FINALS
FINAL FOUR: Rome, Italy
FINAL: Olympiacos SFP Pireus - FC Barcelona 73-58 (31-29)
Olympiacos: Franko Nakic 26pts+6reb+3ast+3stl, Georgios Sigalas 7pts+4reb+2ast+1stl+1blk, Franko Nakic -pts+2reb, Dragan Tarlac 11pts+14reb+1ast+1stl+3blk, Panagiotis Fassoulas 6pts+4reb+1ast+1stl+2blk; Efthymis Bakatsias 1pt+1stl, Dimitris Papanikolaou 11pts+4reb+1stl, Nassos Galakteros, Milan Tomic 9pts+4reb+1ast, Christian Welp 2pts+1reb+1ast
FC Barcelona: Arturas Karnisovas 6pts+4reb+7ast+2stl, Xavi Fernandez -pts+1reb, Arturas Karnisovas 14pts+4reb+1stl, Andres Jimenez 16pts+9reb+2ast+2stl, Ramon Rivas 6pts+4reb+1ast; Rafael Jofresa 9pts+2reb+1ast, Roger Esteller 3pts+1ast, Quique Andreu 2pts+1stl, Manel Bosch -pts+2reb, Roberto Duenas 2pts+2blk
Final Four MVP: David Rivers of Olympiacos
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
David Rivers of Olympiacos
Dimitrios Papanikolaou of Olympiacos
Brian Howard of ASVEL
Andres Jimenez of FC Barcelona
Dragan Tarlac of Olympiacos
THIRD PLACE: Olimpija Ljubljana - ASVEL Lyon 86-79 (54-35)
Olimpija: M. Milic 17, I. Jurkovic 14, D. Hauptman 12, M. Kraljevic 11, A. McDonald 10, M. Tusek 9, R. Horvat 5, D. Henrie 5, V. Stepania 2, J. Daneu 1. Head coach: Zmago Sagadin
Asvel: A. Digbeu 22, B. Joward 20, J. Nebot 10, D. Rudd 8, G. Adams 5, K. Ouattara 4, R. Smith 4, O. Bourgain 2, L. Pluvy 2, R. Rippert 2. Head coach: Greg Beugnot
SEMIFINALS
Olympiacos SFP Pireus - Olimpija Ljubljana 74-65 (37-32)
Olympiacos: D. Rivers 28, F. Nakic 10, D. Tarlac 10, M. Tomic 8, G. Sigalas 7, P. Fassoulas 6, D. Papanikolaou 5, C. Welp, N. Galakteros, E. Bakatsias. Head coach: Dusan Ivkovic
Olimpija: V. Stepania 12, J. Daneu 11, D. Hauptman 10, M. Tusek 7, A. McDonald 7, D. Henrie 6, M. Milic 5, R. Horvat 4, R. Nesterovic 3, M. Kraljevic. Head coach: Zmago Sagadin
FC Barcelona - ASVEL Lyon 77-70 (38-36)
Barcelona: A. Djordjevic 17, A. Jimenez 16, X. Fernandez 14, A. Karnisovas 9, R. Rivas 7, R. Esteller 6, E. Andreu 4, R. Jofresa 2, R. Duenas 2, M. Bosch. Head coach: Aito G. Reneses
Asvel: B. Howard 20, D. Rudd 20, A. Digbeu 9, R. Rippet 9, G. Adams 9, R. Smith 3, K. Ouattara, O. Bourgain, L. Pluvy, J. Nebot. Head coach: Greg Beugnot
QUARTERFINALS
Stefanel Milano - Smelt Olimpija 1-2 (94-90, 69-73 and 61-77)
Teamsystem Bologna - FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1-2 (70-65, 73-75 and 62-87)
Efes Pilsen - ASVEL 1-2 (87-71, 70-80 and 57-62)
Panathinaikos - Olympiacos 0-2 (49-69 and 57-65)
1/8 FINALS
Cibona - Smelt Olimpija 1-2 (61-58, 66-69 and 61-62)
Stefanel Milano - Kinder Bologna 2-1 (67-59, 76-83 and 78-76)
Partizan - Olympiacos 1-2 (71-81, 61-60 and 69-74)
Panathinaikos - Limoges CSP 2-0 (68-67 and 70-55)
Alba Berlin - FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 0-2 (77-95 and 62-72)
Teamsystem Bologna - Caja San Fernando 2-0 (73-70 and 79-75)
