1995–96 FIBA European League

1995–96 FIBA European League
LeagueFIBA European League
SportBasketball
Regular Season
Top scorer Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid)
Final Four
Champions Panathinaikos
  Runners-up FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Final Four MVP Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

The 1995–96 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1995–96 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 39th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 7, 1995, and ended on April 11, 1996. Panathinaikos B.C. became the first Greek team to lift the FIBA European League championship after beating FC Barcelona Banca Catalana by one point in the final match of the competition's Final Four, which was held at Paris.

The 1995–96 season saw the return of 1991-92 European League champion Partizan on the international scene, after three years ban of Yugoslav clubs due to UN embargo. However, Partizan was eliminated in the qualifying rounds.

It was the last season of the competition that took place under the name of FIBA European League, as the competition was renamed to FIBA EuroLeague, starting with the next season.

Competition system

  • 42 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.

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.[1]

Country ranking for 1995–1996 FIBA European League
Rank Country 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 Average
1  Spain 212 340 300 284,00
2  Greece 253 322 249,375 274,79
3  Italy 363 173 260 265,33
4  France 219 123 179 173,67
5  Croatia 62,86 70 68 66,95
6  Turkey 58,33 73 69 66,78
7  Germany 37 45 103 61,67
8  Israel 66 48 61 58,33
9  Slovenia 24 72,5 27,5 41,33
10  Belgium 51 37 24 37,33
11  Russia 12 10 59 27,00
12  Portugal 9 21 25,83 18,61
13  Ukraine 15,33 13 27 18,44
14  Czech Republic 13 13 11 12,33
15  Hungary 5,33 7,5 18 10,28
16  Poland 4,5 4 18,33 8,94
17 Macedonia 0 20 6 8,67
18  Switzerland 6 9 8,5 7,83
19  Slovakia 0 10 8,33 6,11
20  Romania 11 2 4,67 5,89
21  Lithuania 3 2 12 5,67
22  Latvia 6 2 9 5,67
Rank Country 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 Average
23  Bulgaria 7,5 5,67 1,33 4,83
24  Cyprus 5,33 5,33 3 4,55
25  Austria 1 6 4,67 3,89
26  Luxembourg 4 2 2 2,67
27  Sweden 0,37 1 6 2,46
28  Finland 3,5 1,67 2 2,39
29  England 0,67 4,17 2 2,28
30  Netherlands 1,67 2,33 2,5 2,17
31  Georgia 2 0 3,33 1,78
32  Albania 1 0,67 2 1,22
33  Iceland 0,33 2,5 0,2 1,01
34  Estonia 1 0,33 1,67 1,00
35  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 2 0,67
36  Belarus 0,4 0,5 0 0,30
37  Armenia 0,4 0 0 0,13
38  Moldova 0 0,2 0,2 0,13
39  Denmark 0 0 0,2 0,07
40  Ireland 0 0,2 0 0,07
41  Wales 0 0,2 0 0,07
42  Malta 0,2 0 0 0,07
43  Yugoslavia (banned) 0 0 0 0

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, etc.: League position after Playoffs.
Group stage
FCB Banca Catalana (1st) Olympiacos (1st) Olympique Antibes (1st)
Second round
Unicaja (2nd) Buckler Beer Bologna (1st) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) Benfica (1st)
Real Madrid Teka (3rd)TH Benetton Treviso (2nd) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)
Panathinaikos (2nd) Cibona (1st) Smelt Olimpija (1st)
Iraklis Aspis Pronoia (3rd) Ülker Genclik (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st)
First round
Pau-Orthez (2nd) Mazowzanka (1st) APOEL (1st) Vita Tbilisi (1st)
Zrinjevac (2nd) Rabotnički (1st) UKJ SUBA Sankt Pölten (1st) Dinamo Tirana (1st)
Hapoel Galil Elyon (2nd) Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st) Résidence (1st) Kalev Tallinn (1st)
Sunair Oostende (1st) Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (1st) Alvik (1st) Zenica Metalno (1st)
Budivelnyk (1st) CSU Forest Sibiu (1st) Kouvot (1st) Partizan Inex (1st)
Stavex Brno (1st) Žalgiris (1st) Sheffield Sharks (1st)
Danone-Honvéd (1st) Plama Pleven (1st) Rene Coltof Den Helder (1st)

