1995–96 FIBA European Cup explained

1995–96 FIBA European Cup
League:FIBA European Cup
Sport:Basketball
Finals:Final
Finals Link:1995–96 FIBA European Cup Final
Finals Mvp: Ramón Rivas
Finals Mvp Link:FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP
Finals Champ: Taugrés
Finals Runner-Up: PAOK
Seasonslistnames:FIBA European Cup
Prevseason Link:1994–95 FIBA European Cup
Prevseason Year:1994–95
Nextseason Year:1996–97
Nextseason Link:1996–97 FIBA EuroCup

The 1995–96 FIBA European Cup was the thirtieth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. it occurred between September 5, 1995, and March 12, 1996. The final was held at Araba Arena, Vitoria, Spain. In the final, Taugrés defeated PAOK, in front of 5,500 spectators.

Team allocation

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.[1]

RankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average
1212340300284,00
2253322249,375274,79
3363173260265,33
4219123179173,67
562,86706866,95
658,33736966,78
7374510361,67
866486158,33
92472,527,541,33
1051372437,33
1112105927,00
1292125,8318,61
1315,33132718,44
1413131112,33
155,337,51810,28
164,5418,338,94
1702068,67
18698,57,83
190108,336,11
201124,675,89
2132125,67
226295,67
RankCountry1992-931993-941994-95Average
237,55,671,334,83
245,335,3334,55
25164,673,89
264222,67
270,37162,46
283,51,6722,39
290,674,1722,28
301,672,332,52,17
31203,331,78
3210,6721,22
330,332,50,21,01
3410,331,671,00
350020,67
360,40,500,30
370,4000,13
3800,20,20,13
39000,20,07
4000,200,07
4100,200,07
420,2000,07
43 (banned)0000

Teams

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

Third round
width=210 Zrinjevac (QR2)width=210 Budivelnyk (QR2)width=210 Žalgiris (QR2)width=210 Partizan Inex (QR2)
width=210 Hapoel Galil Elyon (QR2)width=210 Fidefinanz Bellinzona (QR2)width=210 APOEL (QR2)
width=210 Smelt Olimpija (QR2)width=210 Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (QR2)width=210 Sheffield Sharks (QR2)
width=210 Sunair Oostende (QR2)width=210 Forest Sibiu (QR2)width=210 Kalev Talinn (QR2)
Second round
width=210 Taugres (CW)width=210 Galatasaray (CW)width=210 Dynamo Moscow (2nd)width=210 Olimpas (7th)
width=210 Illycafe Trieste (CF)width=210 Bnei Herzlia (CW)width=210 Porto (CF)
width=210 Limoges CSP (CW)width=210 Republika Postojna (CF)width=210 Dendi (2nd)
width=210 Zagreb (7th)width=210 Excelsior Bruxellois (CW)width=210 Nobiles Wloclawek (CW)
First round
PAOK (CW) AŠK Inter Bratislava (CW) Union Sportive Hiefenech Partizani Tirana (CW)
Ratiopharm Ulm (CF) Universitatea Cluj (CW) New Wave Sharks (2nd) Sloboda Dita Tuzla (CW)
Tonak Novy Jicin (CW) Kompakt (CW) Namika Lahti (5th) Spartak Subotica (CF)
Marc-Kormend (CW) PAEEK (CF) Thames Valley Tigers (CW)
Kočani Delikates (CW) UBC Stahlbau Oberwart (CW) Den Braven GOBA (CW)

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Quarterfinals group stage

Key to colors
    Qualified to Semi-finals
    Eliminated

Group A

TAU ŽAL LIM PAR BNE OOS
TAU91–9379–7399–8881–6787–74
ŽAL75–8676–7493–8476–6592–91
LIM88–8682–6878–7582–6084–64
PAR76–8090–99103–9098–8588–67
BNE70–8293–8983–9194–10788–76
OOS84–6877–9176–7582–7755–71
width=15!width=220Team !width=20Pld !width=20Pts !width=20W !width=20L !width=20PF !width=20PA !width=20PD
1. Taugrés10 17 7 3 821 788 +33
2. Žalgiris10 17 7 3 852 833 +19
3. Limoges CSP10 16 6 4 817 752 +65
4. Partizan Inex10 14 4 6 886 867 +19
5. Bnei Herzliya10 13 3 7 776 837 –61
6. Sunair Oostende10 13 3 7 746 821 –75

Group B

width=15!width=220Team !width=20Pld !width=20Pts !width=20W !width=20L !width=20PF !width=20PA !width=35PD
1. PAOK10 18 8 2 821 675 +146
2. Dynamo Moscow10 17 7 3 812 772 +40
3. Zrinjevac10 16 5 5 839 808 +31
4. Kalev Talinn10 14 4 6 816 825 -9
5. Nobiles Włocławek10 13 3 7 798 956 –158
6. Smelt Olimpija10 13 3 7 770 820 –50

Semifinals

Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

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Final

March 12, Pabellon Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz|}

See also

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009-11-21 . FIBA Ranking System . 2024-07-22 . web.archive.org.