1997, fiba, euroleague, final, four, main, article, 1996, fiba, euroleague, 1996, season, fiba, euroleague, final, four, tournament, organized, fiba, europe, tournament, detailsarenapalaeur, rome, italydatesapril, 1997final, positionschampionsolympiacos, title. Main article 1996 97 FIBA EuroLeague The 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1996 97 season s FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament organized by FIBA Europe 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final FourTournament detailsArenaPalaeur Rome ItalyDatesApril 1997Final positionsChampionsOlympiacos 1st title Runners upFC Barcelona Banca CatalanaThird placeSmelt OlimpijaFourth placeASVELAwards and statisticsMVPDavid Rivers 19961998 Olympiacos won its first title after defeating FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Contents 1 Bracket 2 Semifinals 2 1 Smelt Olimpija Olympiacos 2 2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ASVEL 3 Third place game 4 Final 5 Awards 5 1 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP 5 2 FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer 5 3 FIBA EuroLeague All Final Four Team 6 References 7 External linksBracket Edit Semi finalsFinal nbsp Smelt Olimpija65 nbsp Olympiacos74 nbsp Olympiacos73 nbsp FCB Banca Catalana58 nbsp FCB Banca Catalana77 nbsp ASVEL70 Third place nbsp Smelt Olimpija86 nbsp ASVEL79Semifinals EditSmelt Olimpija Olympiacos Edit April 2218 30BoxscoreSmelt Olimpija nbsp 65 74 nbsp OlympiacosScoring by half 32 37 33 37Pts Stepania 12Rebs Stepania 10Asts four players 2 Pts Rivers 28Rebs Tarlac 13Asts Rivers Sigalas 4Palaeur RomeAttendance 11 700Referees Carl Jungebrand FIN Gennaro Colucci ITA FC Barcelona Banca Catalana ASVEL Edit April 2220 30BoxscoreFC Barcelona Banca Catalana nbsp 77 70 nbsp ASVELScoring by half 38 36 39 34Pts Djordjevic 17Rebs Rivas 12Asts Djordjevic 5 Pts Howard Rudd 20Rebs Howard 6Asts Rudd 6Palaeur RomeAttendance 11 700Referees Mikhail Davydov RUS Romualdas Brazauskas LTU Third place game EditApril 2418 30BoxscoreSmelt Olimpija nbsp 86 79 nbsp ASVELScoring by half 54 35 32 44Pts Milic 17Rebs Jurkovic 8Asts McDonald 5 Pts Digbeu 22Rebs Howard Nebot 6Asts Rudd 5Palaeur RomeAttendance 12 500Referees Gennaro Colucci ITA Mikhail Davydov RUS Final EditApril 2420 30BoxscoreOlympiacos nbsp 73 58 nbsp FC Barcelona Banca CatalanaScoring by half 31 29 42 29Pts Rivers 26Rebs Tarlac 14Asts Rivers 3 Pts Jimenez 16Rebs Jimenez 9Asts Djordjevic 7Palaeur RomeAttendance 12 500Referees Carl Jungebrand FIN Romualdas Brazauskas LTU nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Olympiacos nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp FC Barcelona Banca CatalanaStarters P R APG 15 nbsp David Rivers 26 6 3SG 5 nbsp Giorgos Sigalas 7 4 2SF 9 nbsp Franko Nakic 0 2 0PF 12 nbsp Dragan Tarlac 11 14 1C 10 nbsp Panagiotis Fasoulas 6 4 1Reserves P R APG 4 nbsp Efthimis Bakatsias 1 0 0PF 7 nbsp Dimitrios Papanikolaou 11 4 0SF 8 nbsp Nasos Galakteros 0 0 0PG 11 nbsp Milan Tomic 9 4 1C 12 nbsp Chris Welp 2 1 1Head coach nbsp Dusan Ivkovic 1996 97 FIBA EuroLeagueChampions nbsp Olympiacos First Title Starters P R APG 10 nbsp Sasha Djordjevic 6 4 7SG 9 nbsp Xavi Fernandez 0 1 0SF 14 nbsp Arturas Karnisovas 14 4 0PF 4 nbsp Andres Jimenez 16 9 2C 7 nbsp Ramon Rivas 6 4 1Reserves P R APG 5 nbsp Rafa Jofresa 9 2 1SG 6 nbsp Roger Esteller 3 0 1C 8 nbsp Enrique Andreu 2 0 0PF 12 nbsp Manel Bosch 0 2 0C 15 nbsp Roberto Duenas 2 0 0Head coach nbsp Aito Garcia RenesesAwards EditFIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP Edit nbsp David Rivers nbsp Olympiacos FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer Edit nbsp David Rivers nbsp Olympiacos FIBA EuroLeague All Final Four Team Edit FIBA EuroLeague All Final Four TeamPlayer Team Ref nbsp David Rivers MVP Olympiacos 1 nbsp Dimitrios Papanikolaou Olympiacos nbsp Brian Howard ASVEL nbsp Andres Jimenez FC Barcelona Banca Catalana nbsp nbsp Dragan Tarlac OlympiacosReferences Edit Champions Cup 1996 97 External links EditEuroLeague 1996 97 at FIBA Europe website EuroLeague at Linguasport Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four amp oldid 1111564901, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
