2005–06 Euroleague Explained

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Euroleague
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Season:	2005–06
Champions:	CSKA Moscow (5th title)
Runners Up:	Maccabi Elite
Semifinalists:	Tau Cerámica
Fourth Place:	Winterthur FC Barcelona
Teams:	24
Mvp Link:	EuroLeague MVP
Mvp N:	USA
Finals Mvp Link:	EuroLeague Final Four MVP
Finals Mvp N:	GRE
Pir:	20.5
Pir N:	USA
Top Scorer:	Drew Nicholas
Ppg:	18.5
Ppg N:	USA
Rpg:	8.9
Rpg N:	TUR
Apg:	6.2
Apg N:	ARG

The 2005–06 Euroleague was the 6th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, 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 was held at the Sazka Arena in Prague, Czech Republic on April 30, 2006. CSKA Moscow 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 entering in this round
Regular season (24 teams)	3 best-placed teams from: Italy Spain 2 best-placed teams from: Greece Lithuania The champion teams from: Croatia France Germany Israel Poland Russia Slovenia Serbia and Montenegro Turkey 5 Wild Cards
Top 16 (16 teams)	3 group winners from the regular season 3 group runners-up from the regular season 3 group third-placed teams from the regular season 3 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season 3 group fifth-placed teams from the regular season 1 group sixth placed team from the regular season
Quarterfinals (8 teams)	4 group winners from the top 16 4 group runners-up from the top 16

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
width=210	Real Madrid (1st)	width=210	Benetton Treviso (3rd)	width=210	Pau-Orthez (7th)^WC	width=210
width=210	Tau Cerámica (2nd)	width=210	Montepaschi Siena (5th)^WC	width=210		width=210	Maccabi Elite ^TH
width=210	Unicaja Málaga (3rd)	width=210		width=210		width=210
width=210	Winterthur Barcelona ^WC	width=210		width=210		width=210	CSKA Moscow (1st)
Climamio Bologna (1st)	Olympiacos ^WC	Ülker ^WC
Armani Jeans Milano (2nd)	Strasbourg (1st)	Cibona VIP ^WC

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:

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

Key to colors

Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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 width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 Diff 1. Maccabi Elite 14 9 5 1220 1135 +85 2. Efes Pilsen 14 9 5 1025 995 +30 3. Lietuvos Rytas 14 8 6 1068 1012 +58 4. Winterthur FC Barcelona 14 8 6 1079 1021 +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

width=15		width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=30	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

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, 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.

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group D width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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 width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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 width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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 width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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

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.

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Final four

See main article: 2005–06 Euroleague Final Four.

Semifinals

April 28, Sazka Arena, Prague|}

3rd place game

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague|}

Final

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague|}

Final standings

width=25		width=220	Team
	CSKA Moscow
	Maccabi Elite
	Tau Cerámica
	Winterthur FC Barcelona

Final Four 2006 MVP

Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow)

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Anthony Parker	Maccabi Elite	25	513	20.52
2.		Unicaja Málaga	18	348	19.33
3.	Luis Scola	Tau Cerámica	25	470	18.80

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PPG
1.	Drew Nicholas	Benetton Treviso	20	369	18.45
2.		Cibona	20	341	17.05
3.	Louis Bullock	Real Madrid	20	316	15.80

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	RPG
1.	Mirsad Türkcan	Ülker	16	143	8.94
2.		Žalgiris	20	166	8.30
3.		Lietuvos Rytas	20	164	8.20

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	APG
1.	Pablo Prigioni	Tau Cerámica	25	156	6.24
2.		Olympiacos	23	103	4.48
3.		Winterthur FC Barcelona	25	107	4.28

Other Stats

width=100	Category	width=180	Name	width=180	Team	width=40	Games	width=40	Stat
Steals per game	Jeff Trepagnier	Ülker	20	3.05
Blocks per game	Darjuš Lavrinovič	Žalgiris	20	2.10
Turnovers per game	Massimo Bulleri	Armani Jeans Milano	14	3.79
Fouls drawn per game	Scoonie Penn	Cibona	20	5.80
Minutes per game	Yotam Halperin	Union Olimpija	14	36:04
2FG%	Tomas Masiulis	Prokom Trefl	14	0.666
3FG%	Giacomo Galanda	Armani Jeans Milano	14	0.536
FT%	Nikos Chatzis	Olympiacos	20	0.969

