1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
First leg
Date September 4, 1996 (1996-09-04)
Venue Claudio Newell, Rosario
Second leg
Date September 10, 1996 (1996-09-10)
Venue Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi
Third leg
Date September 12, 1996 (1996-09-12)
Venue Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi

The 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 21st edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's professional basketball clubs and the 17th edition of the tournament being in the form of a true intercontinental tournament. It was contested through a best-of-three playoff format, in September 1996, in order to determine the world club champion. It was contested between the winners of the 1995–96 season of the FIBA European League, Panathinaikos, and Olimpia, the winners of the 1996 edition of the South American League.

The first game of the 3 game series was held on 4 September 1996, at the Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, the home arena of Olimpia. Olimpia won the first game of the series by a score of 89–83. The Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the last 2 games, on 10 September 1996, and 12 September 1996. Panathinaikos won the second and third games of the series, and became the 1996 world club champions.

Series summary

Game Date Home Team Result Road Team
Game 1 September 4 Olimpia 89–83
Panathinaikos
Game 2 September 10
Panathinaikos
83–78 Olimpia
Game 3 September 12
Panathinaikos
101–76 Olimpia

Panathinaikos won the series 2-1.

Game 1

September 4
2:00
Olimpia Argentina 8983 Greece Panathinaikos
Pts: Racca 25 Pts: Amaechi 23

Olimpia: Montecchia 6, Racca 25, Wilson 8, Jadlow 21, Uranga 7, Victoriano 12, Gutiérrez 2, Nocioni 2, Zulberti 6.

Panathinaikos: Dinkins 7, Alvertis 21, Koch 0, Amaechi 23, Martínez 8, Oikonomou 8, Georgikopoulos 0, Sconochini 16.

Game 2

September 10
16:00
Panathinaikos Greece 8378 Argentina Olimpia
Scoring by half: 37-34, 46-44
Pts: Alvertis 30
Rebs: Amaechi 9
Asts: Dinkins 5
Pts: Victoriano 23
Rebs: Wilson 10
Asts: Victoriano 5
Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi, Athens
Attendance: 20,000

Panathinaikos: Dinkins 7, Sconochini 3, Alvertis 30, Oikonomou 16, Amaechi 19, Koch 8, Martínez 0.

Olimpia: Montecchia 5, Racca 11, Wilson 15, Uranga 4, Jadlow 9, Gutiérrez 5, Victoriano 23, Zulberti 0, Nocioni 6.

Game 3

September 12
16:00
Panathinaikos Greece 10176 Argentina Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
Scoring by half: 47-40, 54-36
Pts: Dinkins 24
Rebs: Amaechi 10
Asts: Dinkins 6
Pts: Racca 28
Rebs: Uranga 7
Asts: Victoriano 3
Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi, Athens
Attendance: 20,000

Panathinaikos: Dinkins 24, Sconochini 12, Alvertis 8, Oikonomou 9, Amaechi 18, Koch 9, Martínez 13, Georgikopoulos 5, Skoutaris 3.

Olimpia: Montecchia 1, Racca 28, Wilson 6, Uranga 2, Jadlow 20, Gutiérrez 0, Victoriano 14, Zulberti 5, Nocioni 0, Burgos 0.

1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champions
Greece
Panathinaikos
1st title

Rosters

Panathinaikos
Pos No. Player
SF 4 Greece Fragiskos Alvertis
SG 5 Greece Ioannis Georgikopoulos
PG 6 Germany Michael Koch
PF 8 Greece Nikos Oikonomou
PG 9 United States Byron Dinkins
SG/SF 11 Argentina Italy Hugo Sconochini
F/C 13 Spain Ferran Martínez
SF 14 Greece Leonidas Skoutaris
C 15 England John Amaechi
PF Argentina Italy Marcelo Nicola
Did not play
PG 10 Greece United States John Korfas
SG Greece Vangelis Vourtzoumis
C Greece Saša Marković-Theodorakis
Head coach:
Serbia Božidar Maljković
Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
Pos No. Player
SF 5 United States Michael Lamont Wilson
PG 6 Argentina Italy Alejandro Montecchia
PG 8 Argentina Spain Lucas Victoriano
F 10 Argentina Leonardo Gutiérrez
F/C 11 Argentina Alejandro Burgos
F/C 12 Argentina Sebastián Uranga
SG/SF 13 Argentina Italy Jorge Racca
F/C 15 United States Todd Jadlow
F Argentina Italy Andrés Nocioni
F Argentina Jorge Zulberti
Head coach:
Argentina Horacio Seguí
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