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 (2nd title), who defeated CSKA Moscow in the championship game. It was the 5th final involving a Greek club in the last six seasons, and 4th Greek win in that time.
Teams On 20 June 2011 the teams for this season were announced.2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague teams Euroleague.net 20 June 2011
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)
A - licensed clubs: teams with 3-year licence Associated clubs: teams with B and C temporary licenses 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs EC: Champion of the 2010–11 Eurocup WC: Wild card
Regular seasonA-license FC Barcelona Regal (1st) Panathinaikos Maccabi Electra (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st) Real Madrid (3rd) Olympiacos Montepaschi Siena Union Olimpija (2nd) Caja Laboral (4th) Fenerbahçe Ülker Žalgiris (1st) Unicaja (8th) Anadolu Efes Asseco Prokom Gdynia (1st) Associated clubs Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Zagreb Bennet Cantù UNICS SLUC Nancy Partizan EA7 Milano Brose Baskets Qualifying rounds Cholet Galatasaray Lietuvos rytas Khimki BCM Gravelines Banvit ČEZ Nymburk Alba Berlin (2nd) ASVEL PAOK Budućnost PGE Turów (2nd) Belgacom Spirou Cibona (4th) VEF Rīga Donetsk (2nd)
Draw The draws for the 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Monday, 4 July. The draws determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.
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.Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draw seeds Euroleague.net – 4 July 2011
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.Top 16 Draw set for 28 December in Barcelona , euroleague.netTurkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 Draw results , euroleague.net 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.Top 16 Draw, Criteria and Procedure , euroleague.net
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 1Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th legCSKA Moscow 3–1 Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao98–7179–6081–9473–71 Montepaschi Siena 1–3 Olympiacos75–8281–8055–7569–76 Panathinaikos 3–2 Maccabi Electra93–7392–9462–6578–6986–85FC Barcelona Regal 3–0 UNICS78–6666–6367–56
Final four
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow1741124.182. Nenad Krstić CSKA Moscow2240518.413. Bo McCalebb Montepaschi Siena1729417.29
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Bo McCalebb Montepaschi Siena1728716.882. Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos2135016.673. Sonny Weems Žalgiris1523315.53
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow171277.472. Joel Freeland Unicaja Málaga14956.793. Ioannis Bourousis EA7 Milano15966.40
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Omar Cook EA7 Milano16915.692. Sergio Rodríguez Real Madrid16865.383. Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow221105.00
Other Stats CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per game Jamon Gordon Galatasaray161.81Blocks per game Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow171.94Turnovers per game Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos213.67Fouls drawn per game Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos215.95Minutes per game Henry Domercant UNICS1931:562FG% Sasha Kaun CSKA Moscow210.7113FG% Bo McCalebb Montepaschi Siena170.526 Tomas Ress 20FT% Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja141.000
Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatRating Lynn Greer UNICS43Points Lynn Greer UNICS33Rebounds Donatas Motiejūnas Asseco Prokom21Assists John Linehan Nancy15Steals 3 occasions 6Blocks Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow 5 Serge Ibaka Real MadridTurnovers Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos 9 Nicolas Batum NancyFouls Drawn3 occasions12
Awards Euroleague 2011–12 MVP Andrei Kirilenko ( CSKA Moscow)
Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP Vassilis Spanoulis ( Olympiacos)
All-Euroleague Team 2011–12 2011–12 All-Euroleague First, Second teams announced . Euroleague.net. Retrieved 2012-05-14. Pos. All-Euroleague First Team Club Team All-Euroleague Second Team Club TeamG Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos Miloš Teodosić CSKA MoscowG Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos Bo McCalebb Montepaschi SienaF Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow Juan Carlos Navarro FC BarcelonaF Erazem Lorbek FC Barcelona Henry Domercant UNICSC Nenad Krstić CSKA Moscow Mike Batiste Panathinaikos
Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy) Bo McCalebb ( Montepaschi Siena)Montepaschi Siena's Bo McCalebb wins the Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy . Euroleague.net (17 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
Best Defender Andrei Kirilenko ( CSKA Moscow)Head coaches vote CSKA's Kirilenko best defender! . Euroleague.net (19 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
Rising Star Nikola Mirotić ( Real Madrid)Real Madrid's Mirotic becomes first two-time Rising Star winner . Euroleague.net (18 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award) Dusan Ivković ( Olympiacos).
MVP Weekly
Regular season GamePlayerTeam1 Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow372 Nicolas Batum Nancy363 Jordan Farmar Maccabi Electra354 Nicolas Batum (2) Nancy355 Andrei Kirilenko (2) CSKA Moscow396 Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral367 Erazem Lorbek FC Barcelona25 Milan Mačvan Partizan258 Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid339 Nenad Krstić CSKA Moscow3110 Pietro Aradori Montepaschi Siena33
Top 16 GamePlayerTeam1 Vladimir Veremeenko UNICS322 Bo McCalebb Montepaschi Siena363 Nenad Krstić (2) CSKA Moscow314 Aaron Jackson Gescrap Bizkaia285 Omar Cook EA7 Milano226 Manuchar Markoishvili Bennet Cantù35
Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeam1 Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos312 Andrei Kirilenko (3) CSKA Moscow313 Kostas Vasileiadis Gescrap Bizkaia214 Andrei Kirilenko (4) CSKA Moscow295 Dimitris Diamantidis (2) Panathinaikos34
MVP of the Month
MonthPlayerTeamOctober 2011 Andrei Kirilenko CSKA MoscowNovember 2011 Nenad Krstić CSKA MoscowDecember 2011 Nikola Mirotić Real MadridJanuary 2012 Henry Domercant UNICSFebruary 2012 Vassilis Spanoulis OlympiacosMarch 2012 Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
See also FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history Rosters of Top Teams in the European Club Competitions EuroLeague Finals European Cup and EuroLeague records and statistics EuroLeague Final Four EuroLeague Awards 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball
References
External links Official website