1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup was the 25th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Turkish Efes Pilsen defeated the Italian Stefanel Milano in the final. This was the first time a Turkish team won the title.

1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Efes Pilsen
Runners-up	Stefanel Milano
FIBA Korać Cup seasons
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Controversy

Since Efes Pilsen's Istanbul Factory is in Bahçelievler district, the basketball team of Efes Pilsen is considered the team of Bahçelievler. Saffet Bulut, who was the mayor of Bahçelievler, promised Efes that if they brought the trophy to Turkey, he would erect a statue of the team's success in the most beautiful place in the district. After Efes Pilsen won the Korać Cup, the mayor decided to erect a statue symbolizing the victory. But the metropolitan municipality prevents the district municipality from erecting the statue. Two months later Saffet Bulut met with the Mayor of Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and asked him why the statue was removed. Erdoğan claimed that the statue was of a beer glass, hence an advertisement for Efes. The statue was erected later on and is now currently on Talat Pasha Boulevard.^[1]

Team allocation

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

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC: Wild card

Round of 64
Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna (3rd)	Festina Andorra (8th)	Go Pass Pepinster	Vojvodina (6th)
Stefanel Milano (4th)	Panionios Afisorama (5th)	Racing Basket Antwerpen	Pitch Cholet (4th)
Cagiva Varese (5th)	Aris Moda Bagno (6th)	Alba Berlin (2nd)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (4th)
Scavolini Pesaro (6th)	AEK (8th)	Brandt Hagen (4th)	CSK VVS (3rd)
TDK Manresa (4th)	Fenerbahçe (2nd)	Atletas (2nd)	Beira Mar
Amway Zaragoza (6th)	Efes Pilsen (3rd)	Šilute (5th)	Mykolaiv (5th)
Estudiantes Argentaria (7th)	PTT (5th)	Borovica (2nd)
First qualifying round
Möllersdorf Traiskirchen (2nd)	Albacomp Fehérvár (5th)	Avtodor Saratov (4th)	Šiauliai (4th)
Trodat Wels (3rd)	Atomerőmű (6th)	Akvarius Volgograd (5th)	Ovarense Aerosoles
Einkaufswelt Fürstenfeld (4th)	Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela (2nd)	Spartak Moscow (6th)	Oliveirense
Montan Kapfenberg (5th)	Bavaria Wolltex (3rd)	Slovakofarma Pezinok (2nd)	Slask Wroclaw (6th)
Bosna	Satex Maribor (4th)	Chemosvit (3rd)	Stal Bobrek Bytom (7th)
Brotnjo	Litostroj Slovan (5th)	Ozeta Trenčín	Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd)
Cenex Sarajevo	AEK Larnaca	Astra Södertälje (3rd)	BIPA-Moda Odesa (4th)
Vitez	Keravnos	Plannja (4th)	Crvena Zvezda (3rd)
Croatia Osiguranje Split (3rd)	Omonia	Borås (WC)	BFC Beočin (4th)
Franck Dona (4th)	USK Praha (3rd)	Belgacom Union Mons	Vllaznia
Slavonska Banka Osijek (5th)	Sparta Praha (5th)	Spirou Charleroi	Grodno 93 (1st)
Kantrida (6th)	Nova Hut Ostrava (6th)	Slavia Sofia (2nd)	Aarhus
Worthing Bears (4th)	PSG Racing (6th)	Ficosota Shumen	Soulis Sporting (7th)
London Towers (5th)	ASVEL (7th)	UniVersa Bamberg (3rd)	Sparta Bertrange
Manchester Giants (6th)	Dijon (8th)	Steiner Bayreuth (6th)	Floare
Crystal Palace (WC)	MZT Skopje	Hapoel Holon (3rd)	Tofaş (4th)
ZTE (2nd)	Nemetali Strumica	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (5th)
MOL Szolnoki Olaj (3rd)	Žito Vardar	Alita (WC)

