1994–95 FIBA European League explained

1994–95 FIBA European League
League:	FIBA European League
Sport:	Basketball
Season:	Regular Season
Mvp Link:	Euroleague MVP
Top Scorer:	Predrag Danilović (Buckler Beer Bologna)
Top Scorer Link:	Alphonso Ford Trophy
Finals:	Final Four
Finals Link:	1995 FIBA European League Final Four
Finals Champ:	Real Madrid Teka
Finals Runner-Up:	Olympiacos
Final Four Mvp:	Arvydas Sabonis (Real Madrid Teka)
Final Four Mvp Link:	Euroleague Final Four MVP
Seasonslistnames:	FIBA European League
Prevseason Link:	1993–94 FIBA European League
Prevseason Year:	1993–94
Nextseason Year:	1995–96
Nextseason Link:	1995–96 FIBA European League

The 1994–95 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1994–95 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 38th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 8, 1994, and ended on April 13, 1995. The competition's Final Four was held at Zaragoza.

Competition system

• 40 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
• The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
• The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a Quarterfinal Playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games).
• The four winners of the Quarterfinal Playoff qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• TH: Title holder
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs

Group stage
Olympiacos (1st)	Real Madrid Teka (1st)
Second round
Limoges CSP (1st)	Buckler Beer Bologna (1st)	Maes Flandria (1st)	Žalgiris (1st)
Olympique Antibes (2nd)	Scavolini Pesaro (2nd)	Cibona (1st)	Benfica (1st)
PAOK Bravo (2nd)	FCB Banca Catalana (2nd)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st)	Smelt Olimpija (1st)
Panathinaikos (3rd)	7up Joventut (3rd)^TH	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st)	Efes Pilsen (1st)
First round
Adelin Pogradec (1st)	Bioveta COOP Banka Brno (1st)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd)	Dinamo București (1st)
Mollersdorf Traiskirchen (1st)	Thames Valley Tigers (1st)	ASK Brocēni (1st)	CSKA Moscow (1st)
Sloboda Dita (1st)	Tallinn (1st)	Residence (1st)	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (1st)
Levski Sofia (1st)	KTP (1st)	Rabotnički (1st)	Kärcher Hisings-Kärra (1st)
Croatia Osiguranje (2nd)	Vita Tbilisi (1st)	Laneche Weert (1st)	Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st)
Pezoporikos Larnaca (1st)	Danone Honvéd (1st)	Śląsk Wroclaw (1st)	Inpromservis Kyiv (1st)

First round

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• Levski Sofia withdrew before the first leg and Pezoporikos Larnaca received a forfeit (20-0) in both games.

Second round

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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

Key to colors

	Qualified to Playoff
	Eliminated

Group A width=15 ! width=220 Team ! width=20 Pld ! width=20 Pts ! width=20 W ! width=20 L ! width=20 PF ! width=20 PA ! width=20 PD 1. Panathinaikos 14 24 10 4 1059 982 +77 2. Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1052 989 +63 3. CSKA Moscow 14 23 9 5 1203 1162 +41 4. Scavolini Pesaro 14 23 9 5 1148 1108 +40 5. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 22 8 6 1113 1104 +9 6. PAOK Bravo 14 20 6 8 1037 1046 -9 7. Smelt Olimpija 14 17 3 11 1026 1102 -76 8. Benfica 14 16 2 12 970 1115 -145

Group B width=15 ! width=220 Team ! width=20 Pld ! width=20 Pts ! width=20 W ! width=20 L ! width=20 PF ! width=20 PA ! width=20 PD 1. Limoges CSP 14 24 10 4 983 911 +72 2. Olympiacos 14 23 9 5 1086 958 +128 3. Cibona 14 22 8 6 1049 1060 -11 4. Buckler Beer Bologna 14 22 8 6 1072 1023 +49 5. Efes Pilsen 14 22 8 6 900 912 -12 6. FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 22 8 6 1095 1079 +16 7. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 18 4 10 1009 1100 -91 8. 7up Joventut 14 15 1 13 923 1074 -151

Quarterfinals

The seed teams played games 2 and 3 at home.|}

Final four

See main article: 1995 FIBA European League Final Four.

Semifinals

April 11, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza|}

3rd place game

April 13, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza|}

Final

April 13, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza|}

Final standings

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	Real Madrid Teka
	Olympiacos
	Panathinaikos
	Limoges CSP

Awards

FIBA European League Top Scorer

• Saša Danilović ( Buckler Bologna)

FIBA European League Final Four MVP

• Arvydas Sabonis ( Real Madrid Teka)

FIBA European League Finals Top Scorer

• Arvydas Sabonis ( Real Madrid Teka)

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
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Arvydas Sabonis (MVP)

See also

• 1994–95 FIBA European Cup
• 1994-95 FIBA Korać Cup

External links

• 1994–95 FIBA European League
• 1994–95 FIBA European League

Notes and References

1. http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_95.htm Champions Cup 1994–95.