Game highs

width=100	Category	width=180	Name	width=180	Team	width=40	Stat
Rating	Spencer Nelson	Brose Bamberg	48
Points	Luis Scola		36
Rebounds	Spencer Nelson	Brose Bamberg	20
Assists	Vrbica Stefanov		12
	Lonnie Cooper	Pau-Orthez
Steals	Jeff Trepagnier	Ülker	11
Blocks	Maceo Baston	Maccabi Elite	6
Turnovers	Igor Rakočević		9
	Giannis Kalampokis	AEK
Fouls Drawn	Jaka Lakovič	Panathinaikos	15

Awards

Euroleague MVP

• Anthony Parker ( Maccabi Elite)

Final Four MVP

• Theodoros Papaloukas ( CSKA Moscow)

Finals Top Scorer

• Will Solomon ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)

All-Euroleague Team 2005–06

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Position	All-Euroleague First Team	Club Team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club team
		CSKA Moscow	Pablo Prigioni	Tau Cerámica
		Winterthur FC Barcelona	Vassilis Spanoulis	Panathinaikos
	Anthony Parker	Maccabi Elite	Trajan Langdon	CSKA Moscow
	Luis Scola	Tau Cerámica	Jorge Garbajosa	Unicaja Málaga
	Nikola Vujčić	Maccabi Elite		Žalgiris

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)

Club Executive of the Year

• Sergey Kushchenko ( CSKA Moscow)

Regular season

See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round.

Game	Player	Team	Rating
1	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	33
	Nikola Vujčić	Maccabi Elite	33
2	Vassilis Spanoulis	Panathinaikos	32
3		Efes Pilsen	31
4		Maccabi Elite	35
5	Dejan Milojević (2)	Partizan	33
		Strasbourg	33
6	Haris Mujezinović	Lietuvos Rytas	36
	Anthony Parker	Maccabi Elite	36
7	Scoonie Penn	Cibona	36
8	Spencer Nelson	Brose Bamberg	48
9	Andrija Zizić	Olympiacos	41
10	Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos	33
11	Louis Bullock	Real Madrid	34
12	Marko Popović (2)	Efes Pilsen	40
13	Tyus Edney	Olympiacos	38
	Felipe Reyes	Real Madrid	38
14	Scoonie Penn (2)	Cibona	37

Top 16

Game	Player	Team
1	Anthony Parker (2)	Maccabi Elite	39
2		Real Madrid	32
	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Olympiacos	32
3	Jorge Garbajosa	Unicaja Málaga	37
4	Maceo Baston (2)	Maccabi Elite	28
	Nikola Prkacin	Efes Pilsen	28
	Antonio Granger	Efes Pilsen	28
5	Igor Rakočević (2)	Real Madrid	28
6	Henry Domercant	Efes Pilsen	29
	Maceo Baston (3)	Maccabi Elite	29

Playoffs

Game	Player	Team
1-2	Vassilis Spanoulis (2)	Panathinaikos	23
3	Michalis Kakiouzis	Winterthur FC Barcelona	23

MVP of the Month

See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month.

Month	Player	Team
November 2005	Kaya Peker	Efes Pilsen
December 2005	Jorge Garbajosa	Unicaja Málaga
January 2006	Juan Carlos Navarro	Winterthur FC Barcelona
February 2006	Tyus Edney	Olympiacos
March 2006	Maceo Baston	Maccabi Elite
April 2006	Trajan Langdon	CSKA Moscow

References and notes

Euroleague Competition Format

External links

• Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage.
• Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site.
• TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum.

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Euroleague team, MVP announced in Prague - MAIN PAGE - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100117230916/http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/prague-2006/main-page/i/22508/1929. January 17, 2010. 2021-12-09. www.euroleague.net. en.