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 countries.

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

Team	Location	Arena
Aris TT Bank	Thessaloniki, Greece	Alexandreio Melathron
Benetton Treviso	Treviso, Italy	Palaverde
Cibona VIP	Zagreb, Croatia	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall
Climamio Bologna	Bologna, Italy	Land Rover Arena
CSKA Moscow	Moscow, Russia	CSKA Universal Sports Hall
DKV Joventut	Badalona, Spain	Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona
Dynamo Moscow	Moscow, Russia	Krylatskoe Sport Palace
Efes Pilsen	Istanbul, Turkey	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Eldo Napoli	Naples, Italy	PalaBarbuto
Fenerbahçe Ülker	Istanbul, Turkey	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Le Mans Sarthe	Le Mans, France	Antarès
Lottomatica Roma	Rome, Italy	PalaLottomatica
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv, Israel	Nokia (Yad Eliyahu) Arena
Olympiacos	Piraeus, Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium
Panathinaikos	Athens, Greece	Olympic Indoor Hall
Partizan	Belgrade, Serbia	Pionir Hall
Pau-Orthez	Pau, France	Palais des Sports de Pau
Prokom Trefl Sopot	Sopot, Poland	Olivia Sports Hall, Gdańsk
RheinEnergie Köln	Köln, Germany	Philips Halle
Tau Cerámica	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain	Fernando Buesa Arena
Unicaja	Málaga, Spain	José María Martín Carpena Arena
Union Olimpija	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Dvorana Tivoli
Winterthur FC Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain	Palau Blaugrana
Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania	Kaunas 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 Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Regular Season Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Tau Cerámica 14 12 2 1165 1025 +140 2. Dynamo Moscow 14 10 4 1100 1032 +68 3. Olympiacos 14 10 4 1165 1112 +53 4. Efes Pilsen 14 8 6 1081 1031 +50 5. Prokom Trefl Sopot 14 5 9 1021 1063 -42 6. Climamio Bologna 14 5 9 1115 1176 -61 7. Le Mans Sarthe 14 4 10 985 1041 -56 8. RheinEnergie Köln 14 2 12 1032 1184 -152

Group B Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Regular Season Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Panathinaikos 14 11 3 1128 1036 +92 2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 8 6 1230 1177 +53 3. DKV Joventut 14 7 7 1112 1049 +63 4. Unicaja 14 7 7 1001 1085 -84 5. Lottomatica Roma 14 6 8 1027 1044 -17 6. Partizan 14 6 8 1100 1093 +7 7. Cibona VIP 14 6 8 1113 1141 -28 8. Union Olimpija 14 5 9 1038 1124 -86

Group C

Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Regular Season Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	CSKA Moscow	14	13	1	1079	912	+167
2.	Winterthur FC Barcelona	14	9	5	1093	1032	+61
3.	Benetton Treviso	14	8	6	1021	989	+32
4.	Pau-Orthez	14	7	7	1059	1070	-11
5.	Aris TT Bank	14	6	8	971	1013	-42
6.	Eldo Napoli	14	6	8	1032	1093	-61
7.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	14	5	9	1044	1088	-44
8.	Žalgiris	14	2	12	1062	1164	-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

• CSKA Moscow, Tau Cerámica, Panathinaikos, Dynamo Moscow

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

• Winterthur FC Barcelona, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, Olympiacos, Benetton Treviso

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

• DKV Joventut, Efes Pilsen, Pau-Orthez, Unicaja

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

• Lottomatica Roma, Aris TT Bank, Prokom Trefl Sopot, Partizan

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 Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Top 16 Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Tau Cerámica 6 6 0 541 433 +108 2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 6 4 2 463 478 −15 3. Lottomatica Roma 6 1 5 416 468 −52 4. Pau-Orthez 6 1 5 470 511 −41

Group E Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Top 16 Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. CSKA Moscow 6 6 0 475 376 +99 2. Olympiacos 6 3 3 451 450 +1 3. Partizan 6 2 4 432 474 −42 4. DKV Joventut 6 1 5 407 465 −58

Group F Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Top 16 Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Panathinaikos 6 5 1 501 428 +73 2. Winterthur FC Barcelona 6 4 2 498 455 +43 3. Efes Pilsen 6 2 4 416 458 −42 4. Prokom Trefl Sopot 6 1 5 404 478 −74

