2007–08 Euroleague Explained

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Euroleague
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Season:	2007–08
Champions:	CSKA Moscow (6th title)
Runners Up:	Maccabi Elite
Third Place:	Montepaschi Siena
Fourth Place:	Tau Cerámica
Teams:	24
Dates:	22 October 2007 – 4 May 2008
Mvp Link:	Euroleague MVP
Mvp N:	LTU
Final Four Mvp Link:	Euroleague Final Four MVP
Final Four Mvp N:	USA
Pir:	22.5
Pir N:	USA
Ppg:	21.8
Ppg N:	USA
Rpg:	9.7
Rpg N:	USA
Apg:	5.4
Apg N:	USA

The 2007–08 Euroleague was the 8th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 51st season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2007–08 season featured 24 competing teams. The Euroleague Regular Season draw was held on 30 June 2007, in Jesolo, Italy, during the inaugural Euroleague summer league. The official inauguration was held on October 22, at Hala Olivia in Gdańsk, Poland, before the season's opening game between Prokom Trefl Sopot and CSKA Moscow. The 2008 Final Four was held on May 2–4, 2008, at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. Russian power CSKA Moscow became the champion for the sixth time, placing them second in all-time European championships to Real Madrid.

Teams of the 2007–08 Euroleague

Key to colors
	Champion
	Runner-up
	Third place
	Fourth place
	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
	Eliminated in Last 16
	Eliminated in the regular season

Country	Teams	Teams (place in national championship)
Spain	4	Real Madrid (1)	FC Barcelona (2)	Tau Cerámica (3)	Unicaja Málaga (8)
Italy	4	Montepaschi Siena (1)	VidiVici Bologna (2)	Lottomatica Roma (3)	Armani Jeans Milano (4)
Greece	3	Panathinaikos (1)	Olympiacos (2)	Aris TT Bank (3)
Turkey	2	Fenerbahçe Ülker (1)	Efes Pilsen (2)
	2	Žalgiris (1)	Lietuvos Rytas (2)
France	2	Roanne (1)	Le Mans (6)
Germany	1	Brose Bamberg (1)
	1	Cibona (1)
Russia	1	CSKA Moscow (1)
	1	Maccabi Elite (1)
	1	Union Olimpija (2)
	1	Partizan (1)
Poland	1	Prokom Trefl Sopot (1)

Teams details

! Team !! Location !! Arena (seating capacity)!! Classification
		Alexandrio Melathron (5,500)	A1 Ethniki third placed team
		Jako Arena (6,900)	Basketball Bundesliga two-year classification
		Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)	A1 Liga three-year period classified
		CSKA Universal Sports Hall (5,500), Khodynka Arena (14,500) — Game 13 only	Russian Super League three-year period classified
		Abdi İpekçi Arena (12,500)	Turkish League three-year period classified
		Palau Blaugrana (8,250)	ACB
		Abdi İpekçi Arena (12,500)	Turkish League three-year period classified
		Antarès (6,003)	La Ligue three-year period classified
		Siemens Arena (11,000)	ULEB Cup vice Champion
		PalaLottomatica (11,200)	Serie A
		Nokia Arena (Yad Eliyahu) (11,700)	Israeli League three-year period classified
		Palasport Mens Sana (7,025)	Serie A regular season leader
		Datch Forum di Assago (13,000)	Serie A
		Dvorana Tivoli (6,000)	Liga UPC Telemach three-year period classified
		Peace and Friendship Stadium (14,905)	A1 Ethniki three-year period classified
		Olympic Indoor Hall (19,250)	A1 Ethniki three-year period classified
		Pionir Hall (8,150)	Naša Sinalko Liga Champion
		Hala Olivia (5,500), Gdańsk (Game 1-8) Hala Stulecia Sopotu (2,000), Sopot (Game 9 onward)^[1]	Dominet Bank Ekstraliga Champion
		Palacio Vistalegre (15,000)	ULEB Cup Champion/ACB
		Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall (5,000)	La Ligue champion
		Fernando Buesa Arena (15,504)	ACB three-year period classified
		Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena (13,000)	ACB three-year period classified
		PalaMalaguti (11,000)	Serie A
		Kaunas Sports Hall (5,000)	LKL three-year period classified

Regular season

The regular season began on October 22, 2007.

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 are 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

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

Group A

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Regular Season Group A.

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1.	CSKA Moscow	14	12	2	1123	942	+181
2.	Montepaschi Siena	14	10	4	1098	974	+124
3.	Tau Cerámica	14	9	5	1170	1051	+119
4.	Žalgiris	14	8	6	1110	1126	−16
5.	Olympiacos	14	7	7	1185	1099	+86
6.	Union Olimpija	14	4	10	1030	1147	−117
7.	Prokom Trefl Sopot	14	4	10	973	1143	−170
8.	VidiVici Bologna	14	2	12	1008	1215	−207

Group B

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Regular Season Group B.

