2005–06 Euroleague

Euroleague
The Sazka Arena in Prague hosted the Final Four
Competition details
Season 2005–06
Teams 24
Final positions
Champions Russia CSKA Moscow (5th title)
Runners-up Israel Maccabi Elite
Semifinalists Spain Tau Cerámica
Fourth place Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona
Awards
MVP United States Anthony Parker
Finals MVP Greece Theo Papaloukas
Statistical leaders
Index Rating United States Anthony Parker
20.5
Points United States Drew Nicholas
18.5
Rebounds Turkey Mirsad Türkcan
8.9
Assists Argentina Pablo Prigioni
6.2

The 2005–06 Euroleague was the 6th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 49th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall.

The 2005–06 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The Final Four was held at the Sazka Arena in Prague, Czech Republic in April 30, 2006. CSKA Moscow defeat the defending champions, Maccabi Elite by a score of 73-69 in the Final.

Regular season

The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Key to colors
     Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Spain Tau Cerámica 141131130976+154
2.Italy Climamio Bologna 141041114989+125
3.Lithuania Žalgiris 149510651037+28
4.Italy Benetton Treviso 148610421134+8
5.Germany CHP Bamberg 14779751023-48
6.Slovenia Union Olimpija 145910591080-21
7.France Strasbourg 143119721058-86
8.Greece AEK 143119401100-160

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Israel Maccabi Elite 149512201135+85
2.Turkey Efes Pilsen 14951025995+30
3.Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona 148610791021+58
4.Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 148610681012+56
5.Greece Olympiacos 147710851059+26
6.Croatia Cibona VIP 14689171054-137
7.Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot 14599971066-69
8.Italy Armani Jeans Milano 145910361085-49

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Spain Unicaja Málaga 1412211001015+85
2.Greece Panathinaikos 1412212191063+156
3.Russia CSKA Moscow 141041116950+166
4.Spain Real Madrid 147710121004+8
5.Turkey Ülker 145910001055-55
6.Italy Montepaschi Siena 144101001105554
7.France Pau-Orthez 144109711103-132
8.Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 142129781152-174

Top 16

The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.

The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules.

The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:

Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:

  1. No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  2. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  3. If there was a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority.

Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week, only one team would be at home.

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona 651448434+14
2.Greece Olympiacos 642490450+40
3.Spain Unicaja Málaga 633447435+12
4.Lithuania Žalgiris 606425491−66

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Israel Maccabi Elite 651491448+43
2.Spain Real Madrid 642446412+34
3.Italy Climamio Bologna 624469477−8
4.Turkey Ülker 615415484−69

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Russia CSKA Moscow 651441391+50
2.Spain Tau Cerámica 642453422+31
3.Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas 633422427−5
4.Germany CHP Bamberg 606374450−76

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Greece Panathinaikos 633447419+28
2.Turkey Efes Pilsen 633446447−1
3.Italy Benetton Treviso 633476488−12
4.Croatia Cibona VIP 633458473−15

Quarterfinals

Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Winterthur FC Barcelona Spain 2–1 Spain Real Madrid 72–58 78–84 76-70
Maccabi Elite Israel 2–1 Greece Olympiacos 87–78 70–76 77-73
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–0 Turkey Efes Pilsen 66–57 75–71 {{{8}}}
Panathinaikos Greece 1–2 Spain Tau Cerámica 84–72 79–85 71-74

Final four

Semifinals

April 28, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Winterthur FC Barcelona Spain 75–84 Russia CSKA Moscow
Maccabi Elite Israel 85–70 Spain Tau Cerámica

3rd place game

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Winterthur FC Barcelona Spain 82–87 Spain Tau Cerámica

Final

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow Russia 73–69 Israel Maccabi Elite
2005–06 Euroleague
Champions
Russia
CSKA Moscow
5th Title

Final standings

Team
Russia CSKA Moscow
Israel Maccabi Elite
Spain Tau Cerámica
Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona

Final Four 2006 MVP

Greece Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow)

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.United States Anthony ParkerIsrael Maccabi Elite2551320.52
2.Spain Jorge GarbajosaSpain Unicaja Málaga1834819.33
3.Argentina Luis ScolaSpain Tau Cerámica2547018.80

Points

Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1.United States Drew NicholasItaly Benetton Treviso2036918.45
2.United States Scoonie PennCroatia Cibona2034117.05
3.United States Louis BullockSpain Real Madrid2031615.80

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1.Turkey Mirsad TürkcanTurkey Ülker161438.94
2.Lithuania Darjuš LavrinovičLithuania Žalgiris201668.30
3.Lithuania Robertas JavtokasLithuania Lietuvos Rytas201648.20

