1995–96 FIBA European League

1995–96 FIBA European League
1995–96 FIBA European League
League	FIBA European League
Sport	Basketball
Regular Season
Top scorer	Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid)
Final Four
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Final Four MVP	Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)
FIBA European League seasons
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

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 edit

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 edit

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

First round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	139–178	Žalgiris	70–78	69–100
Stavex Brno	175–186	Fidefinanz Bellinzona	106–93	69–93
Kalev	174–138	Danone-Honvéd	78–57	96–81
Dinamo Tirana	130–156	Forest Sibiu	63–87	67–69
Sankt Pölten	131–153	APOEL	60–67	71–86
Čelik	136–142	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza	68–71	68–71
Sunair Oostende	156–125	Alvik	79–61	77–64
Résidence	161–184	Sheffield Sharks	79–99	82–85
Kouvot	173–185	Hapoel Galil Elyon	92–82	81–103
Rabotnički	134–147	Budivelnyk	65–64	69–83
Mazowzanka	147–167	Zrinjevac	79–74	68–93
Pleven	178–185	Partizan Inex	83–93	95–92
Rene Coltof Den Helder	139–182	Pau-Orthez	72–94	57–88

Second round edit

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

Group stage edit

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 edit

	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 edit

	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 edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Pau-Orthez	1–2	CSKA Moscow	78–65	89–104	74–83
Panathinaikos	2–1	Benetton Treviso	70–67	69–83	65–64
Ülker	0–2	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	77–105	66–96
Olympiacos	1–2	Real Madrid Teka	68–49	77–80	65–80

Final four edit

Semifinals edit

April 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

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

3rd place game edit

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

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

Final edit