2005–06 Euroleague

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

3-5 are used to break ties between 6th place teams

Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Tau Cerámica 14 11 3 1130 976 +154 2. Climamio Bologna 14 10 4 1114 989 +125 3. Žalgiris 14 9 5 1065 1037 +28 4. Benetton Treviso 14 8 6 1042 1134 +8 5. CHP Bamberg 14 7 7 975 1023 -48 6. Union Olimpija 14 5 9 1059 1080 -21 7. Strasbourg 14 3 11 972 1058 -86 8. AEK 14 3 11 940 1100 -160

Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Maccabi Elite 14 9 5 1220 1135 +85 2. Efes Pilsen 14 9 5 1025 995 +30 3. Winterthur FC Barcelona 14 8 6 1079 1021 +58 4. Lietuvos Rytas 14 8 6 1068 1012 +56 5. Olympiacos 14 7 7 1085 1059 +26 6. Cibona VIP 14 6 8 917 1054 -137 7. Prokom Trefl Sopot 14 5 9 997 1066 -69 8. Armani Jeans Milano 14 5 9 1036 1085 -49

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Unicaja Málaga	14	12	2	1100	1015	+85
2.	Panathinaikos	14	12	2	1219	1063	+156
3.	CSKA Moscow	14	10	4	1116	950	+166
4.	Real Madrid	14	7	7	1012	1004	+8
5.	Ülker	14	5	9	1000	1055	-55
6.	Montepaschi Siena	14	4	10	1001	1055	54
7.	Pau-Orthez	14	4	10	971	1103	-132
8.	Partizan Pivara MB	14	2	12	978	1152	-174

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

• Unicaja Málaga, Tau Cerámica, Maccabi Elite, Panathinaikos

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

• Climamio Bologna, Efes Pilsen, CSKA Moscow, Žalgiris

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

• Lietuvos Rytas, Benetton Treviso, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid

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

• Olympiacos, Brose Bamberg, Ülker, Cibona

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.

Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Winterthur FC Barcelona 6 5 1 448 434 +14 2. Olympiacos 6 4 2 490 450 +40 3. Unicaja Málaga 6 3 3 447 435 +12 4. Žalgiris 6 0 6 425 491 −66

Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Maccabi Elite 6 5 1 491 448 +43 2. Real Madrid 6 4 2 446 412 +34 3. Climamio Bologna 6 2 4 469 477 −8 4. Ülker 6 1 5 415 484 −69

Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 441 391 +50 2. Tau Cerámica 6 4 2 453 422 +31 3. Lietuvos Rytas 6 3 3 422 427 −5 4. CHP Bamberg 6 0 6 374 450 −76

Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Panathinaikos 6 3 3 447 419 +28 2. Efes Pilsen 6 3 3 446 447 −1 3. Benetton Treviso 6 3 3 476 488 −12 4. Cibona VIP 6 3 3 458 473 −15

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 leg	3rd leg
Winterthur FC Barcelona	2–1	Real Madrid	72–58	78–84	76-70
Maccabi Elite	2–1	Olympiacos	87–78	70–76	77-73
CSKA Moscow	2–0	Efes Pilsen	66–57	75–71
Panathinaikos	1–2	Tau Cerámica	84–72	79–85	71-74

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