1987–88 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1987–88 FIBA European Champions Cup season was the 31st season of the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Tracer Milano, after they beat Maccabi Elite 90-84. It was the first season in the competition's modern era where the Final Four format was used to decide the champion. The 1988 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four was held at Flanders Expo Pavilion in Ghent, Belgium, on 5–7 April 1988. Bob McAdoo was named Final Four MVP.

Competition system

23 teams (European national domestic league champions only) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
The eight remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered a Quarterfinal Group Stage, played as a round-robin. The final standings were based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria was used: 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 after the Quarterfinal Group Stage qualified for the final stage (Final Four), played at a predetermined venue.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEL	143–193	Körmendi Dózsa	72–84	71–109
Benfica	230–161	Sparta Bertrange	122–77	108–84
Klosterneuburg	200–221	Pully	93–104	107–117
Nashua EBBC	178–161	NMKY Helsinki	91–78	87–83
Zbrojovka Brno	189–173	Portsmouth	94-76	95–97
Södertälje	179–159	Racing Maes Pils Mechelen	89–93	90–69
MIM Livingston	170–189	Saturn Köln	82–98	88–91

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Balkan Botevgrad	167–190	Tracer Milano	79–93	88–97
Orthez	212–167	Karşıyaka	124–82	88–85
FC Barcelona	269–134	Śląsk Wrocław	129–65	140–69
Körmendi Dózsa	165–231	Partizan	94–130	71–101
Maccabi Elite	192–165	Benfica	111-86	81–79
Pully	229–240	Aris	125–127	104–113
Nashua EBBC	184–161	Zbrojovka Brno	87–78	97–83
Södertälje	207–257	Saturn Köln	119–126	88–131

Key to colors
	Top four places in the group advance to Final four

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Partizan	82–87	Maccabi Elite
Aris	82–87	Tracer Milano

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Partizan	105–93	Aris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tracer Milano	90–84	Maccabi Elite

1987–88 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Tracer Milano 3rd Title

Tracer Milano 1987–88 Euroleague Champions

5 Bargna 6 Aldi 7 Pittis 8 D'Antoni 9 Governa 10 Premier 11 Meneghin 12 Ambrassa 13 Brown 14 Montecchi 15 McAdoo (Final Four MVP) 16 Chiodini Coach Casalini

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001

Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01

Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

General information

History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament

Awards	EuroLeague Basketball Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2001–10 All-Decade Team

Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Individual statistics Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists EuroLeague clubs performance comparison European club pyramid National league rankings

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