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{{Infobox basketball game
| game_name = 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
| event =  
| image =  
| team1 = [[Olimpia Basketball Clusecondleb|Olimpia]]
| team1association = {{flagicon|ARG|alt|size=30px}}
| team1score = 1
| team2 = [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| team2association = {{flagicon|GRE|size=30px}}
| team2score = 2
<!--- First leg  --->
| firstleg = First leg
| team1score1 = 89
| team2score1 = 83
| details1                = 
| date1                   = {{Start date|1996|09|04}}
| stadium1                = [[Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys|Claudio Newell]]
| attendance1             = 
| city1                   = [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]]
| mvp                     = 
<!----Second leg---->
| secondleg= Second leg
| team2score2 = 83
| team1score2 = 78
| details2                = 
| date2                   = {{Start date|1996|09|10}}
| stadium2                = [[Olympic Indoor Hall]]
| attendance2             = 
| city2                   = [[Maroussi]]
<!----Third leg---->
| thirdleg= Third leg
| team2score3 = 101
| team1score3 = 76
| details3                = 
| date3                   = {{Start date|1996|09|12}}
| stadium3                = [[Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall|Olympic Indoor Hall]]
| attendance3             = 
| city3                   = [[Maroussi]]

| previous = [[1987 FIBA Club World Cup|1987]]
| next = [[2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|2013]]
}}
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 FIBA European Championship|1995–96 season]] of the [[EuroLeague|FIBA European League]], [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]], and [[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]], the winners of the [[1996 FIBA South American League|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 Basketball Club|Olimpia]]. Olimpia won the first game of the series by a score of 89–83. The [[Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall|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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Game !! Date !! Home team !! Result !! Road team 
|-
| Game 1 || September 4 || '''[[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]]''' || '''89'''–83 || {{center|[[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]}}
|-
| Game 2 || September 10 || {{center|'''[[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]'''}} || '''83'''–78 || [[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]]
|-      
| Game 3 || September 12 || {{center|'''[[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]'''}} || '''101'''–76 || [[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]] 
|-     
|}
''Panathinaikos won the series 2-1.''

=== Game 1 ===
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee|time=2:00|date=September 4|place=[[Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys]], [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosaria]], [[Argentina]]
|teamA= '''[[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]]''' {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} |scoreA='''89'''
|teamB= {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]] |scoreB=83
|
|attendance=7,000
|referee=Juan Figueroa (PUR), José Lapaix (DOM)
|report=
|points1=[[Jorge Racca|Racca]] 25 |points2=[[John Amaechi|Amaechi]] 23
|rebounds1=
|assist1= 
}}

'''[[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]]''': [[Alejandro Montecchia|Montecchia]] 6, [[Jorge Racca|Racca]] 25, [[Michael Lamont Wilson|Wilson]] 8, [[Todd Jadlow|Jadlow]] 21, [[Sebastián Uranga|Uranga]] 7, [[Lucas Victoriano|Victoriano]] 12, [[Leonardo Gutiérrez|Gutiérrez]] 2, [[Andrés Nocioni|Nocioni]] 2, [[Jorge Zulberti|Zulberti]] 6.

'''[[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]''': [[Byron Dinkins|Dinkins]] 7, [[Fragiskos Alvertis|Alvertis]] 21, [[Michael Koch (basketball)|Koch]] 0, [[John Amaechi|Amaechi]] 23, [[Ferran Martínez|Martínez]] 8, [[Nikos Oikonomou|Oikonomou]] 8, [[Ioannis Georgikopoulos|Georgikopoulos]] 0, [[Hugo Sconochini|Sconochini]] 16.

=== Game 2 ===
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee|time=16:00|date=September 10|place=[[Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall|Olympic Indoor Hall]], [[Maroussi]], [[Athens]]
|teamA= '''[[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]''' {{flagicon|GRE}} |scoreA='''83'''
|teamB= {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]] |scoreB=78
|H1='''37'''-34|H2='''46'''-44
|attendance=20,000
|referee=Wiesław Zych (POL), [[Danko Radić]] (CRO)
|report=[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=172851 Report]
|points1=[[Fragiskos Alvertis|Alvertis]] 30 |points2=[[Lucas Victoriano|Victoriano]] 23
|rebounds1=[[John Amaechi|Amaechi]] 9  |rebounds2=[[Michael Lamont Wilson|Wilson]] 10
|assist1=[[Byron Dinkins|Dinkins]] 5 |assist2=[[Lucas Victoriano|Victoriano]] 5
}}

'''[[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]''': [[Byron Dinkins|Dinkins]] 7, [[Hugo Sconochini|Sconochini]] 3, [[Fragiskos Alvertis|Alvertis]] 30, [[Nikos Oikonomou|Oikonomou]] 16, [[John Amaechi|Amaechi]] 19, [[Michael Koch (basketball)|Koch]] 8, [[Ferran Martínez|Martínez]] 0.

'''[[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]]''': [[Alejandro Montecchia|Montecchia]] 5, [[Jorge Racca|Racca]] 11, [[Michael Lamont Wilson|Wilson]] 15, [[Sebastián Uranga|Uranga]] 4, [[Todd Jadlow|Jadlow]] 9, [[Leonardo Gutiérrez|Gutiérrez]] 5, [[Lucas Victoriano|Victoriano]] 23, [[Jorge Zulberti|Zulberti]] 0, [[Andrés Nocioni|Nocioni]] 6.

