1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

The 1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup was 38th and final edition of the competition, which was refounded the following year as Euroleague Women. It ran from 6 September 1995 to 21 March 1996.

BTV Wuppertal defeated defending champion SG Comense in the final to become the first (and only to date) German team to win the competition since its foundation in 1959.[1] MBK Ružomberok and Bourges Basket also reached the Final Four, with the Slovaks winning the bronze.[2]

First qualifying round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cenex 167–188 Powerbasket Wels 78–84 89–104
Soubry Kortrijk 151–100 Etzella Ettelbruck 77–49 74–51
Tirana 79–185 Târgovişte 44–76 35–109
Bellinzona walkover Nerike
ŁKS Łódź 150–154 Elitzur Holon 79–76 71–78
Student Skopje 137–172 Montana 81–99 56–73

Second qualifying round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Powerbasket Wels 141–202 Wuppertal 73–111 68–91
Soubry Kortrijk 153–166 Galatasaray 75–86 78–80
Târgovişte 136–144 Ježica Ljubljana 76–62 60–82
Nerike 116–163 Ružomberok 55–69 61–94
Elitzur Holon 147–139 Pécs 74–58 73–81
Montana 121–138 Dynamo Kyiv 57–82 64–56
Becej 111–162 Sporting Athens 58–75 53–87
Croatia Zagreb 117–113 USK Prague 70–56 47–57

Group stage

Group A

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1 Ružomberok 10 9 1 774 620
2 Godella 10 6 4 709 646
3 Dynamo Kyiv 10 6 4 644 620
4 Galatasaray 10 5 5 714 772
5 CSKA Moscow 10 3 7 771 786
6 Ježica Ljubljana 10 1 9 598 766

Group B

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1 Comense 10 9 1 744 651
2 Wuppertal 10 6 4 810 723
3 Bourges 10 5 5 697 643
4 Sporting Athens 10 5 5 738 718
5 Croatia Zagreb 10 4 6 687 737
6 Elitzur Holon 10 1 9 629 883

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd 3rd
Sporting Athens 1–2 Ružomberok 72–66 62–64 54–69
Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Wuppertal 62–75 58–80
Galatasaray 0–2 Comense 69–82 81–85
Bourges 2–0 Godella 88–78 72–62

Final four

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 March
 
 
Ružomberok67
 
21 March
 
Wuppertal84
 
Wuppertal 76
 
19 March
 
Comense 62
 
Comense62
 
 
Bourges54
 
Third place
 
 
21 March
 
 
Ružomberok65
 
 
Bourges59

Semifinals

19 March 1996
17:00 GTM+1
Ružomberok 67–84 Wuppertal
Scoring by half: 34-40, 33-44
Pts: Godályová 20
Rebs: Kovacová 11
Asts: Mozgovaya, Bieliková 4
Pts: Brondello 31
Rebs: Kehrenberg 7
Asts: Kehrenberg, Timms 4
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Sofia
Attendance: 1,600

19 March 1996
19:00 GTM+1
Comense 62–54 Bourges
Scoring by half: 26-21, 36-33
Pts: Gordon 20
Rebs: Mujanović 14
Asts: Pollini, Todeschini 2
Pts: Fijalkowski 12
Rebs: Kotočová 7
Asts: Kotočová, Souvré 2
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Sofia
Attendance: 2,000

Final

21 March 1996
Wuppertal 76–62 Comense
Scoring by half: 34-33, 42-29
Pts: Brondello 27
Rebs: Kremer 9
Asts: Timms 8
Pts: Fullin, Gordon, Todeschini 12
Rebs: Mujanović 12
Asts: Pollini 3
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Sofia
Attendance: 2,500

Individual statistics

Points

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Clarissa Davis Galatasaray 25.9
2. Cindy Brown Elitzur Holon 23.9
3. Elena Baranova CSKA Moscow 22.4
4. Sandra Brondello Wuppertal 21.8
5. Virginia Toler Sporting Athens 20.8

Rebounds

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Venus Lacy Sporting Athens 12.7
2. Elena Baranova CSKA Moscow 12.1
3. Cindy Brown Elitzur Holon 10.7
4. Daedra Charles Galatasaray 8.9
5. Andrea Congreaves Godella 8.8

Assists

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Svetlana Antipova CSKA Moscow 6.6
2. Virginia Toler Sporting Athens 5.7
3. Ludmila Konovalova CSKA Moscow 5.3
4. Michelle Timms Wuppertal 4.9
5. Iveta Bieliková Ružomberok 4.5

References

  1. ^ List of finals in FIBA Europe's website
  2. ^ Results in FIBA Europe's website