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.
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 in April 30, 2006. CSKA Moscow defeat the defending champions, C.|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
  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
Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A

Group B

Group C

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, 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 they were scheduled so that every week, only one team would be at home.
Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

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.

Final four

Semifinals

April 28, Sazka Arena, Prague

3rd place game

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Final

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Final standings

Final Four 2006 MVP

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other Stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague MVP

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

GamePlayerTeamRating
1 Dejan Milojević Partizan33
1 Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite33
2 Vassilis Spanoulis Panathinaikos32
3 Marko Popović Efes Pilsen31
4 Maceo Baston Maccabi Elite35
5 Dejan Milojević Partizan33
5 Lynn Greer Strasbourg33
6 Haris Mujezinović Lietuvos Rytas36
6 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 Efes Pilsen40
13 Tyus Edney Olympiacos38
13 Felipe Reyes Real Madrid38
14 Scoonie Penn Cibona37

Top 16

Playoffs

MVP of the Month

MonthPlayerTeam
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