1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague | ||||||||||
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Season | 1996-97 | |||||||||
Dates | September 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 24 | |||||||||
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Champions | ![]() | |||||||||
Runners-up | ![]() | |||||||||
Third place | ![]() | |||||||||
Fourth place | ![]() | |||||||||
Final Four MVP | ![]() | |||||||||
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← 1995–96 1997–98 → |
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]
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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
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Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | CSK | MAC | ÜLK | LIM | PAN | |
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10 | 7 | 3 | 775 | 727 | +48 | 17 | Advance to Group E | — | 87–74 | 85–88 | 67–65 | 79–66 | 90–66 | |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 761 | 734 | +27 | 16 | 70–55 | — | 89–80 | 71–76 | 74–65 | 96–66 | ||
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10 | 6 | 4 | 755 | 734 | +21 | 16 | 78–68 | 77–78 | — | 71–65 | 69–77 | 69–57 | ||
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10 | 4 | 6 | 767 | 766 | +1 | 14 | Advance to Group F | 67–73 | 73–76 | 84–80 | — | 99–91 | 87–69 | |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 757 | 788 | −31 | 14 | 74–85 | 83–66 | 62–69 | 84–80 | — | 78–75 | ||
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10 | 3 | 7 | 729 | 795 | −66 | 13 | 79–86 | 72–67 | 69–74 | 84–71 | 92–77 | — |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TSB | EST | CIB | ALB | OLY | SPI | |
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10 | 7 | 3 | 773 | 742 | +31 | 17 | Advance to Group F | — | 100–86 | 54–66 | 82–72 | 81–72 | 87–78 | |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 798 | 821 | −23 | 16 | 66–75 | — | 78–71 | 82–75 | 87–78 | 94–72 | ||
3 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 4 | 713 | 679 | +34 | 16 | 64–72 | 81–66 | — | 78–68 | 63–61 | 75–66 | ||
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10 | 6 | 4 | 755 | 723 | +32 | 16 | Advance to Group E | 81–64 | 78–79 | 79–71 | — | 62–61 | 94–73 | |
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10 | 5 | 5 | 770 | 711 | +59 | 15 | 96–80 | 110–78 | 62–61 | 64–67 | — | 87–60 | ||
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10 | 0 | 10 | 699 | 832 | −133 | 10 | 61–78 | 75–82 | 73–77 | 69–79 | 78–79 | — |
Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | OLI | ASV | FCB | CRO | BAY | |
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10 | 8 | 2 | 736 | 693 | +43 | 18 | Advance to Group G | — | 75–67 | 66–72 | 79–75 | 72–50 | 87–79 | |
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10 | 7 | 3 | 753 | 669 | +84 | 17 | 74–76 | — | 73–60 | 77–65 | 81–53 | 86–70 | ||
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10 | 7 | 3 | 738 | 718 | +20 | 17 | 74–80 | 70–69 | — | 91–90 | 78–59 | 72–64 | ||
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10 | 4 | 6 | 767 | 734 | +33 | 14 | Advance to Group H | 77–58 | 70–71 | 78–81 | — | 68–70 | 90–71 | |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 630 | 705 | −75 | 14 | 58–65 | 53–66 | 73–61 | 65–75 | — | 86–79 | ||
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10 | 0 | 10 | 704 | 809 | −105 | 10 | 67–78 | 77–89 | 66–79 | 71–79 | 60–63 | — |
Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EFE | PAR | KIN | PAU | CSF | DYN | |
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10 | 8 | 2 | 736 | 693 | +43 | 18 | Advance to Group H | — | 93–77 | 75–60 | 78–76 | 69–66 | 87–84 | |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 753 | 669 | +84 | 16 | 76–72 | — | 78–70 | 84–75 | 66–72 | 97–64 | ||
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10 | 5 | 5 | 738 | 718 | +20 | 15 | 75–89 | 100–83 | — | 86–74 | 93–75 | 89–74 | ||
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10 | 5 | 5 | 767 | 734 | +33 | 15 | Advance to Group G | 80–78 | 73–77 | 89–83 | — | 85–79 | 94–71 | |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 630 | 705 | −75 | 14 | 68–70 | 72–67 | 72–64 | 61–69 | — | 91–61 | ||
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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
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | ALB | OLY | MAC | CSK | SPI | |
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16 | 11 | 5 | 1234 | 1175 | +59 | 27 | Advance to Play Offs | — | 80–91 | 73–71 | 73–63 | |||
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16 | 10 | 6 | 1193 | 1167 | +26 | 26 | 68–78 | — | 70–65 | 78–76 | ||||
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16 | 9 | 7 | 1236 | 1131 | +105 | 25 | 87–84 | — | 69–60 | 82–51 | ||||
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16 | 9 | 7 | 1209 | 1173 | +36 | 25 | 67–69 | 70–79 | — | 80–66 | ||||
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16 | 8 | 8 | 1177 | 1175 | +2 | 24 | 71–76 | 74–65 | — | 96–66 | ||||
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16 | 1 | 15 | 1123 | 1297 | −174 | 17 | 68–71 | 90–82 | 67–72 | — |
Group F
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TSB | CIB | EST | LIM | ÜLK | PAN | |
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16 | 12 | 4 | 1262 | 1163 | +99 | 28 | Advance to Play Offs | — | 90–76 | 69–61 | 94–58 | |||
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16 | 10 | 6 | 1166 | 1126 | +40 | 26 | — | 72–66 | 82–81 | 85–58 | ||||
3 | ![]() |
16 | 9 | 7 | 1309 | 1284 | +25 | 25 | — | 68–70 | 97–63 | 92–70 | ||||
4 | ![]() |
16 | 8 | 8 | 1226 | 1234 | −8 | 24 | 81–70 | 85–61 | 91–85 | — | ||||
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16 | 5 | 11 | 1196 | 1243 | −47 | 21 | 73–78 | 73–77 | 78–74 | — | ||||
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16 | 4 | 12 | 1162 | 1325 | −163 | 20 | 72–88 | 84–76 | 91–95 | — |
Group G
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | ASV | OLI | CSF | PAU | DYN | |
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16 | 13 | 3 | 1218 | 1134 | +84 | 29 | Advance to Play Offs | — | 90–71 | 75–71 | 71–67 | |||
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16 | 12 | 4 | 1225 | 1188 | +37 | 28 | — | 83–81 | 67–65 | 82–52 | ||||
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16 | 10 | 6 | 1219 | 1119 | +100 | 26 | — | 67–70 | 96–86 | 80–72 | ||||
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16 | 7 | 9 | 1203 | 1194 | +9 | 23 | 78–87 | 91–68 | 81–76 | — | ||||
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16 | 6 | 10 | 1240 | 1251 | −11 | 22 | 66–78 | 95–97 | 77–71 | — | ||||
