Euroleague 2006-07

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Euroleague
The Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens hosted the Final Four
DurationOctober 24, 2006 – May 6, 2007
Teams24
Regular season
Season MVPGreece Theo Papaloukas
Finals
ChampionsGreece Panathinaikos (4th title)
Runners-upRussia CSKA Moscow
Third placeSpain Unicaja
Fourth placeSpain Tau Cerámica
Final Four MVPGreece Dimitris Diamantidis
Statistical leaders
Points Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 16.8 (Top Scorer)
Serbia Igor Rakočević 16.2
(Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy)
Rebounds United States Tanoka Beard 9.9
Assists Greece Theo Papaloukas 5.4

The 2006–07 Euroleague was the 7th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 50th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season featured 24 competing teams from 13 countries.

The competition began on October 24, 2006, at the Olympic Pavilion in Badalona, Spain, with Panathinaikos winning 82-79 against DKV Joventut. The final of the competition was held on May 6, 2007, in the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, the home court of Panathinaikos, with Panathinaikos defeating the defending champions, CSKA Moscow, by a score of 93-91.

Team allocation

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)

Regular season
Licensed clubs
Spain Unicaja Málaga (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st) Slovenia Union Olimpija (1st)
Spain Tau Cerámica (2nd) Greece Olympiacos (2nd)
Spain Winterthur Barcelona (3rd) Croatia Cibona VIP (1st)
Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker (1st) France Le Mans Sarthe (1st)
Turkey Efes Pilsen (2nd) Israel Maccabi Elite (1st)
Associated clubs
Italy Benetton Treviso (1st) Russia CSKA Moscow (1st)TH Lithuania Žalgiris (2nd)WC
Italy Climamio Bologna (2nd) Russia Dynamo Moscow (5th)WC Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot (1st)
Italy Eldo Napoli (3rd) France Pau-Orthez (3rd)WC Serbia Partizan (1st)
Italy Lottomatica Roma (4th) Germany RheinEnergie Köln (1st)
Spain DKV Joventut (4th) Greece Aris TT Bank (3rd)

Venues and locations

As announced on the official Euroleague site.

Key to colors
     Champion
     Runner-up
     Third place
     Fourth place
     Eliminated in Quarterfinals
     Eliminated in Last 16
     Eliminated in the regular season
TeamLocationArena
Aris TT BankThessaloniki, GreeceAlexandreio Melathron
Benetton TrevisoTreviso, ItalyPalaverde
Cibona VIPZagreb, CroatiaDražen Petrović Basketball Hall
Climamio BolognaBologna, ItalyLand Rover Arena
CSKA MoscowMoscow, RussiaCSKA Universal Sports Hall
DKV JoventutBadalona, SpainPalau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona
Dynamo MoscowMoscow, RussiaKrylatskoe Sport Palace
Efes PilsenIstanbul, TurkeyAbdi İpekçi Arena
Eldo NapoliNaples, ItalyPalaBarbuto
Fenerbahçe ÜlkerIstanbul, TurkeyAbdi İpekçi Arena
Le Mans SartheLe Mans, FranceAntarès
Lottomatica RomaRome, ItalyPalaLottomatica
Maccabi Elite Tel AvivTel Aviv, IsraelNokia (Yad Eliyahu) Arena
OlympiacosPiraeus, GreecePeace and Friendship Stadium
PanathinaikosAthens, GreeceOlympic Indoor Hall
PartizanBelgrade, SerbiaPionir Hall
Pau-OrthezPau, FrancePalais des Sports de Pau
Prokom Trefl SopotSopot, PolandOlivia Sports Hall, Gdańsk
RheinEnergie KölnKöln, GermanyPhilips Halle
Tau CerámicaVitoria-Gasteiz, SpainFernando Buesa Arena
UnicajaMálaga, SpainJosé María Martín Carpena Arena
Union OlimpijaLjubljana, SloveniaDvorana Tivoli
Winterthur FC BarcelonaBarcelona, SpainPalau Blaugrana
ŽalgirisKaunas, LithuaniaKaunas Sports Hall

