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| Season | 1996-97 | |||||||||
| Dates | September 18, 1996 – April 24, 1997 | |||||||||
| Number of teams | 24 | |||||||||
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| Champions |  Olympiacos (1st title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up |  FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | |||||||||
| Third place |  Smelt Olimpija | |||||||||
| Fourth place |  ASVEL | |||||||||
| Final Four MVP |  David Rivers | |||||||||
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The 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague was the 40th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). 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 national domestic league champions from the best leagues, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues). The competition culminated in a Final Four.
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.[1]
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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