# 2011–12 Euroleague

The 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 12th season of the modern era of Euroleague and the second under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 55th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs. The Final Four was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, in 11–13 May 2012. It was won by the Piraeus club Olympiacos (2nd title), who defeated CSKA Moscow in the championship game. It was the 5th final involving a Greek club in the last six seasons, and 4th Greek win in that time.

## Teams

On 20 June 2011 the teams for this season were announced.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):
* A: Qualified through an A–licence
* 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
* QR: Qualifying rounds
* WC: Wild card
* EC: Champion of the 2010–11 Eurocup
Regular season :
| FC Barcelona Regal (A) | Montepaschi Siena (A) | CSKA Moscow (A) | Asseco Prokom Gdynia (A) |
| Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao (2nd) | Bennet Cantù (2nd) | UNICS (EC) | Partizan (1st) |
| Unicaja (A) | EA7 Milano (WC) | Panathinaikos (A) | Maccabi Electra (A) |
| Real Madrid (A) | Fenerbahçe Ülker (A) | Olympiacos (A) | Union Olimpija (2nd) |
| Caja Laboral (A) | Anadolu Efes (A) | Zagreb (1st) | |
| SLUC Nancy (1st) | Žalgiris (A) | Brose Baskets (1st) | |
| Qualifying rounds ||||
| Cholet (2nd) | Galatasaray (2nd) | ČEZ Nymburk (1st) | PAOK (3rd) |
| BCM Gravelines (3rd) | Banvit (3rd) | Cibona (WC) | Alba Berlin (WC) |
| ASVEL (WC) | VEF Rīga (1st) | Lietuvos rytas (2nd) | Budućnost (1st) |
| Belgacom Spirou (1st) | PGE Turów (WC) | Donetsk (WC) | Khimki (2nd) |
* ^ Vacant A-licence (EA7): Euroleague Basketball suspended the A-license of Virtus Roma after Roma finished in 9th position in the 2010–11 Lega Basket Serie A, awarding a wild card entry to EA7 Milano instead.

## Draw

The draws for the 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Monday, 4 July. The draws 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 seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.
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 |
| FC Barcelona Olympiacos Panathinaikos Real Madrid | Montepaschi Siena Caja Laboral Maccabi Electra CSKA Moscow | Partizan UNICS Unicaja Málaga Fenerbahçe Ülker | Žalgiris Asseco Prokom Gescrap Bizkaia Anadolu Efes | EA7 Milano Union Olimpija Brose Bamberg Bennet Cantù | Nancy Zagreb Galatasaray Belgacom Spirou |

## Qualifying rounds

A total number of sixteen teams participated in the qualifying rounds. The qualifying rounds consisted of two final eight knock-out tournaments. The two winning teams advance to the regular season.

#### Bracket A

Games in Bracket A were played at the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania.
| First qualifying round 29–30 September | First qualifying round 29–30 September | First qualifying round 29–30 September | Second qualifying round 1 October | Second qualifying round 1 October | Second qualifying round 1 October | Third qualifying round 2 October | Third qualifying round 2 October | Third qualifying round 2 October |
| ASVEL | ASVEL | 80 | | | | | | |
| Gravelines | Gravelines | 72 | | | | | | |
| Gravelines | Gravelines | 72 | ASVEL | ASVEL | 83 | | | |
| | | | Galatasaray | Galatasaray | 93 | | | |
| PAOK | PAOK | 64 | Galatasaray | Galatasaray | 93 | | | |
| Galatasaray | Galatasaray | 77 | | | | | | |
| Galatasaray | Galatasaray | 77 | | | | Galatasaray | Galatasaray | 71 |
| | | | | | | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 63 |
| Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 83 | | | | | | | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 63 |
| Budućnost | Budućnost | 64 | | | | | | |
| Budućnost | Budućnost | 64 | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 88 | | | |
| | | | Cibona | Cibona | 71 | | | |
| Cibona | Cibona | 77 | Cibona | Cibona | 71 | | | |
| Cholet | Cholet | 70 | | | | | | |

#### Bracket B

Games in Bracket B were played at the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium.
| First qualifying round 29–30 September | First qualifying round 29–30 September | First qualifying round 29–30 September | Second qualifying round 1 October | Second qualifying round 1 October | Second qualifying round 1 October | Third qualifying round 2 October | Third qualifying round 2 October | Third qualifying round 2 October |
| Alba Berlin | Alba Berlin | 82 | | | | | | |
| VEF Rīga | VEF Rīga | 60 | | | | | | |
| VEF Rīga | VEF Rīga | 60 | Alba Berlin | Alba Berlin | 63 | | | |
| | | | Belgacom Spirou | Belgacom Spirou | 74 | | | |
| Belgacom Spirou | Belgacom Spirou | 61 | Belgacom Spirou | Belgacom Spirou | 74 | | | |
| Donetsk | Donetsk | 59 | | | | | | |
| Donetsk | Donetsk | 59 | | | | Belgacom Spirou | Belgacom Spirou | 79 |
| | | | | | | ČEZ Nymburk | ČEZ Nymburk | 53 |
| Khimki | Khimki | 74 | | | | | | | ČEZ Nymburk | ČEZ Nymburk | 53 |
| PGE Turów | PGE Turów | 67 | | | | | | |
| PGE Turów | PGE Turów | 67 | Khimki | Khimki | 79 | | | |
| | | | ČEZ Nymburk | ČEZ Nymburk | 86 | | | |
| ČEZ Nymburk | ČEZ Nymburk | 69 | ČEZ Nymburk | ČEZ Nymburk | 86 | | | |
| Banvit | Banvit | 57 | | | | | | |