ASVEL - Estudiantes Argentaria 2-1 (97-74, 77-79 and 75-71)
Efes Pilsen - Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 2-1 (76-67, 65-78 and 84-69)
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
GROUP E
Day 1 (9-01-1997) / Day 4 (6-02-1997)
Spirou BC - Stefanel Olimpia Milano 68-71 (39-33), 63-73 (27-38)
Olympiacos BC - CSKA 82-51 (35-33), 79-70 (41-30)
Alba Berlin BT - Maccabi Elite SC 70-65 (43-38), 62-78 (26-37)
Day 2 (16-01-1997) / Day 5 (13-02-1997)
Stefanel Olimpia Milano - Olympiacos BC 73-71 (39-38), 84-87 (39-51)
CSKA - Alba Berlin BT 67-69 (34-39), 76-78 (39-39)
Maccabi Elite SC - Spirou BC 87-70 (51-34), 82-90 (42-46)
Day 3 (23-01-1997) / Day 6 (20-02-1997)
Alba Berlin BT - Stefanel Olimpia Milano 68-78 (40-41), 91-80 (45-49)
Spirou BC - CSKA 67-72 (29-37) , 66-80 (32-45)
Olympiacos BC - Maccabi Elite SC 69-60 (29-33), 78-82 (44-44)
GROUP F
Day 1 (9-01-1997) / Day 4 (6-02-1997)
Panionios BC - Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna 72-88 (41-52), 58-94 (30-54)
Limoges CSP - CB Estudiantes 91-85 (38-39), 70-68 (29-38)
Ulker Genclik SK - KK Cibona 73-77 (35-44), 81-82 (28-37)
Day 2 (16-01-1997) / Day 5 (13-02-1997)
Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna - Limoges CSP 90-76 (47-28), 70-81 (43-33)
CB Estudiantes - Ulker Genclik SK 97-63 (48-29), 74-78 (32) (b-42)
KK Cibona - Panionios BC 85-58 (46-30), 76-84 (41-41)
Day 3 (23-01-1997) / Day 6 (20-02-1997)
Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna - Ulker Genclik SK 69-61 (35-36), 78-73 (40-46)
Panionios BC - CB Estudiantes 91-95 (47-54), 70-92 (31-44)
Limoges CSP - KK Cibona 85-61 (45-31), 66-72 (28-37)
GROUP G
Day 1 (9-01-1997) / Day 4 (6-02-1997)
MBK Dynamo - Panathinaikos BC 88-81 (46-43), 67-71 (38-33)
CB Caja San Fernando - KK Smelt Olimpija 81-76 (34-37) , 70-67 (40-35)
EB Pau-Orthez - ASVEL Basket 95-97 (50-45) , 65-67 (37-37)
Day 2 (16-01-1997) / Day 5 (13-02-1997)
Panathinaikos BC - CB Caja San Fernando 90-71 (52-32) , 87-78 (51-47)
KK Smelt Olimpija - EB Pau-Orthez 96-86 (49-43) , 71-77 (29-43)
ASVEL Basket - MBK Dynamo 82-52 (39-27), 90-86 (39-45)
Day 3 (23-01-1997) / Day 6 (20-02-1997)
EB Pau-Orthez - Panathinaikos BC 66-78 (33-32) , 71-75 (41-31)
MBK Dynamo - KK Smelt Olimpija 64-76 (38-45) , 72-80 (41-42)
CB Caja San Fernando - ASVEL Basket 91-68 (40-38) , 81-83 (46-45)
GROUP H
Day 1 (9-01-1997) / Day 4 (6-02-1997)
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Efes Pilsen SK 72-73 (37-30) , 68-91 (36-42)
KK Croatia Osiguranje Split - KK Partizan 76-75 (47-40), 82-71 (27-34)
FC Barcelona - Kinder Virtus Bologna 73-72 (48-39), 103-92 (51-40)
Day 2 (16-01-1997) / Day 5 (13-02-1997)
Efes Pilsen SK - KK Croatia Osiguranje Split 74-64 (32-23) , 56-78 (27-36)
KK Partizan - FC Barcelona 91-87 (51-35) , 73-75 (28-38)
