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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Group A [ edit ]
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 —
Group B [ edit ]
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 —
Group C [ edit ]
Group D [ edit ]
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 —
Qualification round [ edit ] (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 [ edit ]
Group F [ edit ]
Group G [ edit ]
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 —
Group H [ edit ]
Play Offs [ edit ] Bracket [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Quarter-Final [ edit ] Final four [ edit ] Semifinals [ edit ] April 22, Palaeur , Rome
3rd place game [ edit ] April 24, Palaeur , Rome
April 24, Palaeur , Rome
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions Olympiacos 1st Title
Final standings [ edit ] All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague .
Statistics [ edit ] Individual statistics [ edit ] Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds [ edit ] Source: FIBAEurope
Assists [ edit ] Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics [ edit ] Individual game highs [ edit ] Team statistics [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
Seasons Finals
Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present
Seasons Finals
General information
History Awards Statistics