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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 sponsorship of
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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
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in the Palau Sant Jordi,
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. It was won by the
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club Panathinaikos (6th title), who defeated Maccabi Electra in the championship game of May 8, 2011. Montepaschi Siena, finished 3rd by holding off
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in the third-place game. At the individual level, the season was marked by Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos. Not only did the Greek
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lift the trophy for the third time in five years and receive the Euroleague Final Four MVP award, but he also became the first player ever to win three end-of-season awards: Euroleague MVP,
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, and All-Euroleague First Team.


Teams

†As winner of the ULEB Eurocup 2009–10


Draw

The draws for the 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Thursday, July 8 at
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,
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. The draws began at 11:15 local time ( CET) 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 hosting
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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
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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

* Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)


Euroleague 2010–11 Final Four MVP

* Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)


All-Euroleague Team 2010–11


Top scorer ( Alphonso Ford Trophy)

* Igor Rakočević ( Efes Pilsen)


Best Defender

* Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)


Rising Star

* Nikola Mirotić (
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)


Coach of the Year ( Alexander Gomelsky Award)

*
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( Panathinaikos)


Club Executive of the Year

* Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos ( Panathinaikos)


MVP Weekly


Regular season


Top 16


Quarterfinals


MVP of Month


References and notes


External links


Euroleague.net Official Site

Eurobasket.com Euroleague Page
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