1996–97 FIBA EuroCup

1996–97 FIBA EuroCup
1996–97 FIBA EuroCup
League	FIBA EuroCup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Real Madrid Teka
Runners-up	Mash Jeans Verona
Finals MVP	Alberto Herreros
FIBA EuroCup seasons
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup was the thirty-first edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. it occurred between September 17, 1996, and April 15, 1997. The competition was won by Real Madrid Teka, who beat Mash Jeans Verona, by a score of 78–64 in the final.

Competition system

48 teams (national domestic cup champions, plus the best qualified teams from the most important European national domestic leagues), entered a preliminary group stage, divided into eight groups of six teams each, and played a round-robin. The final standings were 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 qualified for a 1/16 Final Playoff (X-pairings, home and away games), where the winners advanced further to 1/8 Finals, 1/4 Finals, and 1/2 Final.
The Final was played at a predetermined venue.

Country ranking

For the 1996–1997 FIBA EuroCup, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1995–96.^[1]

Country ranking for 1996–1997 EuroCup

Rank	Country	Points	Teams	Notes
1	Spain	321.667	2
2	Greece	299.667
3	Italy	216.667
4	France	123.238
5	Turkey	93.333
6	Russia	66
7	Croatia	63
8	Germany	61.389
9	Israel	50.905
10	Slovenia	41.333
11	Belgium	29
12	Yugoslavia	26
13	Portugal	24.5
14	Lithuania	19		-1, Atletas withdrew
15	Ukraine	15.389
16	Poland	12.111
17	Macedonia	11.778	1	+1, MZT got wild card
18	Hungary	10.5
19	Slovakia	8.889

Rank	Country	Points	Teams	Notes
20	Czech Republic	8.389	1
21	Austria	6.556
22	Switzerland	6.056		-1, Monthey withdrew
23	England	5.389
24	Cyprus	5		+1, Achilleas got wild card
25	Sweden	4.722
26	Bulgaria	4
27	Latvia	3.667
28	Romania	2.778
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.5
30	Luxembourg	2.167		-1, Hiefenech withdrew
31	Netherlands	1.944
32	Georgia	1.833
33	Finland	1.667	0	+1, Torpan Pojat got wild card
34	Estonia	1.5
35	Albania	1.444
36	Iceland	0.889
37	Belarus	0.278
38	Denmark	0.167

Team allocation

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

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after Regular season or eventual Playoffs
CW: Cup winners
WC: Wild card

Regular season
TDK Manresa (CW)	Zagreb (5th)	Porto (1st)	UKJ SÜBA Sankt Pölten (1st)
Real Madrid Teka (5th)	Zadar (9th)	Benfica (CW)	London Towers (CW)
Dexim Apollon Patras (8th)	Ratiopharm Ulm (CW)	Budivelnyk (1st)	APOEL (1st)
Iraklis (9th)	SSV Brandt Hagen (6th)	Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)	Achilleas Kaimakli (WC)
Scavolini Pesaro (7th)	Hapoel Jerusalem (CW)	Śląsk Wrocław (1st)	New Wave Sharks (1st)
Mash Jeans Verona (10th)	Hapoel Galil Elyon (3rd)	WTK Nobiles Włocławek (CW)	Plama Pleven (1st)
Olympique Antibes (4th)	Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela (CW)	Rabotnički (1st)	Rīgas ASK (1st)
PSG Racing Basket (5th)	Bavaria Wolltex Maribor (7th)	MZT Skopje (WC)	Universitatea Cluj (1st)
Fenerbahçe (3rd)	Sunair Oostende (2nd)	Žalgiris (1st)	Sloboda Dita (CW)
Türk Telekom PTT (8th)	AST Gent	Marc-Körmend (1st)	Libertel EBBC (1st)
Avtodor Saratov (3rd)	BFC Beočin (2nd)	AŠK Inter Slovnaft (1st)	Vita Tbilisi (1st)
Akvarius Volgograd (4th)	Budućnost (CW)	Stavex Brno (1st)	Torpan Pojat (WC)

Preliminary group stage

Key to colors
	Qualified to Round of 32
	Eliminated

Group A

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Fenerbahçe	10	18	8	2	883	792	+91
2.	Rīgas ASK	10	16	6	4	943	896	+47
3.	Nobiles Włocławek	10	16	6	4	853	864	−11
4.	Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	10	15	5	5	835	851	−16
5.	Scavolini Pesaro	10	14	4	6	831	847	−16
6.	Rabotnički	10	11	1	9	776	871	−95

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Žalgiris	10	17	7	3	733	627	+106
2.	Zagreb	10	17	7	3	755	709	+46
3.	Olympique Antibes	10	16	6	4	724	709	+15
4.	Bavaria Wolltex	10	15	5	5	764	764	0
5.	SÜBA Sankt Pölten	10	14	4	6	738	741	−3
6.	Sloboda Dita	10	11	1	9	679	843	−64

