The 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 12th season of the modern era of Euroleague and the second under the title sponsorship of

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. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the

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Champions Cup, this was the 55th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs. The Final Four was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

, in 11–13 May 2012. It was won by the

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club

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 numbe ...

(2nd title), who defeated

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in the championship game. It was the 5th final involving a Greek club in the last six seasons, and 4th Greek win in that time.

Teams

On 20 June 2011 the teams for this season were announced. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders): *A: Qualified through an A–licence *1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs *QR: Qualifying rounds *WC: Wild card *EC: Champion of the 2010–11 Eurocup

Draw

The draws for the 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Monday, 4 July. The draws 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 seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period. 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

A total number of sixteen teams participated in the qualifying rounds. The qualifying rounds consisted of two final eight

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s. The two winning teams advance to the

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Regular season

The regular season began on 19 October 2011. If teams were level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers were 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.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Top 16

The draw took place in

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, Spain on 28 December 2011 at 13:00 CET. The sixteen qualified teams were divided into four seeds based on their final standings in the regular season. Teams coming from the same regular season group were kept from coinciding in the same Top 16 group and an effort was made to keep teams from the same country from coinciding as well. Teams from the same city, Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahçe Ülker and Galatasaray Medical Park from

; Olympiacos and Panathinaikos from Greater

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, or teams playing in the same arena were prevented from playing both at home in the same matchday.

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

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 2011–12 MVP

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Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP

* Vassilis Spanoulis (

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All-Euroleague Team 2011–12

Top Scorer ( Alphonso Ford Trophy)

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Best Defender

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Rising Star

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Teams

Draw

Qualifying rounds

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Top 16

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Quarterfinals

Final four

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other Stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague 2011–12 MVP

Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2011–12

Top Scorer ( Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year ( Alexander Gomelsky Award)

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Top 16

Quarterfinals

MVP of the Month

See also

References

External links