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.

1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Efes Pilsen
Runners-up	Stefanel Milano

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Country ranking for 1995–1996 FIBA Korać Cup

Rank Country 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 Average 1  Spain 212 340 300 284,00 2  Greece 253 322 249,375 274,79 3  Italy 363 173 260 265,33 4  France 219 123 179 173,67 5  Croatia 62,86 70 68 66,95 6  Turkey 58,33 73 69 66,78 7  Germany 37 45 103 61,67 8  Israel 66 48 61 58,33 9  Slovenia 24 72,5 27,5 41,33 10  Belgium 51 37 24 37,33 11  Russia 12 10 59 27,00 12  Portugal 9 21 25,83 18,61 13  Ukraine 15,33 13 27 18,44 14  Czech Republic 13 13 11 12,33 15  Hungary 5,33 7,5 18 10,28 16  Poland 4,5 4 18,33 8,94 17 Macedonia 0 20 6 8,67 18  Switzerland 6 9 8,5 7,83 19  Slovakia 0 10 8,33 6,11 20  Romania 11 2 4,67 5,89 21  Lithuania 3 2 12 5,67 22  Latvia 6 2 9 5,67

Rank Country 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 Average 23  Bulgaria 7,5 5,67 1,33 4,83 24  Cyprus 5,33 5,33 3 4,55 25  Austria 1 6 4,67 3,89 26  Luxembourg 4 2 2 2,67 27  Sweden 0,37 1 6 2,46 28  Finland 3,5 1,67 2 2,39 29  England 0,67 4,17 2 2,28 30  Netherlands 1,67 2,33 2,5 2,17 31  Georgia 2 0 3,33 1,78 32  Albania 1 0,67 2 1,22 33  Iceland 0,33 2,5 0,2 1,01 34  Estonia 1 0,33 1,67 1,00 35  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 2 0,67 36  Belarus 0,4 0,5 0 0,30 37  Armenia 0,4 0 0 0,13 38  Moldova 0 0,2 0,2 0,13 39  Denmark 0 0 0,2 0,07 40  Ireland 0 0,2 0 0,07 41  Wales 0 0,2 0 0,07 42  Malta 0,2 0 0 0,07 43  Yugoslavia (banned) 0 0 0 0

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)[Note BEL]	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

1. ^
   Belgium: Basketball clubs Sobabee Antwerp and Racing Club Mechelen merged in 1995, creating new club Racing Basket Antwerpen which took Mechelen's place in the competition.^[3]

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Plannja	160–174	Avtodorozhnik	82–87	78–87
Šiauliai	165–163	Slask Wroclaw	100–88	65–75
Möllersdorf Traiskirchen	142–196	BFC Beočin	75–87	67–109
Brotnjo	184–176	Sparkasse Aflenz	88–79	96–97
Ovarense Aerosoles	148–168	Spirou Charleroi	82–82	66–86
Nemetali Strumica	116–149	Atomerőmű	63–71	53–78
Ozeta Trenčín	127–164	Belgacom Union Mons	59–61	68–103
Soulis Sporting	161–145	AEK Larnaca	77–61	84–84
Savy Alytus	40–0	Spartak Moscow	20–0	20–0
Floare	132–150	Ficosota Shumen	71–65	61–85
Vitez	120–234	Kantrida	56–125	64–109
Bosna	0–40	Croatia Osiguranje Split	0–20	0–20
Vllaznia	119–183	Žito	53–90	66–93
Keravnos	185–192	Slavia Sofia	86–69	99–123
Slovakofarma Pezinok	197–208	Aarhus	95–113	102–95
BIPA-Moda Odesa	150–167	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	87–78	63–89
Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	164–146	Albacomp Fehérvár	90–72	74–74
Slavonska Banka Osijek	137–121	Chemosvit	70–59	67–62
Nova Hut Ostrava	151–172	UniVersa Bamberg	81–88	70–84
Omonia	163–170	Hapoel Holon	82–76	81–94
ZTE	158–173	Bavaria Wolltex	63–83	95–90
Akvarius Volgograd	150–145	Crvena Zvezda	74–67	76–78
ASVEL	177–161	Manchester Giants	83–76	94–85
Einkaufswelt Fürstenfeld	167–155	Sparta Bertrange	90–72	77–83
Grodno-93	128–168	Stal Bobrek Bytom	73–83	55–83
Shakhtar Donetsk	152–121	Astra Södertälje	66–41	86–80
Cenex	0–40	MOL Szolnoki Olaj	0–20	0–20
MZT Skopje	161–158	Franck Dona	81–64	80–94
Borås	154–149	Crystal Palace	96–77	58–72
Litostroj Slovan	157–171	Steiner Bayreuth	86–83	71–88
Satex Maribor	141–152	Tofaş	71–76	70–76
London Towers	147–145	PSG Racing Basket	68–57	79–88
Oliveirense	177–175	Worthing Bears	92–75	85–100
JDA Dijon	149–120	Sparta Praha	78–51	71–69
Trodat Wels	160–147	USK Trident Praha	84–82	76–65

