1995–96 FIBA European League

1995–96 FIBA European League
League	FIBA European League
Sport	Basketball
Regular Season
Top scorer	Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid)
Final Four
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	FC Barcelona
Final Four MVP	Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

The 1995–96 FIBA European League was the 39th installment of the top club competition for European basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 7, 1995, and ended on April 11, 1996. The Final Four was held at Paris.

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 was 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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	139–178	Žalgiris	70–78	69–100
Stavex Brno	175–186	Fidefinanz Bellinzona	106–93	69–93
Kalev	174–138	Danone-Honvéd	78–57	96–81
Dinamo Tirana	130–156	Forest Sibiu	63–87	67–69
Sankt Pölten	131–153	APOEL	60–67	71–86
Čelik	136–142	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza	68–71	68–71
Oostende	156–125	Alvik	79–61	77–64
Résidence	161–184	Sheffield Sharks	79–99	82–85
Kouvot	173–185	Hapoel Galil Elyon	92–82	81–103
Rabotnički	134–147	Budivelnyk	65–64	69–83
Mazowzanka	147–167	Zrinjevac	79–74	68–93
Pleven	178–185	Partizan	83–93	95–92
Rene Coltof Den Helder	139–182	Pau-Orthez	72–94	57–88

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žalgiris	122–145	Panathinaikos	56–59	66–86
Fidefinanz Bellinzona	162–223	CSKA Moscow	88–107	74–116
Kalev	148–172	Buckler Bologna	65–81	83–91
Forest Sibiu	139–221	Maccabi Elite	74–99	65–122
APOEL	116–139	Cibona	70–82	46–57
Baník Cígeľ Prievidza	162–184	Benetton Treviso	87–91	75–93
Sunair Oostende	149–155	Ülker	74–69	75–86
Sheffield Sharks	132–145	Real Madrid	57–67	75–78
Hapoel Galil Elyon	137–176	Iraklis Aspis	83–91	54–76
Budivelnyk	161–179	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	98–77	63–102
Zrinjevac	136–165	Unicaja	70–85	66–80
Partizan	159–176	Benfica	64–64	95–112
Pau-Orthez	193–146	Smelt Olimpija	96–71	97–75

Automatically qualified to the second round

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
1.	CSKA Moscow	14	24	10	4	1162	1081
2.	Benetton Treviso	14	24	10	4	1157	1096
3.	Olympiacos	14	24	10	4	1132	1046
4.	Ülker	14	20	6	8	1078	1104
5.	Unicaja	14	20	6	8	1104	1081
6.	Olympique Antibes	14	20	6	8	1108	1169
7.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	14	19	5	9	1067	1112
8.	Iraklis Aspis	14	17	3	11	945	1064

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
1.	FC Barcelona	14	24	10	4	1145	1077
2.	Real Madrid	14	23	9	5	1108	1079
3.	Panathinaikos	14	23	9	5	1035	1007
4.	Pau-Orthez	14	22	8	6	1127	1092
5.	Buckler Bologna	14	20	6	8	1181	1149
6.	Maccabi Elite	14	20	6	8	1105	1143
7.	Cibona	14	20	6	8	1011	1052
8.	Benfica	14	16	2	12	1046	1159

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Pau-Orthez	1–2	CSKA Moscow	78–65	89–104	74–83
Panathinaikos	2–1	Benetton Treviso	70–67	69–83	65–64
Ülker	0–2	FC Barcelona	77–105	66–96
Olympiacos	1–2	Real Madrid	68–49	77–80	65–80

Final Four

Main article: 1996 FIBA European League Final Four

Semifinals

April 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSKA Moscow	71–81	Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona	76–66	Real Madrid

3rd place game

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSKA Moscow	74–73	Real Madrid

Final

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panathinaikos	67–66	FC Barcelona

1995–96 FIBA European League Champions
Panathinaikos 1st Title

Final standings

	Team
	Panathinaikos
	FC Barcelona
	CSKA Moscow
	Real Madrid

Final Four 1996 MVP

Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

Panathinaikos 1995–96 Euroleague Champions

4 Alvertis 6 Vourtzoumis 7 Patavoukas 8 Oikonomou 9 Korfas 10 Giannakis 11 Vranković 12 Wilkins (Final Four MVP) 13 Stavrakopoulos 14 Pecarski 15 Myriounis Coach Maljković

FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001

Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01

Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

General information

History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament

Awards	EuroLeague Basketball Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2001–10 All-Decade Team

Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Individual statistics Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists EuroLeague clubs performance comparison European club pyramid National league rankings

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