1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

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1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Olimpia Panathinaikos
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Flag of Greece.svg
12
First leg
DateSeptember 4, 1996 (1996-09-04)
Venue Claudio Newell, Rosario
Second leg
DateSeptember 10, 1996 (1996-09-10)
Venue Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi
Third leg
DateSeptember 12, 1996 (1996-09-12)
Venue Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi
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The 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's professional basketball clubs and the 21st edition of the tournament being in the form of a true intercontinental tournament. It was contested through a best-of-three playoff format, in September 1996, in order to determine the world club champion. It was contested between the winners of the 1995–96 season of the FIBA European League, Panathinaikos, and Olimpia, the winners of the 1996 edition of the FIBA South American League.

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The first game of the 3 game series was held on 4 September 1996, at the Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, the home arena of Olimpia. Olimpia won the first game of the series by a score of 89–83. The Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the last 2 games, on 10 September 1996, and 12 September 1996. Panathinaikos won the second and third games of the series, and became the 1996 world club champions.

Series summary

GameDateHome teamResultRoad team
Game 1September 4 Olimpia 89–83
Game 2September 1083–78 Olimpia
Game 3September 12101–76 Olimpia

Panathinaikos won the series 2-1.

Game 1

September 4
2:00
Olimpia Flag of Argentina (civil).svg 8983 Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
Pts: Racca 25Pts: Amaechi 23
Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosaria, Argentina
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Juan Figueroa (PUR), José Lapaix (DOM)

Olimpia : Montecchia 6, Racca 25, Wilson 8, Jadlow 21, Uranga 7, Victoriano 12, Gutiérrez 2, Nocioni 2, Zulberti 6.

Panathinaikos : Dinkins 7, Alvertis 21, Koch 0, Amaechi 23, Martínez 8, Oikonomou 8, Georgikopoulos 0, Sconochini 16.

Game 2

September 10
16:00
Panathinaikos Flag of Greece.svg 8378 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Olimpia
Scoring by half:37-34, 46-44
Pts: Alvertis 30
Rebs: Amaechi 9
Asts: Dinkins 5
Pts: Victoriano 23
Rebs: Wilson 10
Asts: Victoriano 5
Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi, Athens
Attendance: 20,000
Referees: Wiesław Zych (POL), Danko Radić (CRO)

Panathinaikos : Dinkins 7, Sconochini 3, Alvertis 30, Oikonomou 16, Amaechi 19, Koch 8, Martínez 0.

Olimpia : Montecchia 5, Racca 11, Wilson 15, Uranga 4, Jadlow 9, Gutiérrez 5, Victoriano 23, Zulberti 0, Nocioni 6.

Game 3

September 12
16:00
Panathinaikos Flag of Greece.svg 10176 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
Scoring by half:47-40, 54-36
Pts: Dinkins 24
Rebs: Amaechi 10
Asts: Dinkins 6
Pts: Racca 28
Rebs: Uranga 7
Asts: Victoriano 3
Olympic Indoor Hall, Maroussi, Athens
Attendance: 20,000
Referees: Wiesław Zych (POL), Danko Radić (CRO)

Panathinaikos : Dinkins 24, Sconochini 12, Alvertis 8, Oikonomou 9, Amaechi 18, Koch 9, Martínez 13, Georgikopoulos 5, Skoutaris 3.

Olimpia : Montecchia 1, Racca 28, Wilson 6, Uranga 2, Jadlow 20, Gutiérrez 0, Victoriano 14, Zulberti 5, Nocioni 0, Burgos 0.

1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champions
Flag of Greece.svg
Panathinaikos
1st title

Rosters

Panathinaikos
PosNo.Player
SF4 Flag of Greece.svg Fragiskos Alvertis
SG5 Flag of Greece.svg Ioannis Georgikopoulos
PG6 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Koch
PF8 Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Oikonomou
PG9 Flag of the United States.svg Byron Dinkins
SG/SF11 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Flag of Italy.svg Hugo Sconochini
F/C13 Flag of Spain (civil).svg Ferran Martínez
SF14 Flag of Greece.svg Leonidas Skoutaris
C15 Flag of England.svg John Amaechi
PF Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Flag of Italy.svg Marcelo Nicola
Did not play
PG10 Flag of Greece.svg Flag of the United States.svg Jon Korfas
SG Flag of Greece.svg Vangelis Vourtzoumis
C Flag of Greece.svg Saša Marković-Theodorakis
Head coach:
Civil Flag of Serbia.svg Božidar Maljković
Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
PosNo.Player
SF5 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Lamont Wilson
PG6 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Flag of Italy.svg Alejandro Montecchia
PG8 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Flag of Spain (civil).svg Lucas Victoriano
F10 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Leonardo Gutiérrez
F/C11 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Alejandro Burgos
F/C12 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Sebastián Uranga
SG/SF13 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Flag of Italy.svg Jorge Racca
F/C15 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Jadlow
F Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Flag of Italy.svg Andrés Nocioni
F Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Jorge Zulberti
Head coach:
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Horacio Seguí