2005–06 Euroleague

Euroleague
The Sazka Arena in Prague hosted the Final Four
Season2005–06
Teams24
Regular season
Season MVP Anthony Parker
Finals
Champions CSKA Moscow (5th title)
Runners-up Maccabi Elite
Semifinalists Tau Cerámica
Fourth place Winterthur FC Barcelona
Finals MVP Theo Papaloukas
Statistical leaders
Points Drew Nicholas 18.5
Rebounds Mirsad Türkcan 8.9
Assists Pablo Prigioni 6.2
Index Rating Anthony Parker 20.5

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)
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
Real Madrid (1st) Benetton Treviso (3rd) Pau-Orthez (7th)WC CHP Bamberg (1st)
Tau Cerámica (2nd) Montepaschi Siena (5th)WC Žalgiris (1st) Maccabi Elite (1st)TH
Unicaja Málaga (3rd) Panathinaikos (1st) Lietuvos Rytas (2nd) Prokom Trefl Sopot (1st)
Winterthur Barcelona (5th)WC AEK (2nd) Efes Pilsen (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st)
Climamio Bologna (1st) Olympiacos (8th)WC Ülker (3rd)WC Union Olimpija (1st)
Armani Jeans Milano (2nd) Strasbourg (1st) Cibona VIP (2nd)WC Partizan Pivara MB (1st)

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

Team Pld W L PF PA 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

Team Pld W L PF PA 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

Team Pld W L PF PA 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

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

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

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

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

Team Pld W L PF PA 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

Team Pld W L PF PA 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

Team Pld W L PF PA 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

Team Pld W L PF PA 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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Winterthur FC Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid 72–58 78–84 76-70
Maccabi Elite 2–1 Olympiacos 87–78 70–76 77-73
CSKA Moscow 2–0 Efes Pilsen 66–57 75–71
Panathinaikos 1–2 Tau Cerámica 84–72 79–85 71-74

Final four

Main article: 2005–06 Euroleague Final Four

Semifinals

April 28, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Winterthur FC Barcelona 75–84 CSKA Moscow
Maccabi Elite 85–70 Tau Cerámica

3rd place game

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Winterthur FC Barcelona 82–87 Tau Cerámica

Final

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow 73–69 Maccabi Elite
2005–06 Euroleague
Champions

CSKA Moscow
5th Title

Final standings

Team
CSKA Moscow
Maccabi Elite
Tau Cerámica
Winterthur FC Barcelona

Final Four 2006 MVP

Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow)

Individual statistics

Rating

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

Points

Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1. Drew Nicholas Benetton Treviso 20 369 18.45
2. Scoonie Penn Cibona 20 341 17.05
3. Louis Bullock Real Madrid 20 316 15.80

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1. Mirsad Türkcan Ülker 16 143 8.94
2. Darjuš Lavrinovič Žalgiris 20 166 8.30
3. Robertas Javtokas Lietuvos Rytas 20 164 8.20

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1. Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica 25 156 6.24
2. Tyus Edney Olympiacos 23 103 4.48
3. Shammond Williams Winterthur FC Barcelona 25 107 4.28

Other Stats

Category Name Team Games 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

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

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague Team 2005–06

[1]

Position All-Euroleague First Team Club Team All-Euroleague Second Team Club team
PG
 Theodoros Papaloukas CSKA Moscow Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica
SG/SF
 Juan Carlos Navarro Winterthur FC Barcelona Vassilis Spanoulis Panathinaikos
SG/SF
 Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow
PF/C
 Luis Scola Tau Cerámica Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga
PF/C
 Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Darjuš Lavrinovič Žalgiris

Best Defender

Rising Star

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer

Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year

Club Executive of the Year

Regular season

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 Marko Popović Efes Pilsen 31
4 Maceo Baston Maccabi Elite 35
5 Dejan Milojević (2) Partizan 33
Lynn Greer 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 PIR
1 Anthony Parker (2) Maccabi Elite 39
2 Igor Rakočević 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 PIR
1-2 Vassilis Spanoulis (2) Panathinaikos 23
3 Michalis Kakiouzis Winterthur FC Barcelona 23

MVP of the Month

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

  1. ^ "All-Euroleague team, MVP announced in Prague - MAIN PAGE - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL". www.euroleague.net. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved 2021-12-09.

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