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, who defeated CSKA Moscow in the championship game. It was the 5th final involving a Greek club in the last six seasons, and 3rd 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 :
- 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
Draw
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.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
Group B
Group C
Group D
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
Group F
Group G
Group H
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 | 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
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Other Stats
Game highs
Awards
Euroleague 2011–12 MVP
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
Best Defender
- Andrei Kirilenko
Rising Star
- Nikola Mirotić
Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award">Euroleague Coach of the Year Award">Alexander Gomelsky Award)
- Dusan Ivković
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Top 16
Quarterfinals
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 |