2005–06 FIBA EuroCup

FIBA EuroCup

Competition details
Season	2005–06
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Joventut Badalona (1st title)
Runners-up	Khimki
Third place	Kyiv
Fourth place	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
Awards
Final Four MVP	Rudy Fernández
Statistical leaders
Points	Khalid El-Amin 19.8
Rebounds	Jaime Lloreda 11.5
Assists	Maurice Whitfield 5.8
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The 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup was the 3rd season of the FIBA EuroCup, the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition. A total number of 32 teams from 20 countries participated in competition. The season finished with the EuroCup Final Four, which was held in Kiev, Ukraine. Joventut Badalona won the cup after defeating BC Khimki 88–63 in the final.

Format

A number of 32 teams were split into 8 groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the next stage, where they were split into new four groups of four. The top two teams in each group in the second group stage advanced to the Quarter-Final, which was played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winner of each series advanced to the 2006 EuroCup Final Four, which was held in Kiev.

Teams

Country	Teams	Teams
Russia	4	Dynamo St. Petersburg	BC Khimki	Lokomotiv Rostov	Dynamo Moscow Region
France	3	Cholet	SLUC Nancy	BCM Gravelines
Israel	3	Ironi Nahariya	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Galil Elyon
Belgium	2	Leuven	Dexia Mons
Spain	2	CB Gran Canaria	Joventut Badalona
Germany	2	RheinEnergie Köln	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Greece	2	PAOK Thessaloniki	Maroussi BC
Ukraine	2	Azovmash Mariupol	Kyiv
Austria	1	Swans Gmunden
Croatia	1	KK Zadar
Cyprus	1	Proteas EKA AEL
Czech Republic	1	CEZ Nymburk
Estonia	1	BC Kalev
Italy	1	Cantu
Latvia	1	Barons Riga
Lithuania	1	BC Siauliai
Netherlands	1	MPC Capitals
Poland	1	Slask Wroclaw
Romania	1	CSU Asesoft
Turkey	1	Fenerbahçe

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	6	6	0	466	392	+74	Advance to top 16
2	Azovmash Mariupol	6	3	3	480	450	+30
3	Cholet	6	2	4	411	469	−58
4	CSU Asesoft	6	1	5	399	445	−46

Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	RheinEnergie Köln	6	4	2	439	402	+37	Advance to top 16
2	Zadar	6	3	3	430	428	+2
3	Gran Canaria	6	3	3	460	449	+11
4	Leuven	6	2	4	427	477	−50

Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6	4	2	512	502	+10	Advance to top 16
2	Cantù	6	3	3	480	452	+28
3	Šiauliai	6	3	3	470	511	−41
4	SLUC Nancy	6	2	4	512	509	+3

Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Khimki	6	5	1	548	491	+57	Advance to top 16
2	ČEZ Nymburk	6	4	2	504	501	+3
3	Ironi Nahariya	6	3	3	491	482	+9
4	Allianz Swans Gmunden	6	0	6	451	520	−69

Source: FIBA Europe

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Fenerbahçe	6	5	1	528	478	+50	Advance to top 16
2	Proteas EKA AEL	6	5	1	460	422	+38
3	Kalev/Cramo	6	1	5	450	460	−10
4	PAOK	6	1	5	466	544	−78

Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Maroussi Honda	6	4	2	439	397	+42	Advance to top 16
2	Śląsk Wrocław	6	4	2	440	443	−3
3	MPC Capitals	6	2	4	408	429	−21
4	Hapoel Subaru Tel Aviv	6	2	4	408	426	−18

Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Lokomotiv Rostov	6	5	1	470	443	+27	Advance to top 16
2	Kyiv	6	5	1	476	409	+67
3	Barons/LU	6	1	5	455	489	−34
4	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	1	5	405	464	−59

Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Joventut Badalona	6	5	1	521	474	+47	Advance to top 16
2	Dynamo Moscow Region	6	4	2	561	508	+53
3	Hapoel Galil Elyon	6	2	4	529	556	−27
4	BCM Gravelines	6	1	5	436	509	−73

Source: FIBA Europe

Second stage

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	BC Kiev	6	4	2	490	454	+36
2.	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	6	3	3	439	438	+1
3.	Fenerbahçe	6	3	3	474	483	-9
4.	CEZ Nymburk	6	2	4	477	505	-28

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Maroussi BC	6	5	1	393	387	+6
2.	RheinEnergie Köln	6	4	2	458	426	+32
3.	Cantu	6	2	4	457	475	-18
4.	Dynamo Moscow Region	6	1	5	447	467	-20

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Lokomotiv Rostov	6	4	2	462	431	+31
2.	Dexia Mons	6	4	2	483	456	+27
3.	KK Zadar	6	2	4	487	464	+23
4.	Slask Wroclaw	6	2	4	411	492	-81

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	BC Khimki	6	4	2	487	447	+40
2.	Joventut Badalona	6	4	2	527	483	+44
3.	Azovmash Mariupol	6	4	2	452	443	+9
4.	Proteas EKA AEL	6	0	6	486	579	-93

Quarter Finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
BC Kiev	2 – 1	RheinEnergie Köln	87 – 85	62 – 69	71 – 64
Lokomotiv Rostov	0 – 2	Joventut Badalona	54 – 88	57 – 86
BC Khimki	2 – 1	Dexia Mons	91 – 75	73 – 79	94 – 78
Maroussi BC	0 – 2	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	53 – 64	59 – 71

Final Four

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Finals
	April 7, Kiev, Kiev Palace of Sports
	BC Khimki	63
					April 9, Kiev, Kiev Palace of Sports
	Dynamo St. Petersburg	61
					BC Khimki	63
	April 7, Kiev, Kiev Palace of Sports
					Joventut Badalona	88
	BC Kiev	78
	Joventut Badalona	88
					Third Place
					April 9, Kiev, Kiev Palace of Sports
					Dynamo St. Petersburg	81
					BC Kiev	83

References

External links

• Official site
• At Eurobasket.com