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1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prevseason | [1995–96](1995-96-fiba-european-league) | |||
| nextseason | [1997–98](1997-98-fiba-euroleague) | |||
| title | 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague | |||
| image | PalaLottomatica.jpg | |||
| pixels | 300 | |||
| caption | The PalaEUR in Rome hosted the final Four | |||
| season | 1996-97 | |||
| champions | GRE Olympiacos (1st title) | |||
| runners_up | ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | |||
| third_place | SLO Smelt Olimpija | |||
| fourth_place | FRA ASVEL | |||
| teams | 24 | |||
| dates | September 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997 | |||
| MVP | MVP_link = Euroleague MVP | MVP_n = | ||
| finals_MVP | finals_MVP_link = | finals_MVP_n = | ||
| playoffs_MVP | playoffs_MVP_link = | playoffs_MVP_n = | ||
| final_four_MVP | David Rivers | final_four_MVP_link =Euroleague Final Four MVP | final_four_MVP_n = USA | |
| grand_final_MVP | grand_final_MVP_link = | grand_final_MVP_n = | ||
| award4 | award4_winner = | award4_link = | award4_n = | |
| award5 | award5_winner = | award5_link = | award5_n = | |
| award6 | award6_winner = | award6_link = | award6_n = | |
| award7 | award7_winner = | award7_link = | award7_n = | |
| award8 | award8_winner = | award8_link = | award8_n = | |
| award9 | award9_winner = | award9_link = | award9_n = | |
| PIR_leader | pir = | pir_n = | ||
| top_scorer | Carlton Myers | ppg = 22.9 | ppg_n = ITA | |
| rebounds_leader | Warren Kidd | rpg = 10.6 | rpg_n = USA | |
| assists_leader | Michael Anderson | apg = 6.1 | apg_n = USA |
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.
| Rank | Country | Points | Teams | Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321.667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 299.667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 216.667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 123.238 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 93.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 61.389 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50.905 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41.333 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24.5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.389 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.111 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | 11.778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8.889 |
|
| Rank | Country | Points | Teams | Notes | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.389 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.556 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.056 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.389 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.722 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.833 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.444 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.278 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.167 |
|}
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
| Regular season |
|---|
| ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) |
| ESP Caja San Fernando (2nd) |
| ESP Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd) |
| GRE Olympiacos (1st) |
| GRE Panathinaïkos (2nd) |
| GRE Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki (3rd) |
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
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
Group F
Group G
Group H
Playoffs
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.
| RD1-seed1 = E1 | RD1-team1 = Stefanel Milano | RD1-score1-1 = 67 | RD1-score1-2 = 76 | RD1-score1-3 = 78 | RD1-seed2 = H4 | RD1-team2 = Kinder Bologna | RD1-score2-1 = 59 | RD1-score2-2 = 83 | RD1-score2-3 = 76
| RD1-seed3 = F2 | RD1-team3 = Cibona | RD1-score3-1 = 61 | RD1-score3-2 = 66 | RD1-score3-3 = 61 | RD1-seed4 = G3 | RD1-team4 = Smelt Olimpija | RD1-score4-1 = 58 | RD1-score4-2 = 69 | RD1-score4-3 = 62
| RD1-seed5 = G1 | RD1-team5 = Panathinaikos | RD1-score5-1 = 68 | RD1-score5-2 = 70 | RD1-score5-3 = | RD1-seed6 = F4 | RD1-team6 = Limoges CSP | RD1-score6-1 = 67 | RD1-score6-2 = 55 | RD1-score6-3 =
| RD1-seed7 = H2 | RD1-team7 = Partizan Inex | RD1-score7-1 = 71 | RD1-score7-2 = 61 | RD1-score7-3 = 69 | RD1-seed8 = E3 | RD1-team8 = Olympiacos | RD1-score8-1 = 81 | RD1-score8-2 = 60 | RD1-score8-3 = 74
| RD1-seed9 = F1 | RD1-team9 = Teamsystem Bologna | RD1-score9-1 = 73 | RD1-score9-2 = 79 | RD1-score9-3 = | RD1-seed10 = G4 | RD1-team10 = Caja San Fernando | RD1-score10-1 = 70 | RD1-score10-2 = 75 | RD1-score10-3 =
| RD1-seed11 = E2 | RD1-team11 = Alba Berlin | RD1-score11-1 = 77 | RD1-score11-2 = 62 | RD1-score11-3 = | RD1-seed12 = H3 | RD1-team12 = FCB Banca Catalana | RD1-score12-1 = 95 | RD1-score12-2 = 72 | RD1-score12-3 =
| RD1-seed13 = H1 | RD1-team13 = Efes Pilsen | RD1-score13-1 = 76 | RD1-score13-2 = 65 | RD1-score13-3 = 84 | RD1-seed14 = E4 | RD1-team14 = Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | RD1-score14-1 = 67 | RD1-score14-2 = 78 | RD1-score14-3 = 69
