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1994–95 FIBA European League

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1994–95 FIBA European League
LeagueFIBA European League
SportBasketball
Regular Season
Top scorerFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Danilović (Buckler Beer Bologna)
Final Four
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid Teka
  Runners-upGreece Olympiacos
Final Four MVPLithuania Arvydas Sabonis (Real Madrid Teka)
FIBA European League seasons

The 1994–95 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1994–95 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 38th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 8, 1994, and ended on April 13, 1995. The competition's Final Four was held at Zaragoza.

Competition system

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  • 40 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
  • The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a Quarterfinal Playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games).
  • The four winners of the Quarterfinal Playoff qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

Team allocation

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH: Title holder
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
Group stage
Greece Olympiacos (1st) Spain Real Madrid Teka (1st)
Second round
France Limoges CSP (1st) Italy Buckler Beer Bologna (1st) Belgium Maes Flandria (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris (1st)
France Olympique Antibes (2nd) Italy Scavolini Pesaro (2nd) Croatia Cibona (1st) Portugal Benfica (1st)
Greece PAOK Bravo (2nd) Spain FCB Banca Catalana (2nd) Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st) Slovenia Smelt Olimpija (1st)
Greece Panathinaikos (3rd) Spain 7up Joventut (3rd)TH Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st) Turkey Efes Pilsen (1st)
First round
Albania Adelin Pogradec (1st) Czech Republic Bioveta COOP Banka Brno (1st) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd) Romania Dinamo București (1st)
Austria UKJ Mollersdorf Traiskirchen (1st) England Thames Valley Tigers (1st) Latvia ASK Brocēni (1st) Russia CSKA Moscow (1st)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sloboda Dita (1st) Estonia Tallinn (1st) Luxembourg Residence (1st) Slovakia Baník Cígeľ Prievidza (1st)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia (1st) Finland KTP (1st) North Macedonia Rabotnički (1st) Sweden Kärcher Hisings-Kärra (1st)
Croatia Croatia Osiguranje Split (2nd) Georgia (country) Vita Tbilisi (1st) Netherlands Laneche Weert (1st) Switzerland Fidefinanz Bellinzona (1st)
Cyprus Pezoporikos-AEK Larnaca (1st) Hungary Danone Honvéd (1st) Poland Śląsk Wroclaw (1st) Ukraine Inpromservis Kyiv (1st)

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Résidence Luxembourg 126–168 Czech Republic Bioveta COOP Banka Brno 73–89 53–79
Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus 40–0* Bulgaria Levski Sofia 20–0 20–0
Sloboda Dita Bosnia and Herzegovina 124–180 Croatia Croatia Osiguranje 68–99 56–81
Inpromservis Kyiv Ukraine 199–153 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 100–70 99–83
Vita Tbilisi Georgia (country) 175–188 Latvia ASK Brocēni 80–88 95–100
Adelin Pogradec Albania 151–222 Slovakia Baník Cígeľ Prievidza 78–99 73–123
Danone Honvéd Hungary 163–155 North Macedonia Rabotnički 99–82 64–73
Tallinn Estonia 168–199 Sweden Kärcher Hisings-Kärra 70–105 98–94
Thames Valley Tigers England 174–156 Netherlands Lanèche Weert 96–94 78–62
Dinamo București Romania 129–190 Russia CSKA Moscow 64–92 65–98
Möllersdorf Traiskirchen Austria 133–178 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 75–86 58–92
KTP Finland 157–197 Switzerland Fidefinanz Bellinzona 74–86 83–111

*Levski Sofia withdrew before the first leg and Pezoporikos Larnaca received a forfeit (20-0) in both games.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bioveta COOP Banka Brno Czech Republic 109–155 France Limoges CSP 52–71 57–84
Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus 154–250 Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 95–122 59–128
Croatia Osiguranje Croatia 142–155 Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 73–65 69–90
Inpromservis Kyiv Ukraine 155–162 Greece Panathinaikos 87–79 68–83
ASK Brocēni Latvia 156–168 Spain 7up Joventut 77–68 79–100
Baník Cígeľ Prievidza Slovakia 157–208 Croatia Cibona 82–105 75–103
Žalgiris Lithuania 150–207 Italy Scavolini Pesaro 77–91 73–116
Danone Honvéd Hungary 174–190 Portugal Benfica 85–94 89–96
Kärcher Hisings-Kärra Sweden 144–173 Turkey Efes Pilsen 81–85 63–88
Thames Valley Tigers England 138–180 Italy Buckler Beer Bologna 62–82 76–98
CSKA Moscow Russia 178–166 France Olympique Antibes 104–77 74–89
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 148–152 Greece PAOK Bravo 82–70 66–82
Fidefinanz Bellinzona Switzerland 111–144 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 49–55 62–89
Smelt Olimpija Slovenia 148–136 Belgium Maes Flandria 85–61 63–75

Group stage

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If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Key to colors
     Qualified to Playoff
     Eliminated

Group A

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Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Greece Panathinaikos 14 24 10 4 1059 982 77
2. Spain Real Madrid Teka 14 23 9 5 1052 989 63
3. Russia CSKA Moscow 14 23 9 5 1203 1162 41
4. Italy Scavolini Pesaro 14 23 9 5 1148 1108 40
5. Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 22 8 6 1113 1104 9
6. Greece PAOK Bravo 14 20 6 8 1037 1046 -9
7. Slovenia Smelt Olimpija 14 17 3 11 1026 1102 -76
8. Portugal Benfica 14 16 2 12 970 1115 -145

Group B

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Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. France Limoges CSP 14 24 10 4 983 911 72
2. Greece Olympiacos 14 23 9 5 1086 958 128
3. Croatia Cibona 14 22 8 6 1049 1060 -11
4. Italy Buckler Beer Bologna 14 22 8 6 1072 1023 49
5. Turkey Efes Pilsen 14 22 8 6 900 912 -12
6. Spain FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 22 8 6 1095 1079 16
7. Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 18 4 10 1009 1100 -91
8. Spain 7up Joventut 14 15 1 13 923 1074 -151

Quarterfinals

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The seed teams played games 2 and 3 at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Buckler Beer Bologna Italy 1–2 Greece Panathinaikos 78–65 55–63 56–99
Cibona Croatia 0–2 Spain Real Madrid Teka 78–82 70–82
Scavolini Pesaro Italy 1–2 France Limoges CSP 68–55 66–79 72–82
CSKA Moscow Russia 1–2 Greece Olympiacos 95–65 77–86 54–79

Final four

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Semifinals

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April 11, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Real Madrid Teka Spain 62–49 France Limoges CSP
Panathinaikos Greece 52–58 Greece Olympiacos

3rd place game

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April 13, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Limoges CSP France 77–91 Greece Panathinaikos

Final

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April 13, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Real Madrid Teka Spain 73–61 Greece Olympiacos
1994–95 FIBA European League Champions
Spain
Real Madrid Teka
8th title

Final standings

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Team
Spain Real Madrid Teka
Silver Greece Olympiacos
Bronze Greece Panathinaikos
France Limoges CSP

Awards

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FIBA European League All-Final Four Team
Player Team Ref.
Spain José Miguel Antúnez Real Madrid Teka [1]
Spain Ismael Santos Real Madrid Teka
United States Eddie Johnson Olympiacos
United States Joe Arlauckas Real Madrid Teka
Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis (MVP) Real Madrid Teka

See also

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References

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