2010–11 Euroleague
The Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2010–11 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 Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the Final Four | |||
Competition details | |||
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Season | 2010–11 | ||
Teams | 24 | ||
Dates | 18 October 2010 – 8 May 2011 | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Awards | |||
MVP |
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Final Four MVP |
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Statistical leaders | |||
Index Rating |
19.1 | ||
Points |
17.2 | ||
Rebounds |
7.3 | ||
Assists |
6.2 | ||
← 2009–10 2011–12 → |
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.[1] It was won by the Athenian club Panathinaikos (6th title), who defeated Maccabi Electra in the championship game of May 8, 2011.[2] Montepaschi Siena, finished 3rd by holding off Real Madrid in the third-place game.[3]
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.[4]
Teams
Champion | |
Runner-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Eliminated in Quarterfinals | |
Eliminated in Last 16 | |
Eliminated in the regular season |
Country (League) | Teams | Teams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship) | ||||
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5 | Caja Laboral (1) | FC Barcelona (2) | Real Madrid (SF) | Unicaja Málaga (SF) | Power Electronics Valencia (QF) | |
3 | Montepaschi Siena (1) | Armani Jeans Milano (2) | Lottomatica Roma (QF) | |||
2 | Panathinaikos (1) | Olympiacos (2) | ||||
2 | Fenerbahçe Ülker (1) | Efes Pilsen (2) | ||||
2 | Lietuvos Rytas (1) | Žalgiris (2) | ||||
2 | CSKA Moscow (1) | Khimki (2) | ||||
1 | Partizan (1) | |||||
1 | Cholet (1) | |||||
1 | Brose Bamberg (1) | |||||
1 | Cibona (1) | |||||
1 | Union Olimpija (2) | |||||
1 | Maccabi Electra (2) | |||||
1 | Asseco Prokom (1) | |||||
1 | Spirou Charleroi (1) |
†As winner of the ULEB Eurocup 2009–10
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 |
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Qualifying rounds
The Qualifying Rounds consisted of three rounds, QR1, QR2 and QR3. The rounds were played in home and away series.
Bracket
The higher ranked team hosted the second leg.
First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | 79 | 95 | 174 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 86 | 82 | 168 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 73 | 73 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 67 | 78 | 145 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 97 | 77 | 174 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 84 | 86 | 170 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 77 | 70 | 147 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 81 | 70 | 151 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 84 | 78 | 162 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | 72 | 63 | 135 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 69 | 75 | 144 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 75 | 71 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 68 | 73 | 141 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 79 | 71 | 150 |
First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | 64 | 84 | 148 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 69 | 76 | 145 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 75 | 71 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 85 | 63 | 148 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 78 | 78 | 156 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 72 | 66 | 138 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 56 | 66 | 122 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 70 | 87 | 157 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 77 | 85 | 162 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | 74 | 66 | 140 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 87 | 74 | 161 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 58 | 67 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | DSQ |
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.
Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16 |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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.[6]
Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals |
Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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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 |
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Caja Laboral | 1–3 | 76–70 | 81–83 | 60–81 | 77–99 | ||
Regal FC Barcelona | 1–3 | 83–82 | 71–75 | 74–76 | 67–78 | ||
Real Madrid | 3–2 | 71–65 | 75–81 | 75–66 | 72–81 | 66–58 | |
Olympiacos | 1–3 | 89–41 | 65–82 | 72–81 | 76–88 |
Final four
Semifinals May 6 | Final May 8 | |||||
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Third place | ||||||
62 | ||||||
80 |
Individual statistics
Rating
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
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1. | 20 | 381 | 19.05 | ||
2. | 22 | 407 | 18.50 | ||
3. | 15 | 262 | 17.47 |
Points
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1. | 14 | 241 | 17.21 | ||
2. | 20 | 309 | 15.45 | ||
3. | 20 | 284 | 14.20 |
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1. | 12 | 88 | 7.33 | ||
2. | 14 | 97 | 6.93 | ||
3. | 16 | 110 | 6.88 |
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1. | 22 | 137 | 6.23 | ||
2. | 20 | 111 | 5.55 | ||
3. | 21 | 116 | 5.52 |
Other Stats
Category | Name | Team | Games | Stat |
Steals per game | 22 | 2.64 | ||
Blocks per game | 16 | 1.50 | ||
Turnovers per game | 20 | 3.85 | ||
Fouls drawn per game | 20 | 5.40 | ||
Minutes per game | 15 | 34:48 | ||
2FG% | 22 | 0.760 | ||
3FG% | 20 | 0.500 | ||
FT% | 19 | 0.957 |
Game highs
Category | Name | Team | Stat |
Rating | 42 | ||
Points | 35 | ||
Rebounds | 16 | ||
Assists | 13 | ||
Steals | 7 | ||
Blocks | 6 | ||
Turnovers | 9 | ||
Fouls Drawn | 15 |
Awards
Euroleague 2010–11 MVP
Euroleague 2010–11 Final Four MVP
All-Euroleague Team 2010–11
Position | All-Euroleague First Team | Club Team | All-Euroleague Second Team | Club Team |
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Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)
Best Defender
Rising Star
Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)
Club Executive of the Year
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Game | Player | Team | Rating |
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1 | 30 | ||
2 | 29 | ||
3 | 31 | ||
4 | 36 | ||
5 | 35 | ||
6 | 36 | ||
7 | 31 | ||
8 | 31 | ||
9 | 34 | ||
10 | 42 |
Top 16
Game | Player | Team | Rating |
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1 | 30 | ||
2 | 29 | ||
3 | 30 | ||
4 | 40 | ||
5 | 30 | ||
6 | 37 |
Quarterfinals
Game | Player | Team | Rating |
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1 | 28 | ||
2 | 32 | ||
3 | 27 | ||
4 | 31 | ||
5 | 23 |
MVP of Month
Month | Player | Team |
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October 2010 | ||
November 2010 | ||
December 2010 | ||
January 2011 | ||
February 2011 | ||
March 2011 |
References and notes
- "2011 Euroleague Final Four set for Barcelona". Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- "Game report:Maccabi Electra vs Panathinaikos". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- "Game report: Real Madrid vs Montepaschi Sienna". Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- "MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- Maroussi's licence to play Qualifying Rounds was revoked on September 16, so Budivelnyk authomatically advance to the Qualifying Round 2.
- "Top 16 Draw set for January 4 in Barcelona". euroleague.net. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
- Euroleague.net MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team.