The season 2010/11 was 11 . Season of the EuroLeague (officially Turkish Airlines EuroLeague ), the most important competition in European club basketball.
Of the 24 teams taking part in the EuroLeague, 22 were directly qualified for the group stage, and two more prevailed in an additional qualifying round. 13 of the directly qualified clubs were in possession of a long-term A license, eight other teams qualified through their placement in national or supranational leagues in the preseason and received a B license limited to the 2010/11 season. By winning the Eurocup in the previous year , another C license, limited to that season, was awarded. For the qualifying round 16 starting places were allocated, one of which however remained vacant. 13 of these starting places were again awarded through the placement in national or supranational leagues in the preseason, the remaining three due to the award of a wildcard . Clubs that were eliminated in the qualification took part in the Eurocup 2010/11 .
The 24 teams were divided into four groups of six teams each, with each team playing one home and one away game against every other team. The four best-placed teams in each group were assigned to the four groups of the second group stage, in which each team also plays one home and one away game against each other team. The seeding list for the draw for the second group phase corresponded to the placements in the preliminary round, whereby teams from the same preliminary round group cannot meet again. The top two teams in the second group stage qualified for the knockout round, which was played in the best-of-five mode. The teams that prevailed qualified for the Final Four tournament at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, where the semi-finals and finals and the game for third place were played. These games were simple knockout games. Originally the Palasport Olimpico in Turin was supposed to be the venue for the Final Four, but the newly elected regional government of Piedmont canceled the event.
qualification
The qualification phase introduced in the previous season was extended by a further round, so that each club from Montenegro , the Netherlands , the Czech Republic and the Ukraine had the chance to participate in the EuroLeague main round for the first time since the competition was founded. A total of 15 teams from 12 countries competed for two starting places in the main round. GS Marousi , who prevailed in the qualification last year and then reached the intermediate round of the best 16 teams, was withdrawn from the qualification before the start of the qualification.
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
Spain Caja Laboral
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IsraelMaccabi Tel Aviv
76 : 70
81: 83
60: 81
77: 99
Spain FC Barcelona
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GreecePanathinaikos Athens
83 : 82
71: 75
74: 76
67: 78
Spainreal Madrid
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Spain Power Electronics Valencia
71 : 65
75: 81
75 : 66
72: 81
66 : 58
Greece Olympiacos Piraeus
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ItalyMontepaschi Siena
89 : 41
65: 82
72: 81
76: 88
Final Four
In a tournament that took place between May 6 and 8, 2011, two teams competed against each other in semi-finals. The winners qualified for the final from which the winner of the EuroLeague emerged.
Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)
Igor Rakočević (Efes Pilsen)
Nikola Mirotić (Real Madrid)
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Alba Berlin
UNICS Kazan
ČEZ Nymburk
Michael Batiste (Panathinaikos Athens)