FIBA Euroleague 1996/1997

Euroleague 1997 - the fortieth draw of the strongest basketball club tournament in Europe among men's teams, in which 24 teams took part. The final was held in Rome on April 24, the Greek “Olympiacos” Piraeus won the title of the strongest for the first time. The tournament changed its name - instead of the European League, it became known as the Euroleague .

1st group stage

Group A

	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Zab	Etc	Time
one.	Olympia Milan	ten	7	3	775	727	+48
2.	CSKA Moscow	ten	6	four	761	734	+27
3.	Maccabi TA	ten	6	four	798	773	+26
four.	Ulker Istanbul	ten	four	6	780	767	+13
five.	Limoges	ten	four	6	731	723	+8
6.	Panionios Athens	ten	3	7	711	830	−119

Group B

	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Zab	Etc	Time
one.	Fortitudo Bologna	ten	7	3	773	742	+31
2.	Estudiantes Madrid	ten	6	four	798	821	-23
3.	Zibona Zagreb	ten	6	four	713	679	+34
four.	Alba Berlin	ten	6	four	755	723	+22
five.	Olympiacos Piraeus	ten	five	five	770	711	+59
6.	Charleroi	ten	0	ten	699	832	−133

Group C

	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Zab	Etc	Time
one.	Panathinaikos Athens	ten	eight	2	736	693	+43
2.	Olympia Ljubljana	ten	7	3	753	669	+84
3.	Villeurbanne	ten	7	3	738	718	+20
four.	Barcelona	ten	four	6	767	734	+33
five.	Split	ten	four	6	630	705	-75
6.	Bayer Leverkusen	ten	0	ten	704	809	−105

Group D

	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Zab	Etc	Time
one.	Ephesus Pilsen Istanbul	ten	eight	2	793	735	+58
2.	Partizan Belgrade	ten	6	four	777	762	+15
3.	Virtus Bologna	ten	five	five	798	773	+25
four.	Po-Ortez	ten	five	five	780	767	+13
five.	Cajasol seville	ten	four	6	731	723	+8
6.	Dynamo Moscow	ten	2	eight	711	830	−119

2nd group stage

Group E

	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Zab	Etc	Time
one.	Olympia Milan	sixteen	eleven	five	1234	1175	+59
2.	Alba Berlin	sixteen	ten	6	1193	1167	+26
3.	Olympiacos Piraeus	sixteen	9	7	1236	1131	+105
four.	Maccabi TA	sixteen	9	7	1209	1173	+36
five.	CSKA Moscow	sixteen	eight	eight	1178	1175	+3
6.	Charleroi	sixteen	one	15	1123	1297	−174

Group F

	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Zab	Etc	Time
one.	Fortitudo Bologna	sixteen	12	four	1262	1163	+99
2.	Zibona Zagreb	sixteen	ten	6	1166	1126	+40
3.	Estudiantes Madrid	sixteen	9	7	1309	1284	+25
four.	Limoges	sixteen	eight	eight	1226	1235	-9
five.	Ulker Istanbul	sixteen	five	eleven	1196	1243	+47
6.	Panionios Athens	sixteen	four	12	1162	1325	−163

Group G

	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Zab	Etc	Time
one.	Panathinaikos Athens	sixteen	13	3	1218	1134	+84
2.	Villeurbanne	sixteen	12	four	1225	1188	+37
3.	Olympia Ljubljana	sixteen	ten	6	1219	1119	+100
four.	Cajasol seville	sixteen	7	9	1203	1194	+9
five.	Po-Ortez	sixteen	6	ten	1240	1251	-eleven
6.	Dynamo Moscow	sixteen	3	13	1140	1310	−170

Group W

	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Zab	Etc	Time
one.	Ephesus Pilsen Istanbul	sixteen	12	four	1250	1156	+94
2.	Partizan Belgrade	sixteen	9	7	1257	1228	+29
3.	Barcelona	sixteen	eight	eight	1244	1225	+19
four.	Virtus Bologna	sixteen	7	9	1274	1259	+15
five.	Split	sixteen	7	9	1055	1124	-69
6.	Bayer Leverkusen	sixteen	2	14	1175	1312	−137

1/8 Finals

Team # 1	Series	Team # 2	1 game	2 game	3 game
Zibona Zagreb	12	Olympia Ljubljana	61-58	66-69	61-62
Olympia Milan	2 - 1	Virtus Bologna	67-59	76-83	78-76
Partizan Belgrade	12	Olympiacos Piraeus	71-81	61-60	69-74
Panathinaikos Athens	20	Limoges	68-67	70-55	-
Alba Berlin	0 - 2	Barcelona	77-95	62-72	-
Fortitudo Bologna	20	Cajasol seville	73-70	79-75	-
Villeurbanne	2 - 1	Estudiantes Madrid	97-74	77-79	75-71
Ephesus Pilsen Istanbul	2 - 1	Maccabi TA	76-67	65-78	84-69

1/4 Finals

Olympia Milan	12	Olympia Ljubljana	94-90	73-69	61-77
Panathinaikos Athens	0 - 2	Olympiacos Piraeus	49-69	57-65	-
Fortitudo Bologna	12	Barcelona	70-65	73-75	62-87
Ephesus Pilsen Istanbul	12	Villeurbanne	87-71	70-80	62-57

Final Four

1/2 finals			The final

April 22 , Rome
Olympia Ljubljana	65
Olympiacos Piraeus	74

			April 24th , Rome
			Olympiacos Piraeus	73
			Barcelona	58


			3rd place
April 22 , Rome		April 24th , Rome
Barcelona	77	Olympia Ljubljana	86
Villeurbanne	70		Villeurbanne	79

Winner

Euroleague Winner 1997
Olympiacos Piraeus 1st title

Links

Tournament official site