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
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.Spain Tau Cerámica 1412211651025+140
2.Russia Dynamo Moscow 1410411001032+68
3.Greece Olympiacos 1410411651112+53
4.Turkey Efes Pilsen 148610811031+50
5.Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot 145910211063-42
6.Italy Climamio Bologna 145911151176-61
7.France Le Mans Sarthe 144109851041-56
8.Germany RheinEnergie Köln 1421210321184-152

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Greece Panathinaikos 1411311281036+92
2.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 148612301177+53
3.Spain DKV Joventut 147711121049+63
4.Spain Unicaja 147710011085-84
5.Italy Lottomatica Roma 146810271044-17
6.Serbia Partizan 146811001093+7
7.Croatia Cibona VIP 146811131141-28
8.Slovenia Union Olimpija 145910381124-86

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Russia CSKA Moscow 141311079912+167
2.Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona 149510931032+61
3.Italy Benetton Treviso 14861021989+32
4.France Pau-Orthez 147710591070-11
5.Greece Aris TT Bank 14689711013-42
6.Italy Eldo Napoli 146810321093-61
7.Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 145910441088-44
8.Lithuania Žalgiris 1421210621164-102

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 February 5, at 13:00 CET (1200 UTC) in Barcelona, in accordance with Euroleague rules.[1]

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, (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 (CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, FC Barcelona and Joventut Badalona) 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.Spain Tau Cerámica 660541433+108
2.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 642463478−15
3.Italy Lottomatica Roma 615416468−52
4.France Pau-Orthez 615470511−41

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Russia CSKA Moscow 660475376+99
2.Greece Olympiacos 633451450+1
3.Serbia Partizan 624432474−42
4.Spain DKV Joventut 615407465−58

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Greece Panathinaikos 651501428+73
2.Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona 642498455+43
3.Turkey Efes Pilsen 624416458−42
4.Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot 615404478−74

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Spain Unicaja 642448442+6
2.Russia Dynamo Moscow 642428435−7
3.Italy Benetton Treviso 633439428+11
4.Greece Aris TT Bank 615451461−10

*Unicaja won the group over Dynamo Moscow. The teams split their regular-season matches, but Unicaja scored 5 more points head-to-head.

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. Quarterfinals were played on April 3 and 5, 2007, with third games to be played April 12 if necessary.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Tau Cerámica Spain 2–0 Greece Olympiacos 84–59 95–89
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–1 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 80–58 56–68 92-71
Panathinaikos Greece 2–0 Russia Dynamo Moscow 80–58 73–65
Unicaja Spain 2–1 Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona 91–75 58–80 67-64

Final four

Semifinals

May 4, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Unicaja Spain 50–62 Russia CSKA Moscow
Panathinaikos Greece 67–53 Spain Tau Cerámica

3rd place game

May 6, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Unicaja Spain 76–74 Spain Tau Cerámica

Final

May 6, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos Greece 93–91 Russia CSKA Moscow
2006–07 Euroleague
Champions
Greece
Panathinaikos
4th Title

Final standings

Team
Greece Panathinaikos
SilverRussia CSKA Moscow
BronzeSpain Unicaja
Spain Tau Cerámica

Final Four 2007 MVP

Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.Croatia Nikola VujčićIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv2247821.73
2.Greece Lazaros PapadopoulosRussia Dynamo Moscow1734520.29
3.United States Eric CampbellFrance Le Mans Sarthe1426619.00

Points

Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1.Spain Juan Carlos Navarro
(Top Scorer)		Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona2236916.77
2.Serbia Igor Rakočević
(Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy)		Spain Tau Cerámica2235716.23
3.Israel David BluItaly Climamio Bologna1422416.00

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1.United States Tanoka BeardLithuania Žalgiris141389.86
2.United States James ThomasItaly Climamio Bologna131289.85
3.United States Brent WrightCroatia Cibona VIP141128.00

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1.Greece Theo PapaloukasRussia CSKA Moscow251355.40
2.Argentina Pablo PrigioniSpain Tau Cerámica231084.70
3.Greece Nikos ZisisItaly Benetton Treviso20864.30

