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
Final Four MVP	Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

The 1995–96 FIBA European League began on September 7, 1995 and ended on April 11, 1996. The Final four was held at Paris.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	139–178	Žalgiris	70–78	69–100
Brno	175–186	Fidefinanz Bellinzona	106–93	69–93
Tallinna Kalev	174–138	Honvéd	78–57	96–81
Dinamo Tirana	130–156	Sibiu	63–87	67–69
Sankt Pölten	131–153	APOEL	60–67	71–86
Čelik	136–142	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza	68–71	68–71
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	83–93	95–92
Rene Coltof Den Helder	139–182	Pau-Orthez	72–94	57–88

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žalgiris	122–145	Panathinaikos	56–59	66–86
Fidefinanz Bellinzona	162–223	CSKA Moscow	88–107	74–116
Tallinna Kalev	148–172	Buckler Bologna	65–81	83–91
Sibiu	139–221	Maccabi Elite	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	57–67	75–78
Hapoel Galil Elyon	137–176	Iraklis	83–91	54–76
Budivelnyk	161–179	Bayer Leverkusen	98–77	63–102
Zrinjevac	136–165	Unicaja Málaga	70–85	66–80
Partizan	159–176	Benfica	64–64	95–112
Pau-Orthez	193–146	Smelt Olimpija	96–71	97–75

Automatically qualified to the second round

• FC Barcelona
• Olympiacos
• Olympique Antibes

Group stage

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
4. Points scored in all group matches
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA 1. CSKA Moscow 14 24 10 4 1162 1081 2. Benetton Treviso 14 24 10 4 1157 1096 3. Olympiacos 14 24 10 4 1132 1046 4. Ülker 14 20 6 8 1078 1104 5. Unicaja Málaga 14 20 6 8 1104 1081 6. Olympique Antibes 14 20 6 8 1108 1169 7. Bayer Leverkusen 14 19 5 9 1067 1112 8. Iraklis 14 17 3 11 945 1064

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA 1. FC Barcelona 14 24 10 4 1145 1077 2. Real Madrid 14 23 9 5 1108 1079 3. Panathinaikos 14 23 9 5 1035 1007 4. Pau-Orthez 14 22 8 6 1127 1092 5. Buckler Bologna 14 20 6 8 1181 1149 6. Maccabi Elite 14 20 6 8 1105 1143 7. Cibona 14 20 6 8 1011 1052 8. Benfica 14 16 2 12 1046 1159

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	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	77–105	66–96
Olympiacos	1–2	Real Madrid	68–49	77–80	65–80

Final Four

Semi finals

April 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

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

3rd place game

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

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

Final

April 11, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panathinaikos	67–66	FC Barcelona

1995–96 FIBA European League Champions
Panathinaikos 1st Title

Final standings

	Team
	Panathinaikos
	FC Barcelona
	CSKA Moscow
	Real Madrid

Final Four 1996 MVP

Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)