1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague

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.

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
The PalaEUR in Rome hosted the final Four
Season1996-97
DatesSeptember 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997
Number of teams24
Finals
ChampionsGreece Olympiacos (1st title)
  Runners-upSpain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Third placeSlovenia Smelt Olimpija
Fourth placeFrance ASVEL
Final Four MVPUnited States David Rivers
Statistical leaders
Points Italy Carlton Myers 22.9
Rebounds United States Warren Kidd 10.6
Assists United States Michael Anderson 6.1

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.[1]

Country ranking for 1996–1997 FIBA EuroLeague
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
1  Spain 321.667 3
2  Greece 299.667
3  Italy 216.667
4  France 123.238
5  Turkey 93.333 2
6  Russia 66
7  Croatia 63
8  Germany 61.389
9  Israel 50.905 1
10  Slovenia 41.333
11  Belgium 29
12  FR Yugoslavia 26
13  Portugal 24.5 0
14  Lithuania 19
15  Ukraine 15.389
16  Poland 12.111
17  Macedonia 11.778
18  Hungary 10.5
19  Slovakia 8.889
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
20  Czech Republic 8.389 0
21  Austria 6.556
22   Switzerland 6.056
23  England 5.389
24  Cyprus 5
25  Sweden 4.722
26  Bulgaria 4
27  Latvia 3.667
28  Romania 2.778
29  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5
30  Luxembourg 2.167
31  Netherlands 1.944
32  Georgia 1.833
33  Finland 1.667
34  Estonia 1.5
35  Albania 1.444
36  Iceland 0.889
37  Belarus 0.278
38  Denmark 0.167

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
Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) Italy Stefanel Milano (1st) Turkey Efes Pilsen (1st) Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st)
Spain Caja San Fernando (2nd) Italy Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) Turkey Ülker (2nd) Germany Alba Berlin (2nd)
Spain Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd) Italy Kinder Bologna (3rd) Russia CSKA Moscow (1st) Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
Greece Olympiacos (1st) France Pau-Orthez (1st) Russia Dynamo Moscow (2nd) Slovenia Smelt Olimpija (1st)
Greece Panathinaïkos (2nd) France ASVEL (2nd) Croatia Cibona (1st) Belgium Spirou Charleroi (1st)
Greece Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki (3rd) France Limoges CSP (3rd) Croatia Croatia Osiguranje (2nd) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan (1st)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MIL CSK MAC ÜLK LIM PAN
1 Italy Stefanel Milano 10 7 3 775 727 +48 17 Advance to Group E — 87–74 85–88 67–65 79–66 90–66
2 Russia CSKA Moscow 10 6 4 761 734 +27 16 70–55 — 89–80 71–76 74–65 96–66
3 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 6 4 755 734 +21 16 78–68 77–78 — 71–65 69–77 69–57
4 Turkey Ülker 10 4 6 767 766 +1 14 Advance to Group F 67–73 73–76 84–80 — 99–91 87–69
5 France Limoges CSP 10 4 6 757 788 −31 14 74–85 83–66 62–69 84–80 — 78–75
6 Greece Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki 10 3 7 729 795 −66 13 79–86 72–67 69–74 84–71 92–77 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TSB EST CIB ALB OLY SPI
1 Italy Teamsystem Bologna 10 7 3 773 742 +31 17 Advance to Group F — 100–86 54–66 82–72 81–72 87–78
2 Spain Estudiantes Argentaria 10 6 4 798 821 −23 16 66–75 — 78–71 82–75 87–78 94–72
3 Croatia Cibona 10 6 4 713 679 +34 16 64–72 81–66 — 78–68 63–61 75–66
4 Germany Alba Berlin 10 6 4 755 723 +32 16 Advance to Group E 81–64 78–79 79–71 — 62–61 94–73
5 Greece Olympiacos 10 5 5 770 711 +59 15 96–80 110–78 62–61 64–67 — 87–60
6 Belgium Spirou Charleroi 10 0 10 699 832 −133 10 61–78 75–82 73–77 69–79 78–79 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAO OLI ASV FCB CRO BAY
1 Greece Panathinaïkos 10 8 2 736 693 +43 18 Advance to Group G — 75–67 66–72 79–75 72–50 87–79
2 Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 10 7 3 753 669 +84 17 74–76 — 73–60 77–65 81–53 86–70
3 France ASVEL 10 7 3 738 718 +20 17 74–80 70–69 — 91–90 78–59 72–64
4 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 10 4 6 767 734 +33 14 Advance to Group H 77–58 70–71 78–81 — 68–70 90–71
5 Croatia Croatia Osiguranje 10 4 6 630 705 −75 14 58–65 53–66 73–61 65–75 — 86–79
6 Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 0 10 704 809 −105 10 67–78 77–89 66–79 71–79 60–63 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EFE PAR KIN PAU CSF DYN
1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 10 8 2 736 693 +43 18 Advance to Group H — 93–77 75–60 78–76 69–66 87–84
2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 10 6 4 753 669 +84 16 76–72 — 78–70 84–75 66–72 97–64
3 Italy Kinder Bologna 10 5 5 738 718 +20 15 75–89 100–83 — 86–74 93–75 89–74
4 France Pau-Orthez 10 5 5 767 734 +33 15 Advance to Group G 80–78 73–77 89–83 — 85–79 94–71
5 Spain Caja San Fernando 10 4 6 630 705 −75 14 68–70 72–67 72–64 61–69 — 91–61
6 Russia Dynamo Moscow 10 2 8 704 809 −105 12 73–82 71–72 64–78 70–65 79–75 —
Source: FIBA Europe

