1988 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four

1988 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four
Tournament details
Arena Flanders Expo
Ghent,  Belgium
Dates April 1988
Final positions
Champions Italy Tracer Milano (3rd title)
Runners-up Israel Maccabi Elite
Third place Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Fourth place Greece Aris
Awards and statistics
MVP United States Bob McAdoo

The 1988 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 1987–88 FIBA European Champions Cup, and the first one with the new FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four format, since the 1967 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four.

Tracer Milano won its third title.

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
 Greece Aris  82  
 Italy Tracer Milano  87  
 
     Italy Tracer Milano  90
   Israel Maccabi Elite  84
Third place
 Israel Maccabi Elite  87  Greece Aris  93
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan  82    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan  105

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Partizan – Maccabi Elite

5 April 1988
18:30
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 8287 Israel Maccabi Elite
Scoring by half: 44–43, 38–44
Pts: Grbović, Divac 19 Pts: Magee 31
Flanders Expo, Ghent
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (CZE), Vicente Sanchís (SPA)

Aris – Tracer Milano

5 April 1988
20:30
Aris Greece 8287 Italy Tracer Milano
Scoring by half: 45–45, 37–42
Pts: Gallis 28 Pts: McAdoo 39
Flanders Expo, Ghent
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Mikhail Davidov (USSR), Wieslaw Zych (POL)

Third-place game

7 April 1988
19:00
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 10593 Greece Aris
Scoring by half: 48–39, 57–54
Pts: Divac 31 Pts: Gallis 39
Flanders Expo, Ghent
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (CZE), Vicente Sanchís (SPA)

Final

7 April 1988
20:30
Tracer Milano Italy 9084 Israel Maccabi Elite
Scoring by half: 52–41, 38–43
Pts: McAdoo 25
Rebs: McAdoo 12
Asts: Premier 3
Pts: Jamchy 24
Rebs: Barlow 14
Asts: Sims 5
Flanders Expo, Ghent
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Mikhail Davidov (USSR), Wieslaw Zych (POL)
Tracer Milano
Maccabi Elite
Starters: P R A
PG
8
Italy Mike D'Antoni 17 2 1
SG
14
Italy Piero Montecchi 8 2 0
SF
7
Italy Riccardo Pittis 8 3 1
C
11
Italy Dino Meneghin 5 1 0
PF
15
United States Bob McAdoo 25 12 1
Reserves: P R A
C
5
Italy Fausto Bargna DNP
SF
6
Italy Massimiliano Aldi 7 0 0
PF
9
Italy Mario Governa DNP
SG
10
Italy Roberto Premier 3 1 0
PF
13
United States Rickey Brown 17 8 4
Head coach:
Italy Franco Casalini
1987–88 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Italy
Tracer Milano
Third Title
Starters: P R A
PG
7
Israel Motti Aroesti 0 4 0
SG
4
Israel Willie Sims 15 3 0
SF
12
Israel Doron Jamchi 24 3 0
PF
15
United States Ken Barlow 21 14 1
C
13
United States Kevin Magee 13 6 1
Reserves: P R A
SF
5
Israel Motti Daniel 2 3 0
PF
9
Israel Miki Berkovich 3 1 0
PG
10
Israel Hen Lippin 0 0 0
C
14
Israel Itzhak Cohen 6 7 0
Head coach:
Israel Ralph Klein

Final Four 1988 MVP: United States Bob McAdoo (Tracer Milano)

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