2006–07 Euroleague

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 different countries.

Euroleague
The Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens hosted the Final Four
Competition details
Teams 24
Dates October 24, 2006 – May 6, 2007
Final positions
Champions Panathinaikos (4th title)
Runners-up CSKA Moscow
Third place Unicaja
Fourth place Tau Cerámica
Awards
MVP Theo Papaloukas
Final Four MVP Dimitris Diamantidis
Statistical leaders
Points Juan Carlos Navarro 16.8 (Top Scorer)
Igor Rakočević 16.2
(Alphonso Ford Trophy)
Rebounds Tanoka Beard
9.9
Assists Theo Papaloukas
5.4

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.

Teams

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

Group B

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

Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. CSKA Moscow 141311079912+167
2. Winterthur FC Barcelona 149510931032+61
3. Benetton Treviso 14861021989+32
4. Pau-Orthez 147710591070-11
5. Aris TT Bank 14689711013-42
6. Eldo Napoli 146810321093-61
7. Fenerbahçe Ülker 145910441088-44
8. 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. Tau Cerámica 660541433+108
2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 642463478−15
3. Lottomatica Roma 615416468−52
4. Pau-Orthez 615470511−41

Group E

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

Group F

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

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Unicaja 642448442+6
2. Dynamo Moscow 642428435−7
3. Benetton Treviso 633439428+11
4. 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Tau Cerámica 2–0 Olympiacos 84–59 95–89
CSKA Moscow 2–1 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 80–58 56–68 92-71
Panathinaikos 2–0 Dynamo Moscow 80–58 73–65
Unicaja 2–1 Winterthur FC Barcelona 91–75 58–80 67-64

Final four

Semifinals

May 4, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

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

3rd place game

May 6, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Unicaja 76–74 Tau Cerámica

Final

May 6, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos 93–91 CSKA Moscow
2006–07 Euroleague
Champions

Panathinaikos
4th Title

Final standings
Team
Panathinaikos
CSKA Moscow
Unicaja
Tau Cerámica

Final Four 2007 MVP

Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

Individual statistics

Rating
Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv2247821.73
2. Lazaros Papadopoulos Dynamo Moscow1734520.29
3. Eric Campbell Le Mans Sarthe1426619.00

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

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris141389.86
2. James Thomas Climamio Bologna131289.85
3. Brent Wright Cibona VIP141128.00

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1. Theo Papaloukas CSKA Moscow251355.40
2. Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica231084.70
3. Nikos Zisis Benetton Treviso20864.30

Other Stats
Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game Ricky Rubio DKV Joventut163.19
Blocks per game Marcus Haislip Efes Pilsen201.75
Turnovers per game Brent Wright Cibona VIP143.14
Fouls drawn per game Lazaros Papadopoulos Dynamo Moscow176.06
Minutes per game Davor Kus Cibona VIP1434:28
2FG% Ioannis Bourousis Olympiacos190.764
3FG% David Blu Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv140.533
FT% Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow250.924

Game highs
Category Name Team Stat
Rating Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv46
Points Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv33
Marcus Haislip Efes Pilsen
Rebounds Antonis Fotsis Dynamo Moscow24
Assists Theo Papaloukas CSKA Moscow12
Steals Stefano Mancinelli Climamio Bologna10
Blocks Marcus Haislip Efes Pilsen6
Turnovers4 occasions8
Fouls Drawn Kosta Perović Partizan12
Brent Wright 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
PG
 Theo Papaloukas *
Dimitris Diamantidis*		 CSKA Moscow
Panathinaikos		 Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica
SG/SF
 Juan Carlos Navarro Winterthur FC Barcelona Igor Rakočević Tau Cerámica
SG/SF
 Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow Ramūnas Šiškauskas Panathinaikos
PF/C
 Luis Scola Tau Cerámica Matjaž Smodiš CSKA Moscow
PF/C
 Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Lazaros Papadopoulos 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
  • Juan Manuel Rodríguez ( Unicaja )

Regular season
Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round
Game Player Team Rating
1 Carlos Cabezas Unicaja41
2 Eric Campbell Le Mans Sarthe32
3 Juan Carlos Navarro Winterthur FC Barcelona35
4 Ronnie Burrell RheinEnergie Köln36
5 Teemu Rannikko Union Olimpija33
6 Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv46
7 Brent Wright Cibona VIP35
8 Lazaros Papadopoulos Dynamo Moscow38
9 Marcus Haislip Efes Pilsen41
10 Nikola Vujčić (2) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv40
11 Tanoka Beard Žalgiris31
12 Nikola Vujčić (3) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv34
James Thomas Climamio Bologna34
13 Terrell Lyday Benetton Treviso40
14 Vassil Evtimov Climamio Bologna38

Top 16
Game Player Team PIR
1 Scoonie Penn Olympiacos35
Marcus Goree Benetton Treviso35
2 Jamie Arnold Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv29
3 Savvas Iliadis Aris TT Bank30
4 Antonis Fotsis Dynamo Moscow38
5 Michael Wright Pau-Orthez31
6 Antonis Fotsis (2) Dynamo Moscow39

Playoffs
Game Player Team PIR
1-2 Juan Carlos Navarro (2) Winterthur FC Barcelona23
3 Theo Papaloukas CSKA Moscow27

MVP of the Month
Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month
Month Player Team
November 2006 Mike Batiste Panathinaikos
December 2006 Luis Scola Tau Ceramica
January 2007 Lazaros Papadopoulos Dynamo Moscow
February 2007 Matjaž Smodiš CSKA Moscow
March 2007 Daniel Santiago Unicaja
April 2007 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 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. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/12172/180/all-euroleague-team-mvp-announced

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