The 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 11th season of the modern era of professional Euroleague Basketball, and the first under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 54th season of the premier first-tier competition for European men's clubs.
The format featured 24 teams, beginning with Game 1 of the first qualifying round on September 21, 2010, and culminating at the Final Four in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona. It was won by the Athenian club Panathinaikos (6th title), who defeated Maccabi Electra in the championship game of May 8, 2011. Montepaschi Siena, finished 3rd by holding off Real Madrid in the third-place game.
At the individual level, the season was marked by Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos. Not only did the Greek point guard lift the trophy for the third time in five years and receive the Euroleague Final Four MVP award, but he also became the first player ever to win three end-of-season awards: Euroleague MVP, Euroleague Best Defender, and All-Euroleague First Team.
Teams
A - licensed clubs: teams with 3-year licence Associated clubs: teams with B and C temporary licenses 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs EC: Champion of the 2009–10 Eurocup Basketball WC: Wild card Bold: Qualification rounds winners
Regular seasonA-license Caja Laboral (1st) Panathinaikos (1st) Fenerbahçe Ülker Asseco Prokom Gdynia (1st) FC Barcelona (2nd)TH Olympiacos (2nd) Efes Pilsen CSKA Moscow (1st) Real Madrid (3rd) Montepaschi Siena (1st) Maccabi Electra (2nd) Union Olimpija (2nd) Unicaja (4th) Lottomatica Roma (6th) Žalgiris (2nd)Associated clubs Power Electronics Valencia (5th)EC Armani Jeans Milano (2nd) Lietuvos rytas Cibona (1st) Cholet (1st) Brose Bamberg Partizan (1st)Qualifying rounds Le Mans (2nd) Maroussi (3rd) Banvit Khimki (2nd) Roanne (3rd) Pepsi Caserta (3rd) Hapoel Gilboa (1st) UNICS (3rd) ASVEL (9th)WC Alba Berlin Hemofarm Vršac (2nd) GasTerra Flames (1st) Spirou Charleroi ČEZ Nymburk (1st) Budućnost (1st) Budivelnyk (2nd)WC + Key to colors Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in Quarterfinals Eliminated in Last 16 Eliminated in the regular season Country (League) No.teams Teams Spain (ACB) 5 Caja Laboral FC Barcelona Real Madrid Unicaja Málaga Power Electronics Valencia Italy (Lega A) 3 Montepaschi Siena Armani Jeans Milano Lottomatica Roma Greece (GBL) 2 Panathinaikos Olympiacos Turkey (TBL) 2 Fenerbahçe Ülker Efes Pilsen Lithuania (LKL) 2 Lietuvos Rytas Žalgiris Russia (PBL) 2 CSKA Moscow Khimki Serbia (KLS) 1 Partizan France (LNB Pro A) 1 Cholet Germany (BBL) 1 Brose Bamberg Croatia (A1 Liga) 1 Cibona Slovenia (SKL) 1 Union Olimpija Israel (BSL) 1 Maccabi Electra Poland (PLK) 1 Asseco Prokom Belgium (BLB) 1 Spirou Charleroi Draw The draws for the 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Thursday, July 8 at Barcelona, Spain. The draws began at 11:15 local time (CET) and determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.
Teams were organised into six pots of four teams.
Two teams from the same country cannot coincide in the same Regular Season group, except for Spain that has five teams participating in the competition.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Olympiacos Caja Laboral Montepaschi Siena Panathinaikos Maccabi Electra Real Madrid Partizan Power Electronics Valencia Unicaja Málaga Lietuvos Rytas Fenerbahçe Ülker Asseco Prokom Efes Pilsen Lottomatica Roma Žalgiris Cibona Armani Jeans Milano Brose Bamberg Union Olimpija Cholet Spirou Charleroi (QR A) Khimki (QR B)
Qualifying rounds
The Qualifying Rounds consisted of three rounds, QR1, QR2 and QR3. The rounds were played in home and away series.
Regular season The Regular Season began on 18 October 2010 with Olympiacos hosting Real Madrid and ended on 23 December 2010.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Regular Season. Points scored during the regular season. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
+ Key to colors Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16
Group A
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Maccabi Electra 10 9 1 799 700 +99 2. Caja Laboral 10 5 5 809 784 +25 3. Žalgiris 10 5 5 762 765 −3 4. Partizan 10 5 5 658 717 −59 5. Khimki 10 4 6 764 753 +11 6. Asseco Prokom 10 2 8 689 762 −73 Group B
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Olympiacos 10 7 3 805 730 +75 2. Real Madrid 10 6 4 734 662 +72 3. Unicaja Málaga 10 5 5 749 759 −10 4. Lottomatica Roma 10 5 5 733 770 −37 5. Brose Bamberg 10 4 6 714 739 −25 6. Spirou Charleroi 10 3 7 691 766 −75
Group C
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Montepaschi Siena 10 8 2 787 661 +126 2. Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 7 3 795 723 +72 3. Regal FC Barcelona 10 7 3 766 709 +57 4. Lietuvos Rytas 10 4 6 779 784 −5 5. Cholet 10 4 6 705 774 −69 6. Cibona 10 0 10 677 858 −181 Group D
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Panathinaikos 10 7 3 802 703 +99 2. Union Olimpija 10 6 4 789 783 +6 3. Efes Pilsen 10 5 5 756 768 −12 4. Power Electronics Valencia 10 5 5 689 695 −6 5. Armani Jeans Milano 10 4 6 737 766 −29 6. CSKA Moscow 10 3 7 683 741 −58
Top 16 The 16 qualified teams were drawn into four groups with four teams. The matches were played between January 19 and March 3, the top two teams of every group advanced to the playoffs. The draw took place on 4 January 2011 at Barcelona at 13:00 CET, and was streamed live on the Euroleague's official website.
