1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup was the 25th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Turkish Efes Pilsen defeated the Italian Stefanel Milano in the final. This was the first time a Turkish team won the title.

Controversy Since Efes Pilsen's Istanbul Factory is in Bahçelievler district, the basketball team of Efes Pilsen is considered the team of Bahçelievler. Saffet Bulut, who was the mayor of Bahçelievler, promised Efes that if they brought the trophy to Turkey, he would erect a statue of the team's success in the most beautiful place in the district. After Efes Pilsen won the Korać Cup, the mayor decided to erect a statue symbolizing the victory. But the metropolitan municipality prevents the district municipality from erecting the statue. Two months later Saffet Bulut met with the Mayor of Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and asked him why the statue was removed. Erdoğan claimed that the statue was of a beer glass, hence an advertisement for Efes. The statue was erected later on and is now currently on Talat Pasha Boulevard.

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 Korać CupRankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average1212340300284,002253322249,375274,793363173260265,334219123179173,67562,86706866,95658,33736966,787374510361,67866486158,3392472,527,541,331051372437,331112105927,001292125,8318,611315,33132718,441413131112,33155,337,51810,28164,5418,338,941702068,6718698,57,83190108,336,11201124,675,892132125,67226295,67RankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average237,55,671,334,83245,335,3334,5525164,673,89264222,67270,37162,46283,51,6722,39290,674,1722,28301,672,332,52,1731203,331,783210,6721,22330,332,50,21,013410,331,671,00350020,67360,40,500,30370,4000,133800,20,20,1339000,20,074000,200,074100,200,07420,2000,0743 (banned)0000

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

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

Third round Stefanel Milano (4th) Alba Berlin (2nd)TH Second round TDK Manresa (4th) Panionios Afisorama (5th) Go Pass Verviers-Pepinster (4th) Hapoel Tel Aviv (4th) Amway Zaragoza (6th) Aris Moda Bagno (6th) Atletas (2nd) CSK VVS (3rd) Estudiantes Argentaria (7th) AEK (8th) Šilute (5th) Beira Mar Festina Andorra (8th) Fenerbahçe (2nd) Borovica (2nd) Mykolaiv (5th) Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna (3rd) Efes Pilsen (3rd) Vojvodina (6th) Cagiva Varese (5th) PTT (5th) Pitch Cholet (4th) Scavolini Pesaro (6th) Racing Antwerpen (3rd) SSV Brandt Hagen (4th) First round Croatia Osiguranje Split (3rd) Manchester Giants (6th) Slovakofarma Pezinok (2nd) BIPA-Moda Odesa (4th) Franck Dona (4th) Crystal Palace (WC) Chemosvit (3rd) Slask Wroclaw (6th) Slavonska Banka Osijek (5th) Bosna Ozeta Trenčín Stal Bobrek Bytom (7th) Kantrida (6th) Brotnjo AEK Larnaca (2nd) Šiauliai (4th) Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela (2nd) Cenex Sarajevo Keravnos (3rd) Savy Alytus (1st, LKAL)WC Bavaria Wolltex Maribor (3rd) Vitez Omonia Slavia Sofia (2nd) Satex Maribor (4th) PSG Racing Basket (6th) Astra Södertälje (3rd) Ficosota Shumen Litostroj Slovan (5th) ASVEL (7th) Plannja (4th) Crvena Zvezda (3rd) ZTE (2nd) JDA Dijon (8th) Borås (WC) BFC Beočin (4th) MOL Szolnoki Olaj (3rd) Avtodorozhnik (4th) UniVersa Bamberg (3rd) Soulis Sporting (7th) Albacomp Fehérvár (5th) Akvarius Volgograd (5th) Steiner Bayreuth (6th) Tofaş (4th) Atomerőmű (6th) Spartak Moscow (6th) Hapoel Holon (3rd) Sparta Bertrange UKJ Möllersdorf Traiskirchen (2nd) USK Trident Praha (3rd) Maccabi Rishon LeZion (5th) Vllaznia ABC Trodat Wels (3rd) Sparta Praha (5th) Spirou Charleroi (2nd) Grodno-93 (1st) Einkaufswelt Fürstenfeld (4th) Nova Hut Ostrava (6th) Belgacom Union Mons-Hainaut (6th) Floare Sparkasse Aflenz (5th) MZT Skopje Ovarense Aerosoles Aarhus Worthing Bears (4th) Nemetali Strumica Oliveirense London Towers (5th) Žito Veles Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd)

Notes

First round

Second round

Third round

Group stage + Key to colors Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Rosters Efes Pilsen: Petar Naumoski, Ufuk Sarica, Volkan Aydin, Conrad McRae, Tamer Oyguc (C); Murat Evliyaoglu, Mirsad Türkcan. Coach: Aydın Örs Stefanel Milano: Ferdinando Gentile (C), Dejan Bodiroga, Rolando Blackman, Gregor Fucka, Davide Cantarello; Alessandro De Pol, Flavio Portaluppi, Paolo Alberti. Coach: Bogdan Tanjević

1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup Champions Efes Pilsen 1st title

1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup

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