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.
Country ranking
For the 1996–1997 EuroLeague, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1995–96.[1]
Country ranking for 1996–1997 FIBA EuroLeague | |
Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
Preliminary round
Group A
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 | — |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group B
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 | — |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group C
Source: FIBA Europe
Group D
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 | — |
Source: FIBA Europe
Qualification round
(The individual scores and standings of the First stage are accumulated in the Qualification round)
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
Group E
Source: FIBA Europe
Group F
Source: FIBA Europe
Group G
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 | | | — |
Source: FIBA Europe
Group H
Source: FIBA Europe
Play Offs
Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.
Eight-Final
Quarter-Final
Final four
Semifinals
April 22, Palaeur, Rome
3rd place game
April 24, Palaeur, Rome
Final
April 24, Palaeur, Rome
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions |
![Greece](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/100px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png) Olympiacos 1st Title |
Final standings
Awards
All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague.
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
Individual game highs
Team statistics
See also
References
- ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ "Champions Cup 1996–97". linguasport.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
External links
- 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
- 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
- Eurobasket.com 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
Olympiacos B.C. 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague champions
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