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:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. 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
1 Italy Stefanel Milano 16 11 5 1234 1175 +59 27 Advance to Play Offs — 80–91 73–71 73–63
2 Germany Alba Berlin 16 10 6 1193 1167 +26 26 68–78 — 70–65 78–76
3 Greece Olympiacos 16 9 7 1236 1131 +105 25 87–84 — 69–60 82–51
4 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 16 9 7 1209 1173 +36 25 67–69 70–79 — 80–66
5 Russia CSKA Moscow 16 8 8 1177 1175 +2 24 71–76 74–65 — 96–66
6 Belgium Spirou Charleroi 16 1 15 1123 1297 −174 17 68–71 90–82 67–72 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TSB CIB EST LIM ÜLK PAN
1 Italy Teamsystem Bologna 16 12 4 1262 1163 +99 28 Advance to Play Offs — 90–76 69–61 94–58
2 Croatia Cibona 16 10 6 1166 1126 +40 26 — 72–66 82–81 85–58
3 Spain Estudiantes Argentaria 16 9 7 1309 1284 +25 25 — 68–70 97–63 92–70
4 France Limoges CSP 16 8 8 1226 1234 −8 24 81–70 85–61 91–85 —
5 Turkey Ülker 16 5 11 1196 1243 −47 21 73–78 73–77 78–74 —
6 Greece Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki 16 4 12 1162 1325 −163 20 72–88 84–76 91–95 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAO ASV OLI CSF PAU DYN
1 Greece Panathinaikos 16 13 3 1218 1134 +84 29 Advance to Play Offs — 90–71 75–71 71–67
2 France ASVEL 16 12 4 1225 1188 +37 28 — 83–81 67–65 82–52
3 Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 16 10 6 1219 1119 +100 26 — 67–70 96–86 80–72
4 Spain Caja San Fernando 16 7 9 1203 1194 +9 23 78–87 91–68 81–76 —
5 France Pau-Orthez 16 6 10 1240 1251 −11 22 66–78 95–97 77–71 —
6 Russia Dynamo Moscow 16 3 13 1140 1310 −170 19 88–81 86–90 64–76 —
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EFE PAR FCB KIN CRO BAY
1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 16 12 4 1250 1156 +94 28 Advance to Play Offs — 96–70 74–64 91–68
2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 16 9 7 1257 1228 +29 25 — 91–87 71–82 89–76
3 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 16 8 8 1244 1225 +19 24 69–67 75–73 — 73–72
4 Italy Kinder Bologna 16 7 9 1274 1259 +15 23 92–103 — 73–57 90–100
5 Croatia Croatia Osiguranje 16 7 9 1055 1124 −69 23 78–56 76–75 68–70 —
6 Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 16 2 14 1175 1312 −137 18 72–73 70–81 85–79 —
Source: FIBA Europe

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 Italy Stefanel Milano 67 76 78 2
H4 Italy Kinder Bologna 59 83 76 1
Italy Stefanel Milano 94 69 61 1
Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 90 73 77 2
F2 Croatia Cibona 61 66 61 1
G3 Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 58 69 62 2
Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 65
Greece Olympiacos 74
G1 Greece Panathinaikos 68 70 2
F4 France Limoges CSP 67 55 0
Greece Panathinaikos 49 57 0
Greece Olympiacos 69 65 2
H2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 71 61 69 1
E3 Greece Olympiacos 81 60 74 2
Greece Olympiacos 73
Spain FCB Banca Catalana 58
F1 Italy Teamsystem Bologna 73 79 2
G4 Spain Caja San Fernando 70 75 0
Italy Teamsystem Bologna 70 73 62 1
Spain FCB Banca Catalana 65 75 87 2
E2 Germany Alba Berlin 77 62 0
H3 Spain FCB Banca Catalana 95 72 2
Spain FCB Banca Catalana 77
France ASVEL 70
H1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 76 65 84 2 Third Place
E4 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 67 78 69 1
Turkey Efes Pilsen 87 70 57 1 Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 86
France ASVEL 71 80 62 2 France ASVEL 79
G2 France ASVEL 97 77 75 2
F3 Spain Estudiantes Argentaria 74 79 71 1