## Regular season

The regular season began on 19 October 2011. If teams were level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers were 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.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 10 | 6 | 4 | 785 | 758 | +27 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 10 | 6 | 4 | 782 | 757 | +25 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | Bennet Cantù | 10 | 5 | 5 | 724 | 744 | −20 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao | 10 | 5 | 5 | 776 | 755 | +21 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Caja Laboral | 10 | 5 | 5 | 792 | 755 | +37 | |
| 6 | SLUC Nancy | 10 | 3 | 7 | 743 | 833 | −90 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 10 | 10 | 0 | 870 | 729 | +141 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 10 | 7 | 3 | 834 | 739 | +95 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | Unicaja | 10 | 4 | 6 | 791 | 808 | −17 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | Žalgiris | 10 | 4 | 6 | 763 | 812 | −49 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Brose Baskets | 10 | 3 | 7 | 773 | 794 | −21 | |
| 6 | Zagreb | 10 | 2 | 8 | 718 | 867 | −149 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 10 | 8 | 2 | 879 | 773 | +106 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Maccabi Electra | 10 | 7 | 3 | 790 | 732 | +58 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | Anadolu Efes | 10 | 5 | 5 | 721 | 751 | −30 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | EA7 Milano | 10 | 4 | 6 | 738 | 734 | +4 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Partizan | 10 | 4 | 6 | 739 | 774 | −35 | |
| 6 | Belgacom Spirou | 10 | 2 | 8 | 729 | 832 | −103 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Barcelona Regal | 10 | 9 | 1 | 793 | 599 | +194 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Montepaschi Siena | 10 | 8 | 2 | 779 | 696 | +83 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | UNICS | 10 | 7 | 3 | 702 | 656 | +46 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 10 | 4 | 6 | 694 | 736 | −42 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Asseco Prokom Gdynia | 10 | 1 | 9 | 618 | 743 | −125 | |
| 6 | Union Olimpija | 10 | 1 | 9 | 589 | 745 | −156 | |

## Top 16

The draw took place in Barcelona, Spain on 28 December 2011 at 13:00 CET. The sixteen qualified teams were divided into four seeds based on their final standings in the regular season. Teams coming from the same regular season group were kept from coinciding in the same Top 16 group and an effort was made to keep teams from the same country from coinciding as well. Teams from the same city, Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahçe Ülker and Galatasaray Medical Park from Istanbul; Olympiacos and Panathinaikos from Greater Athens, or teams playing in the same arena were prevented from playing both at home in the same matchday.

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 5 | 1 | 509 | 413 | +96 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 3 | 457 | 471 | −14 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 3 | 423 | 438 | −15 | |
| 4 | Anadolu Efes | 6 | 1 | 5 | 387 | 454 | −67 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Montepaschi Siena | 6 | 4 | 2 | 493 | 435 | +58 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao | 6 | 4 | 2 | 437 | 423 | +14 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 2 | 496 | 489 | +7 | |
| 4 | Unicaja | 6 | 0 | 6 | 407 | 486 | −79 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 436 | 394 | +42 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | UNICS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 432 | 423 | +9 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | EA7 Milano | 6 | 3 | 3 | 379 | 390 | −11 | |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 6 | 2 | 4 | 420 | 460 | −40 | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Barcelona Regal | 6 | 6 | 0 | 430 | 384 | +46 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Maccabi Electra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 427 | 425 | +2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Bennet Cantù | 6 | 3 | 3 | 420 | 426 | −6 | |
| 4 | Žalgiris | 6 | 0 | 6 | 429 | 471 | −42 | |

## Quarterfinals

Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
| CSKA Moscow | 3–1 | Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao | 98–71 | 79–60 | 81–94 | 73–71 | |
| Montepaschi Siena | 1–3 | Olympiacos | 75–82 | 81–80 | 55–75 | 69–76 | |
| Panathinaikos | 3–2 | Maccabi Electra | 93–73 | 92–94 | 62–65 | 78–69 | 86–85 |
| FC Barcelona Regal | 3–0 | UNICS | 78–66 | 66–63 | 67–56 | | |

## Final four

| Semifinals May 11 | Semifinals May 11 | Championship game May 13 | Championship game May 13 |
| CSKA Moscow | 66 |
| Panathinaikos | 64 | | |
| Panathinaikos | 64 | CSKA Moscow | 61 |
| | | Olympiacos | 62 |
| Olympiacos | 68 | Olympiacos | 62 |
| FC Barcelona Regal | 64 | | |
| FC Barcelona Regal | 64 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | Panathinaikos | 69 |
| | | FC Barcelona Regal | 74 |

