1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

May 2020 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Olimpia ARG alt 30px 1 Panathinaikos GRE 30px 2 First leg 89 83 1996 09 04 Claudio Newell Rosario Second leg 83 78 1996 09 10 Olympic Indoor Hall Maroussi Third leg 101 76 1996 09 12 Olympic Indoor Hall Maroussi 1987 2013 The 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's professional basketball clubs and the 21st edition of the tournament being in the form of a true intercontinental tournament. It was contested through a best-of-three playoff format, in September 1996, in order to determine the world club champion. It was contested between the winners of the 1995–96 season of the FIBA European League, Panathinaikos, and Olimpia, the winners of the 1996 edition of the FIBA South American League. The first game of the 3 game series was held on 4 September 1996, at the Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, the home arena of Olimpia. Olimpia won the first game of the series by a score of 89–83. The Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the last 2 games, on 10 September 1996, and 12 September 1996. Panathinaikos won the second and third games of the series, and became the 1996 world club champions. Series summary Game Date Home team Result Road team Game 1 September 4 Olimpia 89–83 Panathinaikos Game 2 September 10 Panathinaikos 83–78 Olimpia Game 3 September 12 Panathinaikos 101–76 Olimpia Panathinaikos won the series 2-1. Game 1 #eee 2:00 September 4 Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosaria, Argentina Olimpia ARG alt 89 GRE Panathinaikos 83 7,000 Juan Figueroa (PUR), José Lapaix (DOM) Racca 25 Amaechi 23 Olimpia: Montecchia 6, Racca 25, Wilson 8, Jadlow 21, Uranga 7, Victoriano 12, Gutiérrez 2, Nocioni 2, Zulberti 6. Panathinaikos: Dinkins 7, Alvertis 21, Koch 0, Amaechi 23, Martínez 8, Oikonomou 8, Georgikopoulos 0, Sconochini 16. Game 2 #eee 16:00 September 10 Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi, Athens Panathinaikos GRE 83 ARG alt Olimpia 78 37-34 46-44 20,000 Wiesław Zych (POL), Danko Radić (CRO) Report Alvertis 30 Victoriano 23 Amaechi 9 Wilson 10 Dinkins 5 Victoriano 5 Panathinaikos: Dinkins 7, Sconochini 3, Alvertis 30, Oikonomou 16, Amaechi 19, Koch 8, Martínez 0. Olimpia: Montecchia 5, Racca 11, Wilson 15, Uranga 4, Jadlow 9, Gutiérrez 5, Victoriano 23, Zulberti 0, Nocioni 6. Game 3 #eee 16:00 September 12 Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi, Athens Panathinaikos GRE 101 ARG alt Olimpia de Venado Tuerto 76 47-40 54-36 20,000 Wiesław Zych (POL), Danko Radić (CRO) Report Dinkins 24 Racca 28 Amaechi 10 Uranga 7 Dinkins 6 Victoriano 3 Panathinaikos: Dinkins 24, Sconochini 12, Alvertis 8, Oikonomou 9, Amaechi 18, Koch 9, Martínez 13, Georgikopoulos 5, Skoutaris 3. Olimpia: Montecchia 1, Racca 28, Wilson 6, Uranga 2, Jadlow 20, Gutiérrez 0, Victoriano 14, Zulberti 5, Nocioni 0, Burgos 0. 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup ChampionsGRE 150px Panathinaikos 1st title Rosters _whiteshoulders _white stripes 00703C 00703C Panathinaikos _blackhoops FFFFFF _blacksides FFFFFF Olimpia + Panathinaikos Pos Position(s) No. Jersey number Player SF 4 GRE Fragiskos Alvertis SG 5 GRE Ioannis Georgikopoulos PG 6 GER Michael Koch PF 8 GRE Nikos Oikonomou PG 9 USA Byron Dinkins SG/SF 11 ARG alt ITA Hugo Sconochini F/C 13 ESP civil Ferran Martínez SF 14 GRE Leonidas Skoutaris C 15 ENG John Amaechi PF ARG alt ITA Marcelo Nicola Did not play PG 10 GRE USA Jon Korfas SG GRE Vangelis Vourtzoumis C GRE Saša Marković-TheodorakisHead coach: SER civil Božidar Maljković+ Olimpia de Venado Tuerto Pos Position(s) No. Jersey number Player SF 5 USA Michael Lamont Wilson PG 6 ARG alt ITA Alejandro Montecchia PG 8 ARG alt ESP civil Lucas Victoriano F 10 ARG alt Leonardo Gutiérrez F/C 11 ARG alt Alejandro Burgos F/C 12 ARG alt Sebastián Uranga SG/SF 13 ARG alt ITA Jorge Racca F/C 15 USA Todd Jadlow F ARG alt ITA Andrés Nocioni F ARG alt Jorge Zulberti Head coach: ARG alt Horacio Seguí External links 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup el 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup el Panathinaikos, team presentation, September 1996 el 1996 Category:1996 in Argentine sport Category:1996–97 in European basketball Category:1996–97 in Greek basketball Category:1996–97 in South American basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Argentina Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Greece