1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague

The 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague was the 40th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs. It was organized by FIBA Europe. It began on September 19, 1996, and ended on April 24, 1997. The competition's Final Four was held at Rome.
In the previous 5 seasons of the competition, the competition's official name was FIBA European League, or shortened to FIBA EuroLeague. This season was the first edition of the competition that took the shortened name of FIBA EuroLeague, as the league's official name.

Competition system

24 teams. The competition culminated in a Final Four.
Teams

Country ranking

For the 1996-1997 EuroLeague, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1995–96.

Team allocation

First round

Group A

	MIL	CSK	MAC	ÜLK	LIM	PAN
MIL	X	87-74	85-88	67-65	79-66	90-66
CSK	70-55	X	89-80	71-76	74-65	96-66
MAC	78-68	77-78	X	71-65	69-77	69-57
ÜLK	67-73	73-76	84-80	X	99-91	87-69
LIM	74-85	83-66	62-69	84-80	X	78-75
PAN	79-86	72-67	69-74	84-71	92-77	X

Group B

	TSB	EST	CIB	ALB	OLY	SPI
TSB	X	100-86	54-66	82-72	81-72	87-78
EST	66-75	X	78-71	82-75	87-78	94-72
CIB	64-72	81-66	X	78-68	63-61	75-66
ALB	81-64	78-79	79-71	X	62-61	94-73
OLY	96-80	110-78	62-61	64-67	X	87-60
SPI	61-78	75-82	73-77	69-79	72-79	X

Group C

	PAO	OLI	ASV	FCB	CRO	BAY
PAO	X	75-67	66-72	79-75	72-50	87-79
OLI	74-76	X	73-60	77-65	81-53	86-70
ASV	74-80	70-69	X	91-90	78-59	72-64
FCB	77-58	70-71	78-81	X	68-70	90-71
CRO	58-65	53-66	73-61	65-75	X	86-79
BAY	67-78	77-89	66-79	71-79	60-63	X

Group D

	EFE	PAR	KIN	PAU	CAJ	DYN
EFE	X	93-77	75-60	78-76	69-66	87-84
PAR	76-72	X	78-70	84-75	66-72	97-64
KIN	75-89	100-83	X	86-74	93-75	89-74
PAU	80-78	73-77	89-83	X	85-79	94-71
CAJ	68-70	72-67	72-64	61-69	X	91-61
DYN	73-82	71-72	64-78	70-65	79-75	X

Second round

If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
Overall point difference in all group matches
Points scored in all group matches
Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Top four places in each group advance to Playoff

Group E

	MIL	ALB	OLY	MAC	CSK	SPI
MIL	X	80-91	73-71	X	X	73-63
ALB	68-78	X	X	70-65	78-76	X
OLY	87-84	X	X	69-60	82-51	X
MAC	X	78-62	82-78	X	X	87-70
CSK	X	67-69	70-79	X	X	80-66
SPI	68-71	X	X	90-82	67-72	X

Group F

	TSB	CIB	EST	LIM	ÜLK	PAN
TSB	X	X	X	90-76	69-61	94-58
CIB	X	X	X	72-66	82-81	85-58
EST	X	X	X	68-70	97-63	92-70
LIM	81-70	85-61	91-85	X	X	X
ÜLK	73-78	73-77	78-74	X	X	X
PAN	72-88	84-76	91-95	X	X	X

Group G

	PAO	ASV	OLI	CAJ	PAU	DYN
PAO	X	X	X	90-71	75-71	71-67
ASV	X	X	X	83-81	67-65	82-52
OLI	X	X	X	67-70	96-86	80-72
CAJ	78-87	91-68	81-76	X	X	X
PAU	66-78	95-97	77-71	X	X	X
DYN	88-81	86-90	64-76	X	X	X

Group H

	EFE	PAR	FCB	KIN	CRO	BAY
EFE	X	X	96-70	X	74-64	91-68
PAR	X	X	91-87	X	71-82	89-76
FCB	69-67	75-73	X	73-72	X	X
KIN	X	X	92-103	X	73-57	90-100
CRO	78-56	76-75	X	68-70	X	X
BAY	72-73	70-81	X	85-79	X	X

Top 16

Quarterfinals

Final four

Semifinals

April 22, Palaeur, Rome

3rd place game

April 24, Palaeur, Rome

Final