EuroLeague 2007/08

EuroLeague 2007/08
Duration		October 25, 2007 - May 4, 2008
Order of execution		8th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		24
Main round
Main rounds - MVP		Ramūnas Šiškauskas (CSKA)
Alphonso Ford Trophy		Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne)
Best defender		Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)
Rising Star Trophy		Danilo Gallinari (Armani Jeans)
Alexander Gomelski Trophy		Ettore Messina (CSKA)
Final Four
venue		Madrid
master		CSKA Moscow
Runner-up		Maccabi Tel Aviv
Finals - MVP		Trajan Langdon (CSKA)
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ULEB Cup 2007/08 ↓

The season 2007/08 was the 8 . Season of the EuroLeague , the most important competition in European club basketball.

CSKA Moscow won the title . For the Russians it was the second title win.

Participating teams

Surname	city	Venue	Capacity	ULEB-Euroleague title **
Panathinaikos *	Athens	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall	18,700	2
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Stadium of Peace and Friendship	14,171	-
Aris	Thessaloniki	Alexandreio Melathron	05.010	-
real Madrid	Madrid	Palacio Vistalegre	15,000	-
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	08,000	1
Unicaja Málaga	Málaga	Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena	10,500	-
TAU Vitoria	Vitoria	Fernando Buesa Arena	09.323	-
La Fortezza Bologna	Bologna	PalaMalaguti	08,278	1
Armani Jeans Milano	Milan	Forum di Assago	11,200	-
Lottomatica Roma	Rome	PalaLottomatica	11,200	-
Montepaschi Siena	Siena	Pala Sport Mens Sana	06,000	-
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Le Mans	Antares	06,000	-
Roanne Basket	Roanne	Maison des Sports	05,000	-
Žalgiris Kaunas	Kaunas	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Sports Hall	05,000	-
Lietuvos Rytas	Vilnius	Siemens Arena	11,000	-
Efes Pilsen	Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12,500	-
Fenerbahçe Ülker	Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12,500	-
Brose Baskets	Bamberg	Jako Arena	06,800	-
Partizan Belgrade	Belgrade	Hala Pionir	07,000	-
Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Hala Tivoli	05,600	-
CSKA Moscow	Moscow	ZSKA universal sports hall	05,000	1
Prokom Trefl Sopot	Sopot	Hala Olivia	05,500	-
Cibona Zagreb	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović basketball hall	05,200	-
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Nokia Arena	11,700	2

* Defending champion

** At the time of the start of the competition

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. CSKA Moscow	14th	12	2	1123	942
2. Montepaschi Siena	14th	10	4th	1098	974
3. TAU Vitoria	14th	9	5	1170	1051
4. Žalgiris Kaunas	14th	8th	6th	1110	1126
5. Olympiacos Piraeus	14th	7th	7th	1185	1099
6. Olimpija Ljubljana	14th	4th	10	1030	1147
7. Prokom Trefl Sopot	14th	4th	10	973	1143
8. La Fortezza Bologna	14th	2	12	1008	1215

	Moscow	DEW	Piraeus	Prokom	Ljubljana	Žalgiris	Siena	Bologna
CSKA Moscow	*	70 : 62	88 : 79	99 : 67	74 : 57	78 : 70	74 : 70	79 : 53
TAU Vitoria	76: 85	*	75 : 64	98 : 74	89 : 74	84 : 66	76 : 61	98 : 71
Olympiacos Piraeus	71 : 67	95 : 90	*	109 : 65	113 : 80	90 : 74	73: 80	104 : 76
Prokom Trefl	69: 88	66: 82	63 : 59	*	79 : 68	80: 85	59: 84	79 : 59
Olimpija Ljubljana	74 : 72	78: 92	87 : 78	68 : 49	*	74: 83	80: 86	75 : 60
Žalgiris Kaunas	60: 88	95 : 92	88 : 75	82 : 72	91 : 72	*	75 : 69	102 : 82
Montepaschi Siena	66: 69	83 : 71	86 : 84	87 : 64	80 : 52	89 : 64	*	80 : 69
La Fortezza Bologna	68: 92	69: 85	80: 91	75: 87	101 : 91	81 : 75	64: 77	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Lietuvos Rytas	14th	11	3	1127	999
2. Maccabi Tel Aviv	14th	11	3	1162	1108
3. Unicaja Málaga	14th	10	4th	1124	1007
4. Efes Pilsen	14th	8th	6th	1106	1080
5. Aris Thessaloniki	14th	7th	7th	1054	1072
6. Cibona Zagreb	14th	4th	10	1080	1188
7. Armani Jeans Milano	14th	3	11	1015	1107
8. Le Mans Sarthe Basket	14th	2	12	1035	1142

