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1997 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 Semifinals Smelt Olimpija – Olympiacos FC Barcelona Banca Catalana – ASVEL Third-place game Final Awards FIBA EuroLeague Final Four MVP * David Rivers ( Olympiacos) FIBA EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer * David Rivers ( Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a numbe ...) FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team References External links EuroLeague 1996–97 at FIBA Europe website {{DEFAULTSORT:FIBA 1996–97 International basketball competitions hosted by Italy 1996–97 in European basketball 1996–9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assembl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Howard (basketball)
Brian Eugene Howard (born October 19, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'6" and 204 lb small forward from North Carolina State University, Howard played briefly for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks from 1992 to 1993. In 95 games for the Mavs, he averaged 6.0 points and 2.8 rebound a game. He has also played in Turkey for Efes Pilsen and in France for ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne ASVEL Basket, commonly known as ASVEL or sometimes as ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, and also known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon .... at www.basket-stats.info Notes External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrios Papanikolaou
Dimitrios Papanikolaou (alternate spelling: Dimitris) ( el, Δημήτρης Παπανικολάου; born February 7, 1977 in Nea Liosia, Athens, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall. He spent most of his career playing at the shooting guard and small forward positions, although he also played at the power forward position late in his career. Playing career Clubs Papanikolaou began his professional career in 1992 with the Greek club Sporting Athens when he was transferred from the amateur club Asteras Neon Liosion. He then transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus in the year 1995. With Olympiacos, he won 2 Greek Basket League championships (1996, 1997), 2 Greek Cups (1997, 2002), the EuroLeague championship (1997), and also the Triple Crown (1997). In 1997 summer Papanikolaou left Olympiakos for Virtus Bologna, but he wasn't free for the Italian club until his 21st birthday. Finally, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efthimis Bakatsias
Efthimis Bakatsias (alternate spelling: Efthimios, el, Ευθύμης Μπακατσιάς, ; January 14, 1968) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Born in Athens, he played professionally in the Greek Basket League and represented Greece at senior level. Professional career Bakatsias started his pro career with Pagrati. He played for Olympiacos from 1993 to 1998, winning with them four Greek League championships (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997) and two Greek Cups (1994, 1997). In 1997, while with Olympiacos, Bakatsias won the EuroLeague's Final Four title, as well as both Greek League and the Greek Cup titles, making him a winner of the Triple Crown. He also participated at two EuroLeague Finals ( 1994 Tel Aviv, 1995 Saragoza), and at the 1997 McDonald's Championship final. National team career Bakatsias was a member of the senior Greek national basketball team. With Greece's senior team, he played at the 1988 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Fasoulas
Panagiotis "Panos" Fasoulas (alternate spelling: Fassoulas; Greek: Παναγιώτης Φασούλας; born May 12, 1963 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek politician and former professional basketball player. He was selected in the second round by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1986 NBA draft, but never decided to play in the NBA. Considered to be one of the best big men ever in European basketball, Fasoulas became a FIBA Hall of Fame player in 2016. Basketball career College career Fasoulas played college basketball in the United States at North Carolina State University, with the N.C. State Wolfpack, where he played under legendary coach Jim Valvano. In his sole season in college, he averaged 2.8 points per game, 3.2 rebounds per game and led the school with 1.8 blocks per game in 29 games. Professional career During his professional career, Fasoulas played for PAOK and Olympiacos. With PAOK, he won the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup championship in the 1990–91 season. Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franko Nakić
Franko Nakić ( el, Φράνκο Νάκιτς; born June 9, 1972) is a Croatian-Greek retired professional basketball player. Under his Greek nationality, he is known by the name of Franko Nakits. Early life Nakić was born in Šibenik, to his father, Mile Nakić, who is a Croatian sportsman and water polo coach. He moved to Greece to live, and gained Greek citizenship. Professional career Nakić started his career with Olympiacos. He played with Olympiacos from 1992 to 1998, winning 5 Greek League championships (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997) and 2 Greek Cups (1994, 1997). In 1997, Nakić won the EuroLeague championship, Greek League championship, and the Greek Cup all in the same season, thus winning the coveted Triple Crown. He also participated at two EuroLeague Finals ( 1994 Tel Aviv, 1995 Saragoza) and at the 1997 McDonald's Championship final against the Chicago Bulls of Michael Jordan. In 1998, he moved to Alba Berlin, and with Alba, he won the German League champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgos Sigalas
