# 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four

The 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1996–97 season's FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.
Olympiacos won its first title, after defeating FC Barcelona Banca Catalana.

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Smelt Olimpija | 65 |
| Olympiacos | 74 | | |
| Olympiacos | 74 | Olympiacos | 73 |
| | | FCB Banca Catalana | 58 |
| FCB Banca Catalana | 77 | FCB Banca Catalana | 58 |
| ASVEL | 70 | | |
| ASVEL | 70 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Smelt Olimpija | 86 |
| | | ASVEL | 79 |

## Semifinals
### Smelt Olimpija – Olympiacos

* April 22 18:30
* Boxscore
| Smelt Olimpija | 65–74 | Olympiacos |
| Scoring by half: 32–37, 33–37 |||
| Pts: Stepania 12 Rebs: Stepania 10 Asts: four players 2 | | Pts: Rivers 28 Rebs: Tarlać 13 Asts: Rivers, Sigalas 4 |
* Palaeur, Rome Attendance: 11,700 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Gennaro Colucci (ITA)

### FC Barcelona Banca Catalana – ASVEL

* April 22 20:30
* Boxscore
| FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | 77–70 | ASVEL |
| Scoring by half: 38–36, 39–34 |||
| Pts: Djordjević 17 Rebs: Rivas 12 Asts: Djordjević 5 | | Pts: Howard, Rudd 20 Rebs: Howard 6 Asts: Rudd 6 |
* Palaeur, Rome Attendance: 11,700 Referees: Mikhail Davydov (RUS), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

## Third-place game

* April 24 18:30
* Boxscore
| Smelt Olimpija | 86–79 | ASVEL |
| Scoring by half: 54–35, 32–44 |||
| Pts: Milič 17 Rebs: Jurković 8 Asts: McDonald 5 | | Pts: Digbeu 22 Rebs: Howard, Nebot 6 Asts: Rudd 5 |
* Palaeur, Rome Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Mikhail Davydov (RUS)

## Final

* April 24 20:30
* Boxscore
| Olympiacos | 73–58 | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana |
| Scoring by half: 31–29, 42–29 |||
| Pts: Rivers 26 Rebs: Tarlać 14 Asts: Rivers 3 | | Pts: Jiménez 16 Rebs: Jiménez 9 Asts: Djordjević 7 |
* Palaeur, Rome Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
| Olympiacos | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | P | R | A |
| PG | 15 | David Rivers | 26 | 6 | 3 |
| SG | 5 | Giorgos Sigalas | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 9 | Franko Nakić | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Dragan Tarlać | 11 | 14 | 1 |
| C | 10 | Panagiotis Fasoulas | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | P | R | A |
| PG | 4 | Efthimis Bakatsias | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 7 | Dimitrios Papanikolaou | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| SF | 8 | Nasos Galakteros | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 11 | Milan Tomić | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Chris Welp | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dušan Ivković ||||||
* 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
* Olympiacos First Title
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | P | R | A |
| PG | 10 | Saša Đorđević | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| SG | 9 | Xavi Fernández | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 14 | Artūras Karnišovas | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| PF | 4 | Andrés Jiménez | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| C | 7 | Ramón Rivas | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | P | R | A |
| PG | 5 | Rafa Jofresa | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 6 | Roger Esteller | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 8 | Enrique Andreu | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Manel Bosch | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Roberto Dueñas | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aíto García Reneses ||||||

## Awards
### FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP

* David Rivers ( Olympiacos)

### FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

* David Rivers ( Olympiacos)

### FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team :
| Player | Team |
| David Rivers (MVP) | Olympiacos |
| Dimitrios Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
| Brian Howard | ASVEL |
| Andrés Jiménez | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana |
| Dragan Tarlać | Olympiacos |