Group G Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Top 16 Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Unicaja 6 4 2 448 442 +6 2. Dynamo Moscow 6 4 2 428 435 −7 3. Benetton Treviso 6 3 3 439 428 +11 4. Aris TT Bank 6 1 5 451 461 −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

Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd 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

Main article: 2006–07 Euroleague 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 Aviv	22	478	21.73
2.	Lazaros Papadopoulos	Dynamo Moscow	17	345	20.29
3.	Eric Campbell	Le Mans Sarthe	14	266	19.00

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PPG
1.	Juan Carlos Navarro (Top Scorer)	Winterthur FC Barcelona	22	369	16.77
2.	Igor Rakočević (Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy)	Tau Cerámica	22	357	16.23
3.	David Blu	Climamio Bologna	14	224	16.00

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	RPG
1.	Tanoka Beard	Žalgiris	14	138	9.86
2.	James Thomas	Climamio Bologna	13	128	9.85
3.	Brent Wright	Cibona VIP	14	112	8.00

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	APG
1.	Theo Papaloukas	CSKA Moscow	25	135	5.40
2.	Pablo Prigioni	Tau Cerámica	23	108	4.70
3.	Nikos Zisis	Benetton Treviso	20	86	4.30

Other stats

Category	Name	Team	Games	Stat
Steals per game	Ricky Rubio	DKV Joventut	16	3.19
Blocks per game	Marcus Haislip	Efes Pilsen	20	1.75
Turnovers per game	Brent Wright	Cibona VIP	14	3.14
Fouls drawn per game	Lazaros Papadopoulos	Dynamo Moscow	17	6.06
Minutes per game	Davor Kus	Cibona VIP	14	34:28
2FG%	Ioannis Bourousis	Olympiacos	19	0.764
3FG%	David Blu	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	14	0.533
FT%	Trajan Langdon	CSKA Moscow	25	0.924

Game highs

Category	Name	Team	Stat
Rating	Nikola Vujčić	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	46
Points	Nikola Vujčić	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	33
	Marcus Haislip	Efes Pilsen
Rebounds	Antonis Fotsis	Dynamo Moscow	24
Assists	Theo Papaloukas	CSKA Moscow	12
Steals	Stefano Mancinelli	Climamio Bologna	10
Blocks	Marcus Haislip	Efes Pilsen	6
Turnovers	4 occasions		8
Fouls Drawn	Kosta Perović	Partizan	12
	Brent Wright	Cibona VIP

Awards

Euroleague 2006–07 MVP

• Theo Papaloukas, ( CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague 2006–07 Final Four MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis, ( Panathinaikos)

Euroleague 2006–07 Finals Top Scorer

• Theo Papaloukas, ( CSKA Moscow)

All-Euroleague Team 2006–07

^[2]

Position	All-Euroleague First Team	Club Team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club 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

• Rudy Fernández ( DKV Joventut)

Best Defender

• Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

• Igor Rakočević ( Tau Ceramica)

Top Scorer (Points Per Game leader)

• Juan Carlos Navarro ( FC Barcelona)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

• Željko Obradović ( Panathinaikos)

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	Unicaja	41
2	Eric Campbell	Le Mans Sarthe	32
3	Juan Carlos Navarro	Winterthur FC Barcelona	35
4	Ronnie Burrell	RheinEnergie Köln	36
5	Teemu Rannikko	Union Olimpija	33
6	Nikola Vujčić	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	46
7	Brent Wright	Cibona VIP	35
8	Lazaros Papadopoulos	Dynamo Moscow	38
9	Marcus Haislip	Efes Pilsen	41
10	Nikola Vujčić (2)	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	40
11	Tanoka Beard	Žalgiris	31
12	Nikola Vujčić (3)	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	34
	James Thomas	Climamio Bologna	34
13	Terrell Lyday	Benetton Treviso	40
14	Vassil Evtimov	Climamio Bologna	38

Top 16

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Scoonie Penn	Olympiacos	35
	Marcus Goree	Benetton Treviso	35
2	Jamie Arnold	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	29
3	Savvas Iliadis	Aris TT Bank	30
4	Antonis Fotsis	Dynamo Moscow	38
5	Michael Wright	Pau-Orthez	31
6	Antonis Fotsis (2)	Dynamo Moscow	39

Playoffs

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1-2	Juan Carlos Navarro (2)	Winterthur FC Barcelona	23
3	Theo Papaloukas	CSKA Moscow	27

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