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. +Country ranking for 1996–1997 FIBA EuroLeagueRankCountryPointsTeamsNotes1321.66732299.6673216.6674123.238593.33326667638 61.389950.90511041.333112912261324.5014191515.3891612.1111711.7781810.5198.889RankCountryPointsTeamsNotes208.3890216.556226.056235.389245254.722264273.667282.778292.5302.167311.944321.833331.667341.5351.444360.889370.278380.167
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 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) Stefanel Milano (1st) Efes Pilsen (1st) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) Caja San Fernando (2nd) Teamsystem Bologna (2nd) Ülker (2nd) Alba Berlin (2nd) Estudiantes Argentaria (3rd) Kinder Bologna (3rd) CSKA Moscow (1st) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) Olympiacos (1st) Pau-Orthez (1st) Dynamo Moscow (2nd) Smelt Olimpija (1st) Panathinaïkos (2nd) ASVEL (2nd) Cibona (1st) Spirou Charleroi (1st) Panionios Ethniki Asfalistiki (3rd) Limoges CSP (3rd) Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd) Partizan Inex (1st)
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.
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 Olympiacos 1st Title
Final standings Team Olympiacos FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Smelt Olimpija ASVEL
Awards All official awards of the 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague.
FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP David Rivers ( Olympiacos)
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
First Team David Rivers (MVP) Olympiacos Dimitrios Papanikolaou Olympiacos Brian Howard ASVEL Andrés Jiménez FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Dragan Tarlać Olympiacos
FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer Carlton Myers ( Fortitudo Bologna)
Statistics Individual statistics Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Carlton Myers Teamsystem Bologna1943622.92. Arijan Komazec Kinder Bologna 1635121.93. Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 2245320.6 Source: FIBAEurope
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Warren Kidd Stefanel Milano2223310.62. Vitaly Nosov Dynamo Moscow1616210.13. Hansi Gnad Bayer 04 Leverkusen161479.2 Source: FIBAEurope
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Michael Anderson Caja San Fernando171046.12. Delaney Rudd ASVEL 241385.83. Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 22985.8 Source: FIBAEurope
Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals Michael Anderson Caja San Fernando 17 2.7 Turnovers Michael Anderson Caja San Fernando 17 4.6 Minutes Petar Naumoski Efes Pilsen 22 39.0 FT % Slaven Rimac Cibona 19 93.3% 2-Point % Arijan Komazec Kinder Bologna 16 67.1% 3-Point % Miroslav Berić Partizan 19 47.9%
Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Points Tony Dawson Bayer 04 Leverkusen 43 Kinder Bologna (Jan 15, 1997)Rebounds Warren Kidd Stefanel Milano 21 Olympiacos (Jan 16, 1997)Assists Delaney Rudd ASVEL 12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Nov 7, 1996) Michael Anderson Caja San Fernando Dynamo Moscow (Oct 10, 1996) ASVEL (Feb 19, 1997) Steals Jimmy Nebot ASVEL 11 Efes Pilsen (Apr 3, 1997)
Team statistics CategoryTeamAverage Points Estudiantes Argentaria 80.7 Rebounds Olympiacos 32.3 Assists Pau-Orthez 16.6 Steals Estudiantes Argentaria 11.2 Turnovers Dynamo Moscow 16.9 FT % Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 76.9% 2-Point % Pau-Orthez 58.6% 3-Point % Pau-Orthez 40.9%
See also 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup 1996–97 FIBA Korać Cup
References
External links 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague
Eurobasket.com 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague