1996 FIBA European League Final Four

1996 FIBA European League Final Four
Tournament details
Arena	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy ; Paris, France
Dates	April 1996
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (1st title)
Runners-up	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Third place	CSKA Moscow
Fourth place	Real Madrid Teka
Awards and statistics
MVP	Dominique Wilkins

The 1996 FIBA European League Final Four, or 1996 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, was the 1995–96 season's FIBA European League Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe. Panathinaikos won its first title, after defeating Barcelona in the final game.

Bracket

9 April 1996
19:00

CSKA Moscow	71–81	Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 33–36, 38–45
Pts: Karasev 23 Rebs: Nwosu 13 Asts: Karasev 9		Pts: Wilkins 35 Rebs: Vranković 12 Asts: Oikonomou 5

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

9 April 1996
21:00

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	76–66	Real Madrid Teka
Scoring by half: 34–38, 42–28
Pts: Karnišovas 24 Rebs: Godfread 7 Asts: Karnišovas 6		Pts: Arlauckas 22 Rebs: Smith 6 Asts: Santos 5

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), José Araujo (POR)

11 April 1996
19:00

CSKA Moscow	74–73	Real Madrid Teka
Scoring by half: 34–35, 40–38
Pts: Vētra 22 Rebs: Panov 8 Asts: Karasev 8		Pts: Savić 22 Rebs: Savić 9 Asts: Antúnez 7

Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), José Araujo (POR)

11 April 1996
21:00

Panathinaikos	67–66	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Scoring by half: 35–25, 32–41
Pts: Alvertis 17 Rebs: Wilkins 10 Asts: Oikonomou 5		Pts: Karnišovas 23 Rebs: Karnišovas 8 Asts: Karnišovas 6

Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

Panathinaikos

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	10	Panagiotis Giannakis	9	2	4
SG	4	Fragiskos Alvertis	17	3	2
SF	12	Dominique Wilkins	16	10	1
PF	8	Nikos Oikonomou	10	6	5
C	11	Stojko Vranković	0	9	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
SG	6	Vangelis Vourtzoumis	2	0	1
PG	9	Jon Korfas	4	0	0
PF	15	Tzanis Stavrakopoulos	9	3	0
Head coach:
Božidar Maljković

1995–96 FIBA European League Champions
Panathinaikos First title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	5	José Luis Galilea	10	1	5
SG	9	Xavi Fernández	15	3	0
SF	14	Artūras Karnišovas	23	8	6
PF	4	Andrés Jiménez	9	2	1
C	6	Dan Godfread	9	5	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
SF	10	José Antonio Montero	0	0	2
PG	11	Salva Díez	0	1	2
PF	12	Manel Bosch	0	2	1
C	13	Ferran Martínez	0	2	0
Head coach:
Aíto García Reneses

Player	Team	Ref.
FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
Vasily Karasev	CSKA Moscow	^[1]
Fragiskos Alvertis	Panathinaikos
Artūras Karnišovas	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Dominique Wilkins (MVP)	Panathinaikos
Stojko Vranković	Panathinaikos