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16 | 3 | 13 | 1140 | 1310 | −170 | 19 | 88–81 | 86–90 | 64–76 | — |
Group H
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EFE | PAR | FCB | KIN | CRO | BAY | |
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16 | 12 | 4 | 1250 | 1156 | +94 | 28 | Advance to Play Offs | — | 96–70 | 74–64 | 91–68 | |||
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16 | 9 | 7 | 1257 | 1228 | +29 | 25 | — | 91–87 | 71–82 | 89–76 | ||||
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16 | 8 | 8 | 1244 | 1225 | +19 | 24 | 69–67 | 75–73 | — | 73–72 | ||||
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16 | 7 | 9 | 1274 | 1259 | +15 | 23 | 92–103 | — | 73–57 | 90–100 | ||||
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16 | 7 | 9 | 1055 | 1124 | −69 | 23 | 78–56 | 76–75 | 68–70 | — | ||||
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16 | 2 | 14 | 1175 | 1312 | −137 | 18 | 72–73 | 70–81 | 85–79 | — |
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-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | ![]() | 67 | 76 | 78 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
H4 | ![]() | 59 | 83 | 76 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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F2 | ![]() | 61 | 66 | 61 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G3 | ![]() | 58 | 69 | 62 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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G1 | ![]() | 68 | 70 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
F4 | ![]() | 67 | 55 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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H2 | ![]() | 71 | 61 | 69 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E3 | ![]() | 81 | 60 | 74 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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F1 | ![]() | 73 | 79 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
G4 | ![]() | 70 | 75 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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E2 | ![]() | 77 | 62 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
H3 | ![]() | 95 | 72 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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H1 | ![]() | 76 | 65 | 84 | 2 | Third Place | |||||||||||||||||||
E4 | ![]() | 67 | 78 | 69 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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G2 | ![]() | 97 | 77 | 75 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
F3 | ![]() | 74 | 79 | 71 | 1 |
Eight-Final
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Cibona ![]() |
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61–58 | 66–69 | 61–62 |
Stefanel Milano ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
67–59 | 76–83 | 78–76 |
Partizan ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
71–81 | 61–60 | 69–74 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
68–67 | 70–55 | |
Alba Berlin ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
77–95 | 62–72 | |
Teamsystem Bologna ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
73–70 | 79–75 | |
ASVEL ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
97–74 | 77–79 | 75–71 |
Efes Pilsen ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
76–67 | 65–78 | 84–69 |
Quarter-Final
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Stefanel Milano ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
94–90 | 69–73 | 61–77 |
Teamsystem Bologna ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
70–65 | 73–75 | 62–87 |
Efes Pilsen ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
87–71 | 70–80 | 57–62 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
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49–69 | 57–65 |
Final four
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Smelt Olimpija ![]() |
65–74 | ![]() |
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ![]() |
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3rd place game
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Smelt Olimpija ![]() |
86–79 | ![]() |
Final
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Olympiacos ![]() |
73–58 | ![]() |
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions |
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Final standings
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Awards
[edit]All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague.
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Statistics
[edit]Individual statistics
[edit]Points
[edit]Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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19 | 436 | 22.9 |
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16 | 351 | 21.9 |
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22 | 453 | 20.6 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds
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22 | 233 | 10.6 |
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16 | 162 | 10.1 |
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16 | 147 | 9.2 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Assists
[edit]Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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17 | 104 | 6.1 |
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24 | 138 | 5.8 |
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22 | 98 | 5.8 |
Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics
[edit]Category | Player | Team | Games | Average |
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Steals | ![]() |
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17 | 2.7 |
Turnovers | ![]() |
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17 | 4.6 |
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22 | 39.0 |
FT % | ![]() |
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19 | 93.3% |
2-Point % | ![]() |
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16 | 67.1% |
3-Point % | ![]() |
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19 | 47.9% |
Individual game highs
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Team statistics
[edit]Category | Team | Average |
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Points | ![]() |
80.7 |
Rebounds | ![]() |
32.3 |
Assists | ![]() |
16.6 |
Steals | ![]() |
11.2 |
Turnovers | ![]() |
16.9 |
FT % | ![]() |
76.9% |
2-Point % | ![]() |
58.6% |
3-Point % | ![]() |
40.9% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ "Champions Cup 1996–97". linguasport.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.