Euroleague 2004-05
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The Euroleague
is an international basketball
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competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2004–2005 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow, Russia, with defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv defeating TAU Cerámica
90-78.
series, with the winners of those series advancing to the Final Four.
Tiebreakers:
The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:
Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In cases of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.
Teams in bold type advanced to the quarterfinals.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv )
( Maccabi Tel Aviv )
( Maccabi Tel Aviv ) Arvydas Macijauskas
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TAU Cerámica
) Anthony Parker
( Maccabi Tel Aviv ) David Andersen
(
CSKA Moscow
) Nikola Vujčić
( Maccabi Tel Aviv )
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Panathinaikos ) Marcus Brown
( CSKA Moscow
) Charles Smith
(
Scavolini Pesaro ) Luis Scola
( TAU Ceramica
) Tanoka Beard
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Žalgiris Kaunas
)
( Panathinaikos )
Alphonso Ford
Charles Smith
( Scavolini Pesaro
)
Alexander Gomelsky
Pini Gershon ( Maccabi Tel Aviv )
TAU Ceramica
)
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
is an international basketball
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competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2004–2005 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow, Russia, with defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv defeating TAU Cerámica
Saski Baskonia
Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain...
90-78.
Regular season
The first phase is a regular season, in which the competing teams are drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team plays 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 advance to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers is provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.Top 16
The surviving teams are divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system is adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the top 2 teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the Regular Season.Quarterfinals
This was the first season in which the Euroleague instituted a quarterfinal phase. The top placed teams from each Top 16 group played second-placed teams from a different group in a best-of-three playoffPlayoff
The playoffs, postseason, or finals of a sports league are a game or series of games played after the regular season by the top competitors, usually but not always with a single-elimination system, to determine the league champion or a similar accolade.In the U.S...
series, with the winners of those series advancing to the Final Four.
Final four
The culminating stage of the Euroleague in which the four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff. The team which is victorious in the Final will be Euroleague champion.Regular season
| Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advance to Top 16 |
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| Eliminated |
Tiebreakers:
- Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
- Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs are not in the same group)
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Climamio Bologna Fortitudo Bologna Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is an Legadue Basket professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. It's currently sponsored by Conad.-History:... |
14 | 12 | 2 | 1199 | 110360 | 96 |
| 2. |  Efes Pilsen |
14 | 14 | 0 | 1080 | 934 | 145 |
| 3. |  Cibona ZagrebKK Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona is a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian League and the Adriatic League.-History:The club was founded in 1946 under the name Sloboda... |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1172 | 1037 | 47 |
| 4. | Real Madrid Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto .... |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1056 | 1020 | 36 |
| 5. |  Prokom Trefl SopotProkom Trefl Sopot Asseco Prokom Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League and the Euroleague... |
14 | 7 | 7 | 981 | 1028 | -47 |
| 6. | Estudiantes Madrid CB Estudiantes Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known as Asefa Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid. It is member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto . Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain... |
14 | 4 | 10 | 1074 | 1109 | -35 |
| 7. | Olympiacos Olympiacos BC Olympiacos B.C. , also known simply as Olympiacos and Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional basketball club, part of Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. The basketball club, founded in 1931, is one of the most successful in Greece and a traditional powerhouse in European competitions... |
14 | 4 | 10 | 1017 | 1144 | -127 |
| 8. |  Partizan BelgradeKK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague.... |
14 | 2 | 12 | 1030 | 1146 | -116 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
14 | 10 | 4 | 1324 | 1189 | 135 |
| 2. | FC Barcelona |
14 | 9 | 5 | 1071 | 1045 | 26 |
