Sports season
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.
Teams [ ]
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.[1]
Country ranking for 1996-1997 FIBA EuroLeague
Rank
Country
Points
Teams
Notes
1
Spain
321.667
3
2
Greece
299.667
3
Italy
216.667
4
France
123.238
5
Turkey
93.333
2
6
Russia
66
7
Croatia
63
8
Germany
61.389
9
Israel
50.905
1
10
Slovenia
41.333
11
Belgium
29
12
FR Yugoslavia
26
13
Portugal
24.5
0
14
Lithuania
19
15
Ukraine
15.389
16
Poland
12.111
17
North Macedonia
11.778
18
Hungary
10.5
19
Slovakia
8.889
Team allocation [ ]
First round [ ]
Group A [ ]
MIL
CSK
MAC
ÜLK
LIM
PAN
MIL
X
87 -74
85-88
67 -65
79 -66
90 -66
CSK
70 -55
X
89 -80
71-76
74 -65
96 -66
MAC
78 -68
77-78
X
71 -65
69-77
69 -57
ÜLK
67-73
73-76
84 -80
X
99 -91
87 -69
LIM
74-85
83 -66
62-69
84 -80
X
78 -75
PAN
79-86
72 -67
69-74
84 -71
92 -77
X
Group B [ ]
TSB
EST
CIB
ALB
OLY
SPI
TSB
X
100 -86
54-66
82 -72
81 -72
87 -78
EST
66-75
X
78 -71
82 -75
87 -78
94 -72
CIB
64-72
81 -66
X
78 -68
63 -61
75 -66
ALB
81 -64
78-79
79 -71
X
62 -61
94 -73
OLY
96 -80
110 -78
62 -61
64-67
X
87 -60
SPI
61-78
75-82
73-77
69-79
72-79
X
Group C [ ]
PAO
OLI
ASV
FCB
CRO
BAY
PAO
X
75 -67
66-72
79 -75
72 -50
87 -79
OLI
74-76
X
73 -60
77 -65
81 -53
86 -70
ASV
74-80
70 -69
X
91 -90
78 -59
72 -64
FCB
77 -58
70-71
78-81
X
68-70
90 -71
CRO
58-65
53-66
73 -61
65-75
X
86 -79
BAY
67-78
77-89
66-79
71-79
60-63
X
Group D [ ]
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
1.
Efes Pilsen
10
8
2
793
735
+58
2.
Partizan
10
6
4
777
762
+15
3.
Kinder Bologna
10
5
5
798
773
+25
4.
Pau-Orthez
10
5
5
780
767
+13
5.
Caja San Fernando
10
4
6
731
723
+8
6.
Dynamo Moscow
10
2
8
711
830
-119
EFE
PAR
KIN
PAU
CAJ
DYN
EFE
X
93 -77
75- 60
78 -76
69 -66
87 -84
PAR
76 -72
X
78 -70
84 -75
66-72
97 -64
KIN
75-89
100 -83
X
86 -74
93 -75
89 -74
PAU
80 -78
73-77
89 -83
X
85 -79
94 -71
CAJ
68-70
72 -67
72 -64
61-69
X
91 -61
DYN
73-82
71-72
64-78
70 -65
79 -75
X
Second round [ ]
(The individual scores and standings of the First stage are accumulated in the Second 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
Top four places in each group advance to Playoff
Group E [ ]
MIL
ALB
OLY
MAC
CSK
SPI
MIL
X
80-91
73 -71
X
X
73 -63
ALB
68-78
X
X
70 -65
78 -76
X
OLY
87 -84
X
X
69 -60
82 -51
X
MAC
X
78 -62
82 -78
X
X
87 -70
CSK
X
67-69
70-79
X
X
80 -66
SPI
68-71
X
X
90 -82
67-72
X
Group F [ ]
TSB
CIB
EST
LIM
ÜLK
PAN
TSB
X
X
X
90 -76
69 -61
94 -58
CIB
X
X
X
72 -66
82 -81
85 -58
EST
X
X
X
68-70
97 -63
92 -70
LIM
81 -70
85 -61
91 -85
X
X
X
ÜLK
73-78
73-77
78 -74
X
X
X
PAN
72-88
84 -76
91-95
X
X
X
Group G [ ]
PAO
ASV
OLI
CAJ
PAU
DYN
PAO
X
X
X
90 -71
75 -71
71 -67
ASV
X
X
X
83 -81
67 -65
82 -52
OLI
X
X
X
67-70
96 -86
80 -72
CAJ
78-87
91 -68
81 -76
X
X
X
PAU
66-78
95-97
77 -71
X
X
X
DYN
88- 81
86-90
64-76
X
X
X
Group H [ ]
EFE
PAR
FCB
KIN
CRO
BAY
EFE
X
X
96 -70
X
74 -64
91 -68
PAR
X
X
91 -87
X
71-82
89 -76
FCB
69 -67
75 -73
X
73 -72
X
X
KIN
X
X
92-103
X
73 -57
90-100
CRO
78 -56
76 -75
X
68-70
X
X
BAY
72-73
70-81
X
85 -79
X
X
Top 16 [ ]
Quarterfinals [ ]
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 [ ]
Awards [ ]
FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer [ ]
FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP [ ]
FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer [ ]
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
Seasons Finals
Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present
Seasons Finals
General information
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