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.
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.
Team allocation
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)
Licensed clubs: 3-year licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs WC: Wild card
Regular seasonLicensed clubs Unicaja Málaga (1st) Panathinaikos (1st) Union Olimpija Tau Cerámica (2nd) Olympiacos (2nd) Winterthur Barcelona Cibona VIP (1st) Fenerbahçe Ülker Le Mans Sarthe (1st) Efes Pilsen Maccabi Elite Associated clubs Benetton Treviso (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st)TH Žalgiris WC Climamio Bologna (2nd) Dynamo Moscow (5th)WC Prokom Trefl Sopot (1st) Eldo Napoli (3rd) Pau-Orthez (3rd)WC Partizan (1st) Lottomatica Roma (4th) RheinEnergie Köln (1st) DKV Joventut (4th) Aris TT Bank (3rd)
Venues and locations 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: Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group) Points scored in all group matches 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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.
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: No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group. 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
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
2006–07 EuroleagueChampions Panathinaikos 4th Title
Final standings Team Panathinaikos CSKA Moscow Unicaja Tau Cerámica
Final Four 2007 MVP Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv2247821.732. Lazaros Papadopoulos Dynamo Moscow1734520.293. Eric Campbell Le Mans Sarthe1426619.00
Points RankNameTeamGamesRatingPPG1. Juan Carlos Navarro (Top Scorer) Winterthur FC Barcelona2236916.772. Igor Rakočević (Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy) Tau Cerámica2235716.233. David Blu Climamio Bologna1422416.00
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRatingRPG1. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris141389.862. James Thomas Climamio Bologna131289.853. Brent Wright Cibona VIP141128.00
Assists RankNameTeamGamesRatingAPG1. Theo Papaloukas CSKA Moscow251355.402. Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica231084.703. Nikos Zisis Benetton Treviso20864.30
Other stats CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per game Ricky Rubio DKV Joventut163.19Blocks per game Marcus Haislip Efes Pilsen201.75Turnovers per game Brent Wright Cibona VIP143.14Fouls drawn per game Lazaros Papadopoulos Dynamo Moscow176.06Minutes per game Davor Kus Cibona VIP1434:282FG% Ioannis Bourousis Olympiacos190.7643FG% David Blu Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv140.533FT% Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow250.924
Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatRating Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv46Points Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 33 Marcus Haislip Efes PilsenRebounds Antonis Fotsis Dynamo Moscow24Assists Theo Papaloukas CSKA Moscow12Steals Stefano Mancinelli Climamio Bologna10Blocks Marcus Haislip Efes Pilsen6Turnovers 4 occasions 8Fouls 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
Position All-Euroleague First Team Club Team All-Euroleague Second Team Club Team Theo Papaloukas * Dimitris Diamantidis* CSKA Moscow Panathinaikos Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica Juan Carlos Navarro Winterthur FC Barcelona Igor Rakočević Tau Cerámica Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow Ramūnas Šiškauskas Panathinaikos Luis Scola Tau Cerámica Matjaž Smodiš CSKA Moscow 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
GamePlayerTeamRating1 Carlos Cabezas Unicaja412 Eric Campbell Le Mans Sarthe323 Juan Carlos Navarro Winterthur FC Barcelona354 Ronnie Burrell RheinEnergie Köln365 Teemu Rannikko Union Olimpija336 Nikola Vujčić Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv467 Brent Wright Cibona VIP358 Lazaros Papadopoulos Dynamo Moscow389 Marcus Haislip Efes Pilsen4110 Nikola Vujčić (2) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv4011 Tanoka Beard Žalgiris3112 Nikola Vujčić (3) Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv34 James Thomas Climamio Bologna3413 Terrell Lyday Benetton Treviso4014 Vassil Evtimov Climamio Bologna38
Top 16 GamePlayerTeam1 Scoonie Penn Olympiacos35 Marcus Goree Benetton Treviso352 Jamie Arnold Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv293 Savvas Iliadis Aris TT Bank304 Antonis Fotsis Dynamo Moscow385 Michael Wright Pau-Orthez316 Antonis Fotsis (2) Dynamo Moscow39
Playoffs GamePlayerTeam1-2 Juan Carlos Navarro (2) Winterthur FC Barcelona233 Theo Papaloukas CSKA Moscow27
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