| 3. | Žalgiris Kaunas BC Žalgiris BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League... |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1185 | 1180 | 5 |
| 4. | AEK Athens AEK Athens BC AEK BC , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, is a Greek professional sports basketball club based in Athens, Greece. The club was established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War .... |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1102 | 1106 | -4 |
| 5. | Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basket Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana... |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1105 | 1049 | 56 |
| 6. | Scavolini Pesaro Victoria Libertas Pesaro Victoria Libertas , full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A... |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1116 | 1168 | -52 |
| 7. |  Olimpija LjubljanaKK Union Olimpija -Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir... |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1040 | 1058 | -18 |
| 8. |  ASVEL Villeurbanne |
14 | 2 | 12 | 973 | 1121 | -148 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
14 | 14 | 0 | 1191 | 1074 | 117 |
| 2. | Panathinaikos |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1126 | 1061 | 65 |
| 3. | Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1039 | 986 | 53 |
| 4. | Ülkerspor Ülkerspor -History:Ülkerspor had been founded in 1975 but its basketball department was created in 1993 by buying a Turkish League spot from Nasaşspor. It won Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006 with greats including Harun Erdenay, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael Anderson, Orhun Ene, Kevin Rankin and... |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1030 | 987 | 43 |
| 5. | TAU Cerámica Saski Baskonia Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain... |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1149 | 1146 | 3 |
| 6. | Unicaja Málaga Baloncesto Malaga Club Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D., more commonly referred to by its sponsorship name of Unicaja Málaga, is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Málaga, Andalusia... |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1030 | 1024 | 6 |
| 7. |  Frankfurt SkylinersDeutsche Bank Skyliners Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany that has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since 1999. They have won the national club competition 2000 and the national championship 2004... |
14 | 4 | 10 | 996 | 1137 | -141 |
| 8. | Pau-Orthez |
14 | 3 | 11 | 1070 | 1216 | -146 |
Top 16
The draw was held 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, Climamio, Maccabi, Efes Pilsen
- Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams
- Winterthur FCB, Panathinaikos,Benetton, Cibona
- Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams
- Žalgiris, Ülker Istanbul, Real Madrid,AEK Athens
- Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team
- TAU Cerámica, Montepaschi Siena, Prokom Trefl Sopot, Scavolini Pesaro
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:
- No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group can be placed in the same Top 16 group.
- No more than two teams from the same country can be placed in the same Top 16 group.
- If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) will receive priority.
Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In cases of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.
| Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals | |
| Eliminated from contention |
Teams in bold type advanced to the quarterfinals.
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
6 | 6 | 0 | 513 | 427 | +86 |
| 2. | Ülkerspor Ülkerspor -History:Ülkerspor had been founded in 1975 but its basketball department was created in 1993 by buying a Turkish League spot from Nasaşspor. It won Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006 with greats including Harun Erdenay, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael Anderson, Orhun Ene, Kevin Rankin and... |
6 | 3 | 3 | 434 | 469 | -35 |
| 3. | Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basket Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana... |
6 | 2 | 4 | 470 | 462 | +8 |
| 4. | Cibona Zagreb |
6 | 1 | 5 | 430 | 489 | −59 |
Group E
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
6 | 5 | 1 | 515 | 450 | +65 |
| 2. | Scavolini Pesaro Victoria Libertas Pesaro Victoria Libertas , full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A... |
6 | 3 | 3 | 467 | 492 | -25 |
| 3. | FC Barcelona |
6 | 2 | 4 | 463 | 478 | −15 |
| 4. | Real Madrid Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto .... |
6 | 2 | 4 | 477 | 502 | −25 |
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Panathinaikos Athens |
6 | 4 | 2 | 480 | 450 | +30 |
| 2. | TAU Cerámica Saski Baskonia Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain... |
6 | 4 | 2 | 526 | 483 | +43 |
| 3. | Climamio Bologna Fortitudo Bologna Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is an Legadue Basket professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. It's currently sponsored by Conad.-History:... |
6 | 4 | 2 | 471 | 479 | −8 |
| 4. | Žalgiris Kaunas BC Žalgiris BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League... |
6 | 0 | 6 | 457 | 522 | −65 |
Group G
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
