EuroLeague 2006/07

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EuroLeague 2006/07
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Duration October 26, 2006 - May 6, 2007
Order of execution 7th season
organizer ULEB
Number of teams 24
Main round
Main rounds - MVP GreeceGreece Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA)
Alphonso Ford Trophy SerbiaSerbia Igor Rakočević (TAU Cerámica)
Best defender GreeceGreece Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)
Rising Star Trophy SpainSpain Rudy Fernández (DKV Joventut)
Alexander Gomelski Trophy SerbiaSerbia Željko Obradović (Panathinaikos)
Final Four
venue GreeceGreece Athens
master GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens
   Runner-up      RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow
Finals - MVP GreeceGreece Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

← EuroLeague 2005/06

The season 2006/07 was the 7 . Season of the EuroLeague , the most important competition in European club basketball.

Panathinaikos Athens won the title . For the Greeks it was the second title win.

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 12 2 1165 1025
2. Dynamo MoscowRussiaRussia 14th 10 4th 1100 1032
3. Olympiacos PiraeusGreeceGreece 14th 10 4th 1165 1112
4. Efes Pilsen IstanbulTurkeyTurkey 14th 8th 6th 1081 1031
5. Prokom Trefl SopotPolandPoland 14th 5 9 1021 1063
6. Climamio BolognaItalyItaly 14th 5 9 1115 1176
7. Le Mans SartheFranceFrance 14th 4th 10 985 1041
8. RheinEnergie CologneGermanyGermany 14th 2 12 1032 1184
DEW Piraeus Efes Climamio Prokom dynamo Le Mans Cologne
TAU Ceramica * 89 : 74 68 : 65 90 : 80 76 : 64 77 : 61 86 : 54 97 : 68
Olympiacos 97 : 78 * 72: 91 94 : 67 97 : 74 86 : 73 80 : 76 77 : 73
Efes Pilsen 78: 84 95 : 77 * 72: 74 71 : 67 72: 76 53: 64 91 : 76
Climamio Bologna 90 : 82 86: 93 74: 76 * 77: 91 80: 101 83 : 71 86: 90
Prokom Trefl 70: 75 64: 73 74: 81 78: 84 * 60 : 49 69 : 67 72 : 61
Dynamo Moscow 78: 82 84 : 69 90 : 83 78 : 73 95 : 74 * 74 : 57 75 : 68
Le Mans Sarthe 76: 79 81: 88 67: 71 82 : 71 73: 84 69: 70 * 69 : 60
RheinEnergie Cologne 70: 102 81: 88 68: 82 78: 90 84 : 80 82: 96 73: 79 *

Group B

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Panathinaikos AthensGreeceGreece 14th 11 3 1128 1036
2. Maccabi Tel AvivIsraelIsrael 14th 8th 6th 1230 1177
3. Joventut BadalonaSpainSpain 14th 7th 7th 1112 1049
4. Unicaja MálagaSpainSpain 14th 7th 7th 1001 1085
5. Lottomatica RomaItalyItaly 14th 6th 8th 1027 1044
6. KK Partizan BelgradeSerbiaSerbia 14th 6th 8th 1100 1093
7. Cibona ZagrebCroatiaCroatia 14th 6th 8th 1133 1141
8. Olimpija LjubljanaSloveniaSlovenia 14th 5 9 1038 1124
Tel Aviv Athens Málaga Zagreb Ljubljana Partizan Roma Badalona
Maccabi * 76 : 73 103 : 101 a.d. 91 : 83 110 : 87 85 : 83 78 : 65 92 : 75
Panathinaikos 90 : 88 * 87 : 72 86 : 69 83 : 74 80: 93 87 : 71 83 : 73
Unicaja Málaga 67: 83 67 : 61 * 73 : 67 62 : 55 66 : 58 68 : 66 66: 68
Cibona Zagreb 87 : 82 75: 78 87 : 83 a.d. * 77 : 61 89 : 72 91 : 84 a.d. 77 : 74
Olimpija Ljubljana 77 : 75 65: 86 87 : 59 92 : 88 a.d. * 70: 71 83 : 72 67: 69
Partizan Belgrade 103 : 91 65: 73 90: 94 a.d. 101 : 92 a.d. 106 : 60 * 73 : 63 74: 83
Lottomatica Roma 88 : 81 a.d. 69: 79 65: 71 81 : 58 84 : 74 65 : 60 * 71 : 69
Joventut Badalona 98 : 92 79: 82 105 : 52 83 : 53 82: 86 82 : 51 72: 83 *

Group C

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. CSKA MoscowRussiaRussia 14th 13 1 1079 912
2. Winterthur FC BarcelonaSpainSpain 14th 9 5 1093 1032
3. Benetton TrevisoItalyItaly 14th 8th 6th 1021 989
4. EB Pau OrthezFranceFrance 14th 7th 7th 1059 1070
5. Aris ThessalonikiGreeceGreece 14th 6th 8th 971 1013
6. Eldo NapoliItalyItaly 14th 6th 8th 1032 1093
7. Fenerbahçe ÜlkerTurkeyTurkey 14th 5 9 1044 1088
8. Žalgiris KaunasLithuaniaLithuania 14th 2 12 1062 1164
Moscow Barcelona Benetton Istanbul Žalgiris Orthez Aris Napoli
CSKA Moscow * 76 : 57 83 : 67 85 : 66 88 : 72 78 : 58 83 : 68 82 : 72
FC Barcelona 70: 78 a.d. * 82 : 69 84 : 70 84 : 67 93 : 75 86 : 83 91 : 71
Benetton Treviso 60: 68 68 : 67 * 93 : 83 95 : 82 87 : 66 64 : 42 64: 70
Fenerbahçe Ülker 64: 74 82 : 69 70 : 58 * 84 : 75 66: 68 80: 86 88: 93 a.d.
Žalgiris Kaunas 59: 78 86: 92 76: 86 70: 83 * 106: 110 a.d. 77 : 66 83 : 65
Pau Orthez 73 : 67 66: 72 73: 86 89 : 67 68 : 56 * 77 : 62 68: 72
Aris Thessaloniki 62: 65 75: 82 a.d. 65 : 60 66 : 58 73 : 66 74 : 72 * 80 : 72
Eldo Napoli 64: 74 66 : 64 62: 64 78: 83 a.d. 92 : 87 84: 96 a.d. 71 : 69 *

