1995–96 FIBA European League

1995–96 FIBA European League FIBA European League Basketball Regular Season Euroleague MVP USA Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid) Alphonso Ford Trophy Final Four 1996 FIBA European League Final Four GRE Panathinaikos (1st title) ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana USA Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos) Euroleague Final Four MVP FIBA European League 1994–95 FIBA European League 1994–95 1996–97 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague The 1995–96 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1995–96 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 39th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 7, 1995, and ended on April 11, 1996. Panathinaikos B.C. became the first Greek team to lift the FIBA European League championship after beating FC Barcelona Banca Catalana by one point in the final match of the competition's Final Four, which was held at Paris. The 1995–96 season saw the return of 1991-92 European League champion Partizan on the international scene, after three years ban of Yugoslav clubs due to UN embargo. However, Partizan was eliminated in the qualifying rounds. It was the last season of the competition that took place under the name of FIBA European League, as the competition was renamed to FIBA EuroLeague, starting with the next season. Competition system 42 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner. The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group. The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a quarterfinal playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games). The four winners of the quarterfinal playoff qualified for the final stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue. Country ranking For the 1995–1996 FIBA European League, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1992–93 to 1994–95.2009-11-21 FIBA Ranking System http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-fibarules.html 2024-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20091121155801/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-fibarules.html 2009-11-21 +Country ranking for 1995–1996 FIBA European LeagueRankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average1212340300284,002253322249,375274,793363173260265,334219123179173,67562,86706866,95658,33736966,787374510361,67866486158,3392472,527,541,331051372437,331112105927,001292125,8318,611315,33132718,441413131112,33155,337,51810,28164,5418,338,9417Macedonia 199102068,6718698,57,83190108,336,11201124,675,892132125,67226295,67RankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average237,55,671,334,83245,335,3334,5525164,673,89264222,67270,37162,46283,51,6722,39290,674,1722,28301,672,332,52,1731203,331,783210,6721,22330,332,50,21,013410,331,671,00350020,67360,40,500,30370,4000,133800,20,20,1339000,20,074000,200,074100,200,07420,2000,0743 (banned)0000 Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holder. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs. Group stage ESP FCB Banca Catalana (1st) GRE Olympiacos (1st) FRA Olympique Antibes (1st) Second round ESP Unicaja (2nd) ITA Buckler Beer Bologna (1st) GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) POR Benfica (1st) ESP Real Madrid Teka (3rd)TH ITA Benetton Treviso (2nd) ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) GRE Panathinaikos (2nd) CRO Cibona (1st) SVN Smelt Olimpija (1st) GRE Iraklis Aspis Pronoia (3rd) TUR Ülker Genclik (1st) RUS CSKA Moscow (1st) First roundFRA Pau-Orthez (2nd)POL Mazowzanka (1st)CYP 1960 APOEL (1st)GEO 1990 Vita Tbilisi (1st) CRO Zrinjevac (2nd)MKD Rabotnički (1st)AUT UKJ SUBA Sankt Pölten (1st)ALB Dinamo Tirana (1st)ISR Hapoel Galil Elyon (2nd)SUI Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st)LUX Résidence (1st)EST Kalev Tallinn (1st)BEL Sunair Oostende (1st)SVK Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (1st)SWE Alvik (1st)BIH 1992 Zenica Metalno (1st)UKR Budivelnyk (1st)ROM CSU Forest Sibiu (1st)FIN Kouvot (1st)FRY Partizan Inex (1st)CZE Stavex Brno (1st)LIT Žalgiris (1st)ENG Sheffield Sharks (1st)HUN Danone-Honvéd (1st)BGR Plama Pleven (1st)NED Rene Coltof Den Helder (1st) First round Vita Tbilisi GEO 1990 139–178 Žalgiris LTU 1988 70–78 69–100 2 Stavex Brno CZE 175–186 Fidefinanz