Kinder Virtus Bologna - TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 90-100 (41-53) , 79-85 (39-42)
Day 3 (23-01-1997) / Day 6 (20-02-1997)
FC Barcelona - Efes Pilsen SK 69-67 (36-30) , 70-96 (34-43)
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - KK Partizan 70-81 (29-41), 76-89 (36-44)
KK Croatia Osiguranje Split - Kinder Virtus Bologna 68-70 (32-35), 57-73 (23-40)
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A
Day 1 (19-09-1996) / Day 6 (7-11-1996)
Panionios BC [Athina] (GRE) - CSKA [Moscow] (RUS) 72-67 (37-30), 66-96 (38-52)
Limoges CSP (FRA) - Maccabi Elite SC [Tel-Aviv] (ISR) 62-69 (28-33), 77-69 (35-26)
Ulker Genclik SK [Istanbul] (TUR) - Stefanel Olimpia Milano (ITA) 67-73 (26-37), 65-67 (33-33)
Day 2 (26-09-1996) / Day 7 (14-11-1996)
Maccabi Elite SC - CSKA 77-78 (48-37), 80-89 (28-42)
Ulker Genclik SK - Panionios BC 87-69 (52-34), 71-84 (33-37)
Limoges CSP - Stefanel Olimpia Milano 74-85 (39-36), 66-79 (34-41)
Day 3 (3-10-1996) / Day 8 (21-11-1996)
CSKA - Ulker Genclik SK 71-76 (31-38), 76-73 (42-41)
Maccabi Elite SC - Stefanel Olimpia Milano 78-68 (39-36), 88-85 (54-40)
Panionios BC - Limoges CSP 92-77 (44-41) , 75-78 (40-40)
Day 4 (10-10-1996) / Day 9 (5-12-1996)
Stefanel Olimpia Milano - CSKA 87-74 (49-45), 55-70 (24-35)
Limoges CSP - Ulker Genclik SK 84-80 (54-41), 91-99 (34-36)
Panionios BC - Maccabi Elite SC 69-74 (34-44), 57-69 (28-39)
Day 5 (17-10-1996) / Day 10 (12-12-1996)
CSKA - Limoges CSP 74-65 (40-29), 66-83 (24-37)
Stefanel Olimpia Milano - Panionios BC 90-66 (49-46), 86-79 (38-35)
Ulker Genclik SK - Maccabi Elite SC 84-80 (36-39), 65-71 (36-32)
GROUP B
Day 1 (19-09-1996) / Day 6 (7-11-1996)
KK Cibona [Zagreb] (CRO) - CB Estudiantes [Madrid] (ESP) 81-66 (30-39), 77-78 (36-45)
Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna (ITA) - Spirou BC [Charleroi] (BEL) 87-78 (34-38), 78-61 (38-33)
Olympiacos BC [Peiraias] (GRE) - Alba Berlin BT (GER) 64-67 (38-32), 61-62 (29-31)
Day 2 (26-09-1996) / Day 7 (14-11-1996)
Spirou BC - KK Cibona 73-77 (40-31), 66-75 (35-32)
Alba Berlin BT - CB Estudiantes 78-79 (39-44), 75-82 (41-42)
Olympiacos BC - Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna 96-80 (54-42), 72-81 (37-25)
Day 3 (3-10-1996) / Day 8 (21-11-1996)
KK Cibona - Alba Berlin BT 78-68 (46-31), 71-79 (33-39)
Spirou BC - Olympiacos BC 72-79 (33-31) , 60-87 (29-50)
CB Estudiantes - Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna 66-75 (29-31), 86-100 (31-49)
Day 4 (10-10-1996) / Day 9 (5-12-1996)
Olympiacos BC - KK Cibona 62-61 (36-32), 61-63 (32-36)
Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna - Alba Berlin BT 82-72 (33-37) , 64-81 (28-46)
CB Estudiantes - Spirou BC 94-72 (44-32), 82-75 (35-34)
Day 5 (17-10-1996) / Day 10 (12-12-1996)
KK Cibona - Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna 64-72 (31-32) , 66-54 (28-24)