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. TAU Ceramica SpainSpain 6th 6th 0 541 433
2. Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael 6th 4th 2 463 478
3. Lottomatica Roma ItalyItaly 6th 1 5 416 468
4. Pau Orthez FranceFrance 6th 1 5 470 511
DEW Tel Aviv Orthez Rome
TAU Ceramica * 94 : 73 93 : 75 99 : 56
Maccabi Tel Aviv 68: 79 * 74 70 79 : 72
Pau Orthez 89: 99 94: 98 a.d. * 74 : 69
Lottomatica 72: 77 69: 71 78 : 68 *

Group E

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. CSKA Moscow RussiaRussia 6th 6th 0 475 376
2. Olympiacos Piraeus GreeceGreece 6th 3 3 451 450
3. Partizan Belgrade SerbiaSerbia 6th 2 4th 432 474
4. Joventut Badalona SpainSpain 6th 1 5 407 465
Moscow Piraeus Badalona Partizan
CSKA Moscow * 83 : 79 81 : 69 67 : 44
Olympiacos 64: 85 * 81 : 65 79 : 75
Joventut 65: 73 58 56 * 80: 89
Partizan Belgrade 55: 86 84: 92 85 : 70 *

Group F.

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Panathinaikos Athens GreeceGreece 6th 5 1 501 428
2. FC Barcelona SpainSpain 6th 4th 2 498 455
3. Efes Pilsen TurkeyTurkey 6th 2 4th 416 458
4. Prokom Trefl Sopot PolandPoland 6th 1 5 404 478
Athens Barcelona Efes Sopot
Panathinaikos * 102 : 82 84 : 57 95 : 68
FC Barcelona 87 : 66 * 82 : 73 92 : 73
Efes Pilsen 65: 79 82 : 78 * 67: 71 a.d.
Prokom Trefl 69: 75 59: 77 64: 72 *

Group G

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Unicaja Málaga SpainSpain 6th 4th 2 448 442
2. Dynamo Moscow RussiaRussia 6th 4th 2 428 435
3. Benetton Treviso ItalyItaly 6th 3 3 439 428
4. Aris Thessaloniki GreeceGreece 6th 1 5 451 461
dynamo Treviso Málaga Aris
Dynamo Moscow * 68 : 65 a.d. 86 : 80 71 : 69
Benetton Treviso 74 : 55 * 76: 79 83 : 72
Unicaja Málaga 73 : 62 75 : 61 * 76 : 74
Aris Thessaloniki 74: 86 79: 80 83 : 65 *

Playoffs

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 3 and April 12, 2007.

pairing
 1st game 2nd game 3rd game
SpainSpain TAU Ceramica - GreeceGreece Olympiacos Piraeus 84 : 59 95 : 89
RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow - IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv 80 : 58 56: 68 92 : 71
GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens - RussiaRussia Dynamo Moscow 80 : 58 73 : 65
SpainSpain Unicaja Málaga - SpainSpain FC Barcelona 91 : 75 58: 80 67 : 64

Final Four tournament

In a tournament that took place between May 4th and 6th, 2007, two teams competed against each other in semifinals. The winners qualified for the final from which the winner of the EuroLeague emerged.

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on May 4, 2007.

pairing
 Result
SpainSpain TAU Ceramica - GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens 53: 67
RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow - SpainSpain Unicaja Málaga 62 : 50

3rd place match

The game took place on May 6th .

pairing
 Result
SpainSpain TAU Ceramica - SpainSpain Unicaja Málaga 74: 76

final

The EuroLeague final took place on May 6, 2007 in the Olympic Hall in Athens .

pairing GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens - CSKA Moscow RussiaRussia
Result 93  : 91
date May 6, 2007
spectator 18,363
Stadion Olympic Hall , Athens
referee SerbiaSerbiaIlija Belosevic, Luigi Lamonica, Juan Carlos Mitjana ItalyItalySpainSpain
Panathinaikos Athens Fragiskos Alvertis , Tony Delk , Sani Bečirovič 6, Michael Batiste 12, Ramūnas Šiškauskas 20, Nikolaos Chatzivrettas 10, Dimosthenis Dikoudis 2, Konstantinos Tsartsaris , Dimitrios Diamantidis 15, Dejan Tomašević 16, Miloš Vujanić 12
Trainers : Žadeljko Obranić
CSKA Moscow Theodoros Papaloukas 23, Matjaž Smodiš 18, JR Holden 11, Sachar Paschutin , David Andersen 4, Alexei Sawrasenko 4, Óscar Torres 9, Anton Ponkraschow , Trajan Langdon 16, Tomas van den Spiegel 6
Trainer : Ettore Messina

Awards

Final Four MVP and best defender: Dimitrios Diamantidis

MVP of the Euroleague season 2006-2007

Final Four MVP

All Euroleague First Team 2006-2007

All Euroleague Second Team 2006-2007

Best defender

Rising Star: Rudy Fernández
  • GreeceGreece Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos Athens)

Rising Star Trophy

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

  • SerbiaSerbia Igor Rakočević (TAU Cerámica)

Trainer of the Year (Alexander Gomelski Trophy)

Club Executive of the Year

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