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Plannja	160–174	Avtodor Saratov	82–87	78–87
Šiauliai	165–163	Slask Wroclaw	100–88	65–75
Möllersdorf Traiskirchen	142–196	BFC Beočin	75–87	67–109
Brotnjo	184–176	Montan Kapfenberg	88–79	96–97
Ovarense Aerosoles	148–168	Spirou Charleroi	82–82	66–86
Nemetali Strumica	116–149	Atomerőmű	63–71	53–78
Ozeta Trenčín	127–164	Belgacom Union Mons	59–61	68–103
Soulis Sporting	161–145	AEK Larnaca	77–61	84–84
Alita	40–0	Spartak Moscow	20–0	20–0
Floare	132–150	Ficosota Shumen	71–65	61–85
Vitez	120–234	Kantrida	56–125	64–109
Bosna	0–40	Croatia Osiguranje	0–20	0–20
Vllaznia	119–183	Žito Vardar	53–90	66–93
Keravnos	185–192	Slavia Sofia	86–69	99–123
Slovakofarma Pezinok	197–208	Aarhus	95–113	102–95
BIPA-Moda Odesa	150–167	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	87–78	63–89
Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	164–146	Albacomp Fehérvár	90–72	74–74
Slavonska Banka Osijek	137–121	Chemosvit	70–59	67–62
Nova Hut Ostrava	151–172	UniVersa Bamberg	81–88	70–84
Omonia	163–170	Hapoel Holon	82–76	81–94
ZTE	158–173	Bavaria Wolltex	63–83	95–90
Akvarius Volgograd	150–145	Crvena Zvezda	74–67	76–78
ASVEL	177–161	Manchester Giants	83–76	94–85
Einkaufswelt Fürstenfeld	167–155	Sparta Bertrange	90–72	77–83
Grodno 93	128–168	Stal Bobrek Bytom	73–83	55–83
Shakhtar Donetsk	152–121	Astra Södertälje	66–41	86–80
Cenex Sarajevo	0–40	MOL Szolnoki Olaj	0–20	0–20
MZT Skopje	161–158	Franck Dona	81–64	80–94
Borås	154–149	Crystal Palace	96–77	58–72
Litostroj Slovan	157–171	Steiner Bayreuth	86–83	71–88
Satex Maribor	141–152	Tofaş	71–76	70–76
London Towers	147–145	PSG Racing	68–57	79–88
Oliveirense	177–175	Worthing Bears	92–75	85–100
Dijon	149–120	Sparta Praha	78–51	71–69
Trodat Wels	160–147	USK Praha	84–82	76–65

Round of 64

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Avtodor Saratov	164–147	Atletas	94–76	70–71
Šiauliai	169–152	BFC Beočin	82–68	87–84
Brotnjo	137–259	Spirou Charleroi	69–118	68–141
Atomerőmű	138–195	Estudiantes Argentaria	68–87	70–108
Belgacom Union Mons	184–199	Soulis Sporting	92–92	92–107
Alita	113–161	Pitch Cholet	65–90	48–71
Ficosota Shumen	168–183	PTT	81–91	87–92
Slavia Sofia	159–203	Cagiva Varese	89–104	70–97
Kantrida	159–169	Scavolini Pesaro	72–75	87–94
Žito Vardar	123–149	Croatia Osiguranje	57–67	66–82
Aarhus	138–168	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	65–70	73–98
Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela	118–154	Efes Pilsen	66–76	52–68
Slavonska Banka Osijek	157–175	UniVersa Bamberg	78–89	79–86
Hapoel Holon	135–177	Teamsystem Fortitudo Bologna	75–89	60–88
Bavaria Wolltex	169–160	Akvarius Volgograd	87–77	82–83
ASVEL	182–141	Hapoel Tel Aviv	93–68	89–73
Šilutė	184–175	Mykolaiv	100–76	84–99
Stal Bobrek Bytom	157–149	Shakhtar Donetsk	79–69	78–80
Einkaufswelt Fürstenfeld	151–218	AEK	88–118	63–100
MOL Szolnoki Olaj	136–172	Aris Moda Bagno	64–66	72–106
MZT Skopje	161–172	CSK VVS	91–78	70–94
Beira Mar	178–200	Amway Zaragoza	92–116	86–84'
Borås	154–201	Borovica	78–118	76–83
Steiner Bayreut	131–163	Panionios Afisorama	64–85	67–78
London Towers	153–171	Tofaş	83–74	70–97
Go Pass Pepinster	141–165	TDK Manresa	77–81	64–84
Oliveirense	131–159	Dijon	71–71	60–88
Fenerbahçe	159–126	Racing Basket Antwerpen	92–61	67–65
Brandt Hagen	135–153	Vojvodina	85–77	50–76
Trodat Wels	147–165	Festina Andorra	75–81	72–84

