1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
	The PalaEUR in Rome hosted the final Four
Season	1996-97
Dates	September 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997
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
Points
Points	Carlton Myers
Rebounds	Warren Kidd
Assists	Michael Anderson
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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.

Season1996-97

DatesSeptember 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997

Teams24

Champions

Olympiacos (1st title)

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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.

Regular season
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st)	Stefanel Milano (1st)	Efes Pilsen (1st)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st)
Caja San Fernando (2nd)	Teamsystem Bologna (2nd)	Ülker (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)
Panathinaïkos (2nd)	ASVEL (2nd)	Cibona (1st)	Spirou Charleroi (1st)
Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki (3rd)	Limoges CSP (3rd)	Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd)	Partizan Inex (1st)

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

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

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

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

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague

Competition system

Country ranking

Team allocation

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Qualification round

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Playoffs

Bracket

Eight-Final

Quarter-Final

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place game

Final

Final standings

Awards

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other statistics

Individual game highs

Team statistics

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	ALB	OLY	MAC	CSK	SPI
1	Stefanel Milano	16	11	5	1234	1175	+59	27	Advance to Play Offs	—	80–91	73–71			73–63
2	Alba Berlin	16	10	6	1193	1167	+26	26		68–78	—		70–65	78–76
3	Olympiacos	16	9	7	1236	1131	+105	25		87–84		—	69–60	82–51
4	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	16	9	7	1209	1173	+36	25			78–62	82–78	—		87–70
5	CSKA Moscow	16	8	8	1177	1175	+2	24			67–69	70–79		—	80–66
6	Spirou Charleroi	16	1	15	1123	1297	−174	17		68–71			90–82	67–72	—

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

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

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

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Cibona	1–2	Smelt Olimpija	61–58	66–69	61–62
Stefanel Milano	2–1	Kinder Bologna	67–59	76–83	78–76
Partizan	1–2	Olympiacos	71–81	61–60	69–74
Panathinaikos	2–0	Limoges CSP	68–67	70–55
Alba Berlin	0–2	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	77–95	62–72
Teamsystem Bologna	2–0	Caja San Fernando	73–70	79–75
ASVEL	2–1	Estudiantes Argentaria	97–74	77–79	75–71
Efes Pilsen	2–1	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	76–67	65–78	84–69

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

	Team
	Olympiacos
‹See Tfd›	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
‹See Tfd›	Smelt Olimpija
	ASVEL

First Team^[2]
David Rivers (MVP)	Olympiacos
Dimitrios Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
Brian Howard	ASVEL
Andrés Jiménez	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Dragan Tarlać	Olympiacos

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
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

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
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

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
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

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
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 Berić	Partizan	19	47.9%

Category	Player	Team	Statistic	Opponent
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)
	Michael Anderson	Caja San Fernando		ASVEL (Feb 19, 1997)
Steals	Jimmy Nebot	ASVEL	11	Efes Pilsen (Apr 3, 1997)

Category	Team	Average
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%