1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

The 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1996–97 season's EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

Olympiacos won its first title, after defeating FC Barcelona.

Bracket

April 22
18:30

Smelt Olimpija	65–74	Olympiacos
Scoring by half: 32–37, 33–37
Pts: Stepania 12 Rebs: Stepania 10 Asts: four players 2		Pts: Rivers 28 Rebs: Tarlać 13 Asts: Rivers, Sigalas 4

Palaeur, Rome
Attendance: 11,700
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Gennaro Colucci (ITA)

April 22
20:30

FC Barcelona	77–70	ASVEL
Scoring by half: 38–36, 39–34
Pts: Đorđević 17 Rebs: Rivas 12 Asts: Đorđević 5		Pts: Howard, Rudd 20 Rebs: Howard 6 Asts: Rudd 6

Palaeur, Rome
Attendance: 11,700
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

April 24
18:30

Smelt Olimpija	86–79	ASVEL
Scoring by half: 54–35, 32–44
Pts: Milič 17 Rebs: Jurković 8 Asts: McDonald 5		Pts: Digbeu 22 Rebs: Brian Howard, Nebot 6 Asts: Rudd 5

Palaeur, Rome
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Mikhail Davydov (RUS)

April 24
20:30

Olympiacos	73–58	FC Barcelona
Scoring by half: 31–29, 42–29
Pts: Rivers 26 Rebs: Tarlać 14 Asts: Rivers 3		Pts: Jiménez 16 Rebs: Jiménez 9 Asts: Đorđević 7

Palaeur, Rome
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Olympiacos

FC Barcelona

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	15	David Rivers	26	6	3
SG	5	Georgios Sigalas	7	4	2
SF	9	Franko Nakić	0	2	0
PF	12	Dragan Tarlać	11	14	1
C	10	Panagiotis Fasoulas	6	4	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
PG	4	Efthimis Bakatsias	1	0	0
PF	7	Dimitrios Papanikolaou	11	4	0
SF	8	Nasos Galakteros	0	0	0
PG	11	Milan Tomić	9	4	1
C	12	Chris Welp	2	1	1
Head coach:
Dušan Ivković

1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Olympiacos First Title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	10	Aleksandar Đorđević	6	4	7
SG	9	Xavi Fernández	0	1	0
SF	14	Artūras Karnišovas	14	4	0
PF	4	Andrés Jiménez	16	9	2
C	7	Ramón Rivas	6	4	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
PG	5	Rafa Jofresa	9	2	1
SG	6	Roger Esteller	3	0	1
C	8	Enrique Andreu	2	0	0
PF	12	Manel Bosch	0	2	0
C	15	Roberto Dueñas	2	0	0
Head coach:
Aíto García Reneses

Olympiacos 1996–97 EuroLeague Champions

4 Bakatsias 5 Sigalas 7 Papanikolaou 8 Galakteros 9 Nakić 10 Fasoulas 11 Tomić 12 Tarlać 13 Welp 14 Savrasenko 15 Rivers (Final Four MVP) Zourpenko Coach: Ivković

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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