2006–07 Euroleague

Teams

As announced on the official Euroleague site.

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

Group B

Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Regular Season Group B

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Group C

Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Regular Season Group C

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:

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.

Group E

Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Top 16 Group E

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Group G

Main article: Euroleague 2006–07 Top 16 Group G

*****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.

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Final four

Main article: 2006–07 Euroleague 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 |}

Final standings

Final Four 2007 MVP

GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague 2006–07 MVP

• GRE Theo Papaloukas, (RUS CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague 2006–07 Final Four MVP

• GRE Dimitris Diamantidis, (GRE Panathinaikos)

Euroleague 2006–07 Finals Top Scorer

• GRE Theo Papaloukas, (RUS CSKA Moscow)

All-Euroleague Team 2006–07

*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

• ESP Rudy Fernández (ESP DKV Joventut)

Best Defender

• GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (GRE Panathinaikos)

Top Scorer ([[Alphonso Ford Trophy]])

• SRB Igor Rakočević (ESP Tau Ceramica)

Top Scorer ([[Points per game|Points Per Game]] leader)

• ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (ESP FC Barcelona)

Coach of the Year ([[Euroleague Coach of the Year Award|Alexander Gomelsky Award]])

• SRB Željko Obradović (GRE Panathinaikos)

Club Executive of the Year

• ESP Juan Manuel Rodríguez (ESP Unicaja)

Regular season

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round

Top 16

Playoffs

MVP of the Month

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month

References and notes

Euroleague Competition Format

References

1. (2007-01-30). "Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Draw procedures". Euroleague.
2. (3 October 2024). "All-Euroleague team, MVP announced".