1996 FIBA European League Final Four

The 1996 FIBA European League Final Four, or 1996 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, was the 1995–96 season's FIBA European League Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe. Panathinaikos won its first title, after defeating Barcelona in the final game.

1996 FIBA European League Final Four

Tournament details
Arena	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Paris,  France
Dates	April 1996
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (1st title)
Runners-up	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Third place	CSKA Moscow
Fourth place	Real Madrid Teka
Awards and statistics
MVP	Dominique Wilkins
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Main article: 1995–96 FIBA European League

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	CSKA Moscow	71
	Panathinaikos	81
					Panathinaikos	67
					FCB Banca Catalana	66
	FCB Banca Catalana	76
	Real Madrid Teka	66
					Third place
					CSKA Moscow	74
					Real Madrid Teka	73

Semifinals

CSKA Moscow – Panathinaikos

9 April 1996 19:00

Boxscore

CSKA Moscow	71–81	Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 33–36, 38–45
Pts: Karasev 23 Rebs: Nwosu 13 Asts: Karasev 9		Pts: Wilkins 35 Rebs: Vranković 12 Asts: Oikonomou 5

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana – Real Madrid Teka

9 April 1996 21:00

Boxscore

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	76–66	Real Madrid Teka
Scoring by half: 34–38, 42–28
Pts: Karnišovas 24 Rebs: Godfread 7 Asts: Karnišovas 6		Pts: Arlauckas 22 Rebs: Smith 6 Asts: Santos 5

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), José Araujo (POR)

Third place game

11 April 1996 19:00

Boxscore

CSKA Moscow	74–73	Real Madrid Teka
Scoring by half: 34–35, 40–38
Pts: Vētra 22 Rebs: Panov 8 Asts: Karasev 8		Pts: Savić 22 Rebs: Savić 9 Asts: Antúnez 7

Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), José Araujo (POR)

Final

11 April 1996 21:00

Boxscore

Panathinaikos	67–66	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Scoring by half: 35–25, 32–41
Pts: Alvertis 17 Rebs: Wilkins 10 Asts: Oikonomou 5		Pts: Karnišovas 23 Rebs: Karnišovas 8 Asts: Karnišovas 6

Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

Panathinaikos

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Starters: P R A PG 10 Panagiotis Giannakis 9 2 4 SG 4 Fragiskos Alvertis 17 3 2 SF 12 Dominique Wilkins 16 10 1 PF 8 Nikos Oikonomou 10 6 5 C 11 Stojko Vranković 0 9 1 Reserves: P R A SG 6 Vangelis Vourtzoumis 2 0 1 PG 9 Jon Korfas 4 0 0 PF 15 Tzanis Stavrakopoulos 9 3 0 Head coach: Božidar Maljković

1995–96 FIBA European League Champions Panathinaikos First title

Starters: P R A PG 5 José Luis Galilea 10 1 5 SG 9 Xavi Fernández 15 3 0 SF 14 Artūras Karnišovas 23 8 6 PF 4 Andrés Jiménez 9 2 1 C 6 Dan Godfread 9 5 1 Reserves: P R A SF 10 José Antonio Montero 0 0 2 PG 11 Salva Díez 0 1 2 PF 12 Manel Bosch 0 2 1 C 13 Ferran Martínez 0 2 0 Head coach: Aíto García Reneses

Final standings

	Team
1.	Panathinaikos
2.	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
3.	CSKA Moscow
4.	Real Madrid Teka

Awards

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 Team
Player	Team	Ref.
Vasily Karasev	CSKA Moscow	[1]
Fragiskos Alvertis	Panathinaikos
Artūras Karnišovas	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Dominique Wilkins (MVP)	Panathinaikos
Stojko Vranković	Panathinaikos

References

1. Champions Cup 1995–96.

External links

• 1995–96 EuroLeague at FIBAEurope.com
• Linguasport