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2011–12 Euroleague

EuroLeague season

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title	Euroleague
image	Sinan_Erdem_Spor_Salonu.jpg
pixels	300
caption	The Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul hosted the Final Four
t_bg	#EF6D0D
t_color	white
season	2011–12
champions	GRE Olympiacos (2nd title)
runners_up	RUS CSKA Moscow
third_place	ESP FC Barcelona Regal
fourth_place	GRE Panathinaikos
teams	24
duration	19 October 2011 – 13 May 2012
MVP	RUS Andrei Kirilenko	MVP_link = EuroLeague MVP
final_four_MVP	GRE Vassilis Spanoulis	final_four_MVP_link = EuroLeague Final Four MVP
PIR_leader	RUS Andrei Kirilenko	pir = 24.2
top_scorer	MKD Bo McCalebb	ppg = 16.9
rebounds_leader	RUS Andrei Kirilenko	rpg = 7.5
assists_leader	MNE Omar Cook	apg = 5.7

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.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):

A: Qualified through an A–licence
1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
WC: Wild card
EC: Champion of the 2010–11 Eurocup

Regular season	Qualifying rounds
ESP FC Barcelona Regal (A)	ITA Montepaschi Siena (A)
ESP Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao ([2nd](2010-11-acb-season))	ITA Bennet Cantù ([2nd](2010-11-lega-basket-serie-a))
ESP Unicaja (A)	ITA EA7 Milano (WC)
ESP Real Madrid (A)	TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker (A)
ESP Caja Laboral (A)	TUR Anadolu Efes (A)
FRA SLUC Nancy ([1st](2010-11-lnb-pro-a-season))	LTU Žalgiris (A)
FRA Cholet ([2nd](2010-11-lnb-pro-a-season))	TUR Galatasaray ([2nd](2010-11-turkish-basketball-league))
FRA BCM Gravelines ([3rd](2010-11-lnb-pro-a-season))	TUR Banvit ([3rd](2010-11-turkish-basketball-league))
FRA ASVEL (WC)	LAT VEF Rīga (1st)
BEL Belgacom Spirou ([1st](2010-11-basketball-league-belgium-division-i))	POL PGE Turów (WC)

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.

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

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2011–12 Euroleague 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

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group A

Group B

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group B

Group C

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group C

Group D

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group D

Top 16

The draw took place in Barcelona, Spain on 28 December 2011 at 13:00 CET. 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.

Group E

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group E

Group F

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group F

Group G

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group G

Group H

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group H

Quarterfinals

Main article: 2011–12 Euroleague Quarterfinals

Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
CSKA Moscow RUS	3–1	ESP Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao	98–71	79–60	81–94	73–71
Montepaschi Siena ITA	1–3	GRE Olympiacos	75–82	81–80	55–75	69–76
Panathinaikos GRE	3–2	ISR Maccabi Electra	93–73	92–94	62–65	78–69	86–85
FC Barcelona Regal ESP	3–0	RUS UNICS	78–66	66–63	67–56

Final four

Main article: 2012 Euroleague Final Four

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	RUS Andrei Kirilenko	RUS CSKA Moscow	17	411	24.18
2.	SRB Nenad Krstić	RUS CSKA Moscow	22	405	18.41
3.	MKD Bo McCalebb	ITA Montepaschi Siena	17	294	17.29

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	MKD Bo McCalebb	ITA Montepaschi Siena	17	287	16.88
2.	GRE Vassilis Spanoulis	GRE Olympiacos	21	350	16.67
3.	USA Sonny Weems	LTU Žalgiris	15	233	15.53

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	RUS Andrei Kirilenko	RUS CSKA Moscow	17	127	7.47
2.	GBR Joel Freeland	ESP Unicaja Málaga	14	95	6.79
3.	GRE Ioannis Bourousis	ITA EA7 Milano	15	96	6.40

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	MNE Omar Cook	ITA EA7 Milano	16	91	5.69
2.	ESP Sergio Rodríguez	ESP Real Madrid	16	86	5.38
3.	SRB Miloš Teodosić	RUS CSKA Moscow	22	110	5.00

Other Stats

FT%	ESP Jorge Garbajosa	ESP Unicaja	14	1.000

Game highs

Fouls Drawn	3 occasions	12

Awards

Euroleague 2011–12 MVP

RUS Andrei Kirilenko (RUS CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP

GRE Vassilis Spanoulis (GRE Olympiacos)