	Málaga	Tel Aviv	Efes Pilsen	Aris	Zagreb	Le Mans	Rytas	Milano
Unicaja Málaga	*	93 : 70	87 : 77	73 : 52	102 : 64	87 : 68	71 : 69	89 : 70
Maccabi Tel Aviv	87 : 68	*	73 : 67	85 : 70	80 : 74	74 : 71	82: 87	91 : 76
Efes Pilsen	91 : 75	68: 83	*	74: 84	100 : 74	66 : 63	90 : 84	80 : 70
Aris Thessaloniki	87:83	94: 101 a.d.	67 : 64	*	77 : 73	93 : 74	69: 72	70: 77
Cibona Zagreb	62: 76	76: 81	93 : 85	76: 83	*	91 : 71	79: 86	100 : 91
Le Mans Sarthe	74: 83	91: 99	84: 91 a.d.	66: 69	100 : 87	*	77: 83	63: 71
Lietuvos Rytas	71 : 63	92 : 74	70: 77	77 : 70	93 : 59	85 : 50	*	75 : 62
Armani jeans	65: 74	81: 82	73: 76	77 : 69	63: 72	63: 83	76: 83	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Panathinaikos Athens	14th	12	2	1159	1037
2. Real Madrid	14th	11	3	1137	1015
3. FC Barcelona	14th	9	5	1082	991
4. Fenerbahçe Ülker	14th	6th	8th	1087	1113
5. Partizan Belgrade	14th	6th	8th	1087	1103
6. Lottomatica Roma	14th	6th	8th	1071	1096
7. Roanne Basket	14th	4th	10	1104	1224
8. Brose Baskets Bamberg	14th	2	12	879	1040

	Athens	Barcelona	Belgrade	Roma	Istanbul	Madrid	Bamberg	Roanne
Panathinaikos Athens	*	76 : 66	67 : 66	86 : 83	88 : 68	92 : 85	66 : 61	102 : 78
FC Barcelona	55: 56	*	95 : 69	75: 77	82 : 67	73 : 62	80 : 58	82 : 76
Partizan Belgrade	90: 94	81 : 78	*	91 : 86	72: 76	72: 80	85 : 37	82 : 76
Lottomatica Roma	85 : 67	65: 74	88 : 87 a.d.	*	63: 84	69 : 64	81 : 57	67: 74
Fenerbahçe Ülker	64: 83	78: 85	86: 91	85 : 66	*	72: 80	79 : 77	81 : 68
real Madrid	95 : 87 a.d.	82 : 79	75 : 64	89 : 83	87 : 77	*	93 : 57	104 : 73
Brose Baskets	58: 72	79: 89	78 : 62	59: 73	81 : 73	49: 59	*	61: 64
Roanne Basket	83: 123	79: 89	87: 88	104 : 85	90: 97	68: 82	84 : 81	*

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. Montepaschi Siena	6th	4th	2	465	427
2. Partizan Belgrade	6th	4th	2	440	430
3. Panathinaikos Athens	6th	3	3	430	446
4. Efes Pilsen	6th	1	5	426	458

	Athens	Siena	Efes Pilsen	Belgrade
Panathinaikos	*	77 : 76	74 : 65	67 : 65
Montepaschi	84 : 75	*	80 : 67	71 : 54
Efes Pilsen	74 : 64	76: 79 a.d.	*	79: 83
Partizan	82 : 73	78 : 75	78 : 65	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Tau Ceramica	6th	5	1	510	467
2. Fenerbahce Ulker	6th	3	3	493	488
3. Lietuvos Rytas	6th	2	4th	506	507
4. Aris Thessaloniki	6th	2	4th	448	495

	Lietuvos	DEW	Istanbul	Thessaloniki
Lietuvos Rytas	*	81: 84	87 : 84	89 : 74
Tau Ceramica	87 : 84	*	103 : 84	90 : 74
Fenerbahce	95 : 91 a.d.	75 : 59	*	59: 60
Aris	83 : 74	69: 87	88: 96	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Maccabi Tel Aviv	6th	4th	2	516	496
2. Olympiacos Piraeus	6th	4th	2	443	436
3. Real Madrid	6th	3	3	489	493
4. Žalgiris Kaunas	6th	1	5	457	480