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1.	Lietuvos Rytas	14	11	3	1127	999	+128
2.	Maccabi Elite	14	11	3	1162	1108	+54
3.	Unicaja Málaga	14	10	4	1124	1007	+117
4.	Efes Pilsen	14	8	6	1106	1080	+26
5.	Aris TT Bank	14	7	7	1054	1072	−18
6.	Cibona VIP	14	4	10	1080	1188	−108
7.	Armani Jeans Milano	14	3	11	1015	1107	−92
8.	Le Mans	14	2	12	1035	1142	−107

Group C

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Regular Season Group C.

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1.	Panathinaikos	14	12	2	1156	1037	+119
2.	Real Madrid	14	11	3	1137	1015	+122
3.	AXA FC Barcelona	14	9	5	1082	991	+91
4.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	14	6	8	1087	1103	−19
5.	Partizan Igokea	14	6	8	1100	1103	−3
6.	Lottomatica Roma	14	6	8	1071	1093	−22
7.	Chorale Roanne	14	4	10	1104	1224	−120
8.	Brose Baskets	14	2	12	879	1040	−161

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 to set up the Top 16 groups was held on Monday, February 4, 2008 (the week after the end of the Regular Season), in Madrid.^[2]

The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:

Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team

CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos, Lietuvos Rytas, Real Madrid

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

Maccabi Elite, Montepaschi Siena, Unicaja Málaga, Tau Cerámica

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

FC Barcelona, Efes Pilsen, Žalgiris, Fenerbahçe Ülker

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

Olympiacos, Aris, Partizan, Lottomatica Roma

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 is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority.

Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the cases of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Fenerbahçe), they were scheduled so that only one of the two teams would be at home in a given week.

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group D

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group D.

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1.	Montepaschi Siena	6	4	2	465	427	+38
2.	Partizan	6	4	2	440	430	+10
3.	Panathinaikos	6	3	3	430	446	−16
4.	Efes Pilsen	6	1	5	426	458	−32

Group E

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group E.

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1.	Tau Cerámica	6	5	1	510	467	+43
2.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	6	3	3	493	488	+5
3.	Lietuvos Rytas	6	2	4	506	507	−1
4.	Aris TT Bank	6	2	4	448	495	−47

Group F

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group F.

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1.	Maccabi Elite	6	4	2	516	496	+20
2.	Olympiacos	6	4	2	443	436	+7
3.	Real Madrid	6	3	3	489	493	−4
4.	Žalgiris	6	1	5	457	480	−23

Group G

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group G.

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1.	CSKA Moscow	6	4	2	448	386	+62
2.	AXA FC Barcelona	6	3	3	393	383	+10
3.	Unicaja	6	3	3	412	418	−6
4.	Lottomatica Roma	6	2	4	383	449	−66

Quarterfinals

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 quarterfinals. Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) 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. All opening games were played on April 1, 2008, and all second games were played on April 3. The deciding third games were played on April 9 and April 10.

Final four

See main article: 2007–08 Euroleague Final Four. The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.

Final standings

width=25		width=220	Team
	CSKA Moscow
	Maccabi Elite
	Montepaschi Siena
	Tau Cerámica

Final Four 2008 MVP

Trajan Langdon (CSKA Moscow)

Individual statistics

See main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Individual Statistics.

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Marc Salyers	Roanne	14	315	22.50
2.		Aris	20	420	21.00
3.	Nikola Peković	Partizan	23	451	19.61

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PPG
1.	Marc Salyers	Roanne	14	305	21.79
2.		Fenerbahçe Ülker	21	376	17.90
3.	Jeremiah Massey	Aris	20	340	17.00

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	RPG
1.	Travis Watson	Armani Jeans Milano	14	136	9.71
2.		Aris	20	169	8.45
3.		Maccabi Elite	25	208	8.32

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	APG
1.	DeJuan Collins	Žalgiris	20	107	5.35
2.		Montepaschi Siena	24	118	4.92
3.		CSKA Moscow	23	105	4.57

Other Stats

width=100	Category	width=180	Name	width=180	Team	width=40	Games	width=40	Stat
Steals per game	/ Shaun Stonerook	Montepaschi Siena	24	2.58
Blocks per game	Ömer Aşık	Fenerbahçe Ülker	15	2.07
Turnovers per game	Milt Palacio	Partizan	23	3.39
Fouls drawn per game	Marc Salyers	Roanne	14	6.14
Minutes per game	Marc Salyers	Roanne	14	33:54
2FG%	Marijonas Petravičius	Lietuvos Rytas	17	0.721
3FG%	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Montepaschi Siena	22	0.578
FT%	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Panathinaikos	20	0.938

