1996β97 FIBA EuroLeague | ||||||||||
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Season | 1996-97 | |||||||||
Dates | September 18, 1996 β April 24, 1997 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 24 | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Olympiacos (1st title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | |||||||||
Third place | Smelt Olimpija | |||||||||
Fourth place | ASVEL | |||||||||
Final Four MVP | David Rivers | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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The 1996β97 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 1996β1997 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 1993β94 to 1995β96.
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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 | |||
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FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) | Stefanel Milano (1st) | Efes Pilsen (1st) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) |
Caja San Fernando (2nd) | Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) | Γlker (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) |
PanathinaΓ―kos (2nd) | ASVEL (2nd) | Cibona (1st) | Spirou Charleroi (1st) |
Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki (3rd) | Limoges CSP (3rd) | Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd) | Partizan Inex (1st) |
Preliminary round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | CSK | MAC | ΓLK | LIM | PAN | |
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1 | Stefanel Milano | 10 | 7 | 3 | 775 | 727 | +48 | 17 | Advance to Group E | — | 87β74 | 85β88 | 67β65 | 79β66 | 90β66 | |
2 | CSKA Moscow | 10 | 6 | 4 | 761 | 734 | +27 | 16 | 70β55 | — | 89β80 | 71β76 | 74β65 | 96β66 | ||
3 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 10 | 6 | 4 | 755 | 734 | +21 | 16 | 78β68 | 77β78 | — | 71β65 | 69β77 | 69β57 | ||
4 | Γlker | 10 | 4 | 6 | 767 | 766 | +1 | 14 | Advance to Group F | 67β73 | 73β76 | 84β80 | — | 99β91 | 87β69 | |
5 | Limoges CSP | 10 | 4 | 6 | 757 | 788 | −31 | 14 | 74β85 | 83β66 | 62β69 | 84β80 | — | 78β75 | ||
6 | Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki | 10 | 3 | 7 | 729 | 795 | −66 | 13 | 79β86 | 72β67 | 69β74 | 84β71 | 92β77 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TSB | EST | CIB | ALB | OLY | SPI | |
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1 | Teamsystem Bologna | 10 | 7 | 3 | 773 | 742 | +31 | 17 | Advance to Group F | — | 100β86 | 54β66 | 82β72 | 81β72 | 87β78 | |
2 | Estudiantes Argentaria | 10 | 6 | 4 | 798 | 821 | −23 | 16 | 66β75 | — | 78β71 | 82β75 | 87β78 | 94β72 | ||
3 | Cibona | 10 | 6 | 4 | 713 | 679 | +34 | 16 | 64β72 | 81β66 | — | 78β68 | 63β61 | 75β66 | ||
4 | Alba Berlin | 10 | 6 | 4 | 755 | 723 | +32 | 16 | Advance to Group E | 81β64 | 78β79 | 79β71 | — | 62β61 | 94β73 | |
5 | Olympiacos | 10 | 5 | 5 | 770 | 711 | +59 | 15 | 96β80 | 110β78 | 62β61 | 64β67 | — | 87β60 | ||
6 | Spirou Charleroi | 10 | 0 | 10 | 699 | 832 | −133 | 10 | 61β78 | 75β82 | 73β77 | 69β79 | 78β79 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | OLI | ASV | FCB | CRO | BAY | |
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1 | PanathinaΓ―kos | 10 | 8 | 2 | 736 | 693 | +43 | 18 | Advance to Group G | — | 75β67 | 66β72 | 79β75 | 72β50 | 87β79 | |
2 | Smelt Olimpija | 10 | 7 | 3 | 753 | 669 | +84 | 17 | 74β76 | — | 73β60 | 77β65 | 81β53 | 86β70 | ||
3 | ASVEL | 10 | 7 | 3 | 738 | 718 | +20 | 17 | 74β80 | 70β69 | — | 91β90 | 78β59 | 72β64 | ||
4 | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | 10 | 4 | 6 | 767 | 734 | +33 | 14 | Advance to Group H | 77β58 | 70β71 | 78β81 | — | 68β70 | 90β71 | |
5 | Croatia Osiguranje | 10 | 4 | 6 | 630 | 705 | −75 | 14 | 58β65 | 53β66 | 73β61 | 65β75 | — | 86β79 | ||
6 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 10 | 0 | 10 | 704 | 809 | −105 | 10 | 67β78 | 77β89 | 66β79 | 71β79 | 60β63 | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EFE | PAR | KIN | PAU | CSF | DYN | |
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1 | Efes Pilsen | 10 | 8 | 2 | 736 | 693 | +43 | 18 | Advance to Group H | — | 93β77 | 75β60 | 78β76 | 69β66 | 87β84 | |
2 | Partizan Inex | 10 | 6 | 4 | 753 | 669 | +84 | 16 | 76β72 | — | 78β70 | 84β75 | 66β72 | 97β64 | ||
3 | Kinder Bologna | 10 | 5 | 5 | 738 | 718 | +20 | 15 | 75β89 | 100β83 | — | 86β74 | 93β75 | 89β74 | ||
4 | Pau-Orthez | 10 | 5 | 5 | 767 | 734 | +33 | 15 | Advance to Group G | 80β78 | 73β77 | 89β83 | — | 85β79 | 94β71 | |
5 | Caja San Fernando | 10 | 4 | 6 | 630 | 705 | −75 | 14 | 68β70 | 72β67 | 72β64 | 61β69 | — | 91β61 | ||
6 | Dynamo Moscow | 10 | 2 | 8 | 704 | 809 | −105 | 12 | 73β82 | 71β72 | 64β78 | 70β65 | 79β75 | — |
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | ALB | OLY | MAC | CSK | SPI | |
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1 | Stefanel Milano | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1234 | 1175 | +59 | 27 | Advance to Play Offs | — | 80β91 | 73β71 | 73β63 | |||
2 | Alba Berlin | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1193 | 1167 | +26 | 26 | 68β78 | — | 70β65 | 78β76 | ||||
3 | Olympiacos | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1236 | 1131 | +105 | 25 | 87β84 | — | 69β60 | 82β51 | ||||
4 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1209 | 1173 | +36 | 25 | 67β69 | 70β79 | — | 80β66 | ||||
5 | CSKA Moscow | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1177 | 1175 | +2 | 24 | 71β76 | 74β65 | — | 96β66 | ||||
6 | Spirou Charleroi | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1123 | 1297 | −174 | 17 | 68β71 | 90β82 | 67β72 | — |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TSB | CIB | EST | LIM | ΓLK | PAN | |
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1 | Teamsystem Bologna | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1262 | 1163 | +99 | 28 | Advance to Play Offs | — | 90β76 | 69β61 | 94β58 | |||
2 | Cibona | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1166 | 1126 | +40 | 26 | — | 72β66 | 82β81 | 85β58 | ||||
3 | Estudiantes Argentaria | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1309 | 1284 | +25 | 25 | — | 68β70 | 97β63 | 92β70 | ||||
4 | Limoges CSP | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1226 | 1234 | −8 | 24 | 81β70 | 85β61 | 91β85 | — | ||||
5 | Γlker | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1196 | 1243 | −47 | 21 | 73β78 | 73β77 | 78β74 | — | ||||
6 | Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1162 | 1325 | −163 | 20 | 72β88 | 84β76 | 91β95 | — |
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | ASV | OLI | CSF | PAU | DYN | |
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1 | Panathinaikos | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1218 | 1134 | +84 | 29 | Advance to Play Offs | — | 90β71 | 75β71 | 71β67 | |||
2 | ASVEL | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1225 | 1188 | +37 | 28 | — | 83β81 | 67β65 | 82β52 | ||||
3 | Smelt Olimpija | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1219 | 1119 | +100 | 26 | — | 67β70 | 96β86 | 80β72 | ||||
4 | Caja San Fernando | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1203 | 1194 | +9 | 23 | 78β87 | 91β68 | 81β76 | — | ||||
5 | Pau-Orthez | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1240 | 1251 | −11 | 22 | 66β78 | 95β97 | 77β71 | — | ||||
6 | Dynamo Moscow | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1140 | 1310 | −170 | 19 | 88β81 | 86β90 | 64β76 | — |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EFE | PAR | FCB | KIN | CRO | BAY | |
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1 | Efes Pilsen | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1250 | 1156 | +94 | 28 | Advance to Play Offs | — | 96β70 | 74β64 | 91β68 | |||
2 | Partizan Inex | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1257 | 1228 | +29 | 25 | — | 91β87 | 71β82 | 89β76 | ||||
3 | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1244 | 1225 | +19 | 24 | 69β67 | 75β73 | — | 73β72 | ||||
4 | Kinder Bologna | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1274 | 1259 | +15 | 23 | 92β103 | — | 73β57 | 90β100 | ||||
5 | Croatia Osiguranje | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1055 | 1124 | −69 | 23 | 78β56 | 76β75 | 68β70 | — | ||||
6 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1175 | 1312 | −137 | 18 | 72β73 | 70β81 | 85β79 | — |
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-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Stefanel Milano | 67 | 76 | 78 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
H4 | Kinder Bologna | 59 | 83 | 76 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stefanel Milano | 94 | 69 | 61 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Smelt Olimpija | 90 | 73 | 77 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
F2 | Cibona | 61 | 66 | 61 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G3 | Smelt Olimpija | 58 | 69 | 62 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Smelt Olimpija | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympiacos | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
G1 | Panathinaikos | 68 | 70 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
F4 | Limoges CSP | 67 | 55 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Panathinaikos | 49 | 57 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympiacos | 69 | 65 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
H2 | Partizan Inex | 71 | 61 | 69 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Olympiacos | 81 | 60 | 74 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olympiacos | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
FCB Banca Catalana | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
F1 | Teamsystem Bologna | 73 | 79 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
G4 | Caja San Fernando | 70 | 75 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Teamsystem Bologna | 70 | 73 | 62 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
FCB Banca Catalana | 65 | 75 | 87 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E2 | Alba Berlin | 77 | 62 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
H3 | FCB Banca Catalana | 95 | 72 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
FCB Banca Catalana | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ASVEL | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
H1 | Efes Pilsen | 76 | 65 | 84 | 2 | Third Place | |||||||||||||||||||
E4 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 67 | 78 | 69 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Efes Pilsen | 87 | 70 | 57 | 1 | Smelt Olimpija | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||
ASVEL | 71 | 80 | 62 | 2 | ASVEL | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||
G2 | ASVEL | 97 | 77 | 75 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
F3 | Estudiantes Argentaria | 74 | 79 | 71 | 1 |
Eight-Final
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Cibona | 1β2 | Smelt Olimpija | 61β58 | 66β69 | 61β62 |
Stefanel Milano | 2β1 | Kinder Bologna | 67β59 | 76β83 | 78β76 |
Partizan | 1β2 | Olympiacos | 71β81 | 61β60 | 69β74 |
Panathinaikos | 2β0 | Limoges CSP | 68β67 | 70β55 | |
Alba Berlin | 0β2 | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | 77β95 | 62β72 | |
Teamsystem Bologna | 2β0 | Caja San Fernando | 73β70 | 79β75 | |
ASVEL | 2β1 | Estudiantes Argentaria | 97β74 | 77β79 | 75β71 |
Efes Pilsen | 2β1 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 76β67 | 65β78 | 84β69 |
Quarter-Final
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Stefanel Milano | 1β2 | Smelt Olimpija | 94β90 | 69β73 | 61β77 |
Teamsystem Bologna | 1β2 | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | 70β65 | 73β75 | 62β87 |
Efes Pilsen | 1β2 | ASVEL | 87β71 | 70β80 | 57β62 |
Panathinaikos | 0β2 | Olympiacos | 49β69 | 57β65 |
Final four
Semifinals
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Smelt Olimpija | 65β74 | Olympiacos |
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | 77β70 | ASVEL |
3rd place game
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Smelt Olimpija | 86β79 | ASVEL |
Final
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Olympiacos | 73β58 | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana |
1996β97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions |
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Olympiacos 1st Title |
Final standings
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Olympiacos | |
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | |
Smelt Olimpija | |
ASVEL |
Awards
All official awards of the 1996β97 FIBA EuroLeague.
First Team | |
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David Rivers (MVP) | Olympiacos |
Dimitrios Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
Brian Howard | ASVEL |
AndrΓ©s JimΓ©nez | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana |
Dragan TarlaΔ | Olympiacos |
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1. | Carlton Myers | Teamsystem Bologna | 19 | 436 | 22.9 |
2. | Arijan Komazec | Kinder Bologna | 16 | 351 | 21.9 |
3. | Petar Naumoski | Efes Pilsen | 22 | 453 | 20.6 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1. | Warren Kidd | Stefanel Milano | 22 | 233 | 10.6 |
2. | Vitaly Nosov | Dynamo Moscow | 16 | 162 | 10.1 |
3. | Hansi Gnad | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 16 | 147 | 9.2 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1. | Michael Anderson | Caja San Fernando | 17 | 104 | 6.1 |
2. | Delaney Rudd | ASVEL | 24 | 138 | 5.8 |
3. | Petar Naumoski | Efes Pilsen | 22 | 98 | 5.8 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
Category | Player | Team | Games | Average |
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Steals | Michael Anderson | Caja San Fernando | 17 | 2.7 |
Turnovers | Michael Anderson | Caja San Fernando | 17 | 4.6 |
Minutes | Petar Naumoski | Efes Pilsen | 22 | 39.0 |
FT % | Slaven Rimac | Cibona | 19 | 93.3% |
2-Point % | Arijan Komazec | Kinder Bologna | 16 | 67.1% |
3-Point % | Miroslav BeriΔ | Partizan | 19 | 47.9% |
Individual game highs
Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Opponent |
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Points | Tony Dawson | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 43 | Kinder Bologna (Jan 15, 1997) |
Rebounds | Warren Kidd | Stefanel Milano | 21 | Olympiacos (Jan 16, 1997) |
Assists | Delaney Rudd | ASVEL | 12 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Nov 7, 1996) |
Michael Anderson | Caja San Fernando | Dynamo Moscow (Oct 10, 1996) | ||
ASVEL (Feb 19, 1997) | ||||
Steals | Jimmy Nebot | ASVEL | 11 | Efes Pilsen (Apr 3, 1997) |
Team statistics
Category | Team | Average |
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Points | Estudiantes Argentaria | 80.7 |
Rebounds | Olympiacos | 32.3 |
Assists | Pau-Orthez | 16.6 |
Steals | Estudiantes Argentaria | 11.2 |
Turnovers | Dynamo Moscow | 16.9 |
FT % | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 76.9% |
2-Point % | Pau-Orthez | 58.6% |
3-Point % | Pau-Orthez | 40.9% |
See also
References
- "Linguasport β FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- "Champions Cup 1996β97". linguasport.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.