Qualified directly to the next round :

•   Stefanel Milano
•   Alba Berlin

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Avtodor Saratov	183–204	Alba Berlin	86–98	97–106
Šiauliai	130–172	Stefanel Milano	74–81	56–91
Spirou	170–182	Estudiantes Argentaria	80–85	90–97
Soulis Sporting	166–156	Pitch Cholet	95–76	71–80
PTT	121–148	Scavolini Pesaro	61–73	60–75
Croatia Osiguranje Split	115–132	Cagiva Varese	54–60	61–72
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	118–161	Efes Pilsen	59–79	59–82
UniVersa Bamberg	132–152	Teamsystem Bologna	62–72	70–80
Bavaria Wolltex	161–184	ASVEL	98–103	63–81
Šilutė	179–214	AEK	79–93	100–121
Stal Bobrek Bytom	131–148	Aris Moda Bagno	80–54	51–94
CSK VVS	171–192	Amway Zaragoza	102–100	69–92
Borovica	140–162	Panionios Afisorama	75–77	65–85
Tofaş	134–137	TDK Manresa	70–64	64–73
Dijon	137–163	Fenerbahçe	69–72	68–91
Vojvodina	145–148	Festina Andorra	81–69	64–79

Round of 16

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		MIL	FEN	EST	SPO
1	Stefanel Milano	6	5	1	533	473	+60	11		—	79–73	87–68	110–83
2	Fenerbahçe	6	3	3	511	509	+2	9		67–81	—	100–89	98–78
3	Estudiantes Argentaria	6	2	4	493	518	−25	8		86–76	76–83	—	86–88
4	Soulis Sporting	6	2	4	535	572	−37	8		96–100	106–90	84–88	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		EFES	VAR	PAN	AND
1	Efes Pilsen	6	5	1	429	389	+40	11		—	80–60	68–66	78–52
2	Cagiva Varese	6	4	2	458	429	+29	10		80–56	—	96–91	78–61
3	Panionios Afisorama	6	3	3	445	431	+14	9		68–75	68–61	—	80–68
4	Festina Andorra	6	0	6	380	463	−83	6		63–72	73–83	63–72	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		FOR	ALBA	ARIS	ZAR
1	Teamsystem Bologna	6	4	2	486	489	−3	10		—	101–79	88–84	82–81
2	Alba Berlin	6	4	2	538	525	+13	10		86–78	—	104–86	89–87
3	Aris Moda Bagno	6	3	3	499	490	+9	9		83–60	81–79	—	81–70
4	Amway Zaragoza	6	1	5	495	514	−19	7		76–77	92–101	89–84	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		ASV	SCA	MAN	AEK
1	ASVEL	6	5	1	463	454	+9	11		—	66–58	91–78	69–91
2	Scavolini Pesaro	6	3	3	468	460	+8	9		83–86	—	94–69	93–86
3	TDK Manresa	6	2	4	476	492	−16	8		71–72	90–68	—	88–84
4	AEK	6	2	4	480	481	−1	8		73–79	63–72	83–80	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	142–151	Efes Pilsen	68–95	74–56
Cagiva Varese	162–170	Stefanel Milano	72–81	90–89
Alba Berlin	155–157	ASVEL	79–75	76–82
Scavolini Pesaro	170–184	Teamsystem Bologna	81–84	89–100

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Efes Pilsen	193–175	Teamsystem Bologna	102–78	91–97
Stefanel Milano	154–141	ASVEL	73–69	81–72

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Efes Pilsen	146–145	Stefanel Milano	76–68	70–77

1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Efes Pilsen 1st title

See also

• 1995–96 Euroleague
• 1995–96 FIBA European Cup

References

1. Türenç, Tufan (10 August 1998). "Koraç Kupası'nı bira kadehi zanneden başkan". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-02-28.

External links

• 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup @ linguasport.com
• fibaeurope.com