1996–97 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1996–97 FIBA Korać Cup was the 26th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Greek Aris defeated the Turkish Tofaş in the final.

Country ranking
For the 1996–1997 FIBA Korać Cup, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1995–96.

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


 * 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
 * WC: Wild card

Qualifying round

 * }

Regular season
{|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group A

 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group B

 * }

{|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group C

 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group D

 * }

{|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group E

 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group F

 * }

{|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group G

 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group H

 * }

{|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group I

 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group J

 * }

{|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group K

 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group L

 * }

{|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group M

 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group N

 * }

{|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|
 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group O

 * style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"|

Group P
Source:
 * }

Round of 32

 * }

Round of 16

 * }

Quarterfinals

 * }

Semifinals

 * }

Finals

 * }