1996 FIBA European League Final Four
Tournament details
Arena	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Paris, France
Dates	April 1996
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (1st title)
Runners-up	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Third place	CSKA Moscow
Fourth place	Real Madrid Teka
Awards and statistics
MVP	Dominique Wilkins
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The 1996 FIBA European League Final Four, or 1996 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, was the 1995–96 season's FIBA European League Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe. Panathinaikos won its first title, after defeating Barcelona in the final game.

Bracket

Semifinals

9 April 1996
19:00

CSKA Moscow	71–81	Panathinaikos
Scoring by half: 33–36, 38–45
Pts: Karasev 23 Rebs: Nwosu 13 Asts: Karasev 9		Pts: Wilkins 35 Rebs: Vranković 12 Asts: Oikonomou 5

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

9 April 1996
21:00

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	76–66	Real Madrid Teka
Scoring by half: 34–38, 42–28
Pts: Karnišovas 24 Rebs: Godfread 7 Asts: Karnišovas 6		Pts: Arlauckas 22 Rebs: Smith 6 Asts: Santos 5

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), José Araujo (POR)

11 April 1996
19:00

CSKA Moscow	74–73	Real Madrid Teka
Scoring by half: 34–35, 40–38
Pts: Vētra 22 Rebs: Panov 8 Asts: Karasev 8		Pts: Savić 22 Rebs: Savić 9 Asts: Antúnez 7

Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), José Araujo (POR)

11 April 1996
21:00

Panathinaikos	67–66	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Scoring by half: 35–25, 32–41
Pts: Alvertis 17 Rebs: Wilkins 10 Asts: Oikonomou 5		Pts: Karnišovas 23 Rebs: Karnišovas 8 Asts: Karnišovas 6

Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

Panathinaikos

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	10	Panagiotis Giannakis	9	2	4
SG	4	Fragiskos Alvertis	17	3	2
SF	12	Dominique Wilkins	16	10	1
PF	8	Nikos Oikonomou	10	6	5
C	11	Stojko Vranković	0	9	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
SG	6	Vangelis Vourtzoumis	2	0	1
PG	9	Jon Korfas	4	0	0
PF	15	Tzanis Stavrakopoulos	9	3	0
Head coach:
Božidar Maljković

1995–96 FIBA European League Champions
Panathinaikos First title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	5	José Luis Galilea	10	1	5
SG	9	Xavi Fernández	15	3	0
SF	14	Artūras Karnišovas	23	8	6
PF	4	Andrés Jiménez	9	2	1
C	6	Dan Godfread	9	5	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
SF	10	José Antonio Montero	0	0	2
PG	11	Salva Díez	0	1	2
PF	12	Manel Bosch	0	2	1
C	13	Ferran Martínez	0	2	0
Head coach:
Aíto García Reneses

Player	Team	Ref.
FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
Vasily Karasev	CSKA Moscow	^[1]
Fragiskos Alvertis	Panathinaikos
Artūras Karnišovas	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Dominique Wilkins (MVP)	Panathinaikos
Stojko Vranković	Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos 1995–96 FIBA European League champions

Panathinaikos 1995–96 FIBA European League champions
4 Alvertis 6 Vourtzoumis 7 Patavoukas 8 Oikonomou 9 Korfas 10 Giannakis 11 Vranković 12 Wilkins (Final Four MVP) 13 Stavrakopoulos 14 Pecarski 15 Myriounis Coach Maljković

FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague Basketball

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 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024

General information
History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history Historical formats EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV Broadcasters NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament Youngest players Winning head coaches
Awards	EuroLeague Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team EuroLeague MVP Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2000–10 All-Decade Team 2010–20 All-Decade Team
Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Season stats leaders Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists European club pyramid European club rankings