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1.Argentina Pablo PrigioniSpain Tau Cerámica251566.24
2.United States Tyus EdneyGreece Olympiacos231034.48
3.Georgia (country) Shammond WilliamsSpain Winterthur FC Barcelona251074.28

Other Stats

Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per gameUnited States Jeff TrepagnierTurkey Ülker203.05
Blocks per gameLithuania Darjuš LavrinovičLithuania Žalgiris202.10
Turnovers per gameItaly Massimo BulleriItaly Armani Jeans Milano143.79
Fouls drawn per gameUnited States Scoonie PennCroatia Cibona205.80
Minutes per gameIsrael Yotam HalperinSlovenia Union Olimpija1436:04
2FG%Lithuania Tomas MasiulisPoland Prokom Trefl140.666
3FG%Italy Giacomo GalandaItaly Armani Jeans Milano140.536
FT%Greece Nikos ChatzisGreece Olympiacos200.969

Game highs

Category Name Team Stat
RatingAzerbaijan Spencer NelsonGermany Brose Bamberg48
PointsArgentina Luis ScolaSpain Tau Cerámica36
ReboundsAzerbaijan Spencer NelsonGermany Brose Bamberg20
AssistsRepublic of Macedonia Vrbica StefanovTurkey Ülker12
United States Lonnie CooperFrance Pau-Orthez
StealsUnited States Jeff TrepagnierTurkey Ülker11
BlocksUnited States Maceo BastonIsrael Maccabi Elite6
TurnoversSerbia Igor RakočevićSpain Real Madrid9
Greece Giannis KalampokisGreece AEK
Fouls DrawnSlovenia Jaka LakovičGreece Panathinaikos15

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague Team 2005–06

[1]

PositionAll-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub Team
PG
 Greece Theodoros Papaloukas Russia CSKA Moscow Argentina Pablo Prigioni Spain Tau Cerámica
SG/SF
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Panathinaikos
SG/SF
United States Anthony Parker Israel Maccabi Elite United States Trajan Langdon Russia CSKA Moscow
PF/C
Argentina Luis Scola Spain Tau Cerámica Spain Jorge Garbajosa Spain Unicaja Málaga
PF/C
 Croatia Nikola Vujčić Israel Maccabi Elite Lithuania Darjuš Lavrinovič Lithuania Žalgiris

Best Defender

Rising Star

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer

Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year

Club Executive of the Year

Regular season

Game Player Team Rating
1Serbia Dejan MilojevićSerbia Partizan33
Croatia Nikola VujčićIsrael Maccabi Elite33
2Greece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Panathinaikos32
3Croatia Marko PopovićTurkey Efes Pilsen31
4United States Maceo BastonIsrael Maccabi Elite35
5Serbia Dejan Milojević (2)Serbia Partizan33
United States Lynn GreerFrance Strasbourg33
6Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris MujezinovićLithuania Lietuvos Rytas36
United States Anthony ParkerIsrael Maccabi Elite36
7United States Scoonie PennCroatia Cibona36
8Azerbaijan Spencer NelsonGermany Brose Bamberg48
9Croatia Andrija ZizićGreece Olympiacos41
10United States Mike BatisteGreece Panathinaikos33
11United States Louis BullockSpain Real Madrid34
12Croatia Marko Popović (2)Turkey Efes Pilsen40
13United States Tyus EdneyGreece Olympiacos38
Spain Felipe ReyesSpain Real Madrid38
14United States Scoonie Penn (2)Croatia Cibona37

Top 16

Game Player Team PIR
1United States Anthony Parker (2)Israel Maccabi Elite39
2Serbia Igor RakočevićSpain Real Madrid32
Greece Sofoklis SchortsanitisGreece Olympiacos32
3Spain Jorge GarbajosaSpain Unicaja Málaga37
4United States Maceo Baston (2)Israel Maccabi Elite28
Croatia Nikola PrkacinTurkey Efes Pilsen28
United States Antonio GrangerTurkey Efes Pilsen28
5Serbia Igor Rakočević (2)Spain Real Madrid28
6Bosnia and Herzegovina Henry DomercantTurkey Efes Pilsen29
United States Maceo Baston (3)Israel Maccabi Elite29

Playoffs

Game Player Team PIR
1-2Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (2)Greece Panathinaikos23
3Greece Michalis KakiouzisSpain Winterthur FC Barcelona23

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team
November 2005Turkey Kaya PekerTurkey Efes Pilsen
December 2005Spain Jorge GarbajosaSpain Unicaja Málaga
January 2006Spain Juan Carlos NavarroSpain Winterthur FC Barcelona
February 2006United States Tyus EdneyGreece Olympiacos
March 2006United States Maceo BastonIsrael Maccabi Elite
April 2006United States Trajan LangdonRussia CSKA Moscow

References and notes

  1. ↑ http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/prague-2006/main-page/i/22508/1929

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