Giorgos Sigalas (alternate spelling: Georgios) ( el, Γιώργος Σιγάλας, link=no; born July 31, 1971 in Peristeri, Athens, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach. During the decade of the 1990s, the 2.01 m (6'7") tall swingman was the regular captain (sports), team captain of the pro club Olympiacos B.C., Olympiacos Piraeus, of the Greek Basket League, Greek League and the EuroLeague, and also of the Greece men's national basketball team. Nicknamed John Rambo, Rambo, during his playing career, Sigalas was one of the best European defensive players of his generation. Sigalas helped Olympiacos Piraeus to win a EuroLeague title in 1997 EuroLeague Final Four, 1997, as well as to make two more EuroLeague Finals appearances, in 1994 EuroLeague Final Four, 1994 and 1995 EuroLeague Final Four, 1995. With the Greece men's national team, he competed in six consecutive EuroBasket tournaments, (EuroBasket 1993, 1993, EuroBasket 1995, 1995, Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Jiménez Fernández
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Andres or Andrés may refer to: *Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US *Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Andres (name) *Hurricane Andres * "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7 See also * * *San Andrés (other), various places with the Spanish name of Saint Andrew *Anders (other) *Andre (other) *Andreas (other) Andreas is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Andreas (comics) (b. 1951), pen name for Andreas Martens, comic artist * Andreas (parish), a parish in the Sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man ** Andreas, Isle of Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel McDonald
Ariel Rene McDonald (born January 5, 1972) is an American-Slovenian retired professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position. A high quality floor general who was the 2000 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP in 2001, and an All-EuroLeague Second Team member in 2002, McDonald played for top European teams like Montepaschi Siena, Olimpija Ljubljana, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Panathinaikos, Akasvayu Girona, and Dynamo Moscow. Early life and career McDonald began his high school career at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, outside of Chicago. He averaged 24 points per game, on 63% field-goal shooting, and 10 assists per game. After two years at Homewood-Flossmoor, McDonald's family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. McDonald took his new high school, Athens Drive High School, to the final four in North Carolina. College career In the fall of 1989, McDonald arrived at the University of Minnesota. In his first year of college basketball, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidoine Nebot
Sidoine is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Sidoine Beaullia (born 1983), Congolese footballer *Sidoine Benoît, 14th century Benedictine monk, credited for inventing the traditional Normandy, France dish Tripes à la mode de Caen * Sidoine Oussou (born 1992), Beninese footballer {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivica Jurković
Ivica Jurković (born March 26, 1973) is Slovenian former professional basketball player. Professional career Jurković played for Rogaška Donat, Union Olimpija, Türk Telekom, PAOK, Olympiacos, Lokomotiv Rostov, Kaveh Tehran, Kordestan and Šentjur. Slovenian national team Jurković was a member of the Slovenia national basketball team since 1996 until 2004. He competed at Eurobasket 1997, Eurobasket 1999, Eurobasket 2001 and Eurobasket 2003. He represented Slovenia officially at 61 games and scored a 488 points. Career statistics Euroleague , - , style="text-align:left;", 2004–05 , style="text-align:left;", Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ... , 10 , , 10 , , 25.4 , , .472 , , .148 , , .667 , , 4.8 , , .9 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Digbeu
Alain Digbeu (born November 13, 1975) is a French former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the NBA pro club the Atlanta Hawks with the 49th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. He is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) in height and 220 lb (100 kg) in weight. He can play at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. Professional career At the pro club level, Digbeu played in the French League with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne from 1993-99. With ASVEL he won the French Cup in the years 1996 and 1997. He was also the French League Rising Star Award in 1994 and 1995, a L'Équipe French League French Player's MVP in 1998, and a 3 time French League All-Star (1997, 1998, 1999) with ASVEL. He played in the Spanish League with FC Barcelona from 1999–2002 and he won the Spanish League championship and the Spanish Cup championship with Barcelona in the year 2001. Digbeu has also played with the Spanish club Real Madrid in the 2002-03 season, with the Spanish club Joventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
