1995–96 FIBA European League

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. Panathinaikos B.C. became the first Greek team to lift the FIBA European League championship after beating FC Barcelona Banca Catalana by one point in the final match of the competition's Final Four, which was held at Paris.

The 1995–96 season saw the return of 1991-92 European League champion Partizan on the international scene, after three years ban of Yugoslav clubs due to UN embargo. However, Partizan was eliminated in the qualifying rounds.

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.

Country ranking For the 1995–1996 FIBA European League, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1992–93 to 1994–95. +Country ranking for 1995–1996 FIBA European LeagueRankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average1212340300284,002253322249,375274,793363173260265,334219123179173,67562,86706866,95658,33736966,787374510361,67866486158,3392472,527,541,331051372437,331112105927,001292125,8318,611315,33132718,441413131112,33155,337,51810,28164,5418,338,941702068,6718698,57,83190108,336,11201124,675,892132125,67226295,67RankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average237,55,671,334,83245,335,3334,5525164,673,89264222,67270,37162,46283,51,6722,39290,674,1722,28301,672,332,52,1731203,331,783210,6721,22330,332,50,21,013410,331,671,00350020,67360,40,500,30370,4000,133800,20,20,1339000,20,074000,200,074100,200,07420,2000,0743 (banned)0000

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

TH: Title holder. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs.

Group stage FCB Banca Catalana (1st) Olympiacos (1st) Olympique Antibes (1st) Second round Unicaja (2nd) Buckler Beer Bologna (1st) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) Benfica (1st) Real Madrid Teka (3rd)TH Benetton Treviso (2nd) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) Panathinaikos (2nd) Cibona (1st) Smelt Olimpija (1st) Iraklis Aspis Pronoia (3rd) Ülker Genclik (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st) First round Pau-Orthez (2nd) Mazowzanka (1st) APOEL (1st) Vita Tbilisi (1st) Zrinjevac (2nd) Rabotnički (1st) UKJ SUBA Sankt Pölten (1st) Dinamo Tirana (1st) Hapoel Galil Elyon (2nd) Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st) Résidence (1st) Kalev Tallinn (1st) Sunair Oostende (1st) Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (1st) Alvik (1st) Zenica Metalno (1st) Budivelnyk (1st) CSU Forest Sibiu (1st) Kouvot (1st) Partizan Inex (1st) Stavex Brno (1st) Žalgiris (1st) Sheffield Sharks (1st) Danone-Honvéd (1st) Plama Pleven (1st) Rene Coltof Den Helder (1st)

First round

Second round

Group 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

+ Key to colors Qualified to Playoff Eliminated

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. CSKA Moscow 14 24 10 4 1162 1081 +81 2. Benetton Treviso 14 24 10 4 1157 1096 +61 3. Olympiacos 14 24 10 4 1132 1046 +86 4. Ülker 14 20 6 8 1078 1104 +26 5. Unicaja 14 20 6 8 1104 1081 +23 6. Olympique Antibes 14 20 6 8 1108 1169 -61 7. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 19 5 9 1067 1112 -45 8. Iraklis Aspis Pronoia 14 17 3 11 945 1064 -119 Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 24 10 4 1145 1077 +68 2. Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1108 1079 +29 3. Panathinaikos 14 23 9 5 1035 1007 +28 4. Pau-Orthez 14 22 8 6 1127 1092 +35 5. Buckler Beer Bologna 14 20 6 8 1181 1149 +32 6. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 20 6 8 1105 1143 -38 7. Cibona 14 20 6 8 1011 1052 -41 8. Benfica 14 16 2 12 1046 1159 -113

Quarterfinals

Final four

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

1995–96 FIBA European League Champions Panathinaikos 1st Title

Final standings Team Panathinaikos FC Barcelona Banca Catalana CSKA Moscow Real Madrid Teka

Awards FIBA European League Top Scorer Joe Arlauckas ( Real Madrid Teka)

FIBA European League Final Four MVP Dominique Wilkins ( Panathinaikos)

FIBA European League Finals Top Scorer Artūras Karnišovas ( FC Barcelona Banca Catalana)

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team FIBA European League All-Final Four TeamPlayerTeamRef. Vasily Karasev CSKA Moscow Fragiskos Alvertis Panathinaikos Artūras Karnišovas FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Dominique Wilkins (MVP) Panathinaikos Stojko Vranković Panathinaikos

1995–96 FIBA European League

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