title: 1996–97 Olympiacos B.C. season
text: # 1996–97 Olympiacos B.C. season
  
  In the 1996–97 season Olympiacos became the 8th club in the history of European Basketball and also the 1st club in the history of Greek basketball that made the Triple Crown achievement having won the Greek Basketball Cup, the FIBA EuroLeague and the Greek Basket League.
  
  ## The roster
  
  * Efthimis Bakatsias 4.
  * Giorgos Sigalas 5.
  * Dimitrios Papanikolaou 7.
  * Nasos Galakteros 8.
  * Franko Nakić 9.
  * Panagiotis Fasoulas 10.
  * Milan Tomić 11.
  * Dragan Tarlać 12.
  * Chris Welp 13.
  * Aleksey Savrasenko 14.
  * David Rivers 15. (Final Four MVP)
  * Vassilis Soulis
  * Anatoly Zourpenko
  * Coach: Dušan Ivković
  
  ## Greek Cup
  
  ### 2nd round
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Peiraikos | 59–88 | Olympiacos |
  
  ### Top 16
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aris | 47–58 | Olympiacos |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nikas Peristeri | 58–78 | Olympiacos |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  April 12, O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Olympiacos | 63–61 | AEK |
  
  ### Final
  
  April 13, O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Olympiacos | 80–78 | Apollon Patras Dexim |
  
  ## FIBA EuroLeague
  
  ### 1st round
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Olympiacos | 64–67 | Alba Berlin |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Olympiacos | 96–80 | Teamsystem Bologna |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Spirou | 72–79 | Olympiacos |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Olympiacos | 62–61 | Cibona |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Olympiacos | 110–78 | Estudiantes Argentaria |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Alba Berlin | 62–61 | Olympiacos |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Teamsystem Bologna | 81–72 | Olympiacos |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Olympiacos | 87–60 | Spirou |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Cibona | 63–61 | Olympiacos |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Estudiantes Argentaria | 87–78 | Olympiacos |
  | | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
  | 1. | Teamsystem Bologna | 10 | 7 | 3 | 773 | 742 | +31 |
  | 2. | Estudiantes Argentaria | 10 | 6 | 4 | 798 | 821 | -23 |
  | 3. | Cibona | 10 | 6 | 4 | 713 | 679 | +34 |
  | 4. | Alba Berlin | 10 | 6 | 4 | 755 | 723 | +22 |
  | 5. | Olympiacos | 10 | 5 | 5 | 770 | 711 | +59 |
  | 6. | Spirou | 10 | 0 | 10 | 699 | 832 | -133 |
  
  ### 2nd round
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Olympiacos | 82–51 | CSKA Moscow |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Stefanel Milano | 73–71 | Olympiacos |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Olympiacos | 69–60 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | CSKA Moscow | 70–79 | Olympiacos |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Olympiacos | 87–84 | Stefanel Milano |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 82–78 | Olympiacos |
  | | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
  | 1. | Stefanel Milano | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1234 | 1175 | +59 |
  | 2. | Alba Berlin | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1193 | 1167 | +26 |
  | 3. | Olympiacos | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1236 | 1131 | +105 |
  | 4. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1209 | 1173 | +32 |
  | 5. | CSKA Moscow | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1178 | 1175 | +3 |
  | 6. | Spirou | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1123 | 1297 | -174 |
  
  ### Top 16
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Partizan | 1–2 | Olympiacos | 71–81 | 61–60 | 69–74 |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Panathinaikos | 0–2 | Olympiacos | 49–69 | 57–65 | |
  
  ### Final Four
  
  **Semifinals**
  
  April 22, Palaeur, Rome
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Olympiacos | 74–65 | Smelt Olimpija |
  
  **Final**
  
  April 24, Palaeur, Rome
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Olympiacos | 73–58 | Banca Catalana FC Barcelona |
  
  * 1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
  * Olympiacos 1st Title
  