1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
League	FIBA EuroLeague
Sport	Basketball
Regular Season
Top scorer	Carlton Myers (Teamsystem Bologna)
Final Four
Champions	Olympiacos
Runners-up	FC Barcelona
Final Four MVP	David Rivers (Olympiacos)

The 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague was the 40th installment of the top club competition for European 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 Final Four was held at Rome.

It was the first season of the competition, that took place under the name of EuroLeague.

Competition system

24 teams (the national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues). The competition culminated in a Final Four.

First round

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Stefanel Milano	10	7	3	775	727	+48
2.	CSKA Moscow	10	6	4	761	734	+27
3.	Maccabi Elite	10	6	4	798	773	+26
4.	Ülker	10	4	6	780	767	+13
5.	Limoges	10	4	6	731	723	+8
6.	Panionios Afisorama	10	3	7	711	830	-119

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Teamsystem Bologna	10	7	3	773	742	+31
2.	Estudiantes Argentaria	10	6	4	798	821	-23
3.	Cibona	10	6	4	713	679	+34
4.	Alba Berlin	10	6	4	755	723	+22
5.	Olympiacos	10	5	5	770	711	+59
6.	Spirou	10	0	10	699	832	-133

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaïkos	10	8	2	736	693	+43
2.	Smelt Olimpija	10	7	3	753	669	+84
3.	ASVEL	10	7	3	738	718	+20
4.	FC Barcelona	10	4	6	767	734	+33
5.	Croatia Osiguranje	10	4	6	630	705	-75
6.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	10	0	10	704	809	-105

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Efes Pilsen	10	8	2	793	735	+58
2.	Partizan	10	6	4	777	762	+15
3.	Kinder Bologna	10	5	5	798	773	+25
4.	Pau-Orthez	10	5	5	780	767	+13
5.	Caja San Fernando	10	4	6	731	723	+8
6.	Dynamo Moscow	10	2	8	711	830	-119

Second round

(The individual scores and standings of the First stage are accumulated in the Second 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
	Top four places in each group advance to Playoff

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Stefanel Milano	16	11	5	1234	1175	+59
2.	Alba Berlin	16	10	6	1193	1167	+26
3.	Olympiacos	16	9	7	1236	1131	+105
4.	Maccabi Elite	16	9	7	1209	1173	+32
5.	CSKA Moscow	16	8	8	1178	1175	+3
6.	Spirou	16	1	15	1123	1297	-174

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Teamsystem Bologna	16	12	4	1262	1163	+99
2.	Cibona	16	10	6	1166	1126	+40
3.	Estudiantes Argentaria	16	9	7	1309	1284	+25
4.	Limoges	16	8	8	1226	1235	-9
5.	Ülker	16	5	11	1196	1243	-47
6.	Panionios Afisorama	16	4	12	1162	1325	-163

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panathinaikos	16	13	3	1218	1134	+84
2.	ASVEL	16	12	4	1225	1188	+37
3.	Smelt Olimpija	16	10	6	1219	1119	+100
4.	Caja San Fernando	16	7	9	1203	1194	+9
5.	Pau-Orthez	16	6	10	1240	1251	-11
6.	Dynamo Moscow	16	3	13	1140	1310	-170

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Efes Pilsen	16	12	4	1250	1156	+94
2.	Partizan	16	9	7	1257	1228	+29
3.	FC Barcelona	16	8	8	1244	1225	+19
4.	Kinder Bologna	16	7	9	1274	1259	+15
5.	Croatia Osiguranje	16	7	9	1055	1124	-69
6.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	16	2	14	1175	1312	-137

Top 16

Team 1	Agg.	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	68–67	70–55
Alba Berlin	0–2	FC Barcelona	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	76–67	65–78	84–69

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Stefanel Milano	1–2	Smelt Olimpija	94–90	69–73	61–77
Teamsystem Bologna	1–2	FC Barcelona	70–65	73–75	62–87
Efes Pilsen	1–2	ASVEL	87–71	70–80	57–62
Panathinaikos	0–2	Olympiacos	49–69	57–65

Final Four

Main article: 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

Semifinals

April 22, Palaeur, Rome

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

3rd place game

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Smelt Olimpija	86–79	ASVEL

Final

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos	73–58	FC Barcelona

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Olympiacos 1st Title

Final standings

	Team
	Olympiacos
	FC Barcelona
	Smelt Olimpija
	ASVEL

Final Four 1997 MVP

David Rivers (Olympiacos)

References

Olympiacos 1996–97 EuroLeague Champions

4 Bakatsias 5 Sigalas 7 Papanikolaou 8 Galakteros 9 Nakić 10 Fasoulas 11 Tomić 12 Tarlać 13 Welp 14 Savrasenko 15 Rivers (Final Four MVP) Zourpenko Coach: Ivković

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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