The 2005–06 Euroleague was the 6th season of the professional
basketball
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competition for elite clubs throughout
Europe
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, 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 countries. The
Final Four
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was held at the
Sazka Arena in
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
,
Czech Republic
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on April 30, 2006.
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
defeat the defending champions,
Maccabi Elite by a score of 73–69 in the final.
Team allocation
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)
* 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
* WC:
Wild card
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:
# Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
# Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
# Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
# Points scored in all group matches
# 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 C
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
*
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
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
,
Žalgiris
Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams
*
Lietuvos Rytas
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History and profile
"Lietuvos rytas" was established in 1990 on a basis of newspaper "Komjaunimo tiesa". The paper is printed in Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ) is ...
,
Benetton Treviso,
FC Barcelona
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,
Real Madrid
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Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team
*
Olympiacos,
Brose Bamberg
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,
Ãœlker,
Cibona
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:
# No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
# No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
# 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 Ãœlker) they were scheduled so that every week, only one team would be at home.
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.
Final four
Semifinals
April 28,
Sazka Arena,
Prague
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3rd place game
April 30,
Sazka Arena,
Prague
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Final
April 30,
Sazka Arena,
Prague
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Final standings
Final Four 2006 MVP
Theodoros Papaloukas (
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
)
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Other Stats
Game highs
Awards
Euroleague MVP
*
Anthony Parker (
Maccabi Elite)
Final Four MVP
*
Theodoros Papaloukas (
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
)
Finals Top Scorer
*
Will Solomon (
Maccabi Tel Aviv)
All-Euroleague Team 2005–06
Best Defender
*
Dimitris Diamantidis (
Panathinaikos)
Rising Star
*
Andrea Bargnani (
Benetton Treviso)
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer
*
Drew Nicholas (
Benetton Treviso)
Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year
*
Ettore Messina (
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
)
Club Executive of the Year
*
Sergey Kushchenko (
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
)
Regular season
Top 16
Playoffs
MVP of the Month
References and notes
Euroleague Competition Format
External links
Euroleague.net- Official Euroleague homepage.
Eurobasket.com- Popular basketball news site.
TalkBasket.net- Basketball forum.
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