1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

The 1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup was 38th and final edition of the competition, which was refounded the following year as Euroleague Women. It ran from 6 September 1995 to 21 March 1996.

BTV Wuppertal defeated defending champion SG Comense in the final to become the first (and only to date) German team to win the competition since its foundation in 1959.^[1] MBK Ružomberok and Bourges Basket also reached the Final Four, with the Slovaks winning the bronze.^[2]

First Qualifying Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cenex	167–188	Powerbaskt Wels	78–84	89–104
Soubry Kortrijk	151–100	Etzella Ettelbruck	77–49	74–51
Tirana	79–185	Târgovişte	44–76	35–109
Bellinzona	walkover	Nerike
ŁKS Łódź	150–154	Elitzur Holon	79–76	71–78
Student Skopje	137–172	Montana	81–99	56–73

Second Qualifying Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Powerbasket Wels	141–202	Wuppertal	73–111	68–91
Soubry Kortrijk	153–166	Galatasaray	75–86	78–80
Târgovişte	136–144	Ježica Ljubljana	76–62	60–82
Nerike	116–163	Ružomberok	55–69	61–94
Elitzur Holon	147–139	Pécs	74–58	73–81
Montana	121–138	Dynamo Kiev	57–82	64–56
Becej	111–162	Sporting Athens	58–75	53–87
Croatia Zagreb	117–113	USK Prague	70–56	47–57

Group stage

Group A

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Ružomberok	10	9	1	774	620
2	Godella	10	6	4	709	646
3	Dynamo Kiev	10	6	4	644	620
4	Galatasaray	10	5	5	714	772
5	CSKA Moscow	10	3	7	771	786
6	Ježica Ljubljana	10	1	9	598	766

Group B

#	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Comense	10	9	1	744	651
2	Wuppertal	10	6	4	810	723
3	Bourges	10	5	5	697	643
4	Sporting Athens	10	5	5	738	718
5	Croatia Zagreb	10	4	6	687	737
6	Elitzur Holon	10	1	9	629	883

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd	3rd
Sporting Athens	1–2	Ružomberok	72–66	62–64	54–69
Dynamo Kiev	0–2	Wuppertal	62–75	58–80
Galatasaray	0–2	Comense	69–82	81–85
Bourges	2–0	Godella	88–78	72–62

Final four

• Sofia, Bulgaria

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 March
	Ružomberok	67
					21 March
	Wuppertal	84
					Wuppertal	76
	19 March
					Comense	62
	Comense	62
	Bourges	54
					Third place
					21 March
					Ružomberok	65
					Bourges	59

Semifinals

19 March 1996 17:00 GTM+1

Report

Ružomberok	67–84	Wuppertal
Scoring by half: 34-40, 33-44
Pts: Godályová 20 Rebs: Kovacová 11 Asts: Mozgovaya, Bieliková 4		Pts: Brondello 31 Rebs: Kehrenberg 7 Asts: Kehrenberg, Timms 4

?, Sofia Attendance: 1,600

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19 March 1996 19:00 GTM+1

Report

Comense	62–54	Bourges
Scoring by half: 26-21, 36-33
Pts: Gordon 20 Rebs: Mujanović 14 Asts: Pollini, Todeschini 2		Pts: Fijalkowski 12 Rebs: Kotočová 7 Asts: Kotočová, Souvré 2

?, Sofia Attendance: 2,000

Final

21 March 1996

Report

Wuppertal	76–62	Comense
Scoring by half: 34-33, 42-29
Pts: Brondello 27 Rebs: Kremer 9 Asts: Timms 8		Pts: Fullin, Gordon, Todeschini 12 Rebs: Mujanović 12 Asts: Pollini 3

?, Sofia Attendance: 2,500

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Clarissa Davis	Galatasaray	25.9
2.	Cindy Brown	Elitzur Holon	23.9
3.	Elena Baranova	CSKA Moscow	22.4
4.	Sandra Brondello	Wuppertal	21.8
5.	Virginia Toler	Sporting Athens	20.8

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Venus Lacy	Sporting Athens	12.7
2.	Elena Baranova	CSKA Moscow	12.1
3.	Cindy Brown	Elitzur Holon	10.7
4.	Daedra Charles	Galatasaray	8.9
5.	Andrea Congreaves	Godella	8.8

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Svetlana Antipova	CSKA Moscow	6.6
2.	Virginia Toler	Sporting Athens	5.7
3.	Ludmila Konovalova	CSKA Moscow	5.3
4.	Michelle Timms	Wuppertal	4.9
5.	Iveta Bieliková	Ružomberok	4.5

References