Other stats

Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per gameSpain Ricky RubioSpain DKV Joventut163.19
Blocks per gameUnited States Marcus HaislipTurkey Efes Pilsen201.75
Turnovers per gameUnited States Brent WrightCroatia Cibona VIP143.14
Fouls drawn per gameGreece Lazaros PapadopoulosRussia Dynamo Moscow176.06
Minutes per gameCroatia Davor KusCroatia Cibona VIP1434:28
2FG%Greece Ioannis BourousisGreece Olympiacos190.764
3FG%Israel David BluIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv140.533
FT%United States Trajan LangdonRussia CSKA Moscow250.924

Game highs

Category Name Team Stat
RatingCroatia Nikola VujčićIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv46
PointsCroatia Nikola VujčićIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv33
United States Marcus HaislipTurkey Efes Pilsen
ReboundsGreece Antonis FotsisRussia Dynamo Moscow24
AssistsGreece Theo PapaloukasRussia CSKA Moscow12
StealsItaly Stefano MancinelliItaly Climamio Bologna10
BlocksUnited States Marcus HaislipTurkey Efes Pilsen6
Turnovers4 occasions8
Fouls DrawnSerbia Kosta PerovićSerbia Partizan12
United States Brent WrightCroatia Cibona VIP

Awards

Euroleague 2006–07 MVP

Euroleague 2006–07 Final Four MVP

Euroleague 2006–07 Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague Team 2006–07

[2]

PositionAll-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub Team
Greece Theo Papaloukas *
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis*		 Russia CSKA Moscow
Greece Panathinaikos		 Argentina Pablo Prigioni Spain Tau Cerámica
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona Serbia Igor Rakočević Spain Tau Cerámica
United States Trajan Langdon Russia CSKA Moscow Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas Greece Panathinaikos
Argentina Luis Scola Spain Tau Cerámica Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš Russia CSKA Moscow
Croatia Nikola Vujčić Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos Russia Dynamo Moscow

*A tie resulted in the voting for the best point guard of the season, between Dimitris Diamantidis and Theo Papaloukas. Consequently, the 2006–07 All-Euroleague First Team included six players.

Rising Star

Best Defender

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Top Scorer (Points Per Game leader)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

Club Executive of the Year

Regular season

Game Player Team Rating
1Spain Carlos CabezasSpain Unicaja41
2United States Eric CampbellFrance Le Mans Sarthe32
3Spain Juan Carlos NavarroSpain Winterthur FC Barcelona35
4United States Ronnie BurrellGermany RheinEnergie Köln36
5Finland Teemu RannikkoSlovenia Union Olimpija33
6Croatia Nikola VujčićIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv46
7United States Brent WrightCroatia Cibona VIP35
8Greece Lazaros PapadopoulosRussia Dynamo Moscow38
9United States Marcus HaislipTurkey Efes Pilsen41
10Croatia Nikola Vujčić (2)Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv40
11United States Tanoka BeardLithuania Žalgiris31
12Croatia Nikola Vujčić (3)Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv34
United States James ThomasItaly Climamio Bologna34
13United States Terrell LydayItaly Benetton Treviso40
14France Vassil EvtimovItaly Climamio Bologna38

Top 16

Game Player Team PIR
1United States Scoonie PennGreece Olympiacos35
United States Marcus GoreeItaly Benetton Treviso35
2United States Jamie ArnoldIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv29
3Greece Savvas IliadisGreece Aris TT Bank30
4Greece Antonis FotsisRussia Dynamo Moscow38
5United States Michael WrightFrance Pau-Orthez31
6Greece Antonis Fotsis (2)Russia Dynamo Moscow39

Playoffs

Game Player Team PIR
1-2Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (2)Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona23
3Greece Theo PapaloukasRussia CSKA Moscow27

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team
November 2006United States Mike BatisteGreece Panathinaikos
December 2006Argentina Luis ScolaSpain Tau Ceramica
January 2007Greece Lazaros PapadopoulosRussia Dynamo Moscow
February 2007Slovenia Matjaž SmodišRussia CSKA Moscow
March 2007Puerto Rico Daniel SantiagoSpain Unicaja
April 2007Lithuania Ramūnas ŠiškauskasGreece Panathinaikos

References and notes

  1. "Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Draw procedures". Euroleague. 2007-01-30. Archived from the original on 2 February 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
  2. "All-Euroleague team, MVP announced". 3 October 2024.

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