1995–96 FIBA European League
LeagueFIBA European League
SportBasketball
Regular Season
Top scorerUnited States Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid)
Final Four
ChampionsGreece Panathinaikos
  Runners-upSpain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Final Four MVPUnited States Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

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. The competition's Final Four was held at Paris.

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 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.

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
Group stage
Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (1st) France Olympique Antibes (1st) Greece Olympiacos (1st)
Second qualifying round
Spain Unicaja (2nd) Italy Buckler Beer Bologna (1st) Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) Turkey Ülker (1st)
Spain Real Madrid Teka (3rd) Italy Benetton Treviso (2nd) Portugal Benfica (1st)
Greece Panathinaikos (2nd) Croatia Cibona (1st) Russia CSKA Moscow (1st)
Greece Iraklis Aspis Pronoia (3rd) Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) Slovenia Smelt Olimpija (1st)
First qualifying round
Albania Dinamo Tirana (1st) Czech Republic Stavex Brno (1st) Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon (2nd) Slovakia Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (1st)
Austria Sankt Pölten (1st) England Sheffield Sharks (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris (1st) Sweden Alvik (1st)
Belgium Sunair Oostende (1st) Estonia Kalev (1st) Luxembourg Résidence (1st) Switzerland Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Čelik (1st) Finland Kouvot (1st) North Macedonia Rabotnički (1st) Ukraine Budivelnyk (1st)
Bulgaria Pleven (1st) France Pau-Orthez (2nd) Netherlands Rene Coltof Den Helder (1st) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan (1st)
Croatia Zrinjevac (2nd) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Poland Mazowzanka (1st)
Cyprus APOEL (1st) Hungary Danone-Honvéd (1st) Romania Forest Sibiu (1st)

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 139–178 Lithuania Žalgiris 70–78 69–100
Stavex Brno Czech Republic 175–186 Switzerland Fidefinanz Bellinzona 106–93 69–93
Kalev Estonia 174–138 Hungary Danone-Honvéd 78–57 96–81
Dinamo Tirana Albania 130–156 Romania Forest Sibiu 63–87 67–69
Sankt Pölten Austria 131–153 Cyprus APOEL 60–67 71–86
Čelik Bosnia and Herzegovina 136–142 Slovakia Baník Cígeľ Prievidza 68–71 68–71
Sunair Oostende Belgium 156–125 Sweden Alvik 79–61 77–64
Résidence Luxembourg 161–184 England Sheffield Sharks 79–99 82–85
Kouvot Finland 173–185 Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon 92–82 81–103
Rabotnički North Macedonia 134–147 Ukraine Budivelnyk 65–64 69–83
Mazowzanka Poland 147–167 Croatia Zrinjevac 79–74 68–93
Pleven Bulgaria 178–185 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 83–93 95–92
Rene Coltof Den Helder Netherlands 139–182 France Pau-Orthez 72–94 57–88

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris Lithuania 122–145 Greece Panathinaikos 56–59 66–86
Fidefinanz Bellinzona Switzerland 162–223 Russia CSKA Moscow 88–107 74–116
Kalev Estonia 148–172 Italy Buckler Beer Bologna 65–81 83–91
Forest Sibiu Romania 139–221 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 74–99 65–122
APOEL Cyprus 116–139 Croatia Cibona 70–82 46–57
Baník Cígeľ Prievidza Slovakia 162–184 Italy Benetton Treviso 87–91 75–93
Sunair Oostende Belgium 149–155 Turkey Ülker 74–69 75–86
Sheffield Sharks England 132–145 Spain Real Madrid Teka 57–67 75–78
Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel 137–176 Greece Iraklis Aspis Pronoia 83–91 54–76
Budivelnyk Ukraine 161–179 Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 98–77 63–102
Zrinjevac Croatia 136–165 Spain Unicaja 70–85 66–80
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 159–176 Portugal Benfica 64–64 95–112
Pau-Orthez France 193–146 Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 96–71 97–75

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
Key to colors
     Qualified to Playoff
     Eliminated

Group A

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Russia CSKA Moscow 142410411621081+81
2.Italy Benetton Treviso 142410411571096+61
3.Greece Olympiacos 142410411321046+86
4.Turkey Ülker 14206810781104+26
5.Spain Unicaja 14206811041081+23
6.France Olympique Antibes 14206811081169-61
7.Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14195910671112-45
8.Greece Iraklis Aspis Pronoia 14173119451064-119

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 142410411451077+68
2.Spain Real Madrid Teka 14239511081079+29
3.Greece Panathinaikos 14239510351007+28
4.France Pau-Orthez 14228611271092+35
5.Italy Buckler Beer Bologna 14206811811149+32
6.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14206811051143-38
7.Croatia Cibona 14206810111052-41
8.Portugal Benfica 141621210461159-113

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Pau-Orthez France 1–2 Russia CSKA Moscow 78–65 89–104 74–83
Panathinaikos Greece 2–1 Italy Benetton Treviso 70–67 69–83 65–64
Ülker Turkey 0–2 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 77–105 66–96
Olympiacos Greece 1–2 Spain Real Madrid Teka 68–49 77–80 65–80

Final four

Semifinals

April 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow Russia 71–81 Greece Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Spain 76–66 Spain Real Madrid Teka

3rd place game

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow Russia 74–73 Spain Real Madrid Teka

Final

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos Greece 67–66 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1995–96 FIBA European League Champions
Greece
Panathinaikos
1st Title

Final standings

Team
Greece Panathinaikos
SilverSpain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
BronzeRussia CSKA Moscow
Spain Real Madrid Teka

Awards

FIBA European League Top Scorer

FIBA European League Final Four MVP

FIBA European League Finals Top Scorer

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
Player Team Ref.
Russia Vasily KarasevCSKA Moscow[1]
Greece Fragiskos AlvertisPanathinaikos
Lithuania Artūras KarnišovasFC Barcelona Banca Catalana
United States Dominique Wilkins (MVP)Panathinaikos
Croatia Stojko VrankovićPanathinaikos

References

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