Game highs

width=100	Category	width=180	Name	width=180	Team	width=40	Stat
Rating	Tomas Van Den Spiegel	Prokom Trefl Sopot	50
Points	Marc Salyers	Roanne	40
Rebounds	Jordi Trias	FC Barcelona	20
Assists	Marc-Antoine Pellin	Roanne	13
Steals	3 occasions		8
Blocks	Terence Morris	Maccabi Elite	6
Turnovers	Will Solomon		8
Turnovers	Marcus Haislip	Unicaja Málaga	8
Fouls Drawn	Nikola Peković	Partizan	13

Awards

Euroleague 2007–08 MVP

Ramūnas Šiškauskas ( CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague 2007–08 Final Four MVP

Trajan Langdon ( CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague 2007–08 Finals Top Scorer

Will Bynum ( Maccbi Tel Aviv)

All-Euroleague Team 2007–08

^[3]

Position	All-Euroleague First Team	Club team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club team
class="wikitable sortable"
		Montepaschi Siena	Theo Papaloukas	CSKA Moscow
		CSKA Moscow	Bootsy Thornton	Montepaschi Siena
	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	CSKA Moscow	Yotam Halperin	Maccabi Elite
	Terence Morris	Maccabi Elite	Nikola Peković	Partizan
	Tiago Splitter	Tau Cerámica		Montepaschi Siena

Rising Star

Danilo Gallinari ( Armani Jeans Milano)

Best Defender

Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Marc Salyers ( Roanne)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

Ettore Messina ( CSKA Moscow)

Club Executive of the Year

Ferdinando Minucci ( Montepaschi Siena)

Regular season

See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round.

Game	Player	Team	Rating
1	Nikola Peković	Partizan	40
2	Artūras Jomantas	Lietuvos Rytas	29
2	Erazem Lorbek	Lottomatica Roma	29
3	Jeremiah Massey	Aris	40
4		Prokom Trefl Sopot	50
5		Olympiacos	41
6		VidiVici Bologna	44
7		Unicaja Málaga	34
8	Marc Salyers	Roanne	34
9	Tiago Splitter	Tau Cerámica	42
10	Scoonie Penn	Efes Pilsen	38
11	Loren Woods	Efes Pilsen	35
12	Romain Sato	Montepaschi Siena	33
	Marko Milič	Union Olimpija	33
	Will Solomon	Fenerbahçe Ülker	33
13	Novica Veličković	Partizan	30
14	Jordi Trias	FC Barcelona	36

Top 16

Game	Player	Team
1		Olympiacos	31
2	Esteban Batista	Maccabi Elite	27
3	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	29
3	Terence Morris	Maccabi Elite	29
4	Lynn Greer (2)	Olympiacos	37
5	Scoonie Penn (2)	Efes Pilsen	32
5	Axel Hervelle	Real Madrid	32
6	Will Solomon (2)	Fenerbahçe Ülker	34
6	Jeremiah Massey (2)	Aris	34

Playoffs

Game	Player	Team
1-2	Gianluca Basile	FC Barcelona	22
1-2	Matjaž Smodiš	CSKA Moscow	22
3	Tiago Splitter (2)	Tau Cerámica	27

MVP of the Month

See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month.

Month	Player	Team
November 2007	Arvydas Macijauskas	Olympiacos
December 2007	Marcus Brown	Žalgiris
January 2008	Terence Morris	Maccabi Elite
February 2008	Bootsy Thornton	Montepaschi Siena
March 2009	Milt Palacio	Partizan
April 2008	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	CSKA Moscow

Notes and References

Hala Olivia was closed indefinitely due to structural problems. Prokom's remaining home Euroleague games were moved to the arena that they use for domestic matches. News: Due to force majeure, Prokom changes arenas . Euroleague.net . 2007-12-18 . 2007-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20071220195551/http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/20927/180/item. 20 December 2007 . live.
Web site: Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Draw procedures . Euroleague . 2008-01-29 . 2008-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20080201093223/http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/23609/180/item. 1 February 2008 . live.
Web site: Cologne 2021 - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. 3 October 2024 .

2007–08 Euroleague Explained

Teams of the 2007–08 Euroleague

Teams details

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Top 16

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Quarterfinals

Final four

Semifinals

Third-place game

Final

Final standings

Final Four 2008 MVP

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other Stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague 2007–08 MVP

Euroleague 2007–08 Final Four MVP

Euroleague 2007–08 Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague Team 2007–08

Rising Star

Best Defender

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

Club Executive of the Year

Regular season

Top 16

Playoffs

MVP of the Month

See also

Notes and References