1995–96 FIBA European League
1995–96 FIBA European League | |
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League | FIBA European League |
Sport | Basketball |
Regular Season | |
Top scorer | ![]() |
Final Four | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Final Four MVP | ![]() |
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 qualiying 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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]
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Team allocation
[edit]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.
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First round | |||
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First round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() |
139–178 | ![]() |
70–78 | 69–100 |
Stavex Brno ![]() |
175–186 | ![]() |
106–93 | 69–93 |
Kalev ![]() |
174–138 | ![]() |
78–57 | 96–81 |
Dinamo Tirana ![]() |
130–156 | ![]() |
63–87 | 67–69 |
Sankt Pölten ![]() |
131–153 | ![]() |
60–67 | 71–86 |
Čelik ![]() |
136–142 | ![]() |
68–71 | 68–71 |
Sunair Oostende ![]() |
156–125 | ![]() |
79–61 | 77–64 |
Résidence ![]() |
161–184 | ![]() |
79–99 | 82–85 |
Kouvot ![]() |
173–185 | ![]() |
92–82 | 81–103 |
Rabotnički ![]() |
134–147 | ![]() |
65–64 | 69–83 |
Mazowzanka ![]() |
147–167 | ![]() |
79–74 | 68–93 |
Plama Pleven ![]() |
178–185 | ![]() |
83–93 | 95–92 |
Rene Coltof Den Helder ![]() |
139–182 | ![]() |
72–94 | 57–88 |
Second round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Žalgiris ![]() |
122–145 | ![]() |
56–59 | 66–86 |
Fidefinanz Bellinzona ![]() |
162–223 | ![]() |
88–107 | 74–116 |
Kalev ![]() |
148–172 | ![]() |
65–81 | 83–91 |
Forest Sibiu ![]() |
139–221 | ![]() |
74–99 | 65–122 |
APOEL ![]() |
116–139 | ![]() |
70–82 | 46–57 |
Baník Cígeľ Prievidza ![]() |
162–184 | ![]() |
87–91 | 75–93 |
Sunair Oostende ![]() |
149–155 | ![]() |
74–69 | 75–86 |
Sheffield Sharks ![]() |
132–145 | ![]() |
57–67 | 75–78 |
Hapoel Galil Elyon ![]() |
137–176 | ![]() |
83–91 | 54–76 |
Budivelnyk ![]() |
161–179 | ![]() |
98–77 | 63–102 |
Zrinjevac ![]() |
136–165 | ![]() |
70–85 | 66–80 |
Partizan Inex ![]() |
159–176 | ![]() |
64–64 | 95–112 |
Pau-Orthez ![]() |
193–146 | ![]() |
96–71 | 97–75 |
Group stage
[edit]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
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Eliminated |
Group A[edit]
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Group B[edit]
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Quarterfinals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Pau-Orthez ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
78–65 | 89–104 | 74–83 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
70–67 | 69–83 | 65–64 |
Ülker ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
77–105 | 66–96 | |
Olympiacos ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
68–49 | 77–80 | 65–80 |
Final four
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]April 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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CSKA Moscow ![]() |
71–81 | ![]() |
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ![]() |
76–66 | ![]() |
3rd place game
[edit]April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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CSKA Moscow ![]() |
74–73 | ![]() |
Final
[edit]April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Panathinaikos ![]() |
67–66 | ![]() |
1995–96 FIBA European League Champions |
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Final standings
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Awards
[edit]FIBA European League All-Final Four Team | |||
Player | Team | Ref. | |
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CSKA Moscow | [2] | |
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Panathinaikos | ||
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FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | ||
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Panathinaikos | ||
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Panathinaikos |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "FIBA Ranking System". 2009-11-21. Archived from the original on 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
- ^ Champions Cup 1995–96.