Bellinzona SUI 106–93 69–93 2 Kalev EST 174–138 Danone-Honvéd HUN 78–57 96–81 1 Dinamo Tirana ALB 130–156 Forest Sibiu ROM 63–87 67–69 2 SUBA Sankt Pölten AUT 131–153 APOEL CYP 1960 60–67 71–86 2 Zenica Metalno BIH 1992 136–142 Baník Cígeľ Prievidza SVK 68–71 68–71 2 Sunair Oostende BEL 156–125 Alvik SWE 79–61 77–64 1 Résidence LUX 161–184 Sheffield Sharks ENG 79–99 82–85 2 Kouvot FIN 173–185 Hapoel Galil Elyon ISR 92–82 81–103 2 Rabotnički MKD 134–147 Budivelnyk UKR 65–64 69–83 2 Mazowzanka POL 147–167 Zrinjevac CRO 79–74 68–93 2 Plama Pleven BGR 178–185 Partizan Inex FRY 83–93 95–92 2 Rene Coltof Den Helder NED 139–182 Pau-Orthez FRA 72–94 57–88 2 |} Second round Žalgiris LTU 1988 122–145 Panathinaikos GRE 56–59 66–86 2 Fidefinanz Bellinzona SUI 162–223 CSKA Moscow RUS 88–107 74–116 2 Kalev EST 148–172 Buckler Beer Bologna ITA 65–81 83–91 2 Forest Sibiu ROM 139–221 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv ISR 74–99 65–122 2 APOEL CYP 1960 116–139 Cibona CRO 70–82 46–57 2 Baník Cígeľ Prievidza SVK 162–184 Benetton Treviso ITA 87–91 75–93 2 Sunair Oostende BEL 149–155 Ülker TUR 74–69 75–86 2 Sheffield Sharks ENG 132–145 Real Madrid Teka ESP 57–67 75–78 2 Hapoel Galil Elyon ISR 137–176 Iraklis Aspis Pronoia GRE 83–91 54–76 2 Budivelnyk UKR 161–179 Bayer 04 Leverkusen GER 98–77 63–102 2 Zrinjevac CRO 136–165 Unicaja ESP 70–85 66–80 2 Partizan Inex FRY 159–176 Benfica POR 64–64 95–112 2 Pau-Orthez FRA 193–146 Smelt Olimpija SVN 96–71 97–75 1 |} Group stage 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 + Key to colors     Qualified to Playoff     Eliminated Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. RUS CSKA Moscow 14 24 10 4 1162 1081 +81 2. ITA Benetton Treviso 14 24 10 4 1157 1096 +61 3. GRE Olympiacos 14 24 10 4 1132 1046 +86 4. TUR Ülker 14 20 6 8 1078 1104 +26 5. ESP Unicaja 14 20 6 8 1104 1081 +23 6. FRA Olympique Antibes 14 20 6 8 1108 1169 -61 7. GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 19 5 9 1067 1112 -45 8. GRE Iraklis Aspis Pronoia 14 17 3 11 945 1064 -119 Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 24 10 4 1145 1077 +68 2. ESP Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1108 1079 +29 3. GRE Panathinaikos 14 23 9 5 1035 1007 +28 4. FRA Pau-Orthez 14 22 8 6 1127 1092 +35 5. ITA Buckler Beer Bologna 14 20 6 8 1181 1149 +32 6. ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 20 6 8 1105 1143 -38 7. CRO Cibona 14 20 6 8 1011 1052 -41 8. POR Benfica 14 16 2 12 1046 1159 -113 Quarterfinals 3 Pau-Orthez FRA 1–2 CSKA Moscow RUS 78–65 89–104 74–83 2 Panathinaikos GRE 2–1 Benetton Treviso ITA 70–67 69–83 65–64 1 Ülker TUR 0–2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 77–105 66–96 2 Olympiacos GRE 1–2 Real Madrid Teka ESP 68–49 77–80 65–80 2 |} Final four 1996 FIBA European League Final Four Semifinals April 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris CSKA Moscow RUS 71–81 Panathinaikos GRE 2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 76–66 Real Madrid Teka ESP 1 |} 3rd place game April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris CSKA Moscow RUS 74–73 Real Madrid Teka ESP 1 |} Final April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Panathinaikos GRE 67–66 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ESP 1 |} 1995–96 FIBA European League ChampionsGRE 100px Panathinaikos 1st Title Final standings Team 15px GRE Panathinaikos ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana RUS CSKA Moscow ESP Real Madrid Teka Awards FIBA European League Top Scorer USA Joe Arlauckas (ESP Real Madrid Teka) FIBA European League Final Four MVP USA Dominique Wilkins (GRE Panathinaikos) FIBA European League Finals Top Scorer LTU 1988 Artūras Karnišovas (ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana) FIBA European League All-Final Four Team FIBA European League All-Final Four TeamPlayerTeamRef. Russia Vasily Karasev CSKA Moscow Champions Cup 1995–96. Greece Fragiskos Alvertis Panathinaikos Lithuania 1988 Artūras Karnišovas FC Barcelona Banca Catalana USA Dominique Wilkins (MVP) Panathinaikos Croatia Stojko Vranković Panathinaikos See also 1995–96 FIBA European Cup 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup References External links 1995–96 FIBA European League 1995–96 FIBA European League Eurobasket.com 1995–96 FIBA European League 1995-1996