1997 McDonald's Championship

The 1997 McDonald's Championship took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris.

Preliminary round

Qualifying games 16 October 1997

Atenas de Córdoba	87–78	Benetton Treviso
PSG Racing	97–84	FC Barcelona

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	17 October 1997
	Olympiacos	89
	Atenas de Córdoba	86
					18 October 1997
					Chicago Bulls	104
					Olympiacos	78
					Third place
	17 October 1997			18 October 1997
	Chicago Bulls	89		Atenas de Córdoba	88
	PSG Racing	82			PSG Racing	78

Places 5-6

18 October 1997

Benetton Treviso	106–103	FC Barcelona

1997 McDonald's Champions
Chicago Bulls
MVP
Michael Jordan

Final

October 18 (CET)		Chicago Bulls	104–78	Olympiacos		Paris
		Scoring by quarter: 30-20, 24-23, 21-17, 29-18
		Pts: Michael Jordan 27		Pts: Artūras Karnišovas 19

• Chicago Bulls
  • Michael Jordan 27, Randy Brown 12, Steve Kerr 10, Luc Longley 9, Bill Wennington 8, Toni Kukoč 5, Boris Gorenc 7, Jason Caffey 6, Ron Harper 6, Jud Buechler 6, Scott Burrell 4, Joe Kleine 2, Keith Booth 2, Dante Calabria, Rusty LaRue. Coach: Phil Jackson

• Olympiacos
  • Artūras Karnišovas 19, Franco Nakic 16, Dragan Tarlać 14, Michael Hawkins 12, Dimitris Karaplis 6, Johnny Rogers 4, Milan Tomić 3, Aleksey Savrasenko 2, Nikos Michalos 2, Dusan Vukcevic, Efthimis Bakatsias, Anatoly Zourpenko, Nikos Pettas. Coach: Dušan Ivković

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Chicago Bulls	2-0
2	Olympiacos	1-1
3	Atenas de Córdoba	2-1
4	PSG Racing	1-2
5	Benetton Treviso	1-1
6	FC Barcelona	0-2

External links

• raisport.rai.it
• NBA International Pre-Season and Regular-Season Games
• List of champions at a-d-c