6 | 4 | 2 | 447 | 385 | +62 |
| 2. | Efes Pilsen |
6 | 4 | 2 | 424 | 377 | +47 |
| 3. | AEK Athens AEK Athens BC AEK BC , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, is a Greek professional sports basketball club based in Athens, Greece. The club was established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War .... |
6 | 4 | 2 | 436 | 427 | +9 |
| 4. | Prokom Trefl Sopot Prokom Trefl Sopot Asseco Prokom Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League and the Euroleague... |
6 | 0 | 6 | 387 | 505 | −118 |
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.Quarterfinal 1
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
88 - 60 | Scavolini Pesaro Victoria Libertas Pesaro Victoria Libertas , full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A... |
Tel Aviv Nokia Arena The Yad Eliyahu Arena , commercially Nokia Arena , is a 11,700-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in southeastern Tel Aviv, Israel. The arena is home to the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club, a member of the Maccabi Tel Aviv sports club... |
April 5, 2005 |
| Game 2 | Scavolini Pesaro Victoria Libertas Pesaro Victoria Libertas , full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A... |
100–103 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Pesaro ADRIATIC Arena ADRIATIC Arena, formerly known as BPA Palace, is an indoor sporting arena located in Pesaro, Italy. The seat capacity of the arena it's 10.323 seats... |
April 7, 2005 |
Quarterfinal 2
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
88 - 74 | Ülkerspor Ülkerspor -History:Ülkerspor had been founded in 1975 but its basketball department was created in 1993 by buying a Turkish League spot from Nasaşspor. It won Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006 with greats including Harun Erdenay, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael Anderson, Orhun Ene, Kevin Rankin and... |
Moscow CSKA Universal Sports Hall Alexander Gomelsky CSKA Universal Sports Hall, formerly known as CSKA Palace of Sports, is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia... |
April 5, 2005 |
| Game 2 | Ülkerspor Ülkerspor -History:Ülkerspor had been founded in 1975 but its basketball department was created in 1993 by buying a Turkish League spot from Nasaşspor. It won Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006 with greats including Harun Erdenay, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael Anderson, Orhun Ene, Kevin Rankin and... |
64 - 82 | CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
Istanbul Abdi Ipekçi Arena Abdi İpekçi Arena, formerly known as Abdi İpekçi Sports Complex, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey, situated just outside of the ancient city walls in Yedikule. Opened in 1986 after many years of interrupted construction, it is named after the... |
April 7, 2005 |
Quarterfinal 3
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Panathinaikos |
102 - 96 | Efes Pilsen |
Athens | April 6, 2005 |
| Game 2 | Efes Pilsen |
75 - 63 | Panathinaikos |
Istanbul Abdi Ipekçi Arena Abdi İpekçi Arena, formerly known as Abdi İpekçi Sports Complex, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey, situated just outside of the ancient city walls in Yedikule. Opened in 1986 after many years of interrupted construction, it is named after the... |
April 8, 2005 |
| Game 3 | Panathinaikos |
84 - 76 | Efes Pilsen |
Athens | April 14, 2005 |
Quarterfinal 4
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
59 - 98 | TAU Cerámica Saski Baskonia Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain... |
Treviso Palaverde Palaverde is an indoor sporting arena located in Treviso, Italy. The capacity of the arena is for 5,134 people and was opened in September 1983. It is currently home only of the Benetton Treviso basketball team, after the Sisley Volley Treviso volleyball team moved to Belluno.... |
April 5, 2005 |
| Game 2 | TAU Cerámica Saski Baskonia Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain... |
66 - 64 | Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The arena's seating capacity, for basketball, is up to 9,900 people... |
April 7, 2005 |
Semifinal 1
| Maccabi Tel Aviv |
91 – 82 | Panathinaikos |
Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow | May 6, 2005 |
Semifinal 2
| CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
78 – 85 | TAU Cerámica Saski Baskonia Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain... |
Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow | May 6, 2005 |
Third Place
| CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's... |
91 – 94 | Panathinaikos |
Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow | May 8, 2005 |
Final
| Maccabi Tel Aviv |
90 – 78 | TAU Cerámica Saski Baskonia Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain... |
Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow | May 8, 2005 |
| Euroleague 2005 Champions |
|---|
 Maccabi Tel Aviv Fifth title |
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Coach of the Year
Pini Gershon ( Maccabi Tel Aviv )Club Executive of the Year
Jose Antonio Querejeta ( TAU CeramicaSaski Baskonia
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External links
- Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage.
- Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site.
- TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum.