By Giorgos Orfanakis / info@eurohoops.net
Taking the 1987-88 season – when the Final Four was established as the only way for the champions to emerge – as the starting point, the Army Team has reached the top four teams a total of 16 (!) times, that is, more than any other team.
However, CSKA Moscow has won the EuroLeague only three times, despite being constanly part of the elite and being judged by many only by its Final Four success.
Paris 1996: 3rd place
CSKA travelled to the French capital with the goal of returning to the top for the first time after 1971, but Dominique Wilkins’s Panathinaikos had a different opinion. In the first semifinal, the great NBAer stopped at 35 points and got the Greens the qualification, while the Russians settled for third place after their 74-73 win over Real Madrid.