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.
The competition began on October 24, 2006, at the Olympic Pavilion in Badalona, Spain, with C.|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 on the official Euroleague site.
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 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
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Tau Cerámica1412211651025+140
2. Dynamo Moscow1410411001032+68
3. Olympiacos1410411651112+53
4. Efes Pilsen148610811031+50
5. Prokom Trefl Sopot145910211063-42
6. Climamio Bologna145911151176-61
7. Le Mans Sarthe144109851041-56
8. RheinEnergie Köln1421210321184-152

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Panathinaikos1411311281036+92
2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv148612301177+53
3. DKV Joventut147711121049+63
4. Unicaja147710011085-84
5. Lottomatica Roma146810271044-17
6. Partizan146811001093+7
7. Cibona VIP146811131141-28
8. Union Olimpija145910381124-86

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. CSKA Moscow141311079912+167
2. Winterthur FC Barcelona149510931032+61
3. Benetton Treviso14861021989+32
4. Pau-Orthez147710591070-11
5. Aris TT Bank14689711013-42
6. Eldo Napoli146810321093-61
7. Fenerbahçe Ülker145910441088-44
8. Žalgiris1421210621164-102

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 in Barcelona, 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
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, 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 they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.
Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Tau Cerámica660541433+108
2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv642463478−15
3. Lottomatica Roma615416468−52
4. Pau-Orthez615470511−41

Group E

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. CSKA Moscow660475376+99
2. Olympiacos633451450+1
3. Partizan624432474−42
4. DKV Joventut615407465−58

Group F

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Panathinaikos651501428+73
2. Winterthur FC Barcelona642498455+43
3. Efes Pilsen624416458−42
4. Prokom Trefl Sopot615404478−74

Group G

TeamPldWLPFPADiff
1. Unicaja642448442+6
2. Dynamo Moscow642428435−7
3. Benetton Treviso633439428+11
4. Aris TT Bank615451461−10

*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.

Final four

Semifinals

May 4, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

3rd place game

May 6, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Final

May 6, Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Final standings

Final Four 2007 MVP

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other Stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague 2006–07 MVP

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

GamePlayerTeamRating
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 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv40
11 Tanoka Beard Žalgiris31
12 Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv34
12 James Thomas Climamio Bologna34
13 Terrell Lyday Benetton Treviso40
14 Vassil Evtimov Climamio Bologna38

Top 16

Playoffs

MVP of the Month

MonthPlayerTeam
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