Sport Basketball Runners-up FC Barcelona Finals champion Olympiacos B.C. | Champions Olympiacos Champion Olympiacos B.C. | |
Final Four MVP David Rivers (Olympiacos) Top scorer Carlton Myers (Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna) Similar 2001–02 Euroleague, 2003–04 Euroleague, 2002–03 Euroleague, 2006–07 Euroleague, 2009–10 Euroleague | ||
The 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague was the 40th installment of the top club competition for European basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It was organized by FIBA Europe. It began on September 19, 1996, and ended on April 24, 1997. The Final Four was held at Rome.
Contents
It was the first season of the competition, that took place under the name of EuroLeague.
Competition system
Second round
(The individual scores and standings of the First stage are accumulated in the Second stage)
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
Semifinals
April 22, Palaeur, Rome
3rd place game
April 24, Palaeur, Rome
Final
April 24, Palaeur, Rome
Final Four 1997 MVP
David Rivers (Olympiacos)
References
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA