Rahul Sharma (Editor)

1995–96 FIBA European League

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Sport
  
Basketball

Runners-up
  
FC Barcelona

Finals champion
  
Panathinaikos B.C.

Champions
  
Panathinaikos

Champion
  
Panathinaikos B.C.

Final Four MVP
  
Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

Top scorer
  
Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid Baloncesto)

Similar
  
2001–02 Euroleague, 2003–04 Euroleague, 2002–03 Euroleague, 2006–07 Euroleague, 2009–10 Euroleague

The 1995–96 FIBA European League was the 39th installment of the top club competition for European basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 7, 1995, and ended on April 11, 1996. The Final Four was held at Paris.

Contents

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 was 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.

    • Second round

    Automatically qualified to the second round
  • FC Barcelona
  • Olympiacos
  • Olympique Antibes

    • 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

    Semifinals

    April 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

    3rd place game

    April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

    Final

    April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

    Final Four 1996 MVP

    Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

    References

    1995–96 FIBA European League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA