complete 7 3 773 742 6 4 798 821 6 4 713 679 6 4 755 723 5 5 770 711 0 10 699 832 100-86 54-66 82-72 81-72 87-78 66-75 78-71 82-75 87-78 94-72 64-72 81-66 78-68 63-61 75-66 81-64 78-79 79-71 62-61 94-73 96-80 110-78 62-61 64-67 87-60 61-78 75-82 73-77 69-79 78-79 ITA Teamsystem Bologna TSB ESP Estudiantes Argentaria EST CRO Cibona CIB GER Alba Berlin ALB GRE Olympiacos OLY BEL Spirou Charleroi SPI Q GrF GrF GrF GrE GrE GrE yellow1 Advance to Group E orange1 Advance to Group F Group C main WL Group C true points FIBA Europe BSR PAO, OLI, ASV, FCB, CRO, BAY complete 8 2 736 693 7 3 753 669 7 3 738 718 4 6 767 734 4 6 630 705 0 10 704 809 75-67 66-72 79-75 72-50 87-79 74-76 73-60 77-65 81-53 86-70 74-80 70-69 91-90 78-59 72-64 77-58 70-71 78-81 68-70 90-71 58-65 53-66 73-61 65-75 86-79 67-78 77-89 66-79 71-79 60-63 GRE Panathinaïkos PAO SLO Smelt Olimpija OLI FRA ASVEL ASV ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana FCB CRO Croatia Osiguranje CRO GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen BAY Q GrG GrG GrG GrH GrH GrH yellow1 Advance to Group G orange1 Advance to Group H Group D main WL Group D true points FIBA Europe BSR EFE, PAR, KIN, PAU, CSF, DYN complete 8 2 736 693 6 4 753 669 5 5 738 718 5 5 767 734 4 6 630 705 2 8 704 809 93-77 75-60 78-76 69-66 87-84 76-72 78-70 84-75 66-72 97-64 75-89 100-83 86-74 93-75 89-74 80-78 73-77 89-83 85-79 94-71 68-70 72-67 72-64 61-69 91-61 73-82 71-72 64-78 70-65 79-75 TUR Efes Pilsen EFE FRY Partizan Inex PAR ITA Kinder Bologna KIN FRA Pau-Orthez PAU ESP Caja San Fernando CSF RUS Dynamo Moscow DYN Q GrH GrH GrH GrG GrG GrG yellow1 Advance to Group G orange1 Advance to Group H 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: Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group) Points scored in all group matches Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match Group E main WL Group E true points FIBA Europe BSR MIL, ALB, OLY, MAC, CSK, SPI complete 11 5 1234 1175 10 6 1193 1167 9 7 1236 1131 9 7 1209 1173 8 8 1177 1175 1 15 1123 1297 80-91 73-71 73-63 67-69 70-79 80-66 78-62 82-78 87-70 68-78 78-76 70-65 87-84 82-51 69-60 68-71 67-72 90-82 ITA Stefanel Milano MIL RUS CSKA Moscow CSK ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv MAC GER Alba Berlin ALB GRE Olympiacos OLY BEL Spirou Charleroi SPI Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs Group F main WL Group F true points FIBA Europe BSR TSB, CIB, EST, LIM, ÜLK, PAN complete 12 4 1262 1163 10 6 1166 1126 9 7 1309 1284 8 8 1226 1234 5 11 1196 1243 4 12 1162 1325 69-61 90-76 94-58 73-78 73-77 78-74 81-70 85-61 91-85 82-81 72-66 85-58 97-63 68-70 92-70 72-88 84-76 91-95 ITA Teamsystem Bologna TSB TUR Ülker ÜLK FRA Limoges CSP LIM CRO Cibona CIB ESP Estudiantes Argentaria EST GRE Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki PAN Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs Group G main WL Group G true points FIBA Europe BSR PAO, ASV, OLI, CSF, PAU, DYN complete 13 3 1218 1134 12 4 1225 1188 10 6 1219 1119 7 9 1203 1194 6 10 1240 1251 3 13 1140 1310 75-71 90-71 71-67 66-78 95-97 77-71 78-87 91-68 81-76 67-65 83-81 82-52 96-86 67-70 80-72 88-81 86-90 64-76 GRE Panathinaikos PAO FRA Pau-Orthez PAU ESP Caja San Fernando CSF FRA ASVEL ASV SLO Smelt Olimpija OLI RUS Dynamo Moscow DYN Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs Group H main WL Group H true points FIBA Europe BSR EFE, PAR, FCB, KIN, CRO, BAY complete 12 4 1250 1156 9 7 1257 1228 8 8 1244 1225 7 9 1274 1259 7 9 1055 1124 2 14 1175 1312 74-64 96-70 91-68 78-56 68-70 76-75 73-57 92-103 90-100 71-82 91-87 89-76 69-67 73-72 75-73 72-73 85-79 70-81 TUR Efes Pilsen EFE CRO Croatia Osiguranje CRO ITA Kinder Bologna KIN FRY Partizan Inex PAR ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana FCB GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen BAY Q PO PO PO PO green1 Advance to Play Offs Playoffs 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. main 4 3 / 3 / 1 / 1 Third Place legs high y Eight-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final E1 ITA Stefanel Milano 67 76 78 H4 ITA Kinder Bologna 59 83 76 F2 CRO Cibona 61 66 61 G3 SLO Smelt Olimpija 58 69 62 G1 GRE Panathinaikos 68 70 F4 FRA Limoges CSP 67 55 H2 FRY Partizan Inex 71 61 69 E3 GRE Olympiacos 81 60 74 F1 ITA Teamsystem Bologna 73 79 G4 ESP Caja San Fernando 70 75 E2 GER Alba Berlin 77 62 H3 ESP FCB Banca Catalana 95 72 H1 TUR Efes Pilsen 76 65 84 E4 ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 67 78 69 G2 FRA ASVEL 97 77 75 F3 ESP Estudiantes Argentaria 74 79 71 ITA Stefanel Milano 94 69 61 SLO Smelt Olimpija 90 73 77 GRE Panathinaikos 49 57 GRE Olympiacos 69 65 ITA Teamsystem