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
Top 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals April 12, O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Final April 13, O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
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1st round
Day 1, 19/09/1996
Day 2, 26/09/1996
Day 3, 03/10/1996
Day 4, 10/10/1996
Day 5, 17/10/1996
Day 6, 06/11/1996
Day 7, 13/11/1996
Day 8, 21/11/1996
Day 9, 05/12/1996
Day 10, 12/12/1996
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
Day 1, 09/01/1997
Day 2, 16/01/1997
Day 3, 13/01/1997
Day 4, 06/02/1997
Day 5, 13/11/1996
Day 6, 21/11/1996
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
Quarterfinals
Final Four Semifinals April 22, Palaeur, Rome
Final April 24, Palaeur, Rome
1996–97 FIBA EuroLeague Champions Olympiacos 1st Title
Greek League
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