## Individual statistics
### Rating

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
| 1. | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 17 | 411 | 24.18 |
| 2. | Nenad Krstić | CSKA Moscow | 22 | 405 | 18.41 |
| 3. | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 17 | 294 | 17.29 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1. | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 17 | 287 | 16.88 |
| 2. | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 21 | 350 | 16.67 |
| 3. | Sonny Weems | Žalgiris | 15 | 233 | 15.53 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1. | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 17 | 127 | 7.47 |
| 2. | Joel Freeland | Unicaja Málaga | 14 | 95 | 6.79 |
| 3. | Ioannis Bourousis | EA7 Milano | 15 | 96 | 6.40 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1. | Omar Cook | EA7 Milano | 16 | 91 | 5.69 |
| 2. | Sergio Rodríguez | Real Madrid | 16 | 86 | 5.38 |
| 3. | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow | 22 | 110 | 5.00 |

### Other Stats

| Category | Name | Team | Games | Stat |
| Steals per game | Jamon Gordon | Galatasaray | 16 | 1.81 |
| Blocks per game | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 17 | 1.94 |
| Turnovers per game | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 21 | 3.67 |
| Fouls drawn per game | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 21 | 5.95 |
| Minutes per game | Henry Domercant | UNICS | 19 | 31:56 |
| 2FG% | Sasha Kaun | CSKA Moscow | 21 | 0.711 |
| 3FG% | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 17 | 0.526 |
| 3FG% | Tomas Ress | Montepaschi Siena | 20 | 0.526 |
| FT% | Jorge Garbajosa | Unicaja | 14 | 1.000 |

### Game highs

| Category | Name | Team | Stat |
| Rating | Lynn Greer | UNICS | 43 |
| Points | Lynn Greer | UNICS | 33 |
| Rebounds | Donatas Motiejūnas | Asseco Prokom | 21 |
| Assists | John Linehan | Nancy | 15 |
| Steals | 3 occasions | 3 occasions | 6 |
| Blocks | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 5 |
| Blocks | Serge Ibaka | Real Madrid | 5 |
| Turnovers | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 9 |
| Turnovers | Nicolas Batum | Nancy | 9 |
| Fouls Drawn | 3 occasions | 3 occasions | 12 |

## Awards
### Euroleague 2011–12 MVP

* Andrei Kirilenko ( CSKA Moscow)

### Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP

* Vassilis Spanoulis ( Olympiacos)

### All-Euroleague Team 2011–12

| All-Euroleague First Team | Club Team | All-Euroleague Second Team | Club Team |
| Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena |
| Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | Juan Carlos Navarro | FC Barcelona |
| Erazem Lorbek | FC Barcelona | Henry Domercant | UNICS |
| Nenad Krstić | CSKA Moscow | Mike Batiste | Panathinaikos |

### Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

* Bo McCalebb ( Montepaschi Siena)

### Best Defender

* Andrei Kirilenko ( CSKA Moscow)

### Rising Star

* Nikola Mirotić ( Real Madrid)

### Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

* Dusan Ivković ( Olympiacos)

### MVP Weekly
#### Regular season

| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 37 |
| 2 | Nicolas Batum | Nancy | 36 |
| 3 | Jordan Farmar | Maccabi Electra | 35 |
| 4 | Nicolas Batum (2) | Nancy | 35 |
| 5 | Andrei Kirilenko (2) | CSKA Moscow | 39 |
| 6 | Fernando San Emeterio | Caja Laboral | 36 |
| 7 | Erazem Lorbek | FC Barcelona | 25 |
| 7 | Milan Mačvan | Partizan | 25 |
| 8 | Nikola Mirotić | Real Madrid | 33 |
| 9 | Nenad Krstić | CSKA Moscow | 31 |
| 10 | Pietro Aradori | Montepaschi Siena | 33 |

#### Top 16

| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Vladimir Veremeenko | UNICS | 32 |
| 2 | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 36 |
| 3 | Nenad Krstić (2) | CSKA Moscow | 31 |
| 4 | Aaron Jackson | Gescrap Bizkaia | 28 |
| 5 | Omar Cook | EA7 Milano | 22 |
| 6 | Manuchar Markoishvili | Bennet Cantù | 35 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos | 31 |
| 2 | Andrei Kirilenko (3) | CSKA Moscow | 31 |
| 3 | Kostas Vasileiadis | Gescrap Bizkaia | 21 |
| 4 | Andrei Kirilenko (4) | CSKA Moscow | 29 |
| 5 | Dimitris Diamantidis (2) | Panathinaikos | 34 |

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| October 2011 | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow |
| November 2011 | Nenad Krstić | CSKA Moscow |
| December 2011 | Nikola Mirotić | Real Madrid |
| January 2012 | Henry Domercant | UNICS |
| February 2012 | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |
| March 2012 | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos |