Panathinaikos beat Maccabi for Euroleague titlePanathinaikos defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 78-70 in the final of basketball's EuroLeague Final Four in Barcelona last season. Maccabi had no answer for Euroleague and Final Four MVP Dimitris Diamantidis, who scored 16 points and nine assists. Panathinaikos join CSKA Moscow at six titles, two behind leader Real Madrid, while the win also adds a title for Zeljko Obradovic. Obradovic, who was already the winningest head coach in Euroleague history, now owns eight rings, the last five all with the Greek club. Italy's Montepaschi Siena beat Real Madrid 80-62 for third place. Euroleague 2011/12The 2011/12 Euroleague format involves two group stages. In the first group stage, 24 teams are divided into four groups of six. Each team plays 10 games within its group. The best 4 teams from each group advance to the Top 16, a secod group stage. Before the Final Four tournament there are quarter-final ties, best-of-five series between first and second-placed finishers from the Top 16. The four series winners advance to the Euroleague Final Four, with this season's showpiece tournament set for Istanbul next May.
This page is introduction to the 2011/2012 Euroleague season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euroleague basketball page. NBA lockout, players start heading to EuropeThe cancellation of the first two weeks of games in the National Basketball League has left Europe's Euroleague, albeit temporarily, as the world's top club competition promising an exciting season. League owners and players in the NBA have been unable to resolve a labour dispute, meaning that the season will not start before November 14 and more games are under threat with a collective bargaining agreement still looking distant. Due to the protracted lockout, many of the NBA's players have joined European teams. The biggest name between them is Andrei Kirilenko. The Utah Jazz star forward retured to his old team, CSKA Moscow, where he first became recognized as a top player. However, the exodus to Europe was only temporary as most of them have pledged to return when the lockout across the Atlatnic ends. Kirilenko signed a three-year contract, but also with an NBA return option.
The table displays the Euroleague team's success in the 2010/11 season. Barcelona and CSKA Moscow favouritesAccording to online bookmakers, Barcelona and CSKA Moscow are the favourites to take this year's Euroleague. Their main title rivals are Maccabi and Panathinaikos.
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key playersAnadolu EfesGuard Sasha Vujacic, Point Guard Vlado Ilievski, Center Stanko Barac, Center Ermal Kurtoglu, Forward Ersan Ilyasova. Asseco ProkomGuard Alonzo Gee, Guard Jerel Blassingame, Forward/Center Donatas Motiejunas, Guard/Forward Przemyslaw Zamojski, Center Adam Hrycaniuk. BambergForward Anthony Leon Tucker, Point Guard Julius Jenkins, Center/Forward Marcus Slaughter, Guard/Forward Casey Jacobsen, Guard Brian Roberts. BarcelonaForward Pete Mickeal, Forward/Guard Chuck Eidson, Center Kosta Perovic, Forward/Center Erazem Lorbek, Center Boniface Ndong. Bennet CantuForward Maarten Leunen, Forward Vladimir Micov, Guard Manuchar Markoishvili, Forward/Center Benjamin Ortner, Point Guard Andrea Cinciarini. Bizkaia BilbaoCenter D'or Fischer, Guard Aaron Jackson, Guard Janis Blums, Guard/Forward Kostas Vasiliadis, Forward Marko Banic. Caja LaboralGuard Brad Oleson, Center Milko Bjelica, Forward/Center Nemanja Bjelica, Guard Pablo Prigioni, Forward/Center Kevin Seraphin. CharleroiGuard Justin Hamilton, Guard Christopher Hill, Guard Demond Mallet, Forward Jiri Welsch, Forward Christophe Beghin. CSKA MoscowForward Andrei Kirilenko, Guard/Forward Jamont Gordon, Guard Milos Teodosic, Center Nenad Krstic, Guard Ramunas Siskauskas. Emporio Armani MilanoForward Jeffrey Viggiano, Point Guard Omar-Sharif Cook, Guard Drew Nicholas, Center Ioannis Bourousis, Forward Antonis Fotsis. Fenerbahce Ulker IstanbulForward James Gist, Center/Forward Gasper Vidmar, Guard Roko-Leni Ukic, Guard Marko Tomas, Guard/Forward Bojan Bogdanovic. GalatasarayGuard Jamon Lukas Gordon, Guard/Forward Joshua Shipp, Guard Jaka Lakovic, Center Zaza Pachulia, Forward/Center Cevher Ozer. KK ZagrebForward Joshua Heytvelt, Guard Diante Garrett, Forward/Center Sean May, Forward Papa Diasse, Guard Damir Mulaomerovic. Maccabi Tel-AvivCenter/Forward Shawn James, Guard Jon Scheyer, Guard/Forward Devin Smith, Forward David Bluthenthal, Point Guard Jordan Farmar. Montepaschi SienaForward DaJuan Summers, Forward/Center Shaun Stonerook, Point Guard Bo McCalebb, Center Ksistof Lavrinovic, Center David Andersen. OlympiacosPoint Guard Kalin Lucas, Forward Matt Howard, Forward/Center Kyle Hines, Forward Pero Antic, Guard Martynas Gecevicius. Panathinaikos AthensGuard David Logan, Forward Mike Batiste, Forward Steven Smith, Guard/Forward Pat Kalathis, Guard Dimitris Diamantidis. Partizan BelgradeGuard Acie Law, Center Nikola Pekovic, Center Miroslav Raduljica, Forward/Center Branislav Dekic, Forward Dusan Kecman. ProkomGuard Alonzo Gee, Guard Jerel Blassingame, Forward/Center Donatas Motiejunas, Guard/Forward Przemyslaw Zamojski, Center Adam Lapeta. Real MadridPoint Guard Jaycee Carroll, Forward/Center Nikola Mirotic, Guard Martynas Pocius, Center Ante Tomic, Center Mirza Begic. Unicaja MalagaGuard Earl Rowland, Guard/Forward Tremmell Darden, Guard Gerald Fitch, Guard Uros Tripkovic, Guard Kristaps Valters. Unics KazanGuard Marcus Williams, Forward Kelly McCarty, Guard Henry Domercant, Guard Terrell Lyday, Guard Lynn Greer. Union OlimpijaForward Deon Thompson, Guard/Forward Danny Green, Point Guard Ben Woodside, Center/Forward Ratko Varda, Point Guard Aleksandar Capin. Zalgiris KaunasGuard DeJuan Collins, Point Guard Ty Lawson, Guard/Forward Sonny Weems, Forward Tadas Klimavicius, Forward Paulius Jankunas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||