EuroLeague 2005/06

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EuroLeague 2005/06
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Duration November 3, 2005 - April 30, 2006
Order of execution 6th season
organizer ULEB
Number of teams 24
Main round
Main rounds - MVP United StatesUnited States Anthony Parker (Maccabi)
Alphonso Ford Trophy United StatesUnited States Drew Nicholas (Benetton Treviso)
Best defender GreeceGreece Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)
Rising Star Trophy ItalyItaly Andrea Bargnani (Benetton Treviso)
Alexander Gomelski Trophy ItalyItaly Ettore Messina (CSKA Moscow)
Final Four
venue Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague
master RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow
   Runner-up      IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
Finals - MVP GreeceGreece Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA)

← EuroLeague 2004/05

The season 2006/07 was the 6 . Season of the EuroLeague , the most important competition in European club basketball.

CSKA Moscow won the title . For the Russians it was the first EuroLeague title win. ZSKA has won the European Cup four times .

Main round

Preliminary round

In this first phase the 24 teams, divided into three groups (A to C), competed against each other in home and away games until each team had played 14 games. The five best from each group as well as the best group sixth qualified for the next round.

Group A

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. TAU CeramicaSpainSpain 14th 11 3 1130 976
2. Climamio BolognaItalyItaly 14th 10 4th 1114 989
3. Žalgiris KaunasLithuaniaLithuania 14th 9 5 1065 1037
4. Benetton TrevisoItalyItaly 14th 8th 6th 1142 1134
5. GHP BambergGermanyGermany 14th 7th 7th 975 1023
6. Olimpija LjubljanaSloveniaSlovenia 14th 5 9 1059 1080
7. Strasbourg IGFranceFrance 14th 3 11 972 1058
8. AEK AthensGreeceGreece 14th 3 11 940 1100
DEW Bologna Zalgiris Treviso Bamberg Ljubljana Strasbourg AEK
TAU Ceramica * 77 : 69 94 : 73 91 : 73 77 : 59 91 : 63 80 : 54 77 : 62
Climamio 86 : 66 * 75 : 64 82 : 75 94 : 64 68 : 65 71 : 47 88 : 55
Zalgiris Kaunas 63 : 58 81: 86 * 88 : 70 86 : 65 80 : 79 72 : 63 87 : 70
Benetton Treviso 92: 96 a.d. 94 : 84 83 : 78 * 76 : 68 81 : 66 83 : 78 103 : 83
GHP Bamberg 68: 73 67: 76 72: 79 92 : 85 * 81 : 80 73 : 60 71 : 61
Olimpija 70: 87 87 : 80 a.d. 75: 78 95 : 77 57: 59 * 82 : 68 81 : 72
Strasbourg 84 : 76 75: 78 68: 73 76: 78 a.d. 68: 71 90 : 82 * 70 : 66
AEK Athens 60: 87 82 : 75 80 : 65 57: 83 51: 65 68: 77 73 : 71 *

Group B

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Maccabi Tel AvivIsraelIsrael 14th 9 5 1220 1135
2. Efes Pilsen IstanbulTurkeyTurkey 14th 9 5 1025 995
3. Lietuvos RytasLithuaniaLithuania 14th 8th 6th 1068 1012
4. Winterthur FC BarcelonaSpainSpain 14th 7th 7th 1079 1021
5. Olympiacos PiraeusGreeceGreece 14th 7th 7th 1085 1059
6. KK Cibona ZagrebCroatiaCroatia 14th 6th 8th 917 1054
7. Prokom TreflPolandPoland 14th 5 9 997 1066
8. AJ MilanoItalyItaly 14th 5 9 1036 1085
Tel Aviv Efes Rytas Barcelona Piraeus Zagreb Prokom Milano
Maccabi * 88 : 81 86: 92 88 : 72 101 : 95 83 : 74 95 : 68 96 : 95 a.d.
Efes Pilsen 90 : 88 * 51: 72 66 : 63 77 : 69 71: 77 76 : 61 85 : 57
Lietuvos 88 : 83 65: 74 * 61: 71 78 : 67 80 : 52 82 : 69 59: 65
Winterthur FC 78: 88 79 : 74 91: 97 * 86 : 70 97 : 53 99 : 80 75: 77
Olympiacos 83 : 78 75: 78 a.d. 65 : 63 80 : 68 * 99 : 70 70 : 65 89 : 67
Cibona Zagreb 66: 94 60 : 49 68 : 57 57: 77 74 : 62 * 71 : 61 67 : 60
Prokom Trefl 59: 81 75: 82 75 : 73 60: 65 79 : 77 80 : 64 * 73 : 60
AJ Milano 84 : 64 66: 71 95: 101 a.d. 70 : 58 75: 84 84 : 64 71: 92 *

