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 roundRegular season(24 teams)14 teams with 3-year licences 2 best-placed teams from: Spain The champion teams from: France Germany Greece Israel Italy Poland Serbia and Montenegro 1 Wild cardTop 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 seasonQuarterfinals(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)
Licensed clubs: 3-year licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs WC: Wild card
Regular seasonLicensed clubs Climamio Bologna (1st) Winterthur Barcelona CSKA Moscow (1st) Benetton Treviso (3rd) Efes Pilsen Union Olimpija Montepaschi Siena (5th) Ülker AEK (2nd) Cibona VIP Olympiacos (8th) Pau-Orthez (7th) Tau Cerámica (2nd) Žalgiris Associated clubs Real Madrid (1st) Strasbourg (1st) Prokom Trefl Sopot Unicaja Málaga (3rd) Lietuvos Rytas Partizan Pivara MB Panathinaikos (1st) CHP Bamberg Armani Jeans Milano (2nd) Maccabi Elite TH
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: Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group) Points scored in all group matches 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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 1142 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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 7 7 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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 Unicaja Málaga, Tau Cerámica, Maccabi Elite, Panathinaikos Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams Climamio Bologna, Efes Pilsen, CSKA Moscow, Žalgiris Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams Lietuvos Rytas, Benetton Treviso, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team Olympiacos, Brose Bamberg, Ülker, Cibona
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions: No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group. 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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.
Final four
Semifinals April 28, Sazka Arena, Prague
3rd place game April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague
Final April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague
2005–06 EuroleagueChampions 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 RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite2551320.522. Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga1834819.333. Luis Scola Tau Cerámica2547018.80
Points RankNameTeamGamesRatingPPG1. Drew Nicholas Benetton Treviso2036918.452. Scoonie Penn Cibona2034117.053. Louis Bullock Real Madrid2031615.80
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRatingRPG1. Mirsad Türkcan Ülker161438.942. Darjuš Lavrinovič Žalgiris201668.303. Robertas Javtokas Lietuvos Rytas201648.20
Assists RankNameTeamGamesRatingAPG1. Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica251566.242. Tyus Edney Olympiacos231034.483. Shammond Williams Winterthur FC Barcelona251074.28
Other Stats CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per game Jeff Trepagnier Ülker203.05Blocks per game Darjuš Lavrinovič Žalgiris202.10Turnovers per game Massimo Bulleri Armani Jeans Milano143.79Fouls drawn per game Scoonie Penn Cibona205.80Minutes per game Yotam Halperin Union Olimpija1436:042FG% Tomas Masiulis Prokom Trefl140.6663FG% Giacomo Galanda Armani Jeans Milano140.536FT% Nikos Chatzis Olympiacos200.969
Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatRating Spencer Nelson Brose Bamberg48Points Luis Scola Tau Cerámica 36Rebounds Spencer Nelson Brose Bamberg20Assists Vrbica Stefanov Ülker 12 Lonnie Cooper Pau-OrthezSteals Jeff Trepagnier Ülker11Blocks Maceo Baston Maccabi Elite6Turnovers Igor Rakočević Real Madrid 9 Giannis Kalampokis AEKFouls Drawn Jaka Lakovič Panathinaikos 15
Awards Euroleague MVP Anthony Parker ( Maccabi Elite)
Final Four MVP Theodoros Papaloukas ( CSKA Moscow)
Finals Top Scorer Will Solomon ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)
All-Euroleague Team 2005–06
Position All-Euroleague First Team Club Team All-Euroleague Second Team Club team Theodoros Papaloukas CSKA Moscow Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica Juan Carlos Navarro Winterthur FC Barcelona Vassilis Spanoulis Panathinaikos Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow Luis Scola Tau Cerámica Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Darjuš Lavrinovič Žalgiris
Best Defender Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)
Rising Star Andrea Bargnani ( Benetton Treviso)
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Drew Nicholas ( Benetton Treviso)
Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year Ettore Messina ( CSKA Moscow)
Club Executive of the Year Sergey Kushchenko ( CSKA Moscow)
Regular season
GamePlayerTeamRating1 Dejan Milojević Partizan33 Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite332 Vassilis Spanoulis Panathinaikos 323 Marko Popović Efes Pilsen314 Maceo Baston Maccabi Elite355 Dejan Milojević (2) Partizan33 Lynn Greer Strasbourg336 Haris Mujezinović Lietuvos Rytas36 Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite367 Scoonie Penn Cibona368 Spencer Nelson Brose Bamberg489 Andrija Zizić Olympiacos4110 Mike Batiste Panathinaikos3311 Louis Bullock Real Madrid3412 Marko Popović (2) Efes Pilsen4013 Tyus Edney Olympiacos38 Felipe Reyes Real Madrid3814 Scoonie Penn (2) Cibona37
Top 16 GamePlayerTeam1 Anthony Parker (2) Maccabi Elite392 Igor Rakočević Real Madrid32 Sofoklis Schortsanitis Olympiacos323 Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga374 Maceo Baston (2) Maccabi Elite28 Nikola Prkacin Efes Pilsen28 Antonio Granger Efes Pilsen285 Igor Rakočević (2) Real Madrid286 Henry Domercant Efes Pilsen29 Maceo Baston (3) Maccabi Elite29
Playoffs GamePlayerTeam1-2 Vassilis Spanoulis (2) Panathinaikos233 Michalis Kakiouzis Winterthur FC Barcelona23
MVP of the Month
MonthPlayerTeamNovember 2005 Kaya Peker Efes PilsenDecember 2005 Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja MálagaJanuary 2006 Juan Carlos Navarro Winterthur FC BarcelonaFebruary 2006 Tyus Edney OlympiacosMarch 2006 Maceo Baston Maccabi EliteApril 2006 Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow
References and notes
Euroleague Competition Format
External links Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage. Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site. TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum. BasketNews.com - Complete game results for the 2005–06 Euroleague season.