	Madrid	Maccabi	Žalgiris	Piraeus
real Madrid	*	100: 103 a.d.	88 : 85	80 : 70
Maccabi Tel Aviv	94 : 75	*	80 : 66	82: 87
Žalgiris Kaunas	69: 83	101 : 82	*	52: 61
Olympiacos	72 : 63	67: 75	86 : 84 a.d.	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. CSKA Moscow	6th	4th	2	448	386
2. FC Barcelona	6th	3	3	393	383
3. Unicaja Málaga	6th	3	3	412	418
4. Lottomatica Roma	6th	2	4th	383	449

	Moscow	Málaga	Barcelona	Roma
CSKA Moscow	*	93 : 70	75 : 55	72 : 71
Unicaja Málaga	72 : 67	*	62 : 61	79 : 58
FC Barcelona	64 : 62	64 : 62	*	86 : 57
Lottomatica	54: 82	75 : 67	68 : 63	*

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 Four tournament.

pairing			1st game	2nd game	3rd game
Montepaschi Siena	-	Fenerbahçe Ülker	73 : 66	86 : 65
TAU Ceramica	-	Partizan Belgrade	74 : 66	55: 76	85 : 68
Maccabi Tel Aviv	-	FC Barcelona	81 : 75	74: 83	88 : 75
CSKA Moscow	-	Olympiacos Piraeus	74: 76	83 : 73	81 : 56

Final Four tournament

In a tournament that took place between May 2nd and 4th, 2008, 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 2, 2008.

pairing			Result
Montepaschi Siena	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv	85: 92
TAU Ceramica	-	CSKA Moscow	79: 83

3rd place match

The game took place on May 4th .

pairing			Result
Montepaschi Siena	-	TAU Ceramica	97 : 93 a.d.

final

The EuroLeague final took place on May 4th, 2008 in the sports hall Palacio de Deportes in Madrid .

pairing	CSKA Moscow - Maccabi Tel Aviv
Result	91  : 77
date	May 4, 2008
Stadion	Palacio de Deportes , Madrid
spectator	13,480
referee	Sradan Dozai, Dani Hierrezuelo, Stelios Koukoulekidis
CSKA Moscow	Theodoros Papaloukas 12, Nikolaos Zisis , Matjaž Smodiš 13, Ramūnas Šiškauskas 13, JR Holden 14, Sachar Paschutin , David Andersen 13, Trajan Langdon 21, Marcus Goree 2, Alexei Schwed , Tomas van den Spiegel 3, Wiktor Chrjapa Trainer : Ettore Messina
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Will Bynum 23, Derrick Sharp , Nikola Vujčić 2, Lior Eliyahu , Terence Morris 13, Tal Burstein , Omri Casspi 9, Alex Garcia 2, David Bluthenthal 5, Vonteego Cummings, Esteban Batista 14, Yotam Halperin 9 Trainer : Zvi Sherf

Awards

MVP of the Euroleague season 2007–2008

• Ramūnas Šiškauskas (CSKA Moscow)

Final Four MVP

Final Four MVP: Trajan Langdon

• Trajan Langdon (CSKA Moscow)

All Euroleague First Team 2007-2008

• Terrell McIntyre (Montepaschi Siena)
• Trajan Langdon (CSKA Moscow)
• Ramūnas Šiškauskas (CSKA Moscow)
• Terence Morris (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Tiago Splitter (TAU Cerámica)

All Euroleague Second Team 2007-2008

• Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow)
• Bootsy Thornton (Montepaschi Siena)
• Yotam Halperin (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Kšyštof Lavrinovič (Montepaschi Siena)
• Nikola Peković (Partizan Belgrade)

Best defender

• Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos Athens)

Rising Star Trophy

• Danilo Gallinari (Armani Jeans Milano)

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

• Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne Basket)

Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year

• Ettore Messina (CSKA Moscow)

Trainer of the Year (Alexander Gomelski Trophy)

• Ettore Messina (CSKA Moscow)

Club Executive of the Year

• Ferdinando Minucci (Montepaschi Siena)

Web links

• Official website (English)