1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Olimpia Panathinaikos 243 267
First leg
Olimpia Panathinaikos 89 83
Date	September 4, 1996
Venue	Claudio Newell, Rosario
Second leg
Panathinaikos Olimpia 83 78
Date	September 10, 1996
Venue	Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi
Panathinaikos Olimpia 101 76
Date	September 12, 1996
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	89–83	Panathinaikos
Pts: Racca 25		Pts: Amaechi 23

Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosaria, Argentina Attendance: 7,000

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

Report

Panathinaikos	83–78	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

Report

Panathinaikos	101–76	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
Panathinaikos 1st title

Rosters

Panathinaikos

Olimpia

Panathinaikos Pos No. Player SF 4 Fragiskos Alvertis SG 5 Ioannis Georgikopoulos PG 6 Michael Koch PF 8 Nikos Oikonomou PG 9 Byron Dinkins SG/SF 11 Hugo Sconochini F/C 13 Ferran Martínez SF 14 Leonidas Skoutaris C 15 John Amaechi PF Marcelo Nicola Did not play PG 10 John Korfas SG Vangelis Vourtzoumis C Saša Marković-Theodorakis Head coach: Božidar Maljković

Olimpia de Venado Tuerto Pos No. Player SF 5 Michael Lamont Wilson PG 6 Alejandro Montecchia PG 8 Lucas Victoriano F 10 Leonardo Gutiérrez F/C 11 Alejandro Burgos F/C 12 Sebastián Uranga SG/SF 13 Jorge Racca F/C 15 Todd Jadlow F Andrés Nocioni F Jorge Zulberti Head coach: Horacio Seguí

External links

• 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup
• 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup (Greek)
• 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup (Greek)
• Panathinaikos, team presentation, September 1996 (Greek)