2006 Euroleague Final Four

2006 Euroleague Final Four
Season 2005–06 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena O2 Arena
Prague, Czech Republic
Dates April 28 – April 30, 2006
Final positions
Champions Russia CSKA Moscow (5th title)
Runners-up Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Third place Spain TAU Cerámica
Fourth place Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP Greece Theo Papaloukas

The 2006 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2005–06 Euroleague season. The event was held on April 28 and on April 30, 2006 at the O2 Arena in Prague. CSKA Moscow won its fifth EuroLeague championship, after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Final.

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
April 28, Prague
 Israel Maccabi Elite  85  
 Spain Tau Cerámica  70  
 
April 30, Prague
     Russia CSKA Moscow  73
   Israel Maccabi Elite  69
Third place
April 28, Prague April 30, Prague
 Spain Winterthur FCB   75  Spain Winterthur FCB  82
 Russia CSKA Moscow  84    Spain Tau Cerámica  87

Semifinals

28 April 2006
17:30
Maccabi Elite Israel 8570 Spain Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 27–15, 22–16, 12–22
Pts: Baston 20
Rebs: Vujčić 8
Asts: Vujčić 7
Pts: Scola 17
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Scola 5
Sazka Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,805
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Belošević (SCG)
28 April 2006
20:30
Winterthur FC Barcelona Spain 7584 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 18–19, 14–23, 23–27
Pts: Williams 24
Rebs: Fučka 10
Asts: Williams 4
Pts: Holden, Papaloukas 19
Rebs: Smodiš 12
Asts: Langdon 3
Sazka Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,805
Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Zavlanos (GRE), Facchini (ITA), Ramot (ISR)

Third Place game


30 April 2006
17:30
Winterthur FC Barcelona Spain 8287 Spain Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 17–21, 24–15, 22–25
Pts: Fučka, Navarro 20
Rebs: Fučka 9
Asts: Williams 4
Pts: Drobnjak 19
Rebs: Drobnjak, Scola 12
Asts: Prigioni 6
Sazka Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,805
Referees: Zavlanos (GRE), Jovčić (SCG), Sahin (FRA)

Final

30 April 2006
20:30
CSKA Moscow Russia 7369 Israel Maccabi Elite
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–12, 14–18, 24–21
Pts: Papaloukas 18
Rebs: Smodiš 8
Asts: Papaloukas 7
Pts: Solomon 20
Rebs: Baston 15
Asts: three players 2
Sazka Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,805
Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Belošević (SCG)
CSKA Moscow
Maccabi Elite
Starters: P R A
PG
10
Russia J.R. Holden 6 3 0
SG
21
United States Trajan Langdon 11 0 1
SF
9
United States David Vanterpool 16 3 4
PF
8
Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš 12 8 1
C
14
Russia Aleksey Savrasenko 10 4 0
Reserves: P R A
PG
4
Greece Theo Papaloukas 18 3 7
PF
5
Russia Nikita Kurbanov DNP
PF
6
Russia Sergey Panov 0 0 0
SG
7
Russia Vasily Zavourev DNP
SF
11
Russia Zakhar Pashutin DNP
PF
12
Russia Vladimir Dyachok DNP
PG
23
Russia Alexey Shved 3 2 2
C
22
Belgium Tomas Van Den Spiegel 0 2 0
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina
2005–06 Euroleague
Champions
Russia
CSKA Moscow
5th title
Starters: P R A
PG
15
United States Will Solomon 20 1 2
SG
8
United States Anthony Parker 10 5 2
SF
10
Israel Tal Burstein 9 7 2
PF
5
United States Maceo Baston 6 15 0
C
7
Croatia Nikola Vujčić 4 5 1
Reserves: P R A
PG
6
Israel Derrick Sharp 3 0 0
PF
11
Israel Sharon Shason 0 0 0
SG
12
Israel Assaf Dotan DNP
PF
14
Israel Omri Casspi DNP
SF
20
New Zealand Kirk Penney 3 0 0
SG
23
United States Israel Jamie Arnold 14 4 0
C
41
Israel Yaniv Green DNP
Head coach:
Israel Pini Gershon
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