# 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 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 round |
| Regular season (24 teams) | 3 best-placed teams from: Italy Spain 2 best-placed teams from: Greece Lithuania The champion teams from: Croatia France Germany Israel Poland Russia Slovenia Serbia and Montenegro Turkey 5 Wild Cards |
| Top 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 season |
| Quarterfinals (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)
* 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
* WC: Wild card
Regular season :
| Real Madrid (1st) | Benetton Treviso (3rd) | Pau-Orthez (7th)$^{WC}$ | CHP Bamberg (1st) |
| Tau Cerámica (2nd) | Montepaschi Siena (5th)$^{WC}$ | Žalgiris (1st) | Maccabi Elite (1st)$^{TH}$ |
| Unicaja Málaga (3rd) | Panathinaikos (1st) | Lietuvos Rytas (2nd) | Prokom Trefl Sopot (1st) |
| Winterthur Barcelona (5th)$^{WC}$ | AEK (2nd) | Efes Pilsen (1st) | CSKA Moscow (1st) |
| Climamio Bologna (1st) | Olympiacos (8th)$^{WC}$ | Ülker (3rd)$^{WC}$ | Union Olimpija (1st) |
| Armani Jeans Milano (2nd) | Strasbourg (1st) | Cibona VIP (2nd)$^{WC}$ | Partizan Pivara MB (1st) |

## 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 Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Tau Cerámica 141131130976+154 2. Climamio Bologna 141041114989+125 3. Žalgiris 149510651037+28 4. Benetton Treviso 148610421134+8 5. CHP Bamberg 14779751023-48 6. Union Olimpija 145910591080-21 7. Strasbourg 143119721058-86 8. AEK 143119401100-160 | Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Maccabi Elite 149512201135+85 2. Efes Pilsen 14951025995+30 3. Lietuvos Rytas 148610681012+58 4. Winterthur FC Barcelona 148610791021+56 5. Olympiacos 147710851059+26 6. Cibona VIP 14689171054-137 7. Prokom Trefl Sopot 14599971066-69 8. Armani Jeans Milano 145910361085-49 |

### Group C

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 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 Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Winterthur FC Barcelona 651448434+14 2. Olympiacos 642490450+40 3. Unicaja Málaga 633447435+12 4. Žalgiris 606425491−66 | Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Maccabi Elite 651491448+43 2. Real Madrid 642446412+34 3. Climamio Bologna 624469477−8 4. Ülker 615415484−69 |
| Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. CSKA Moscow 651441391+50 2. Tau Cerámica 642453422+31 3. Lietuvos Rytas 633422427−5 4. CHP Bamberg 606374450−76 | Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Panathinaikos 633447419+28 2. Efes Pilsen 633446447−1 3. Benetton Treviso 633476488−12 4. Cibona VIP 633458473−15 |

## 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| Winterthur FC Barcelona | 2–1 | Real Madrid | 72–58 | 78–84 | 76-70 |
| Maccabi Elite | 2–1 | Olympiacos | 87–78 | 70–76 | 77-73 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2–0 | Efes Pilsen | 66–57 | 75–71 | |
| Panathinaikos | 1–2 | Tau Cerámica | 84–72 | 79–85 | 71-74 |

## Final four
### Semifinals

April 28, Sazka Arena, Prague
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Winterthur FC Barcelona | 75–84 | CSKA Moscow |
| Maccabi Elite | 85–70 | Tau Cerámica |

### 3rd place game

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Winterthur FC Barcelona | 82–87 | Tau Cerámica |

### Final

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CSKA Moscow | 73–69 | Maccabi Elite |
* 2005–06 Euroleague Champions
* 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

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
| 1. | Anthony Parker | Maccabi Elite | 25 | 513 | 20.52 |
| 2. | Jorge Garbajosa | Unicaja Málaga | 18 | 348 | 19.33 |
| 3. | Luis Scola | Tau Cerámica | 25 | 470 | 18.80 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PPG |
| 1. | Drew Nicholas | Benetton Treviso | 20 | 369 | 18.45 |
| 2. | Scoonie Penn | Cibona | 20 | 341 | 17.05 |
| 3. | Louis Bullock | Real Madrid | 20 | 316 | 15.80 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | RPG |
| 1. | Mirsad Türkcan | Ülker | 16 | 143 | 8.94 |
| 2. | Darjuš Lavrinovič | Žalgiris | 20 | 166 | 8.30 |
| 3. | Robertas Javtokas | Lietuvos Rytas | 20 | 164 | 8.20 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | APG |
| 1. | Pablo Prigioni | Tau Cerámica | 25 | 156 | 6.24 |
| 2. | Tyus Edney | Olympiacos | 23 | 103 | 4.48 |
| 3. | Shammond Williams | Winterthur FC Barcelona | 25 | 107 | 4.28 |

