2005–06 Euroleague

2005-06 Euroleague
League Euroleague
Sport Basketball
Season
Season MVP United States Anthony Parker (Maccabi Elite)
Top scorer United States Drew Nicholas (Benetton Treviso)
Final Four
Champions Russia CSKA Moscow
  Runners-up Israel Maccabi Elite
Final Four MVP Greece Theo Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow)

The Euroleague is an international professional basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2005–2006 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Sazka Arena, Prague, Czech Republic, on April 30, 2006 with CSKA Moscow defeating defending champions Maccabi Elite 73-69.

Regular Season

The first phase is a regular season, in which the competing teams are drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advance to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.

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
     Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advance to Top 16

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Spain Tau Cerámica 14 11 3 1130 976 +154
2. Italy Climamio Bologna 14 10 4 1114 989 +125
3. Lithuania Žalgiris 14 9 5 1065 1037 +28
4. Italy Benetton Treviso 14 8 6 1042 1134 +8
5. Germany Brose Bamberg 14 7 7 975 1023 -48
6. Slovenia Union Olimpija 14 5 9 1059 1080 -21
7. France Strasbourg 14 3 11 972 1058 -86
8. Greece AEK 14 3 11 940 1100 -160

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Israel Maccabi Elite 14 9 5 1220 1135 +85
2. Turkey Efes Pilsen 14 9 5 1025 995 +30
3. Spain FC Barcelona 14 8 6 1079 1021 +58
4. Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 14 8 6 1068 1012 +56
5. Greece Olympiacos 14 7 7 1085 1059 +26
6. Croatia Cibona 14 6 8 917 1054 -137
7. Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot 14 5 9 997 1066 -69
8. Italy Armani Jeans Milano 14 5 9 1036 1085 -49

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Spain Unicaja Málaga 14 12 2 1100 1015 +85
2. Greece Panathinaikos 14 12 2 1219 1063 +156
3. Russia CSKA Moscow 14 10 4 1116 950 +166
4. Spain Real Madrid 14 7 7 1012 1004 +8
5. Turkey Ülker 14 5 9 1000 1055 -55
6. Italy Montepaschi Siena 14 4 10 1001 1055 54
7. France Pau-Orthez 14 4 10 971 1103 -132
8. Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 14 2 12 978 1152 -174

Top 16

The surviving teams are divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system is adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the Regular Season.

The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules.

The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:

Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:

  1. No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group can be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  2. No more than two teams from the same country can be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  3. If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) will receive priority.

Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In cases of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Spain FC Barcelona 6 5 1 448 434 +14
2. Greece Olympiacos 6 4 2 490 450 +40
3. Spain Unicaja Málaga 6 3 3 447 435 +12
4. Lithuania Žalgiris 6 0 6 425 491 −66

Group E

Team Pld W
 L PF PA Diff
1. Israel Maccabi Elite 6 5 1 491 448 +43
2. Spain Real Madrid 6 4 2 446 412 +34
3. Italy Climamio Bologna 6 2 4 469 477 −8
4. Turkey Ülker 6 1 5 415 484 −69

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Russia CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 441 391 +50
2. Spain Tau Cerámica 6 4 2 453 422 +31
3. Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 6 3 3 422 427 −5
4. Germany Brose Bamberg 6 0 6 374 450 −76

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Greece Panathinaikos 6 3 3 447 419 +28
2. Turkey Efes Pilsen 6 3 3 446 447 −1
3. Italy Benetton Treviso 6 3 3 476 488 −12
4. Croatia Cibona 6 3 3 458 473 −15

Quarterfinals

Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
FC Barcelona Spain 2–1 Spain Real Madrid 72–58 78–8476-70
Maccabi Elite Israel 2–1 Greece Olympiacos 87–78 70–7677-73
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–0 Turkey Efes Pilsen 66–57 75–71
Panathinaikos Greece 1–2 Spain Tau Cerámica 84–72 79–8571-74

Final Four

Semifinals

April 28, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Barcelona Spain 75–84 Russia CSKA Moscow
Maccabi Elite Israel 85–70 Spain Tau Cerámica

3rd place game

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Barcelona Spain 82–87 Spain Tau Cerámica

Final

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow Russia 73–69 Israel Maccabi Elite
2005-06 Euroleague
Champions
Russia
CSKA Moscow
5th Title

Final standings

Team
Russia CSKA Moscow
Israel Maccabi Elite
Spain Tau Cerámica
Spain FC Barcelona

Final Four 2006 MVP

Greece Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow)


Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.United States Anthony ParkerIsrael Maccabi Elite2551320.52
2.Spain Jorge Garbajosa Spain Unicaja Málaga1834819.33
3.Argentina Luis ScolaSpain Tau Cerámica2547018.80

Points

Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1.United States Drew Nicholas Italy Benetton Treviso2036918.45
2.United States Scoonie Penn Croatia Cibona2034117.05
3.United States Louis BullockSpain Real Madrid2031615.80

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1.Turkey Mirsad TürkcanTurkey Ülker161438.94
2.Lithuania Darjuš Lavrinovič Lithuania Žalgiris201668.30
3.Lithuania Robertas Javtokas Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas201648.20

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1.Argentina Pablo Prigioni Spain Tau Cerámica251566.24
2.United States Tyus Edney Greece Olympiacos231034.48
3.Georgia (country) Shammond Williams Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona251074.28

Other Stats

Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per gameUnited States Jeff TrepagnierTurkey Ülker203.05
Blocks per gameLithuania Darjuš LavrinovičLithuania Žalgiris202.10
Turnovers per gameItaly Massimo BulleriItaly Armani Jeans Milano143.79
Fouls drawn per gameUnited States Scoonie PennCroatia Cibona205.80
Minutes per gameIsrael Yotam HalperinSlovenia Union Olimpija1436:04
2FG%Lithuania Tomas MasiulisPoland Prokom Trefl140.666
3FG%Italy Giacomo GalandaItaly Armani Jeans Milano140.536
FT%Greece Nikolaos ChatzisGreece Olympiacos200.969

Game highs

Category Name Team Stat
RatingUnited States Spencer NelsonGermany Brose Bamberg48
PointsArgentina Luis ScolaSpain Tau Cerámica 36
ReboundsUnited States Spencer NelsonGermany Brose Bamberg20
AssistsRepublic of Macedonia Vrbica StefanovTurkey Ülker 12
United States Lonnie CooperFrance Pau-Orthez
StealsUnited States Jeff TrepagnierTurkey Ülker11
BlocksUnited States Maceo BastonIsrael Maccabi Elite6
TurnoversSerbia Igor RakočevićSpain Real Madrid 9
Greece Ioannis KalampokisGreece AEK
Fouls DrawnSlovenia Jaka LakovičGreece Panathinaikos 15

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2005-06

[1]

Position All-Euroleague First Team Club Team All-Euroleague Second Team Club Team
PG
 Greece Theodoros Papaloukas Russia CSKA Moscow Argentina Pablo Prigioni Spain Tau Cerámica
SG/SF
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Panathinaikos
SG/SF
United States Anthony Parker Israel Maccabi Elite United States Trajan Langdon Russia CSKA Moscow
PF/C
Argentina Luis Scola Spain Tau Cerámica Spain Jorge Garbajosa Spain Unicaja Málaga
PF/C
 Croatia Nikola Vujčić Israel Maccabi Elite Lithuania Darjuš Lavrinovič Lithuania Žalgiris

Best Defender

Rising Star

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer

Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year

Club Executive of the Year

References and notes

  1. ↑ http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/prague-2006/main-page/i/22508/1929

Euroleague Competition Format

External links