In this first phase, the 24 teams divided into four groups (A to D) competed against each other in home and away games until each team had played 10 games. The four best from each group qualified for the next round.
Group A
team
Sp
S.
N
P +
P-
1. Unicaja Málaga
Spain
10
8th
2
771
698
2. Olympiacos Piraeus
Greece
10
6th
4th
815
748
3. Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel
10
6th
4th
815
811
4. Cibona Zagreb
Croatia
10
5
5
760
772
5. Air Avellino
Italy
10
3
7th
754
814
6. Le Mans Sarthe
France
10
2
8th
747
819
Tel Aviv
Piraeus
Málaga
Zagreb
Le Mans
Avellino
Maccabi Tel Aviv
*
96 : 83
73: 80
88 : 83
82 : 80 a.d.
90 : 83
Olympiacos Piraeus
84 : 65
*
83 : 72
93 : 64
68: 78
91 : 66
Unicaja Málaga
92 : 69
60 : 56
*
77 : 67
84 : 79
72 : 68
Cibona Zagreb
81 : 79
85 : 76
76: 77
*
89 : 70
82 : 79 a.d.
Le Mans Sarthe
73: 87
93: 98 a.d.
55: 87
54: 58
*
92 : 88
Air Avellino
72: 86
69: 83
72 : 70
79 : 75
78 : 73
*
Group B
team
Sp
S.
N
P +
P-
1. FC Barcelona
Spain
10
9
1
813
650
2. Montepaschi Siena
Italy
10
8th
2
835
750
3. Panathinaikos Athens
Greece
10
7th
3
763
707
4. Prokom Trefl Sopot
Poland
10
2
8th
675
734
5. Žalgiris Kaunas
Lithuania
10
2
8th
716
812
6. SLUC Nancy
France
10
2
8th
706
855
Siena
Barcelona
Athens
Žalgiris
Prokom
Nancy
Montepaschi Siena
*
71 : 61
82 : 77
100 : 93
80 : 71
86 : 63
FC Barcelona
87 : 61
*
90 : 66
90 : 68
74 : 62
91 : 68
Panathinaikos Athens
81 : 76
76: 87
*
78 : 51
75 : 53
83 : 69
Žalgiris Kaunas
67: 93
60: 75
69: 80
*
79 : 68
105 : 94
Prokom Trefl
71: 83
64: 76
60: 67
65 : 60
*
91 : 62
SLUC Nancy
79: 103
54: 82
70: 80
69 : 64
78 : 70
*
Group C
team
Sp
S.
N
P +
P-
1. TAU Vitoria
Spain
10
8th
2
916
808
2. Lottomatica
Italy
10
6th
4th
814
786
3. Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor
Turkey
10
6th
4th
779
755
4th ALBA Berlin
Germany
10
4th
6th
691
748
5. Joventut de Badalona
Spain
10
4th
6th
800
810
6. Olimpija Ljubljana
Slovenia
10
2
8th
725
818
DEW
Istanbul
Roma
Ljubljana
Badalona
Berlin
TAU Vitoria
*
80 : 70
90: 93
101 : 69
91 : 83
106 : 65
Fenerbahçe
69: 81
*
90 : 86 a.d.
89 : 87 a.d.
89 : 63
82 : 73
Lottomatica
96: 103 a.d.
76 : 67
*
74 : 69 a.d.
85 : 71
70 : 64
Olimpija
90 : 91
70: 90
67: 78
*
65: 86
77 : 69
Joventut
105 : 100
67: 70
97 : 93
81 : 64
*
75: 79
ALBA Berlin
68: 73
72 : 63
68 : 63
59: 67
74 : 72
*
Group D
team
Sp
S.
N
P +
P-
1. CSKA Moscow
Russia
10
7th
3
774
644
2. Real Madrid
Spain
10
6th
4th
740
707
3. Armani Jeans Milano
Italy
10
5
5
734
745
4. Partizan Belgrade
Serbia
10
5
5
706
687
5. Efes Pilsen
Turkey
10
4th
6th
713
762
6. Panionios Athens
Greece
10
3
7th
668
790
Moscow
Belgrade
Madrid
Istanbul
Milano
Athens
CSKA Moscow
*
63: 66
78: 82
90 : 68
90 : 64
93 : 61
Partizan
62: 63
*
81 : 77
83 : 77
81 : 76
80 : 57
real Madrid
54: 58
68 : 67
*
80 : 69
70 : 69
87 : 66
Efes Pilsen
55: 74
61 : 60
81: 95
*
74 : 67
69: 78
Armani jeans
80 : 79
73 : 59
70 : 61
71: 81
*
77 : 73
Panionios Athens
52: 86
72 : 67
68 : 66
64: 78
77: 87
*
Intermediate round (Top 16)
In the second phase of the Euroleague, the remaining 16 teams were divided into four groups (E to H) 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 E
team
Sp
S.
N
P +
P-
1. Olympiacos Piraeus
Greece
6th
5
1
496
446
2. TAU Vitoria
Spain
6th
4th
2
556
474
3. Armani Jeans Milano
Italy
6th
3
3
455
529
4. Prokom Trefl Sopot
Poland
6th
1
5
444
502
Vitoria
Piraeus
Milano
Prokom
TAU Vitoria
*
80: 88
108 : 90
99 : 77
Olympiacos
73 : 70
*
84 : 81
84 : 71
Armani jeans
74: 107
76 : 74
*
72: 96
Prokom Trefl
72: 92
68: 93
60: 62
*
Group F.
team
Sp
S.
N
P +
P-
1. FC Barcelona
Spain
6th
5
1
508
429
2. Real Madrid
Spain
6th
5
1
505
487
3. Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel
6th
2
4th
459
481
4th ALBA Berlin
Germany
6th
0
6th
427
502
Barcelona
Madrid
Tel Aviv
Berlin
FC Barcelona
*
90 : 79
85 : 65
85 : 69
real Madrid
85 : 83
*
98 : 79
83 : 82
Maccabi
74: 90
69: 73
*
96 : 65
ALBA Berlin
57: 75
84: 87
70: 76
*
Group G
team
Sp
S.
N
P +
P-
1. Panathinaikos Athens
Greece
6th
5
1
503
428
2. Partizan Belgrade
Serbia
6th
4th
2
420
434
3. Unicaja Málaga
Spain
6th
2
4th
484
461
4. Lottomatica Roma
Italy
6th
1
5
441
525
Málaga
Roma
Athens
Belgrade
Unicaja Málaga
*
99 : 64
69: 81
74: 78 a.d.
Lottomatica
75: 88
*
71: 90
88 : 72
Panathinaikos
103 : 95 a.d.
92 : 67
*
81 : 63
Partizan Belgrade
60 : 59
84 : 76
63 : 56
*
Group H.
team
Sp
S.
N
P +
P-
1. CSKA Moscow
Russia
6th
5
1
454
377
2. Montepaschi Siena
Italy
6th
4th
2
472
456
3. Cibona Zagreb
Croatia
6th
2
4th
423
456
4. Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor
Turkey
6th
1
5
384
444
Moscow
Siena
Istanbul
Zagreb
CSKA Moscow
*
95 : 71
77 : 60
87 : 61
Montepaschi
74 : 56
*
87 : 79
86 : 70
Fenerbahçe
48: 66
68: 73
*
64: 86
Cibona Zagreb
63: 73
88 : 81
55: 65
*
Quarter finals
In a “best-of-five” 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 fifth play-off game. The four teams that won these duels qualified for the Final Four tournament.
pairing
1st game
2nd game
3rd game
4th game
5th game
GreeceOlympiacos Piraeus
-
Spain real Madrid
88 : 79
79 : 73
63: 71
78 : 75
SpainFC Barcelona
-
Spain TAU Vitoria
75: 84
85 : 62
62: 69
84 : 63
78 : 62
GreecePanathinaikos Athens
-
Italy Montepaschi Siena
90 : 85
79: 84
72 : 53
91 : 84
RussiaCSKA Moscow
-
Serbia Partizan Belgrade
56 : 47
77 : 50
67 : 56
Final Four tournament
In a tournament that took place between May 1st and 3rd, 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 1st, 2009 in the O 2 World in Berlin .