2006 Euroleague Final Four

The 2006 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2005–06 Euroleague season. The event was held on April 28 and on April 30, 2006 at the O2 Arena in Prague. CSKA Moscow won its fifth EuroLeague championship, after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Final.

2006 Euroleague Final Four

Season	2005–06 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	O2 Arena Prague, Czech Republic
Dates	April 28–30, 2006
Final positions
Champions	CSKA Moscow (5th title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Third place	TAU Cerámica
Fourth place	Winterthur FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP	Theo Papaloukas
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Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 28, Prague
	Maccabi Elite	85
					April 30, Prague
	Tau Cerámica	70
					CSKA Moscow	73
	April 28, Prague
					Maccabi Elite	69
	Winterthur FCB	75
	CSKA Moscow	84
					Third place
					April 30, Prague
					Winterthur FCB	82
					Tau Cerámica	87

Semifinals

28 April 2006 17:30

Report

Maccabi Elite	85–70	Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 27–15, 22–16, 12–22
Pts: Baston 20 Rebs: Vujčić 8 Asts: Vujčić 7		Pts: Scola 17 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Scola 5

Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,805 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Belošević (SCG)

28 April 2006 20:30

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Winterthur FC Barcelona	75–84	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 18–19, 14–23, 23–27
Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Fučka 10 Asts: Williams 4		Pts: Holden, Papaloukas 19 Rebs: Smodiš 12 Asts: Langdon 3

Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,805 Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Zavlanos (GRE), Facchini (ITA), Ramot (ISR)

Third Place game

30 April 2006 17:30

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Winterthur FC Barcelona	82–87	Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 17–21, 24–15, 22–25
Pts: Fučka, Navarro 20 Rebs: Fučka 9 Asts: Williams 4		Pts: Drobnjak 19 Rebs: Drobnjak, Scola 12 Asts: Prigioni 6

Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,805 Referees: Zavlanos (GRE), Jovčić (SCG), Sahin (ITA)

Final

Maccabi came to the game looking for their third consecutive title. however, CSKA snatched a narrow 4-point victory to win its fifth title.

30 April 2006 20:30

Report

CSKA Moscow	73–69	Maccabi Elite
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–12, 14–18, 24–21
Pts: Papaloukas 18 Rebs: Smodiš 8 Asts: Papaloukas 7		Pts: Solomon 20 Rebs: Baston 15 Asts: three players 2

Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,805 Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Belošević (SCG)

CSKA Moscow

Maccabi Elite

Starters: P R A PG 10 J.R. Holden 6 3 0 SG 21 Trajan Langdon 11 0 1 SF 9 David Vanterpool 16 3 4 PF 8 Matjaž Smodiš 12 8 1 C 14 Aleksey Savrasenko 10 4 0 Reserves: P R A PG 4 Theo Papaloukas 18 3 7 PF 5 Nikita Kurbanov DNP PF 6 Sergey Panov 0 0 0 SG 7 Vasily Zavourev DNP SF 11 Zakhar Pashutin DNP PF 12 Vladimir Dyachok DNP PG 23 Alexey Shved 3 2 2 C 22 Tomas Van Den Spiegel 0 2 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

2005–06 Euroleague Champions CSKA Moscow 5th title

Starters: P R A PG 15 Will Solomon 20 1 2 SG 8 Anthony Parker 10 5 2 SF 10 Tal Burstein 9 7 2 PF 5 Maceo Baston 6 15 0 C 7 Nikola Vujčić 4 5 1 Reserves: P R A PG 6 Derrick Sharp 3 0 0 PF 11 Sharon Shason 0 0 0 SG 12 Assaf Dotan DNP PF 14 Omri Casspi DNP SF 20 Kirk Penney 3 0 0 SG 23 Jamie Arnold 14 4 0 C 41 Yaniv Green DNP Head coach: Pini Gershon

Awards

Euroleague Final Four MVP

• Theo Papaloukas ( CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

• Will Solomon ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)

External links

• 2006 Final Four website