The 1994–95 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1994–95 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 38th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 8, 1994, and ended on April 13, 1995. The competition's Final Four was held at Zaragoza.

Competition system 40 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner. The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group. The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a Quarterfinal Playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games). The four winners of the Quarterfinal Playoff qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

TH: Title holder 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs

Group stage Olympiacos (1st) Real Madrid Teka (1st)Second round Limoges CSP (1st) Buckler Beer Bologna (1st) Maes Flandria (1st) Žalgiris (1st) Olympique Antibes (2nd) Scavolini Pesaro (2nd) Cibona (1st) Benfica (1st) PAOK Bravo (2nd) FCB Banca Catalana (2nd) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) Smelt Olimpija (1st) Panathinaikos (3rd) 7up Joventut (3rd)TH Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) Efes Pilsen (1st)First round Adelin Pogradec (1st) Bioveta COOP Banka Brno (1st) Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd) Dinamo București (1st) UKJ Mollersdorf Traiskirchen (1st) Thames Valley Tigers (1st) ASK Brocēni (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st) Sloboda Dita (1st) Tallinn (1st) Residence (1st) Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (1st) Levski Sofia (1st) KTP (1st) Rabotnički (1st) Kärcher Hisings-Kärra (1st) Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd) Vita Tbilisi (1st) Laneche Weert (1st) Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st) Pezoporikos-AEK Larnaca (1st) Danone Honvéd (1st) Śląsk Wroclaw (1st) Inpromservis Kyiv (1st)

First round

*Levski Sofia withdrew before the first leg and Pezoporikos Larnaca received a forfeit (20–0) in both games.

Second round

Group stage 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

+ Key to colors     Qualified to Playoff     Eliminated

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Panathinaikos 14 24 10 4 1059 982 +77 2. Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1052 989 +63 3. CSKA Moscow 14 23 9 5 1203 1162 +41 4. Scavolini Pesaro 14 23 9 5 1148 1108 +40 5. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 22 8 6 1113 1104 +9 6. PAOK Bravo 14 20 6 8 1037 1046 -9 7. Smelt Olimpija 14 17 3 11 1026 1102 -76 8. Benfica 14 16 2 12 970 1115 -145 Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Limoges CSP 14 24 10 4 983 911 +72 2. Olympiacos 14 23 9 5 1086 958 +128 3. Cibona 14 22 8 6 1049 1060 -11 4. Buckler Beer Bologna 14 22 8 6 1072 1023 +49 5. Efes Pilsen 14 22 8 6 900 912 -12 6. FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 22 8 6 1095 1079 +16 7. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 18 4 10 1009 1100 -91 8. 7up Joventut 14 15 1 13 923 1074 -151

Quarterfinals The seed teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Final four

Semifinals April 11, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

3rd place game April 13, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

Final April 13, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

1994–95 FIBA European League Champions Real Madrid Teka 8th title

Final standings Team Real Madrid Teka Olympiacos Panathinaikos Limoges CSP

Awards FIBA European League Top Scorer Predrag Danilović ( Buckler Bologna)

FIBA European League Final Four MVP Arvydas Sabonis ( Real Madrid Teka)

FIBA European League Finals Top Scorer Arvydas Sabonis ( Real Madrid Teka)

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team FIBA European League All-Final Four TeamPlayerTeamRef. José Miguel Antúnez Real Madrid Teka Ismael Santos Real Madrid Teka Eddie Johnson Olympiacos Joe Arlauckas Real Madrid Teka Arvydas Sabonis (MVP) Real Madrid Teka

See also 1994–95 FIBA European Cup 1994–95 FIBA Korać Cup

References

External links 1994–95 FIBA European League