2005–06 Euroleague

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.

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

The 2005–06 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different 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.

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 141131130976+154
2. Climamio Bologna 141041114989+125
3. Žalgiris 149510651037+28
4. Benetton Treviso 148610421134+8
5. CHP Bamberg 14779751023-48
6. Union Olimpija 145910591080-21
7. Strasbourg 143119721058-86
8. AEK 143119401100-160

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Maccabi Elite 149512201135+85
2. Efes Pilsen 14951025995+30
3. Winterthur FC Barcelona 148610791021+58
4. Lietuvos Rytas 148610681012+56
5. Olympiacos 147710851059+26
6. Cibona VIP 14689171054-137
7. Prokom Trefl Sopot 14599971066-69
8. Armani Jeans Milano 145910361085-49

Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Unicaja Málaga 1412211001015+85
2. Panathinaikos 1412212191063+156
3. CSKA Moscow 141041116950+166
4. Real Madrid 147710121004+8
5. Ülker 145910001055-55
6. Montepaschi Siena 144101001105554
7. Pau-Orthez 144109711103-132
8. Partizan Pivara MB 142129781152-174

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 651448434+14
2. Olympiacos 642490450+40
3. Unicaja Málaga 633447435+12
4. Žalgiris 606425491−66

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Maccabi Elite 651491448+43
2. Real Madrid 642446412+34
3. Climamio Bologna 624469477−8
4. Ülker 615415484−69

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. CSKA Moscow 651441391+50
2. Tau Cerámica 642453422+31
3. Lietuvos Rytas 633422427−5
4. CHP Bamberg 606374450−76

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Panathinaikos 633447419+28
2. Efes Pilsen 633446447−1
3. Benetton Treviso 633476488−12
4. Cibona VIP 633458473−15

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd 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 Elite2551320.52
2. Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga1834819.33
3. Luis Scola Tau Cerámica2547018.80

Points
Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1. Drew Nicholas Benetton Treviso2036918.45
2. Scoonie Penn Cibona2034117.05
3. Louis Bullock Real Madrid2031615.80

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1. Mirsad Türkcan Ülker161438.94
2. Darjuš Lavrinovič Žalgiris201668.30
3. Robertas Javtokas Lietuvos Rytas201648.20

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1. Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica251566.24
2. Tyus Edney Olympiacos231034.48
3. Shammond Williams Winterthur FC Barcelona251074.28

Other Stats
Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game Jeff Trepagnier Ülker203.05
Blocks per game Darjuš Lavrinovič Žalgiris202.10
Turnovers per game Massimo Bulleri Armani Jeans Milano143.79
Fouls drawn per game Scoonie Penn Cibona205.80
Minutes per game Yotam Halperin Union Olimpija1436:04
2FG% Tomas Masiulis Prokom Trefl140.666
3FG% Giacomo Galanda Armani Jeans Milano140.536
FT% Nikos Chatzis Olympiacos200.969

Game highs
Category Name Team Stat
Rating Spencer Nelson Brose Bamberg48
Points Luis Scola Tau Cerámica36
Rebounds Spencer Nelson Brose Bamberg20
Assists Vrbica Stefanov Ülker12
Lonnie Cooper Pau-Orthez
Steals Jeff Trepagnier Ülker11
Blocks Maceo Baston Maccabi Elite6
Turnovers Igor Rakočević Real Madrid9
Giannis Kalampokis AEK
Fouls Drawn Jaka Lakovič Panathinaikos15

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague Team 2005–06

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PositionAll-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub 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 Partizan33
Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite33
2 Vassilis Spanoulis Panathinaikos32
3 Marko Popović Efes Pilsen31
4 Maceo Baston Maccabi Elite35
5 Dejan Milojević (2) Partizan33
Lynn Greer Strasbourg33
6 Haris Mujezinović Lietuvos Rytas36
Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite36
7 Scoonie Penn Cibona36
8 Spencer Nelson Brose Bamberg48
9 Andrija Zizić Olympiacos41
10 Mike Batiste Panathinaikos33
11 Louis Bullock Real Madrid34
12 Marko Popović (2) Efes Pilsen40
13 Tyus Edney Olympiacos38
Felipe Reyes Real Madrid38
14 Scoonie Penn (2) Cibona37

Top 16
Game Player Team PIR
1 Anthony Parker (2) Maccabi Elite39
2 Igor Rakočević Real Madrid32
Sofoklis Schortsanitis Olympiacos32
3 Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga37
4 Maceo Baston (2) Maccabi Elite28
Nikola Prkacin Efes Pilsen28
Antonio Granger Efes Pilsen28
5 Igor Rakočević (2) Real Madrid28
6 Henry Domercant Efes Pilsen29
Maceo Baston (3) Maccabi Elite29

Playoffs
Game Player Team PIR
1-2 Vassilis Spanoulis (2) Panathinaikos23
3 Michalis Kakiouzis Winterthur FC Barcelona23

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. http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/prague-2006/main-page/i/22508/1929

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