Bologna 70 73 62 ESP FCB Banca Catalana 65 75 87 TUR Efes Pilsen 87 70 57 FRA ASVEL 71 80 62 SLO Smelt Olimpija 65 GRE Olympiacos 74 ESP FCB Banca Catalana 77 FRA ASVEL 70 GRE Olympiacos 73 ESP FCB Banca Catalana 58 SLO Smelt Olimpija 86 FRA ASVEL 79 Eight-Final 3 Cibona CRO 1–2 Smelt Olimpija SLO 61–58 66–69 61–62 2 Stefanel Milano ITA 2–1 Kinder Bologna ITA 67–59 76–83 78–76 1 Partizan FRY 1–2 Olympiacos GRE 71–81 61–60 69–74 2 Panathinaikos GRE 2–0 Limoges CSP FRA 68–67 70–55 1 Alba Berlin GER 0–2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 77–95 62–72 2 Teamsystem Bologna ITA 2–0 Caja San Fernando ESP 73–70 79–75 1 ASVEL FRA 2–1 Estudiantes Argentaria ESP 97–74 77–79 75–71 1 Efes Pilsen TUR 2–1 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 76–67 65–78 84–69 1 |} Quarter-Final 3 Stefanel Milano ITA 1–2 Smelt Olimpija SLO 94–90 69–73 61–77 2 Teamsystem Bologna ITA 1–2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 70–65 73–75 62–87 2 Efes Pilsen TUR 1–2 ASVEL FRA 87–71 70–80 57–62 2 Panathinaikos GRE 0–2 Olympiacos GRE 49–69 57–65 2 |} Final four 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four Semifinals April 22, Palaeur, Rome Smelt Olimpija SLO 65–74 Olympiacos GRE 2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 77–70 ASVEL FRA 1 |} 3rd place game April 24, Palaeur, Rome Smelt Olimpija SLO 86–79 ASVEL FRA 1 |} Final April 24, Palaeur, Rome Olympiacos GRE 73–58 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 1 |} 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague ChampionsGRE 100px Olympiacos 1st Title Final standings Team 15px GRE Olympiacos ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana SLO Smelt Olimpija FRA ASVEL Awards All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague. FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP USA David Rivers (GRE Olympiacos) FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team First TeamChampions Cup 1996–97 http://www.linguasport.com:80/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_97.htm 15 May 2023 linguasport.com usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20220317150614/http://www.linguasport.com:80/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_97.htm 2022-03-17 USA David Rivers (MVP)GRE OlympiacosGRE Dimitrios PapanikolaouGRE OlympiacosUSA Brian HowardFRA ASVELESP Andrés JiménezESP FC Barcelona Banca CatalanaFRY Dragan TarlaćGRE Olympiacos FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer ITA Carlton Myers (ITA Fortitudo Bologna) Statistics Individual statistics Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1.ITA Carlton MyersITA Teamsystem Bologna1943622.92.CRO Arijan KomazecITA Kinder Bologna 1635121.93.MKD Petar NaumoskiTUR Efes Pilsen 2245320.6 Source: FIBAEurope Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1.USA Warren Kidd ITA Stefanel Milano2223310.62.RUS Vitaly Nosov RUS Dynamo Moscow1616210.13.GER Hansi Gnad GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen161479.2 Source: FIBAEurope Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1.USA Michael AndersonESP Caja San Fernando171046.12.USA Delaney RuddFRA ASVEL 241385.83.MKD Petar NaumoskiTUR Efes Pilsen 22985.8 Source: FIBAEurope Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals USA Michael Anderson ESP Caja San Fernando 17 2.7 Turnovers USA Michael Anderson ESP Caja San Fernando 17 4.6 Minutes MKD Petar NaumoskiTUR Efes Pilsen 22 39.0 FT % CRO Slaven Rimac CRO Cibona 19 93.3% 2-Point % CRO Arijan Komazec ITA Kinder Bologna 16 67.1% 3-Point % FRY Miroslav Berić FRY Partizan 19 47.9% Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Points USA Tony Dawson GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen 43 ITA Kinder Bologna (Jan 15, 1997)ReboundsUSA Warren Kidd ITA Stefanel Milano 21 GRE Olympiacos (Jan 16, 1997)Assists USA Delaney Rudd FRA ASVEL 12 GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Nov 7, 1996)USA Michael Anderson ESP Caja San Fernando RUS Dynamo Moscow (Oct 10, 1996) FRA ASVEL (Feb 19, 1997) Steals FRA Jimmy Nebot FRA ASVEL 11 TUR Efes Pilsen (Apr 3, 1997) Team statistics CategoryTeamAverage Points ESP Estudiantes Argentaria 80.7 Rebounds GRE Olympiacos 32.3 Assists FRA Pau-Orthez 16.6 Steals ESP Estudiantes Argentaria 11.2 Turnovers RUS Dynamo Moscow 16.9 FT % ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 76.9% 2-Point % FRA Pau-Orthez 58.6% 3-Point % FRA Pau-Orthez 40.9% See also 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup 1996–97 FIBA Korać Cup References External links 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Eurobasket.com 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague 1996-1997