Group C

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Unicaja MálagaSpainSpain 14th 12 2 1100 1015
2. Panathinaikos AthensGreeceGreece 14th 12 2 1219 1063
3. CSKA MoscowRussiaRussia 14th 10 4th 1116 950
4. Real MadridSpainSpain 14th 7th 7th 1012 1004
5. Ülker IstanbulTurkeyTurkey 14th 5 9 1000 1055
6. Montepaschi SienaItalyItaly 14th 4th 10 1001 1055
7. EB Pau-OrthezFranceFrance 14th 4th 10 971 1103
8. Partizan BelgradeSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro 14th 2 12 978 1152
Málaga Athens Moscow Madrid Ulker Siena Orthez Partizan
Unicaja Málaga * 82 : 79 77 : 72 a.d. 81 : 73 70 : 57 82 : 60 81 : 73 83 : 79 a.d.
Panathinaikos 93: 95 * 92 : 82 87 : 71 85 : 69 89 : 79 94 : 62 81 : 62
CSKA Moscow 87 : 63 84: 89 * 64 : 52 74 : 51 69: 74 97 : 74 89 : 58
real Madrid 88 : 77 73: 90 71: 80 a.d. * 70 : 58 65 : 61 79: 83 85 : 68
Ülker Istanbul 76: 83 66: 82 49: 82 75: 79 * 74 : 71 87 : 55 100 : 64
Montepaschi 70: 82 78: 82 66: 75 77 : 74 70: 74 * 77 : 72 66 : 59
Pau Orthez 53: 68 67: 82 55: 69 50: 69 85: 95 83 : 79 * 77 : 69
Partizan Belgrade 67: 86 93: 94 79: 92 63: 75 85 : 69 75 : 73 57: 82 *

Intermediate round (Top 16)

In the second phase of the Euroleague, the remaining 16 teams were divided into four groups (D to G) of four teams each. The performance from the regular season was reflected in the seeding list for the draw. In this phase, too, the teams in each group competed against each other in home and return matches. The two best teams in each group qualified for the next round.

Group D

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Winterthur FC Barcelona SpainSpain 6th 5 1 448 434
2. Olympiacos Piraeus GreeceGreece 6th 4th 2 490 450
3. Unicaja Málaga SpainSpain 6th 3 3 447 435
4. Zalgiris Kaunas LithuaniaLithuania 6th 0 6th 430 489
Barcelona Piraeus Málaga Zalgiris
Winterthur FC * 76 : 72 60: 73 81 : 69
Olympiacos 67: 74 * 87 : 84 78 : 69
Unicaja Málaga 68: 71 75: 87 * 68 : 64
Zalgiris Kaunas 85: 86 72: 99 66: 79 *

Group E

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael 6th 5 1 491 448
2. Real Madrid SpainSpain 6th 4th 2 446 412
3. Climamio Bologna ItalyItaly 6th 2 4th 469 477
4. Ülker Istanbul TurkeyTurkey 6th 1 5 415 484
Maccabi Madrid Bologna Ulker
Maccabi Tel Aviv * 73 : 58 82 : 76 84 : 74
real Madrid 90 : 75 * 92 : 76 92 : 76
Climamio 84: 89 66 : 61 * 87 : 69
Ülker Istanbul 66: 88 69: 71 84 : 80 *

Group F.