Olympiacos BC - CB Estudiantes 110-78 (53-46), 78-87 (40-35)
Alba Berlin BT - Spirou BC 94-73 (53-38) , 79-69 (35-45)
GROUP C
Day 1 (19-09-1996) / Day 6 (7-11-1996)
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) - ASVEL Basket [Villeurbanne] (FRA) 66-79 (30-36), 64-72 (32-39)
Panathinaikos BC [Athina] (GRE) - KK Smelt Olimpija [Ljubljana] (SLO) 75-67 (30-29) , 76-74 (35-48)
KK Croatia Osiguranje Split (CRO) - FC Barcelona (ESP) 65-75 (25-37) , 70-68 (32-40)
Day 2 (26-09-1996) / Day 7 (14-11-1996)
KK Smelt Olimpija - TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 86-70 (44-33) , 89-77 (38-33)
KK Croatia Osiguranje Split - ASVEL Basket 73-61 (29-30), 59-78 (24-40)
FC Barcelona - Panathinaikos BC 77-58 (39-29) , 75-79 (40-38)
Day 3 (3-10-1996) / Day 8 (21-11-1996)
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - KK Croatia Osiguranje Split 60-63 (33-28), 79-86 (37-37)
KK Smelt Olimpija - FC Barcelona 77-65 (44-33) , 71-70 (35-37)
Panathinaikos BC - ASVEL Basket 66-72 (29-42) , 80-74 (43-30)
Day 4 (10-10-1996) / Day 9 (5-12-1996)
FC Barcelona - TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 90-71 (41-28) , 79-71 (40-30)
Panathinaikos BC - KK Croatia Osiguranje Split 72-50 (30-23) , 65-58 (36-30)
ASVEL Basket - KK Smelt Olimpija 70-69 (37-45) , 60-73 (30-35)
Day 5 (17-10-1996) / Day 10 (12-12-1996)
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Panathinaikos BC 67-78 (35-36), 79-87 (37-45)
FC Barcelona - ASVEL Basket 78-81 (39-36) , 90-91 (35-32)
KK Croatia Osiguranje Split - KK Smelt Olimpija 53-66 (31-38), 53-81 (26-29)
GROUP D
Day 1 (19-09-1996) / Day 6 (7-11-1996)
Efes Pilsen SK [Istanbul] (TUR) - Kinder Virtus Bologna (ITA) 75-60 (35-33), 89-75 (40-45)
CB Caja San Fernando [Sevilla] (ESP) - KK Partizan [Beograd] (YUG) 72-67 (38-34) , 72-66 (33-30)
MBK Dynamo [Moscow] (RUS) - EB Pau-Orthez (FRA) 70-65 (34-28), 71-94 (29-46)
Day 2 (26-09-1996) / Day 7 (14-11-1996)
KK Partizan - Efes Pilsen SK 76-72 (35-40), 77-93 (36-49)
MBK Dynamo - Kinder Virtus Bologna 64-78 (39-42), 74-89 (40-45)
EB Pau-Orthez - CB Caja San Fernando 85-79 (42-37), 69-61 (35-37)
Day 3 (3-10-1996) / Day 8 (21-11-1996)
Efes Pilsen SK - MBK Dynamo 87-84 (55-40), 82-73 (47-41)
KK Partizan - EB Pau-Orthez 84-75 (40-39), 77-73 (34-40)
Kinder Virtus Bologna - CB Caja San Fernando 93-75 (53-40), 64-72 (37-30)
Day 4 (10-10-1996) / Day 9 (5-12-1996)
EB Pau-Orthez - Efes Pilsen SK 80-78 (34-37), 76-78 (37-25)
CB Caja San Fernando - MBK Dynamo 91-61 (43-30) , 75-79 (32) (b-36)
Kinder Virtus Bologna - KK Partizan 100-83 (45-43), 70-78 (35-44)
Day 5 (17-10-1996) / Day 10 (12-12-1996)
Efes Pilsen SK - CB Caja San Fernando 69-66 (37-35), 70-68 (42-31)
EB Pau-Orthez - Kinder Virtus Bologna 89-83 (45-35), 74-86 (38-43)
MBK Dynamo - KK Partizan 71-72 (42-37), 64-97 (27-47)



