2007–08 Euroleague


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

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

Teams details

TeamLocationArena Classification
Aris ThessalonikiAlexandrio Melathron A1 Ethniki third placed team
Brose Bamberg BambergJako Arena Basketball Bundesliga two-year classification
Cibona ZagrebDražen Petrović Basketball Hall A1 Liga three-year period classified
CSKA Moscow MoscowCSKA Universal Sports Hall, Khodynka Arena — Game 13 onlyRussian Super League three-year period classified
Efes Pilsen IstanbulAbdi İpekçi Arena Turkish League three-year period classified
FC Barcelona BarcelonaPalau Blaugrana ACB
Fenerbahçe Ülker IstanbulAbdi İpekçi Arena Turkish League three-year period classified
Le Mans Le MansAntarès La Ligue three-year period classified
Lietuvos Rytas VilniusSiemens Arena ULEB Cup vice Champion
Lottomatica Roma RomePalaLottomatica Serie A
C.|Maccabi Elite] Tel AvivNokia Arena Israeli League three-year period classified
Montepaschi Siena SienaPalasport Mens Sana Serie A regular season leader
Armani Jeans Milano MilanDatch Forum di Assago Serie A
Union Olimpija LjubljanaDvorana Tivoli Liga UPC Telemach three-year period classified
Olympiacos PiraeusPeace and Friendship Stadium A1 Ethniki three-year period classified
Panathinaikos AthensOlympic Indoor Hall A1 Ethniki three-year period classified
Partizan BelgradePionir Hall Naša Sinalko Liga Champion
Prokom Trefl Sopot SopotHala Olivia, Gdańsk
Hala Stulecia Sopotu, Sopot 		Dominet Bank Ekstraliga Champion
Real Madrid MadridPalacio Vistalegre ULEB Cup Champion/ACB
Roanne RoanneClermont-Ferrand Sports Hall La Ligue champion
Tau Cerámica Vitoria-GasteizFernando Buesa Arena ACB three-year period classified
Unicaja Málaga MálagaJose Maria Martin Carpena Arena ACB three-year period classified
VidiVici Bologna BolognaPalaMalaguti Serie A
Žalgiris KaunasKaunas Sports Hall 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:
  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
Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. CSKA Moscow141221123942+181
2. Montepaschi Siena141041098974+124
3. Tau Cerámica149511701051+119
4. Žalgiris148611101126−16
5. Olympiacos147711851099+86
6. Union Olimpija1441010301147−117
7. Prokom Trefl Sopot144109731143−170
8. VidiVici Bologna1421210081215−207

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Lietuvos Rytas141131127999+128
2. Maccabi Elite1411311621108+54
3. Unicaja Málaga1410411241007+117
4. Efes Pilsen148611061080+26
5. Aris TT Bank147710541072−18
6. Cibona VIP1441010801188−108
7. Armani Jeans Milano1431110151107−92
8. Le Mans1421210351142−107

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Panathinaikos1412211561037+119
2. Real Madrid1411311371015+122
3. AXA FC Barcelona14951082991+91
4. Fenerbahçe Ülker146810871103−19
5. Partizan Igokea146811001103−3
6. Lottomatica Roma146810711093−22
7. Chorale Roanne1441011041224−120
8. Brose Baskets142128791040−161

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, in Madrid.
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 is a conflict between these two restrictions, 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, they were scheduled so that only one of the two teams would be at home in a given week.
Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Montepaschi Siena642465427+38
2. Partizan642440430+10
3. Panathinaikos633430446−16
4. Efes Pilsen615426458−32

Group E

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Tau Cerámica651510467+43
2. Fenerbahçe Ülker633493488+5
3. Lietuvos Rytas624506507−1
4. Aris TT Bank624448495−47

Group F

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Maccabi Elite642516496+20
2. Olympiacos642443436+7
3. Real Madrid633489493−4
4. Žalgiris615457480−23

Group G

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. CSKA Moscow642448386+62
2. AXA FC Barcelona633393383+10
3. Unicaja633412418−6
4. Lottomatica Roma624383449−66

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. 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

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.

Semifinals

May 2, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

3rd place game

May 4, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Final

May 4, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Final standings

Final Four 2008 MVP

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other Stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague 2007–08 MVP

PositionAll-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub Team
PG
 Terrell McIntyre Montepaschi Siena Theo Papaloukas CSKA Moscow
SG/SF
 Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow Bootsy Thornton Montepaschi Siena
SG/SF
 Ramūnas Šiškauskas CSKA Moscow Yotam Halperin Maccabi Elite
PF/C
 Terence Morris Maccabi Elite Nikola Peković Partizan
PF/C
 Tiago Splitter Tau Cerámica Kšyštof Lavrinovič Montepaschi Siena

Rising Star

GamePlayerTeamRating
1 Nikola Peković Partizan40
2 Artūras Jomantas Lietuvos Rytas29
2 Erazem Lorbek Lottomatica Roma29
3 Jeremiah Massey Aris40
4 Tomas Van Den Spiegel Prokom Trefl Sopot50
5 Arvydas Macijauskas Olympiacos41
6 Dewarick Spencer VidiVici Bologna44
7 Daniel Santiago Unicaja Málaga34
8 Marc Salyers Roanne34
9 Tiago Splitter Tau Cerámica42
10 Scoonie Penn Efes Pilsen38
11 Loren Woods Efes Pilsen35
12 Romain Sato Montepaschi Siena33
12 Marko Milič Union Olimpija33
12 Will Solomon Fenerbahçe Ülker33
13 Novica Veličković Partizan30
14 Jordi Trias FC Barcelona36

Top 16

Playoffs

MVP of the Month

MonthPlayerTeam
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