2005–06 FIBA EuroCup

The 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup was the 3rd season of the FIBA EuroCup, the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition. It was the first season of the competition under the new name EuroCup which is now used for the formerly known ULEB Cup. A total number of 32 teams from 20 countries participated in competition. The season finished with the EuroCup Final Four, which was held in Kyiv, Ukraine. Joventut Badalona won the cup after defeating BC Khimki 88–63 in the final.

Format A number of 32 teams were split into 8 groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the next stage, where they were split into new four groups of four. The top two teams in each group in the second group stage advanced to the Quarter-Final, which was played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winner of each series advanced to the 2006 EuroCup Final Four, which was held in Kyiv.

Team allocation The number of the teams remained at 32 of which 7 were domestic champions (including Croatia) and 4 runners-up, including France and Israel.

Country Teams Teams Russia 4BC Khimki (4th) Dynamo St. Petersburg (5th) Lokomotiv Rostov (6th) Dynamo Moscow Region (7th) France 3SLUC Nancy (2nd)Cholet (9th) BCM Gravelines (10th) Israel 3Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd) Hapoel Galil Elyon (3rd) Ironi Strauss Iscar Nahariya (6th) Belgium 2Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut (3rd) Leuven (6th) Spain 2DKV Joventut Badalona (7th) CB Gran Canaria (8th) Germany 2RheinEnergie Köln (5th) Telekom Baskets Bonn (9th) Greece 2Maroussi Honda (4th) PAOK Thessaloniki (5th) Ukraine 2Kyiv (1st) Azovmash Mariupol (2nd) Austria 1Allianz Swans Gmunden (1st) Croatia 1KK Zadar (1st) Cyprus 1Proteas EKA AEL Limassol (1st) Czech Republic 1ČEZ Nymburk (1st) Estonia 1BC Kalev/Cramo(1st) Italy 1Vertical Vision Cantu (6th) Latvia 1Barons Riga (2nd) Lithuania 1BC Šiauliai (3rd) Netherlands 1MPC Capitals (5th) Poland 1WKS Slask Wroclaw (5th) Romania 1CSU Asesoft Ploiesti (1st) Turkey 1Fenerbahçe (4th)

Regular season Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Second stage

Group I TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. BC Kyiv 6 4 2 490 454 +36 2. Dynamo Saint Petersburg 6 3 3 439 438 +1 3. Fenerbahçe 6 3 3 474 483 -9 4. CEZ Nymburk 6 2 4 477 505 -28

Group J TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Maroussi Honda 6 5 1 393 387 +6 2. RheinEnergie Köln 6 4 2 458 426 +32 3. Vertical Vision Cantu 6 2 4 457 475 -18 4. Dynamo Moscow Region 6 1 5 447 467 -20

Group K TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Lokomotiv Rostov 6 4 2 462 431 +31 2. Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut 6 4 2 483 456 +27 3. Zadar 6 2 4 487 464 +23 4. Slask Wroclaw 6 2 4 411 492 -81

Group L TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Khimki 6 4 2 487 447 +40 2. DKV Joventut 6 4 2 527 483 +44 3. Azovmash 6 4 2 452 443 +9 4. Proteas EKA AEL 6 0 6 486 579 -93

Quarterfinals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg3rd leg BC Kyiv 2 – 1 RheinEnergie Köln 87 – 85 62 – 69 71 – 64 Lokomotiv Rostov 0 – 2 DKV Joventut 54 – 88 57 – 86 BC Khimki 2 – 1 Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut 91 – 75 73 – 79 94 – 78 Maroussi Honda 0 – 2 Dynamo Saint Petersburg 53 – 64 59 – 71

Final Four

Bracket

2005–06 FIBA EuroCup

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