The 1995–96 FIBA European Cup was the thirtieth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. it occurred between September 5, 1995, and March 12, 1996. The final was held at Araba Arena, Vitoria, Spain. In the final, Taugrés defeated PAOK, in front of 5,500 spectators.
Team allocation Country ranking For the 1995–1996 FIBA European League, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1992–93 to 1994–95. +Country ranking for 1995–1996 FIBA European CupRankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average1212340300284,002253322249,375274,793363173260265,334219123179173,67562,86706866,95658,33736966,787374510361,67866486158,3392472,527,541,331051372437,331112105927,001292125,8318,611315,33132718,441413131112,33155,337,51810,28164,5418,338,941702068,6718698,57,83190108,336,11201124,675,892132125,67226295,67RankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average237,55,671,334,83245,335,3334,5525164,673,89264222,67270,37162,46283,51,6722,39290,674,1722,28301,672,332,52,1731203,331,783210,6721,22330,332,50,21,013410,331,671,00350020,67360,40,500,30370,4000,133800,20,20,1339000,20,074000,200,074100,200,07420,2000,0743 (banned)0000
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
CW: Cup winners CF: Cup finalist
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs QR2: Loser clubs* of the 1/16 finals of the FIBA European League
Third round Zrinjevac (QR2) Budivelnyk (QR2) Žalgiris (QR2) Partizan Inex (QR2) Hapoel Galil Elyon (QR2) Fidefinanz Bellinzona (QR2) APOEL (QR2) Smelt Olimpija (QR2) Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (QR2) Sheffield Sharks (QR2) Sunair Oostende (QR2) CSU Forest Sibiu (QR2) Kalev Talinn (QR2) Second round Taugres (CW) Galatasaray (CW) Dynamo Moscow (2nd) Olimpas (7th) Illycafe Trieste (CF) Bnei Herzlia (CW) Porto (CF) Limoges CSP (CW) Republika Postojna (CF) Dendi-Basket (2nd) Zagreb (7th) Basket Brussels (CW) WTK Nobiles Wloclawek (CW) First round PAOK (CW) AŠK Inter Bratislava (CW) Union Sportive Hiefenech Partizani Tirana (CW) Ratiopharm Ulm (CF) Universitatea Cluj (CW) New Wave Sharks (2nd) Sloboda Dita Tuzla (CW) Tonak Novy Jicin (CW) Kompakt (CW) Namika Lahti (5th) Spartak Subotica (CF) Marc-Kormend (CW) PAEEK (CF) Thames Valley Tigers (CW) Kočani Delikates (CW) UBC Stahlbau Oberwart (CW) Den Braven GOBA (CW) First round
Second round
Third round Wild card to participate in the European Cup for the Loser clubs* of the 1/16 finals of the 1995–96 FIBA European League. *Partizan, Hapoel Galil Elyon, Sheffield Sharks, Sunair Oostende, Zrinjevac, Baník Cígeľ Prievidza, Smelt Olimpija, Budivelnyk, Kalev, Fidefinanz Bellinzona, Sibiu, APOEL and Žalgiris.
Quarterfinals group stage + Key to colors Qualified to Semi-finals Eliminated
Group A TAU ŽAL LIM PAR BNE OOS TAU91–9379–7399–8881–6787–74 ŽAL75–8676–7493–8476–6592–91 LIM88–8682–6878–7582–6084–64 PAR76–8090–99103–9098–8588–67 BNE70–8293–8983–9194–10788–76 OOS84–6877–9176–7582–7755–71 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Taugrés 10 17 7 3 821 788 +33 2. Žalgiris 10 17 7 3 852 833 +19 3. Limoges CSP 10 16 6 4 817 752 +65 4. Partizan Inex 10 14 4 6 886 867 +19 5. Bnei Herzliya 10 13 3 7 776 837 –61 6. Sunair Oostende 10 13 3 7 746 821 –75Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. PAOK 10 18 8 2 821 675 +146 2. Dynamo Moscow 10 17 7 3 812 772 +40 3. Zrinjevac 10 16 5 5 839 808 +31 4. Kalev Talinn 10 14 4 6 816 825 -9 5. Nobiles Włocławek 10 13 3 7 798 956 –158 6. Smelt Olimpija 10 13 3 7 770 820 –50
Semifinals Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.
Final March 12, Pabellon Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Rosters Taugrés: Jordi Millera, Velimir Perasovic, Marcelo Nicola (C), Miguel Angel Reyes, Ramon Rivas; Jorge Garbajosa, Juan Pedro Cazorla, Ferran Lopez. Coach: Manel Comas PAOK: Nikos Boudouris, Branislav Prelevic (C), Predrag Stojakovic, Efthimios Rentzias, Dean Garrett; Giorgos Balogiannis, Christos Tsekos, Giannis Giannoulis, Sotirios Nikolaidis. Coach: Zeljko Lukajic
1995–96 FIBA European Cup Champions Taugrés 1st title
See also
1995–96 FIBA European League 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup
Awards FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP Ramón Rivas ( Taugrés)
References
External links 1995–96 FIBA European Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
Le formazioni delle finaliste in Europa dal 1996 al 2000 batsweb.org