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vita Tbilisi 139–178 Žalgiris 70–78 69–100
Stavex Brno 175–186 Fidefinanz Bellinzona 106–93 69–93
Kalev 174–138 Danone-Honvéd 78–57 96–81
Dinamo Tirana 130–156 Forest Sibiu 63–87 67–69
SUBA Sankt Pölten 131–153 APOEL 60–67 71–86
Zenica Metalno 136–142 Baník Cígeľ Prievidza 68–71 68–71
Sunair Oostende 156–125 Alvik 79–61 77–64
Résidence 161–184 Sheffield Sharks 79–99 82–85
Kouvot 173–185 Hapoel Galil Elyon 92–82 81–103
Rabotnički 134–147 Budivelnyk 65–64 69–83
Mazowzanka 147–167 Zrinjevac 79–74 68–93
Plama Pleven 178–185 Partizan Inex 83–93 95–92
Rene Coltof Den Helder 139–182 Pau-Orthez 72–94 57–88

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris 122–145 Panathinaikos 56–59 66–86
Fidefinanz Bellinzona 162–223 CSKA Moscow 88–107 74–116
Kalev 148–172 Buckler Beer Bologna 65–81 83–91
Forest Sibiu 139–221 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 74–99 65–122
APOEL 116–139 Cibona 70–82 46–57
Baník Cígeľ Prievidza 162–184 Benetton Treviso 87–91 75–93
Sunair Oostende 149–155 Ülker 74–69 75–86
Sheffield Sharks 132–145 Real Madrid Teka 57–67 75–78
Hapoel Galil Elyon 137–176 Iraklis Aspis Pronoia 83–91 54–76
Budivelnyk 161–179 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 98–77 63–102
Zrinjevac 136–165 Unicaja 70–85 66–80
Partizan Inex 159–176 Benfica 64–64 95–112
Pau-Orthez 193–146 Smelt Olimpija 96–71 97–75

Group stage

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. 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. CSKA Moscow 14 24 10 4 1162 1081 +81
2. Benetton Treviso 14 24 10 4 1157 1096 +61
3. Olympiacos 14 24 10 4 1132 1046 +86
4. Ülker 14 20 6 8 1078 1104 +26
5. Unicaja 14 20 6 8 1104 1081 +23
6. Olympique Antibes 14 20 6 8 1108 1169 -61
7. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 19 5 9 1067 1112 -45
8. Iraklis Aspis Pronoia 14 17 3 11 945 1064 -119

Group B

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 24 10 4 1145 1077 +68
2. Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1108 1079 +29
3. Panathinaikos 14 23 9 5 1035 1007 +28
4. Pau-Orthez 14 22 8 6 1127 1092 +35
5. Buckler Beer Bologna 14 20 6 8 1181 1149 +32
6. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 20 6 8 1105 1143 -38
7. Cibona 14 20 6 8 1011 1052 -41
8. Benfica 14 16 2 12 1046 1159 -113

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Pau-Orthez 1–2 CSKA Moscow 78–65 89–104 74–83
Panathinaikos 2–1 Benetton Treviso 70–67 69–83 65–64
Ülker 0–2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 77–105 66–96
Olympiacos 1–2 Real Madrid Teka 68–49 77–80 65–80

Final four

Main article: 1996 FIBA European League Final Four

Semifinals

April 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow 71–81 Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 76–66 Real Madrid Teka

3rd place game

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow 74–73 Real Madrid Teka

Final

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos 67–66 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1995–96 FIBA European League Champions

Panathinaikos
1st Title

Final standings

Team
Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
CSKA Moscow
Real Madrid Teka

Awards

FIBA European League Top Scorer

FIBA European League Final Four MVP

FIBA European League Finals Top Scorer

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
Player Team Ref.
Vasily Karasev CSKA Moscow [2]
Fragiskos Alvertis Panathinaikos
Artūras Karnišovas FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Dominique Wilkins (MVP) Panathinaikos
Stojko Vranković Panathinaikos

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking System". 2009-11-21. Archived from the original on 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  2. ^ Champions Cup 1995–96.
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