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	Banca Catalana FC Barcelona
Final Four MVP	David Rivers (Olympiacos)

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.

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.

Teams

Stefanel Milano (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)	Efes Pilsen (1st)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st)
Teamsystem Bologna (2nd)	Panathinaïkos (2nd)	Ülker (2nd)	Alba Berlin (2nd)
Kinder Bologna (3rd)	Panionios Afisorama (3rd)	CSKA Moscow (1st)	Smelt Olimpija (1st)
Banca Catalana FC Barcelona (1st)	Pau-Orthez (1st)	Dynamo Moscow (2nd)	Partizan (1st)
Caja San Fernando (2nd)	ASVEL (2nd)	Cibona (1st)	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd)	Limoges CSP (3rd)	Croatia Osiguranje (2nd)	Spirou (1st)

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 Tel Aviv 10 6 4 798 773 +26 4. Ülker 10 4 6 780 767 +13 5. Limoges CSP 10 4 6 731 723 +8 6. Panionios Afisorama 10 3 7 711 830 -119 MIL CSK MAC ÜLK LIM PAN MIL X 87-74 85-88 67-65 79-66 90-66 CSK 70-55 X 89-80 71-76 74-65 96-66 MAC 78-68 77-78 X 71-65 69-77 69-57 ÜLK 67-73 73-76 84-80 X 99-91 87-69 LIM 74-85 83-66 62-69 84-80 X 78-75 PAN 79-86 72-67 69-74 84-71 92-77 X

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 TSB EST CIB ALB OLY SPI TSB X 100-86 54-66 82-72 81-72 87-78 EST 66-75 X 78-71 82-75 87-78 94-72 CIB 64-72 81-66 X 78-68 63-61 75-66 ALB 81-64 78-79 79-71 X 62-61 94-73 OLY 96-80 110-78 62-61 64-67 X 87-60 SPI 61-78 75-82 73-77 69-79 72-79 X

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. Banca Catalana 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 PAO OLI ASV BAR CRO BAY PAO X 75-67 66-72 79-75 72-50 87-79 OLI 74-76 X 73-60 77-65 81-53 86-70 ASV 74-80 70-69 X 91-90 78-59 72-64 BAR 77-58 70-71 78-81 X 68-70 90-71 CRO 58-65 53-66 73-61 65-75 X 86-79 BAY 67-78 77-89 66-79 71-79 60-63 X

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 EFE PAR KIN PAU CAJ DYN EFE X 93-77 75-60 78-76 69-66 87-84 PAR 76-72 X 78-70 84-75 66-72 97-64 KIN 75-89 100-83 X 86-74 93-75 89-74 PAU 80-78 73-77 89-83 X 85-79 94-71 CAJ 68-70 72-67 72-64 61-69 X 91-61 DYN 73-82 71-72 64-78 70-65 79-75 X

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:

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 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 Tel Aviv 16 9 7 1209 1173 +32 5. CSKA Moscow 16 8 8 1178 1175 +3 6. Spirou 16 1 15 1123 1297 -174 MIL ALB OLY MAC CSK SPI MIL X 80-91 73-71 X X 73-63 ALB 68-78 X X 70-65 78-76 X OLY 87-84 X X 69-60 82-51 X MAC X 78-62 82-78 X X 87-70 CSK X 67-69 70-79 X X 80-66 SPI 68-71 X X 90-82 67-72 X

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 CSP 16 8 8 1226 1235 -9 5. Ülker 16 5 11 1196 1243 -47 6. Panionios Afisorama 16 4 12 1162 1325 -163 TSB CIB EST LIM ÜLK PAN TSB X X X 90-76 69-61 94-58 CIB X X X 72-66 82-81 85-58 EST X X X 68-70 97-63 92-70 LIM 81-70 85-61 91-85 X X X ÜLK 73-78 73-77 78-74 X X X PAN 72-88 84-76 91-95 X X X

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 PAO ASV OLI CAJ PAU DYN PAO X X X 90-71 75-71 71-67 ASV X X X 83-81 67-65 82-52 OLI X X X 67-70 96-86 80-72 CAJ 78-87 91-68 81-76 X X X PAU 66-78 95-97 77-71 X X X DYN 88-81 86-90 64-76 X X X

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. Banca Catalana 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 EFE PAR BAR KIN CRO BAY EFE X X 96-70 X 74-64 91-68 PAR X X 91-87 X 71-82 89-76 BAR 69-67 75-73 X 73-72 X X KIN X X 92-103 X 73-57 90-100 CRO 78-56 76-75 X 68-70 X X BAY 72-73 70-81 X 85-79 X X

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 CSP	68–67	70–55
Alba Berlin	0–2	Banca Catalana 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 Tel Aviv	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	Banca Catalana 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

Semifinals

April 22, Palaeur, Rome

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

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Olympiacos 1st Title

Final standings

	Team
	Olympiacos
	Banca Catalana FC Barcelona
	Smelt Olimpija
	ASVEL

Awards

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Player	Team	Ref.
David Rivers (MVP)	Olympiacos	[1]
Dimitrios Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
Brian Howard	ASVEL
Andrés Jiménez	Banca Catalana FC Barcelona
/ Dragan Tarlać	Olympiacos

References

External links

• 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
• 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
• Eurobasket.com 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague