1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

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1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Tournament details
Arena	Palaeur Rome, Italy
Dates	April 1997
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (1st title)
Runners-up	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Third place	Smelt Olimpija
Fourth place	ASVEL
Awards and statistics
MVP	David Rivers
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The 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1996–97 season's FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

Olympiacos won its first title, after defeating FC Barcelona Banca Catalana.

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



Smelt Olimpija	65

Olympiacos	74
		Olympiacos	73

		FCB Banca Catalana	58
FCB Banca Catalana	77

ASVEL	70
		Third place



		Smelt Olimpija	86

		ASVEL	79

Semifinals

Smelt Olimpija – Olympiacos

April 22
18:30

Boxscore

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)

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana – ASVEL

April 22
20:30

Boxscore

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

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

Third-place game

April 24
18:30

Boxscore

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: Howard, Nebot 6 Asts: Rudd 5

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

Final

April 24
20:30

Boxscore

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

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

Olympiacos

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	15	David Rivers	26	6	3
SG	5	Giorgos 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	Saša 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

Awards

FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

David Rivers ( Olympiacos)

FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

David Rivers ( Olympiacos)

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

Player	Team	Ref.
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
David Rivers (MVP)	Olympiacos
Dimitrios Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
Brian Howard	ASVEL
Andrés Jiménez	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Dragan Tarlać	Olympiacos

References

Champions Cup 1996–97.

External links

v t e Olympiacos B.C. 1996–97 FIBA 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

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