| RD1-seed15 = G2 | RD1-team15 = ASVEL | RD1-score15-1 = 97 | RD1-score15-2 = 77 | RD1-score15-3 = 75 | RD1-seed16 = F3 | RD1-team16 = Estudiantes Argentaria | RD1-score16-1 = 74 | RD1-score16-2 = 79 | RD1-score16-3 = 71
| RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 = Stefanel Milano | RD2-score1-1 = 94 | RD2-score1-2 = 69 | RD2-score1-3 = 61 | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 = Smelt Olimpija | RD2-score2-1 = 90 | RD2-score2-2 = 73 | RD2-score2-3 = 77
| RD2-seed3 = | RD2-team3 = Panathinaikos | RD2-score3-1 = 49 | RD2-score3-2 = 57 | RD2-score3-3 = | RD2-seed4 = | RD2-team4 = Olympiacos | RD2-score4-1 = 69 | RD2-score4-2 = 65 | RD2-score4-3 =
| RD2-seed5 = | RD2-team5 = Teamsystem Bologna | RD2-score5-1 = 70 | RD2-score5-2 = 73 | RD2-score5-3 = 62 | RD2-seed6 = | RD2-team6 = FCB Banca Catalana | RD2-score6-1 = 65 | RD2-score6-2 = 75 | RD2-score6-3 = 87
| RD2-seed7 = | RD2-team7 = Efes Pilsen | RD2-score7-1 = 87 | RD2-score7-2 = 70 | RD2-score7-3 = 57 | RD2-seed8 = | RD2-team8 = ASVEL | RD2-score8-1 = 71 | RD2-score8-2 = 80 | RD2-score8-3 = 62
| RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 = Smelt Olimpija | RD3-score1-1 = 65 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 = Olympiacos | RD3-score2-1 = 74
| RD3-seed3 = | RD3-team3 = FCB Banca Catalana | RD3-score3-1 = 77 | RD3-seed4 = | RD3-team4 = ASVEL | RD3-score4-1 = 70
| RD4-seed1 = | RD4-team1 = Olympiacos | RD4-score1-1 = 73 | RD4-seed2 = | RD4-team2 = FCB Banca Catalana | RD4-score2-1 = 58
| 3rd-seed1 = | 3rd-team1 = Smelt Olimpija | 3rd-score1-1 = 86 | 3rd-seed2 = | 3rd-team2 = ASVEL | 3rd-score2-1 = 79
Eight-Final
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Quarter-Final
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Final four
Main article: 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Semifinals
April 22, Palaeur, Rome |}
3rd place game
April 24, Palaeur, Rome |}
Final
April 24, Palaeur, Rome |}
| 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions |
|---|
| GRE |
| **Olympiacos** |
| **1st Title** |
Final standings
| Team | |
|---|---|
| [[File:Coppa_del_Campionato_di_Pallacanestro.png | 15px]] |
Awards
All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague.
[[FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP]]
- USA David Rivers (GRE Olympiacos)
[[FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team]]
| First Team |
|---|
| USA David Rivers (**MVP**) |
| GRE Dimitrios Papanikolaou |
| USA Brian Howard |
| ESP Andrés Jiménez |
| FRY Dragan Tarlać |
[[FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer]]
- ITA Carlton Myers (ITA Fortitudo Bologna)
Statistics
Individual statistics
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ITA **Carlton Myers** | ITA Teamsystem Bologna | 19 | 436 | 22.9 |
| 2. | CRO Arijan Komazec | ITA Kinder Bologna | 16 | 351 | 21.9 |
| 3. | MKD Petar Naumoski | TUR Efes Pilsen | 22 | 453 | 20.6 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | USA **Warren Kidd** | ITA Stefanel Milano | 22 | 233 | 10.6 |
| 2. | RUS Vitaly Nosov | RUS Dynamo Moscow | 16 | 162 | 10.1 |
| 3. | GER Hansi Gnad | GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 16 | 147 | 9.2 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | USA **Michael Anderson** | ESP Caja San Fernando | 17 | 104 | 6.1 |
| 2. | USA Delaney Rudd | FRA ASVEL | 24 | 138 | 5.8 |
| 3. | MKD Petar Naumoski | TUR Efes Pilsen | 22 | 98 | 5.8 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
| Category | Player | Team | Games | Average | Steals | Turnovers | Minutes | FT % | 2-Point % | 3-Point % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Michael Anderson | ESP Caja San Fernando | 17 | 2.7 | |||||||
| USA Michael Anderson | ESP Caja San Fernando | 17 | 4.6 | |||||||
| MKD Petar Naumoski | TUR Efes Pilsen | 22 | 39.0 | |||||||
| CRO Slaven Rimac | CRO Cibona | 19 | 93.3% | |||||||
| CRO Arijan Komazec | ITA Kinder Bologna | 16 | 67.1% | |||||||
| FRY Miroslav Berić | FRY Partizan | 19 | 47.9% |
Individual game highs
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Tony Dawson | GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 43 | ITA Kinder Bologna (Jan 15, 1997) | |||||
| USA Warren Kidd | ITA Stefanel Milano | 21 | GRE Olympiacos (Jan 16, 1997) | |||||
| USA Delaney Rudd | FRA ASVEL | 12 | GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Nov 7, 1996) | |||||
| USA Michael Anderson | ESP Caja San Fernando | RUS Dynamo Moscow (Oct 10, 1996) | ||||||
| FRA ASVEL (Feb 19, 1997) | ||||||||
| FRA Jimmy Nebot | FRA ASVEL | 11 | TUR Efes Pilsen (Apr 3, 1997) |
Team statistics
| Category | Team | Average | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Turnovers | FT % | 2-Point % | 3-Point % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP Estudiantes Argentaria | 80.7 | |||||||||
| GRE Olympiacos | 32.3 | |||||||||
| FRA Pau-Orthez | 16.6 | |||||||||
| ESP Estudiantes Argentaria | 11.2 | |||||||||
| RUS Dynamo Moscow | 16.9 | |||||||||
| ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 76.9% | |||||||||
| FRA Pau-Orthez | 58.6% | |||||||||
| FRA Pau-Orthez | 40.9% |
References
References
- (February 2025). "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)".
- "Champions Cup 1996–97". linguasport.com.
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