=== Game 3 ===
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee|time=16:00|date=September 12|place=[[Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall|Olympic Indoor Hall]], [[Maroussi]], [[Athens]]
|teamA= '''[[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]]''' {{flagicon|GRE}} |scoreA='''101'''
|teamB= {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Olimpia de Venado Tuerto]] |scoreB=76
|H1='''47'''-40|H2='''54'''-36
|attendance=20,000
|referee=Wiesław Zych (POL), [[Danko Radić]] (CRO)
|report=[http://www.hri.org/E/1996/96-09-13.dir/keimena/sport/sport7.htm Report]
|points1=[[Byron Dinkins|Dinkins]] 24 |points2=[[Jorge Racca|Racca]] 28
|rebounds1=[[John Amaechi|Amaechi]] 10  |rebounds2=[[Sebastián Uranga|Uranga]] 7
|assist1=[[Byron Dinkins|Dinkins]] 6 |assist2=[[Lucas Victoriano|Victoriano]] 3
}}

'''[[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]''': [[Byron Dinkins|Dinkins]] 24, [[Hugo Sconochini|Sconochini]] 12, [[Fragiskos Alvertis|Alvertis]] 8, [[Nikos Oikonomou|Oikonomou]] 9, [[John Amaechi|Amaechi]] 18, [[Michael Koch (basketball)|Koch]] 9, [[Ferran Martínez|Martínez]] 13, [[Ioannis Georgikopoulos|Georgikopoulos]] 5, [[Leonidas Skoutaris|Skoutaris]] 3.

'''[[Olimpia Basketball Club|Olimpia]]''': [[Alejandro Montecchia|Montecchia]] 1, [[Jorge Racca|Racca]] 28, [[Michael Lamont Wilson|Wilson]] 6, [[Sebastián Uranga|Uranga]] 2, [[Todd Jadlow|Jadlow]] 20, [[Leonardo Gutiérrez|Gutiérrez]] 0, [[Lucas Victoriano|Victoriano]] 14, [[Jorge Zulberti|Zulberti]] 5, [[Andrés Nocioni|Nocioni]] 0, [[Alejandro Burgos|Burgos]] 0.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
!1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champions
|-
|{{flagicon|GRE|size=150px}}<br /> '''[[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]''' <br /> '''1st title'''
|}

== Rosters ==
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{| width=100%
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| class="toccolours sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" align=center
|+ '''Panathinaikos'''
|-
! {{Tooltip|Pos|Position(s)}}
! {{Tooltip|No.|Jersey number}}
! Player
|-
| SF || 4 || align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Fragiskos Alvertis]]
|-
| SG || 5 || align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Ioannis Georgikopoulos]]
|-
| PG || 6 || align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Koch (basketball)|Michael Koch]]
|-
| PF || 8 || align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Nikos Oikonomou]]
|-
| PG || 9 || align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Byron Dinkins]]
|-
| SG/SF || 11 ||align=left | {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Hugo Sconochini]]
|-
| F/C || 13 || align=left | {{flagicon|ESP|civil}} [[Ferran Martínez]]
|-
| SF || 14 || align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Leonidas Skoutaris]]
|-
| C || 15|| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Amaechi]]
|-
| PF ||  || align=left | {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marcelo Nicola]]
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
| colspan=3 | {{center| '''Did not play'''}}
|-
| PG || 10 || align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Korfas]]
|-
| SG ||  || align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Vangelis Vourtzoumis]] 
|-
| C ||  || align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Saša Marković-Theodorakis]]
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan=3|'''Head coach:'''
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan=4 align=center | {{flagicon|SER|civil}} [[Božidar Maljković]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| class="toccolours sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" align=center
|+ '''Olimpia de Venado Tuerto'''
|-
! {{Tooltip|Pos|Position(s)}}
! {{Tooltip|No.|Jersey number}}
! Player
|-
| SF || 5  || align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Lamont Wilson]]
|-
| PG || 6  || align=left | {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alejandro Montecchia]]
|-
| PG || 8 || align=left | {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} {{flagicon|ESP|civil}} [[Lucas Victoriano]]
|-
| F || 10 || align=left | {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Leonardo Gutiérrez]]
|-
| F/C || 11 || align=left | {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Alejandro Burgos]]
|-
| F/C || 12 || align=left | {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Sebastián Uranga]]
|-
| SG/SF || 13 || align=left |{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Jorge Racca]]
|-
| F/C || 15 || align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Todd Jadlow]]
|-
| F ||  || align=left |{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrés Nocioni]]
|-
| F ||  || align=left |{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Jorge Zulberti]]
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan=3| '''Head coach:'''
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan=4 align=center | {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Horacio Seguí]]
|}
|}

== External links ==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160206163148/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/intercontinental/IC_96.htm 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141020003716/http://www.paobc.gr/page.ashx?pid=23&aid=3104&mid=86&lang=2 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup]
* [http://www.onsports.gr/basket/Afieromata/item/249949-O-Panathinaikos-stin-koryfi-toy-kosmoy-photos-videos 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup] {{in lang|el}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091109093303/http://www.sansimera.gr/articles/245/3 1996 Intercontinental Basketball Cup] {{in lang|el}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101109142213/http://www.basketnet.gr/main/1/a1/teams/1/pao-men/articles/3/triponto-pao-1996.html Panathinaikos, team presentation, September 1996] {{in lang|el}}

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