2008–09 EuroLeague Women explained

2008–09 EuroLeague Women
League:EuroLeague Women
Sport:Basketball
Season:Regular Season
Finals:Final
Seasonslistnames:EuroLeague Women
Prevseason Link:2007–08 EuroLeague Women
Prevseason Year:2007–08
Nextseason Link:2009–10 EuroLeague Women
Nextseason Year:2009–10

The 2008-09 season was the 13th edition of Europe's premier basketball tournament for women since it was rebranded to its current format. It was won once again for the third time in a row by Spartak Moscow after defeating 2003 champions UMMC Ekaterinburg and first time finalists Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca in the final four, which took place in the latter's court.

Regular season

Group A

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1. CJM Bourges Basket10 7 3 708 570
2. Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca10 7 3 711 702
3. TS Wisła Kraków10 6 4 680 669
4. MiZo Pécs 201010 5 5 664 656
5. Beşiktaş Istanbul10 3 7 645 735
6. Nadezhda Orenburg10 2 8 685 761

Group B

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1. Umana Reyer Venice10 7 3 720 673
2. MKB Euroleasing Sopron10 6 4 713 676
3. CSKA Moscow10 6 4 721 624
4. BK Gambrinus Brno10 4 6 718 728
5. TTT Rīga10 4 6 599 666
6. ESB Lille Métropole10 3 7 645 749

Group C

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1. UMMC Ekaterinburg10 9 1 862 648
2. Ros Casares Valencia10 8 2 852 674
3. Lotos PKO BP Gdynia10 4 6 693 750
4. ZVVZ USK Praha10 4 6 720 782
5. Union Hainaut Basket Valenciennes10 3 7 666 821
6. Šibenik Jolly JBS10 2 8 726 844

Group D

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1. Spartak Moscow10 9 1 887 609
2. Fenerbahçe Istanbul10 6 4 717 761
3. Maxima Broker Košice10 6 4 698 735
4. TEO Vilnius10 5 5 664 673
5. Beretta Famila Schio10 3 7 692 743
6. Basket Lattes10 1 9 667 804

Knockout stage

Eight finals

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Spartak Moscow 2 - 0 102 - 86 92 - 78
Ros Casares Valencia 2 - 0 Maxima Broker Kosice 98 - 53 81 - 48
UMMC Ekaterinburg 2 - 0 TEO Vilnius 91 - 61 69 - 46
Fenerbahçe Istanbul 2 - 1 87 - 83 60 - 63 79 - 76
Umana Reyer Venice 0 - 2 MiZo Pécs 2010 60 - 61 57 - 65
Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca 2 - 1 80 - 69 64 - 95 83 - 74
CJM Bourges Basket 2 - 1 BK Gambrinus Brno 72 - 57 59 - 61 67 - 62
MKB Euroleasing Sopron 2 - 1 81 - 58 39 - 52 79 - 70

Quarter finals

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Spartak Moscow 2 - 1 65 - 57 71 - 73 79 - 70
UMMC Ekaterinburg 2 - 0 94 - 62 70 - 68
MiZo Pécs 2010 0 - 2 Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca 85 - 63 81 - 76
CJM Bourges Basket 0 - 2 MKB Euroleasing Sopron 65 - 68 63 - 70

Final four

Euroleague Women
2008-09 Winners
Spartak Moscow
Third Title

References