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. CSKA Moscow RussiaRussia 6th 5 1 441 391
2. TAU Ceramica SpainSpain 6th 4th 2 453 422
3. Lietuvos Rytas LithuaniaLithuania 6th 3 3 422 427
4. GHP Bamberg GermanyGermany 6th 0 6th 374 450
Moscow DEW Lietuvos Bamberg
CSKA Moscow * 82 : 76 79 : 69 76 : 64
TAU Ceramica 70 : 63 * 96 : 89 71 : 51
Lietuvos Rytas 48: 66 65 : 63 * 79 : 67
GHP Bamberg 64: 75 72: 77 56: 72 *

Group G

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Panathinaikos Athens GreeceGreece 6th 3 3 447 419
2. Efes Pilsen TurkeyTurkey 6th 3 3 446 447
3. Benetton Treviso ItalyItaly 6th 3 3 476 488
4. Cibona Zagreb CroatiaCroatia 6th 3 3 458 473
Athens Efes Treviso Zagreb
Panathinaikos * 73: 76 81 : 70 88 : 69
Efes Pilsen 56: 66 * 80 : 68 63: 69
Benetton Treviso 76 : 69 94 : 87 * 88 : 80
Cibona Zagreb 72 : 70 77: 84 91 : 80 *

Quarter finals

In a "Best of Three" mode, the remaining eight teams competed against each other in four team encounters. The first in the group from the second phase enjoyed home rights in a possibly required third play-off game. The four teams that won these duels qualified for the Final 4 tournament. The quarter-finals took place between April 4 and 13, 2006.

pairing
 1st game 2nd game 3rd game
SpainSpain Winterthur FC Barcelona - SpainSpain real Madrid 72 : 58 78: 84 76 : 70
IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv - GreeceGreece Olympiacos Piraeus 87 : 78 70: 76 77 : 73
RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow - TurkeyTurkey Efes Pilsen 66 : 57 75 : 71 -
GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens - SpainSpain TAU Ceramica 84 : 72 79: 85 71: 74

Final Four tournament

In a tournament that took place within a weekend, two teams each competed in semi-finals. The winners qualified for the final from which the winner of the EuroLeague emerged.

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on April 28th .

pairing Result
SpainSpain Winterthur FC Barcelona - RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow 75: 84
IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv - SpainSpain TAU Ceramica 85 : 70

3rd place match

The game took place on April 30th .

pairing Result
SpainSpain Winterthur FC Barcelona - SpainSpain TAU Ceramica 82: 87

final

The EuroLeague final took place on April 30, 2006 in the Sazka Arena in Prague .

pairing RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow - Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael
Result 73  : 69
date April 30, 2006
Stadion Sazka Arena , Prague
spectator 16.805
referee FinlandFinlandCarl Jungebrandt, Stelios Koukoulekidis, Ilija Belosevic GreeceGreeceSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
CSKA Moscow Theodoros Papaloukas 18, Nikita Kurbanow , Sergej Panow, Wassili Sawurew, Matjaž Smodiš 12, David Vanterpool 16, Jon Robert Holden 6, Sachar Paschutin , Wladimir Djachok, Aleksei Sawrasenko 10, Trajan Langdon 11, Tomas van den Spiegel
Trainer : Ettore Messina
Maccabi Tel Aviv Maceo Baston 6, Derrick Sharp 3, Nikola Vujčić 4, Anthony Parker 10, Tal Burstein 9, Sharon Shason, Assaf Dotan, Omri Casspi , Will Solomon 20, Kirk Penney 3, Jamie Arnold 14, Yaniv Green
Trainers : Pini Gershon

Awards

MVP of the Euroleague season 2005-2006

Regular Season MVP: Anthony Parker

Final Four MVP

Final Four MVP: Theodoros Papaloukas

All Euroleague First Team 2005-2006

All Euroleague Second Team 2005-2006

Best defender

Rising Star Trophy

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year

Trainer of the Year (Alexander Gomelski Trophy)

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