The 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 11th season of the modern era of professional

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, and the first under the title

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. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the

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Champions Cup, this was the 54th season of the premier first-tier competition for European men's clubs. The format featured 24 teams, beginning with Game 1 of the first qualifying round on September 21, 2010, and culminating at the Final Four in the

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. It was won by the

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club

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

(6th title), who defeated Maccabi Electra in the championship game of May 8, 2011.

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, finished 3rd by holding off

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

in the third-place game. At the individual level, the season was marked by

Dimitris Diamantidis Dimitris Diamantidis ( el, Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης ; born May 6, 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, who spent the last twelve seasons of his EuroLeague career with Panathinaikos, where he last served as the ...

of Panathinaikos. Not only did the

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lift the trophy for the third time in five years and receive the

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award, but he also became the first player ever to win three end-of-season awards:

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, and

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Teams

†As winner of the

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. The draws began at 11:15 local time (

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) and determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge. Teams were organised into six pots of four teams. Two teams from the same country cannot coincide in the same Regular Season group, except for Spain that has five teams participating in the competition.

Qualifying rounds

The Qualifying Rounds consisted of three rounds, QR1, QR2 and QR3. The rounds were played in home and away series.

Regular season

The Regular Season began on 18 October 2010 with

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

hosting

and ended on 23 December 2010. If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: # Head-to-head record. # Head-to-head point differential. # Point differential during the Regular Season. # Points scored during the regular season. # Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Top 16

The 16 qualified teams were drawn into four groups with four teams. The matches were played between January 19 and March 3, the top two teams of every group advanced to the playoffs. The draw took place on 4 January 2011 at

at 13:00 CET, and was streamed live on the Euroleague's official website.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.

Final four

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other Stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague 2010–11 MVP

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)

Euroleague 2010–11 Final Four MVP

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)

All-Euroleague Team 2010–11

Top Scorer (
Alphonso Ford Trophy The Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy, also known as the EuroLeague Best Scorer, is an annual basketball award of Europe's premier level league, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. It is given to the Top Scorer throughout the EuroLeague sea ...
)

Igor Rakočević Igor Rakočević ( sr-cyrl, Игор Ракочевић; born 29 March 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...

( Efes Pilsen)

Best Defender

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)

Rising Star

* Nikola Mirotić (

)

Coach of the Year ( Alexander Gomelsky Award)

Željko Obradović Želimir "Željko" Obradović ( sr-cyr, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for KK Partizan, Partizan of the ABA League, ...

(

)

Club Executive of the Year

Pavlos Giannakopoulos Pavlos D. Giannakopoulos (Greek: Παύλος Δ. Γιαννακόπουλος; 20 August 1929 – 10 June 2018) was a Greek businessman, owner and president of Panathinaikos B.C. and president of Panathinaikos AC. Vianex Along with his broth ...

and

Thanasis Giannakopoulos Thanasis Giannakopoulos (Greek language, Greek: Θανάσης Γιαννακόπουλος; 1930/31 – 19 March 2019) was a Greek businessman, and a one-time pro sports club owner. The Giannakopoulos family has a combined estimated net worth a ...

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MVP Weekly

Regular season

Top 16

Quarterfinals

MVP of Month

References and notes

External links

Euroleague.net Official Site

Eurobasket.com Euroleague Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:2010-11 Euroleague EuroLeague seasons

Teams

Qualifying rounds

Regular season

Top 16

Quarterfinals

Final four

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other Stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague 2010–11 MVP

Euroleague 2010–11 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2010–11

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy The Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy, also known as the EuroLeague Best Scorer, is an annual basketball award of Europe's premier level league, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. It is given to the Top Scorer throughout the EuroLeague sea ...)

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year ( Alexander Gomelsky Award)

Club Executive of the Year

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Top 16

Quarterfinals

MVP of Month

References and notes

External links

Top Scorer (
Alphonso Ford Trophy The Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy, also known as the EuroLeague Best Scorer, is an annual basketball award of Europe's premier level league, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. It is given to the Top Scorer throughout the EuroLeague sea ...
)