### Other Stats

| Category | Name | Team | Games | Stat |
| Steals per game | Jeff Trepagnier | Ülker | 20 | 3.05 |
| Blocks per game | Darjuš Lavrinovič | Žalgiris | 20 | 2.10 |
| Turnovers per game | Massimo Bulleri | Armani Jeans Milano | 14 | 3.79 |
| Fouls drawn per game | Scoonie Penn | Cibona | 20 | 5.80 |
| Minutes per game | Yotam Halperin | Union Olimpija | 14 | 36:04 |
| 2FG% | Tomas Masiulis | Prokom Trefl | 14 | 0.666 |
| 3FG% | Giacomo Galanda | Armani Jeans Milano | 14 | 0.536 |
| FT% | Nikos Chatzis | Olympiacos | 20 | 0.969 |

### Game highs

| Category | Name | Team | Stat |
| Rating | Spencer Nelson | Brose Bamberg | 48 |
| Points | Luis Scola | Tau Cerámica | 36 |
| Rebounds | Spencer Nelson | Brose Bamberg | 20 |
| Assists | Vrbica Stefanov | Ülker | 12 |
| Assists | Lonnie Cooper | Pau-Orthez | 12 |
| Steals | Jeff Trepagnier | Ülker | 11 |
| Blocks | Maceo Baston | Maccabi Elite | 6 |
| Turnovers | Igor Rakočević | Real Madrid | 9 |
| Turnovers | Giannis Kalampokis | AEK | 9 |
| Fouls 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 |
| 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

* 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

| Game | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Dejan Milojević | Partizan | 33 |
| 1 | Nikola Vujčić | Maccabi Elite | 33 |
| 2 | Vassilis Spanoulis | Panathinaikos | 32 |
| 3 | Marko Popović | Efes Pilsen | 31 |
| 4 | Maceo Baston | Maccabi Elite | 35 |
| 5 | Dejan Milojević (2) | Partizan | 33 |
| 5 | Lynn Greer | Strasbourg | 33 |
| 6 | Haris Mujezinović | Lietuvos Rytas | 36 |
| 6 | Anthony Parker | Maccabi Elite | 36 |
| 7 | Scoonie Penn | Cibona | 36 |
| 8 | Spencer Nelson | Brose Bamberg | 48 |
| 9 | Andrija Zizić | Olympiacos | 41 |
| 10 | Mike Batiste | Panathinaikos | 33 |
| 11 | Louis Bullock | Real Madrid | 34 |
| 12 | Marko Popović (2) | Efes Pilsen | 40 |
| 13 | Tyus Edney | Olympiacos | 38 |
| 13 | Felipe Reyes | Real Madrid | 38 |
| 14 | Scoonie Penn (2) | Cibona | 37 |

#### Top 16

| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Anthony Parker (2) | Maccabi Elite | 39 |
| 2 | Igor Rakočević | Real Madrid | 32 |
| 2 | Sofoklis Schortsanitis | Olympiacos | 32 |
| 3 | Jorge Garbajosa | Unicaja Málaga | 37 |
| 4 | Maceo Baston (2) | Maccabi Elite | 28 |
| 4 | Nikola Prkacin | Efes Pilsen | 28 |
| 4 | Antonio Granger | Efes Pilsen | 28 |
| 5 | Igor Rakočević (2) | Real Madrid | 28 |
| 6 | Henry Domercant | Efes Pilsen | 29 |
| 6 | Maceo Baston (3) | Maccabi Elite | 29 |

#### Playoffs

| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1-2 | Vassilis Spanoulis (2) | Panathinaikos | 23 |
| 3 | Michalis Kakiouzis | Winterthur FC Barcelona | 23 |

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| 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 |

## References and notes

* ↑ "All-Euroleague team, MVP announced in Prague - MAIN PAGE - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL". www.euroleague.net. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
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