+ Key to colors Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals
Group E
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Caja Laboral 6 4 2 468 437 +31 2. Panathinaikos 6 4 2 452 395 +57 3. Lietuvos Rytas 6 3 3 445 473 −28 4. Unicaja Málaga 6 1 5 414 474 −60 Group F
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Regal FC Barcelona 6 6 0 471 402 +69 2. Maccabi Electra 6 3 3 511 442 +69 3. Lottomatica Roma 6 2 4 411 462 −51 4. Union Olimpija 6 1 5 394 481 −87
Group G
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Real Madrid 6 5 1 460 423 +37 2. Montepaschi Siena 6 4 2 452 423 +29 3. Efes Pilsen 6 2 4 426 455 −29 4. Partizan 6 1 5 389 426 −37 Group H
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Olympiacos 6 5 1 461 418 +43 2. Power Electronics Valencia 6 3 3 449 438 +11 3. Fenerbahçe Ülker 6 3 3 456 462 −6 4. Žalgiris 6 1 5 418 466 −48
Quarterfinals
Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary. Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th legCaja Laboral 1–3 Maccabi Electra76–7081–8360–8177–99Regal FC Barcelona 1–3 Panathinaikos83–8271–7574–7667–78Real Madrid 3–2 Power Electronics Valencia71–6575–8175–6672–8166–58Olympiacos 1–3 Montepaschi Siena89–4165–8272–8176–88
Final four
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral2038119.052. Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos2240718.503. Joel Freeland Unicaja Málaga1526217.47
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Igor Rakočević Efes Pilsen1424117.212. Mirza Teletović Caja Laboral2030915.453. Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos2028414.20
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Mirsad Türkcan Fenerbahçe Ülker12887.332. James Gist Partizan14976.933. Paulius Jankūnas Žalgiris161106.88
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos221376.232. Marcelinho Huertas Caja Laboral201115.553. Omar Cook Power Electronics Valencia211165.52
Other Stats CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per game Chuck Eidson Maccabi Electra222.64Blocks per game Mirza Begic Žalgiris Real Madrid161.50Turnovers per game Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos203.85Fouls drawn per game Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos205.40Minutes per game Vlado Ilievski Union Olimpija1534:482FG% Antonis Fotsis Panathinaikos220.7603FG% Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral200.500FT% Nando de Colo Power Electronics Valencia190.957
Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatRating Keith Langford Khimki42Points Keith Langford Khimki35Rebounds Richard Hendrix Maccabi Electra16Assists Vule Avdalovic Cholet 13 Marcelinho Huertas Caja LaboralSteals Doron Perkins Maccabi Electra 7 Charles Smith Lottomatica RomaBlocks D'or Fischer Real Madrid 6Turnovers DeJuan Collins Žalgiris 9Fouls Drawn Keith Langford Khimki15
Awards Euroleague 2010–11 MVP Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)
Euroleague 2010–11 Final Four MVP Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)
All-Euroleague Team 2010–11 Euroleague.net MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team. Position All-Euroleague First Team Club team All-Euroleague Second Team Club team Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos Jeremy Pargo Maccabi Electra Juan Carlos Navarro FC Barcelona Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral Sergio Llull Real Madrid Mike Batiste Panathinaikos Duško Savanović Power Electronics Valencia Sofoklis Schortsanitis Maccabi Electra Kšyštof Lavrinovič Montepaschi Siena
Top scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy) Igor Rakočević ( Efes Pilsen)
Best Defender Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)
Rising Star Nikola Mirotić ( Real Madrid)
Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award) Željko Obradović ( Panathinaikos)
Club Executive of the Year Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos ( Panathinaikos)
MVP Weekly
Regular season GamePlayerTeamRating1 Chuck Eidson Maccabi Electra302 Bootsy Thornton Efes Pilsen293 Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos314 Berni Rodríguez Unicaja Málaga365 Sammy Mejia Cholet356 Kšyštof Lavrinovič Montepaschi Siena367 Darius Washington Lottomatica Roma318 Ratko Varda Asseco Prokom319 Bo McCalebb Montepaschi Siena3410 Keith Langford Khimki42
Top 16 GamePlayerTeamRating1 Kenny Gregory Union Olimpija302 Marcelinho Huertas Khalid El-Amin Caja Laboral Lietuvos Rytas293 D'or Fischer Lior Eliyahu Real Madrid Maccabi Electra304 Antonis Fotsis Panathinaikos405 Marcelinho Huertas (2) Caja Laboral306 Caja Laboral37
Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeamRating1 Richard Hendrix Maccabi Electra282 Malik Hairston Montepaschi Siena323 Marko Jarić D'or Fischer (2) Montepaschi Siena Real Madrid274 Malik Hairston (2) Montepaschi Siena315 Duško Savanović23
MVP of Month
MonthPlayerTeamOctober 2010 Goran Jagodnik Union OlimpijaNovember 2010 Chuck Eidson Maccabi ElectraDecember 2010 Dimitris Diamantidis PanathinaikosJanuary 2011 Juan Carlos Navarro FC BarcelonaFebruary 2011 Radoslav Nesterović OlympiacosMarch 2011 Jeremy Pargo Maccabi Electra
References and notes
External links Euroleague.net Official Site Eurobasket.com Euroleague Page