1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

International basketball tournament 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague FIBA EuroLeague Final Four 1997 Rome Italy Palaeur April 1997 GRE Olympiacos (1st title) ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana SLO Smelt Olimpija FRA ASVEL USA David Rivers Euroleague Final Four MVP 1996 1998 The 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1996–97 season's FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe. Olympiacos won its first title, after defeating FC Barcelona Banca Catalana. Bracket Final Third place 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 Semifinals Smelt Olimpija – Olympiacos #eee 18:30 April 22 Palaeur, Rome Smelt Olimpija SLO 65 GRE Olympiacos 74 32–37 33–37 11,700 Boxscore Stepania 12 Rivers 28 Stepania 10 Tarlać 13 four players 2 Rivers, Sigalas 4 Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Gennaro Colucci (ITA) FC Barcelona Banca Catalana – ASVEL #eee 20:30 April 22 Palaeur, Rome FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 77 FRA ASVEL 70 38–36 39–34 11,700 Boxscore Djordjević 17 Howard, Rudd 20 Rivas 12 Howard 6 Djordjević 5 Rudd 6 Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU) Third-place game #eee 18:30 April 24 Palaeur, Rome Smelt Olimpija SLO 86 FRA ASVEL 79 54–35 32–44 12,500 Boxscore Milič 17 Digbeu 22 Jurković 8 Howard, Nebot 6 McDonald 5 Rudd 5 Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Mikhail Davydov (RUS) Final #ffffd0 20:30 April 24 Palaeur, Rome Olympiacos GRE 73 ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 58 31–29 42–29 12,500 Boxscore Rivers 26 Jiménez 16 Tarlać 14 Jiménez 9 Rivers 3 Djordjević 7 Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU) _redsides_2 _redsides FFFFFF FFFFFF Olympiacos _3bluestripes2 _3bluestripes2 800000 0000FF FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Starters: P Points R Rebounds A Assists PG 15 USA David Rivers 26 6 3 SG 5 GRE Giorgos Sigalas (C) 7 4 2 SF 9 GRE Franko Nakić 0 2 0 PF 12 FRY Dragan Tarlać 11 14 1 C 10 GRE Panagiotis Fasoulas 6 4 1Reserves: P Points R Rebounds A Assists PG 4 GRE Efthimis Bakatsias 1 0 0 PF 7 GRE Dimitrios Papanikolaou 11 4 0 SF 8 GRE Nasos Galakteros 0 0 0 PG 11 FRY Milan Tomić 9 4 1 C 12 GER Chris Welp 2 1 1Head coach:FRY Dušan Ivković1996–97 FIBA EuroLeagueChampionsGRE 100px Olympiacos First TitleStarters: P Points R Rebounds A Assists PG 10 FRY Saša Đorđević 6 4 7 SG 9 ESP Xavi Fernández 0 1 0 SF 14 LTU Artūras Karnišovas 14 4 0 PF 4 ESP Andrés Jiménez (C) 16 9 2 C 7 PUR Ramón Rivas 6 4 1Reserves: P Points R Rebounds A Assists PG 5 ESP Rafa Jofresa 9 2 1 SG 6 ESP Roger Esteller 3 0 1 C 8 ESP Enrique Andreu 2 0 0 PF 12 ESP Manel Bosch 0 2 0 C 15 ESP Roberto Dueñas 2 0 0Head coach:ESP Aíto García Reneses Awards FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP USA David Rivers (GRE Olympiacos) FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer USA David Rivers (GRE Olympiacos) FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four TeamPlayerTeamRef. USA David Rivers (MVP) Olympiacos https://archive.today/20130411073746/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_97.htm Champions Cup 1996–97. GRE Dimitrios Papanikolaou Olympiacos USA Brian Howard ASVEL ESP Andrés Jiménez FC Barcelona Banca Catalana FRY GRE Dragan Tarlać Olympiacos References External links EuroLeague 1996–97 at FIBA Europe website https://archive.today/20130411073746/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_97.htm EuroLeague at Linguasport el 1996–97 Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Italy Category:1996–97 in European basketball Category:1996–97 in Italian basketball Category:1996–97 in Spanish basketball Category:1996–97 in Slovenian basketball Category:1996–97 in French basketball Category:1996–97 in Greek basketball Category:Basketball competitions in Rome Category:1990s in Rome