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Avtodorozhnik	164–147	Atletas	94–76	70–71
Šiauliai	169–152	BFC Beočin	82–68	87–84
Brotnjo	137–259	Spirou Charleroi	69–118	68–141
Atomerőmű	138–195	Estudiantes Argentaria	68–87	70–108
Belgacom Union Mons	184–199	Soulis Sporting	92–92	92–107
Savy Alytus	113–161	Pitch Cholet	65–90	48–71
Ficosota Shumen	168–183	PTT	81–91	87–92
Slavia Sofia	159–203	Cagiva Varese	89–104	70–97
Kantrida	159–169	Scavolini Pesaro	72–75	87–94
Žito	123–149	Croatia Osiguranje Split	57–67	66–82
Aarhus	138–168	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	65–70	73–98
Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	118–154	Efes Pilsen	66–76	52–68
Slavonska Banka Osijek	157–175	UniVersa Bamberg	78–89	79–86
Hapoel Holon	135–177	Teamsystem Bologna	75–89	60–88
Bavaria Wolltex	169–160	Akvarius Volgograd	87–77	82–83
ASVEL	182–141	Hapoel Tel Aviv	93–68	89–73
Šilutė	184–175	Mykolaiv	100–76	84–99
Stal Bobrek Bytom	157–149	Shakhtar Donetsk	79–69	78–80
Einkaufswelt Fürstenfeld	151–218	AEK	88–118	63–100
MOL Szolnoki Olaj	136–172	Aris Moda Bagno	64–66	72–106
MZT Skopje	161–172	CSK VVS	91–78	70–94
Beira-Mar	178–200	Amway Zaragoza	92–116	86–84'
Borås	154–201	Borovica	78–118	76–83
Steiner Bayreut	131–163	Panionios Afisorama	64–85	67–78
London Towers	153–171	Tofaş	83–74	70–97
Go Pass Pepinster	141–165	TDK Manresa	77–81	64–84
Oliveirense	131–159	Dijon	71–71	60–88
Fenerbahçe	159–126	Racing Basket Antwerpen	92–61	67–65
Brandt Hagen	135–153	Vojvodina	85–77	50–76
Trodat Wels	147–165	Festina Andorra	75–81	72–84

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Avtodorozhnik	183–204	Alba Berlin	86–98	97–106
Šiauliai	130–172	Stefanel Milano	74–81	56–91
Spirou	170–182	Estudiantes Argentaria	80–85	90–97
Soulis Sporting	166–156	Pitch Cholet	95–76	71–80
PTT	121–148	Scavolini Pesaro	61–73	60–75
Croatia Osiguranje Split	115–132	Cagiva Varese	54–60	61–72
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	118–161	Efes Pilsen	59–79	59–82
UniVersa Bamberg	132–152	Teamsystem Bologna	62–72	70–80
Bavaria Wolltex	161–184	ASVEL	98–103	63–81
Šilutė	179–214	AEK	79–93	100–121
Stal Bobrek Bytom	131–148	Aris Moda Bagno	80–54	51–94
CSK VVS	171–192	Amway Zaragoza	102–100	69–92
Borovica	140–162	Panionios Afisorama	75–77	65–85
Tofaş	134–137	TDK Manresa	70–64	64–73
JDA Dijon	137–163	Fenerbahçe	69–72	68–91
Vojvodina	145–148	Festina Andorra	81–69	64–79

Group stage

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		MIL	FEN	EST	SPO
1	Stefanel Milano	6	5	1	533	473	+60	11		—	79–73	87–68	110–83
2	Fenerbahçe	6	3	3	511	509	+2	9		67–81	—	100–89	98–78
3	Estudiantes Argentaria	6	2	4	493	518	−25	8		86–76	76–83	—	86–88
4	Soulis Sporting	6	2	4	535	572	−37	8		96–100	106–90	84–88	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		EFES	VAR	PAN	AND
1	Efes Pilsen	6	5	1	429	389	+40	11		—	80–60	68–66	78–52
2	Cagiva Varese	6	4	2	458	429	+29	10		80–56	—	96–91	78–61
3	Panionios Afisorama	6	3	3	445	431	+14	9		68–75	68–61	—	80–68
4	Festina Andorra	6	0	6	380	463	−83	6		63–72	73–83	63–72	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		FOR	ALBA	ARIS	ZAR
1	Teamsystem Bologna	6	4	2	486	489	−3	10		—	101–79	88–84	82–81
2	Alba Berlin	6	4	2	538	525	+13	10		86–78	—	104–86	89–87
3	Aris Moda Bagno	6	3	3	499	490	+9	9		83–60	81–79	—	81–70
4	Amway Zaragoza	6	1	5	495	514	−19	7		76–77	92–101	89–84	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		ASV	SCA	MAN	AEK
1	ASVEL	6	5	1	463	454	+9	11		—	66–58	91–78	69–91
2	Scavolini Pesaro	6	3	3	468	460	+8	9		83–86	—	94–69	93–86
3	TDK Manresa	6	2	4	476	492	−16	8		71–72	90–68	—	88–84
4	AEK	6	2	4	480	481	−1	8		73–79	63–72	83–80	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	142–151	Efes Pilsen	68–95	74–56
Cagiva Varese	162–170	Stefanel Milano	72–81	90–89
Alba Berlin	155–157	ASVEL	79–75	76–82
Scavolini Pesaro	170–184	Teamsystem Bologna	81–84	89–100

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Efes Pilsen	193–175	Teamsystem Bologna	102–78	91–97
Stefanel Milano	154–141	ASVEL	73–69	81–72

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Efes Pilsen	146–145	Stefanel Milano	76–68	70–77

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

See also

• 1995–96 Euroleague
• 1995–96 FIBA European Cup