All-Euroleague Team 2011–12

Pos.	All-Euroleague First Team	Club Team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club Team
G	GRE Dimitris Diamantidis	GRE Panathinaikos	SRB Miloš Teodosić	RUS CSKA Moscow
G	GRE Vassilis Spanoulis	GRE Olympiacos	MKD Bo McCalebb	ITA Montepaschi Siena
F	RUS Andrei Kirilenko	RUS CSKA Moscow	ESP Juan Carlos Navarro	ESP FC Barcelona
F	SLO Erazem Lorbek	ESP FC Barcelona	BIH Henry Domercant	RUS UNICS
C	SRB Nenad Krstić	RUS CSKA Moscow	USA Mike Batiste	GRE Panathinaikos

Top Scorer ([[Alphonso Ford Trophy]])

MKD Bo McCalebb (ITA Montepaschi Siena)

Best Defender

RUS Andrei Kirilenko (RUS CSKA Moscow)

Rising Star

ESP Nikola Mirotić ( ESP Real Madrid)

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

SRB Dusan Ivković (GRE Olympiacos)

MVP Weekly

Main article: EuroLeague Weekly MVP Award

Regular season

Game	Player	Team
1	RUS Andrei Kirilenko	RUS CSKA Moscow
2	FRA Nicolas Batum	FRA Nancy
3	USA Jordan Farmar	ISR Maccabi Electra
4	FRA Nicolas Batum (2)	FRA Nancy
5	RUS Andrei Kirilenko (2)	RUS CSKA Moscow
6	ESP Fernando San Emeterio	ESP Caja Laboral
7	SLO Erazem Lorbek	ESP FC Barcelona
SRB Milan Mačvan	SRB Partizan	25
8	ESP Nikola Mirotić	ESP Real Madrid
9	SRB Nenad Krstić	RUS CSKA Moscow
10	ITA Pietro Aradori	ITA Montepaschi Siena

Top 16

Game	Player	Team
1	BLR Vladimir Veremeenko	RUS UNICS
2	MKD Bo McCalebb	ITA Montepaschi Siena
3	SRB Nenad Krstić (2)	RUS CSKA Moscow
4	USA Aaron Jackson	ESP Gescrap Bizkaia
5	MNE Omar Cook	ITA EA7 Milano
6	GEO Manuchar Markoishvili	ITA Bennet Cantù

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team
1	GRE Dimitris Diamantidis	GRE Panathinaikos
2	RUS Andrei Kirilenko (3)	RUS CSKA Moscow
3	GRE Kostas Vasileiadis	ESP Gescrap Bizkaia
4	RUS Andrei Kirilenko (4)	RUS CSKA Moscow
5	GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (2)	GRE Panathinaikos

MVP of the Month

Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award

Month	Player	Team
October 2011	RUS Andrei Kirilenko	RUS CSKA Moscow
November 2011	SRB Nenad Krstić	RUS CSKA Moscow
December 2011	ESP Nikola Mirotić	ESP Real Madrid
January 2012	BIH Henry Domercant	RUS UNICS
February 2012	GRE Vassilis Spanoulis	GRE Olympiacos
March 2012	GRE Dimitris Diamantidis	GRE Panathinaikos

References

[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/86156/180 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague teams] {{Webarchive. link. (15 April 2013 Euroleague.net 20 June 2011)
[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/86405/180/item Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draw seeds] {{Webarchive. link. (31 August 2011 Euroleague.net – 4 July 2011)
[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/91163/180/top-16-draw-set-for-december-28-in-barcelona Top 16 Draw set for 28 December in Barcelona] {{Webarchive. link. (14 April 2012 , euroleague.net)
[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/91945/180/turkish-airlines-euroleague-top-16-draw-results Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 Draw results] {{Webarchive. link. (7 January 2012 , euroleague.net)
[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/91796/180/top-16-draw-criteria-and-procedure Top 16 Draw, Criteria and Procedure] {{Webarchive. link. (10 January 2012 , euroleague.net)
[http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/istanbul-2012/main-page/i/97498/7005 2011–12 All-Euroleague First, Second teams announced] {{Webarchive. link. (15 May 2012 . Euroleague.net. Retrieved 2012-05-14.)
[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/96596/180/montepaschi-siena-s-bo-mccalebb-wins-the-alphonso-ford-top-scorer-trophy Montepaschi Siena's Bo McCalebb wins the Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy] {{Webarchive. link. (12 May 2012 . Euroleague.net (17 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.)
[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/96661/180 Head coaches vote CSKA's Kirilenko best defender!] {{Webarchive. link. (2 May 2012 . Euroleague.net (19 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.)
[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/96621/180 Real Madrid's Mirotic becomes first two-time Rising Star winner] {{Webarchive. link. (2 May 2012 . Euroleague.net (18 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.)
"2011-12 Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Dusan Ivkovic, Olympiacos Piraeus". Euroleague.

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