1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

The 1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup was 38th and final edition of the competition, which was refounded the following year as Euroleague Women. It ran from 6 September 1995 to 21 March 1996.

BTV Wuppertal defeated defending champion SG Comense in the final to become the first (and only to date) German team to win the competition since its foundation in 1959.[1] MBK Ružomberok and Bourges Basket also reached the Final Four, with the Slovaks winning the bronze.[2]

First qualifying round edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cenex   167–188   Powerbasket Wels 78–84 89–104
Soubry Kortrijk   151–100   Etzella Ettelbruck 77–49 74–51
Tirana   79–185   Târgovişte 44–76 35–109
Bellinzona   walkover   Nerike
ŁKS Łódź   150–154   Elitzur Holon 79–76 71–78
Student Skopje   137–172   Montana 81–99 56–73

Second qualifying round edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Powerbasket Wels   141–202   Wuppertal 73–111 68–91
Soubry Kortrijk   153–166   Galatasaray 75–86 78–80
Târgovişte   136–144   Ježica Ljubljana 76–62 60–82
Nerike   116–163   Ružomberok 55–69 61–94
Elitzur Holon   147–139   Pécs 74–58 73–81
Montana   121–138   Dynamo Kyiv 57–82 64–56
Becej   111–162   Sporting Athens 58–75 53–87
Croatia Zagreb   117–113   USK Prague 70–56 47–57

Group stage edit

Group A edit

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1   Ružomberok 10 9 1 774 620
2   Godella 10 6 4 709 646
3   Dynamo Kyiv 10 6 4 644 620
4   Galatasaray 10 5 5 714 772
5   CSKA Moscow 10 3 7 771 786
6   Ježica Ljubljana 10 1 9 598 766

Group B edit

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1   Comense 10 9 1 744 651
2   Wuppertal 10 6 4 810 723
3   Bourges 10 5 5 697 643
4   Sporting Athens 10 5 5 738 718
5   Croatia Zagreb 10 4 6 687 737
6   Elitzur Holon 10 1 9 629 883

Quarter-finals edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd 3rd
Sporting Athens   1–2   Ružomberok 72–66 62–64 54–69
Dynamo Kyiv   0–2   Wuppertal 62–75 58–80
Galatasaray   0–2   Comense 69–82 81–85
Bourges   2–0   Godella 88–78 72–62

Final four edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 March
 
 
  Ružomberok67
 
21 March
 
  Wuppertal84
 
  Wuppertal 76
 
19 March
 
  Comense 62
 
  Comense62
 
 
  Bourges54
 
Third place
 
 
21 March
 
 
  Ružomberok65
 
 
  Bourges59

Semifinals edit

19 March 1996
17:00 GTM+1
Ružomberok   67–84   Wuppertal
Scoring by half: 34-40, 33-44
Pts: Godályová 20
Rebs: Kovacová 11
Asts: Mozgovaya, Bieliková 4
Pts: Brondello 31
Rebs: Kehrenberg 7
Asts: Kehrenberg, Timms 4
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Sofia
Attendance: 1,600

19 March 1996
19:00 GTM+1
Comense   62–54   Bourges
Scoring by half: 26-21, 36-33
Pts: Gordon 20
Rebs: Mujanović 14
Asts: Pollini, Todeschini 2
Pts: Fijalkowski 12
Rebs: Kotočová 7
Asts: Kotočová, Souvré 2
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Sofia
Attendance: 2,000

Final edit

21 March 1996
Wuppertal   76–62   Comense
Scoring by half: 34-33, 42-29
Pts: Brondello 27
Rebs: Kremer 9
Asts: Timms 8
Pts: Fullin, Gordon, Todeschini 12
Rebs: Mujanović 12
Asts: Pollini 3
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Sofia
Attendance: 2,500

Individual statistics edit

Points edit

Rank Name Team PPG
1.   Clarissa Davis   Galatasaray 25.9
2.   Cindy Brown   Elitzur Holon 23.9
3.   Elena Baranova   CSKA Moscow 22.4
4.   Sandra Brondello   Wuppertal 21.8
5.   Virginia Toler   Sporting Athens 20.8

Rebounds edit

Rank Name Team PPG
1.   Venus Lacy   Sporting Athens 12.7
2.   Elena Baranova   CSKA Moscow 12.1
3.   Cindy Brown   Elitzur Holon 10.7
4.   Daedra Charles   Galatasaray 8.9
5.   Andrea Congreaves   Godella 8.8

Assists edit

Rank Name Team PPG
1.   Svetlana Antipova   CSKA Moscow 6.6
2.   Virginia Toler   Sporting Athens 5.7
3.   Ludmila Konovalova   CSKA Moscow 5.3
4.   Michelle Timms   Wuppertal 4.9
5.   Iveta Bieliková   Ružomberok 4.5

References edit

  1. ^ List of finals in FIBA Europe's website
  2. ^ Results in FIBA Europe's website