Eight-Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Cibona Croatia 1–2 Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 61–58 66–69 61–62
Stefanel Milano Italy 2–1 Italy Kinder Bologna 67–59 76–83 78–76
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–2 Greece Olympiacos 71–81 61–60 69–74
Panathinaikos Greece 2–0 France Limoges CSP 68–67 70–55
Alba Berlin Germany 0–2 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 77–95 62–72
Teamsystem Bologna Italy 2–0 Spain Caja San Fernando 73–70 79–75
ASVEL France 2–1 Spain Estudiantes Argentaria 97–74 77–79 75–71
Efes Pilsen Turkey 2–1 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 76–67 65–78 84–69

Quarter-Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Stefanel Milano Italy 1–2 Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 94–90 69–73 61–77
Teamsystem Bologna Italy 1–2 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 70–65 73–75 62–87
Efes Pilsen Turkey 1–2 France ASVEL 87–71 70–80 57–62
Panathinaikos Greece 0–2 Greece Olympiacos 49–69 57–65

Final four
Main article: 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Semifinals

April 22, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Smelt Olimpija Slovenia 65–74 Greece Olympiacos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Spain 77–70 France ASVEL

3rd place game

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Smelt Olimpija Slovenia 86–79 France ASVEL

Final

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olympiacos Greece 73–58 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Greece
Olympiacos
1st Title

Final standings
Team
Greece Olympiacos
SilverSpain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
BronzeSlovenia Smelt Olimpija
France ASVEL

Awards

All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague.

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
First Team[2]
United States David Rivers (MVP) Greece Olympiacos
Greece Dimitrios Papanikolaou Greece Olympiacos
United States Brian Howard France ASVEL
Spain Andrés Jiménez Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Tarlać Greece Olympiacos

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

Statistics

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Italy Carlton MyersItaly Teamsystem Bologna1943622.9
2.Croatia Arijan KomazecItaly Kinder Bologna1635121.9
3.North Macedonia Petar NaumoskiTurkey Efes Pilsen2245320.6

Source: FIBAEurope

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.United States Warren KiddItaly Stefanel Milano2223310.6
2.Russia Vitaly NosovRussia Dynamo Moscow1616210.1
3.Germany Hansi GnadGermany Bayer 04 Leverkusen161479.2

Source: FIBAEurope

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.United States Michael AndersonSpain Caja San Fernando171046.1
2.United States Delaney RuddFrance ASVEL241385.8
3.North Macedonia Petar NaumoskiTurkey Efes Pilsen22985.8

Source: FIBAEurope

Other statistics
Category Player Team Games Average
Steals United States Michael AndersonSpain Caja San Fernando172.7
Turnovers United States Michael AndersonSpain Caja San Fernando174.6
Minutes North Macedonia Petar NaumoskiTurkey Efes Pilsen2239.0
FT % Croatia Slaven RimacCroatia Cibona1993.3%
2-Point % Croatia Arijan KomazecItaly Kinder Bologna1667.1%
3-Point % Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav BerićFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan1947.9%

Individual game highs
Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points United States Tony DawsonGermany Bayer 04 Leverkusen43Italy Kinder Bologna (Jan 15, 1997)
Rebounds United States Warren KiddItaly Stefanel Milano21Greece Olympiacos (Jan 16, 1997)
Assists United States Delaney RuddFrance ASVEL12Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Nov 7, 1996)
United States Michael AndersonSpain Caja San FernandoRussia Dynamo Moscow (Oct 10, 1996)
France ASVEL (Feb 19, 1997)
Steals France Jimmy NebotFrance ASVEL11Turkey Efes Pilsen (Apr 3, 1997)

Team statistics
Category Team Average
Points Spain Estudiantes Argentaria80.7
Rebounds Greece Olympiacos32.3
Assists France Pau-Orthez16.6
Steals Spain Estudiantes Argentaria11.2
Turnovers Russia Dynamo Moscow16.9
FT % Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv76.9%
2-Point % France Pau-Orthez58.6%
3-Point % France Pau-Orthez40.9%

See also

References
  1. "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. "Champions Cup 1996–97". linguasport.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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