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.
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 Game Date Home team Result Road team Game 1 September 4 Olimpia 89–83 Game 2 September 10 83–78 Olimpia Game 3 September 12 101–76 Olimpia Panathinaikos won the series 2-1.
Game 1
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
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
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 Panathinaikos 1st title
Rosters
+ Panathinaikos Player SF 4 Fragiskos Alvertis SG 5 Ioannis Georgikopoulos PG 6 Michael Koch PF 8 Nikos Oikonomou PG 9 Byron Dinkins SG/SF 11 Hugo Sconochini F/C 13 Ferran Martínez SF 14 Leonidas Skoutaris C 15 John Amaechi PF Marcelo Nicola PG 10 Jon Korfas SG Vangelis Vourtzoumis C Saša Marković-TheodorakisHead coach: Božidar Maljković+ Olimpia de Venado Tuerto Player SF 5 Michael Lamont Wilson PG 6 Alejandro Montecchia PG 8 Lucas Victoriano F 10 Leonardo Gutiérrez F/C 11 Alejandro Burgos F/C 12 Sebastián Uranga SG/SF 13 Jorge Racca F/C 15 Todd Jadlow F Andrés Nocioni F Jorge Zulberti Head coach: Horacio Seguí
External links
1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup Panathinaikos, team presentation, September 1996