Group C

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Real Madrid Teka	10	17	7	3	815	715	+100
2.	Ratiopharm Ulm	10	15	5	5	875	844	+31
3.	Benfica	10	15	5	5	799	790	+9
4.	MZT Skopje	10	15	5	5	778	814	−36
5.	Hapoel Galil Elyon	10	14	4	6	823	840	−17
6.	Plama Pleven	10	14	4	6	892	979	−87

Group D

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Porto	10	20	10	0	866	721	+145
2.	PSG Racing Basket	10	17	7	3	872	697	+175
3.	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	17	7	3	851	806	+45
4.	Brandt Hagen	10	14	4	6	768	794	−26
5.	New Wave Sharks	10	11	1	9	731	865	−134
6.	APOEL	10	11	1	9	626	831	−205

Group E

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Iraklis	10	18	8	2	914	775	+139
2.	Śląsk Wrocław	10	17	7	3	853	811	+42
3.	AST Gent	10	16	6	4	803	770	+33
4.	Zadar	10	16	6	4	817	810	+7
5.	Libertel EBBC	10	13	3	7	847	895	−48
6.	Achilleas Kaimakli	10	10	0	10	760	933	−173

Group F

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Dexim Apollon Patras	10	18	8	2	924	761	+163
2.	Budivelnyk	10	18	8	2	849	718	+131
3.	Sunair Oostende	10	17	7	3	825	701	+124
4.	Stavex Brno	10	14	4	6	822	815	+7
5.	Akvarius Volgograd	10	13	3	7	760	878	−118
6.	Universitatea Cluj	10	10	0	10	702	1009	−307

Group G

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Avtodor Saratov	10	19	9	1	871	810	+61
2.	TDK Manresa	10	16	6	4	853	766	+87
3.	Torpan Pojat	10	16	6	4	858	808	+50
4.	BFC Beočin	10	16	6	4	809	738	+71
5.	Shakhtar Donetsk	10	12	2	8	788	922	−134
6.	Inter Slovnaft	10	11	1	9	755	890	−135

Group H

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Mash Jeans Verona	10	18	8	2	816	700	+116
2.	Türk Telekom PTT	10	17	7	3	750	711	+39
3.	Marc-Körmend	10	16	6	4	828	825	+3
4.	London Towers	10	14	4	6	713	731	−18
5.	Budućnost	10	13	3	7	803	809	−6
6.	Vita Tbilisi	10	12	2	8	729	863	−134

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bavaria Wolltex	143–155	Fenerbahçe	67–69	76–86
Olympique Antibes	155–161	Rīgas ASK	75–75	80–86
Nobiles Włocławek	167–164	Zagreb	84–79	83–85
Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	147–149	Žalgiris	71–76	76–73
Brandt Hagen	151–184	Real Madrid Teka	71–98	80–86
Hapoel Jerusalem	186–177	Ratiopharm Ulm	99–97	87–80
Benfica	149–161	PSG Racing Basket	63–81	86–80
MZT Skopje	147–149	Porto	73–69	74–80
Stavex Brno	147–154	Iraklis	86–78	61–76
Sunair Oostende	134–150	Śląsk Wrocław	66–62	68–88
AST Gent	124–171	Budivelnyk	65–70	59–101
Zadar	120–157	Dexim Apollon Patras	56–75	64–82
London Towers	138–143	Avtodor Saratov	70–75	68–68
Marc-Körmend	162–166	TDK Manresa	83–77	79–89
Torpan Pojat	171–180	Türk Telekom PTT	82–84	89–96
BFC Beočin	161–168	Mash Jeans Verona	73–74	88–94

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Jerusalem	148–147	Fenerbahçe	91–78	57–69
PSG Racing Basket	137–134	Žalgiris	60–58	77–76
Rīgas ASK	171–182	Real Madrid Teka	83–98	88–84
Nobiles Włocławek	156–176	Porto	91–81	65–95
TDK Manresa	132–140	Iraklis	74–79	58–61
Türk Telekom PTT	155–140	Dexim Apollon Patras	89–73	66–67
Śląsk Wrocław	194–189	Avtodor Saratov	90–94	104–95
Budivelnyk	153–180	Mash Jeans Verona	80–90	73–90

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Jerusalem	126–133	Iraklis	68–63	58–70
Türk Telekom PTT	122–184	PSG Racing Basket	72–92	50–92
Real Madrid Teka	205–157	Śląsk Wrocław	112–66	93–91
Mash Jeans Verona	168–138	Porto	96–78	72–60

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mash Jeans Verona	152–138	Iraklis	96–62	56–76
Real Madrid Teka	120–113	PSG Racing Basket	62–57	58–56

Final

April 15, Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mash Jeans Verona	64–78	Real Madrid Teka

1996–97 FIBA EuroCup Champions
Real Madrid Teka 4th title

Awards

FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP

Alberto Herreros ( Real Madrid Teka)

External links

[1] "Linguasport – FIBA Country Ranking (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

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