2011–12 Euroleague

Euroleague 2011–12
League	Turkish Airlines Euroleague
Sport	Basketball
Regular Season
Season MVP	Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow)
Top scorer	Bo McCalebb (Montepaschi Siena)
Final Four
Final Four champions	Olympiacos
Runners-up	CSKA Moscow
Final Four MVP	Vasilis Spanoulis
Euroleague seasons
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The Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2011–12 was the 12th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball 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 3rd Greek win in that time.

Regular season teams

On 20 June 2011 the teams for this season were announced.^[1]

Country (League)	Teams	TeamsLicense type (ranking in 2010–11 national championship)
Spain (ACB)	5	FC Barcelona Regal A (1)	Gescrap Bizkaia B (2)	Real Madrid A (3)	Caja Laboral Baskonia A (4)	Unicaja Málaga A (8)
Italy (Lega A)	3	Montepaschi Siena A (1)	Bennet Cantù B (2)	Emporio Armani Milano WC (3)
Turkey (TBL)	3	Fenerbahçe Ülker A (1)	Galatasaray Medical Park B QU (2)	Anadolu Efes İstanbul A (4)
Greece (GBL)	2	Panathinaikos BC A (1)	Olympiacos BC A (2)
Russia (PBL)	2	CSKA Moscow A (1)	Unics Kazan C (3)
Belgium (BLB)	1	Spirou Basket B QU (1)
Croatia (A-1 Liga)	1	KK Zagreb B (1)
France (LNB Pro A)	1	SLUC Nancy B (1)
Germany (BBL)	1	Brose Baskets B (1)
Israel (BSL)	1	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv A (1)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	Žalgiris Kaunas A (1)
Poland (PLK)	1	Asseco Prokom Gdynia A[2] (1)
Serbia (KLS)	1	Partizan mt:s B (1)
Slovenia (SKL)	1	Union Olimpija Ljubljana B (2)

A new A License was granted to Asseco Prokom Gdynia, making them the 14th club with this distinction. A C License was given to Eurocup 2010–11 winner UNICS Kazan. ULEB suspended the A License of Virtus Roma after they finished in the bottom half of Lega A in 2010–11, awarding a wild card entry to EA Milano.

Spirou Basket and Galatasaray Medical Park has entred the 2011–2012 Euroleague Regular Season via qualification.

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.^[3]

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.

Euroleague qualifying round teams

The Qualifying Rounds consisted of two Final-Eight tournaments, held in Vilnius and Charleroi. The two winning teams advance to the Euroleague Regular Season

	First qualifying round					Second qualifying round					Third qualifying round
	1	ASVEL Basket	80
	8	BCM Gravelines	72
							ASVEL Basket	83
							Galatasaray	93
	4	PAOK	64
	5	Galatasaray	77
												Galatasaray	71
												Lietuvos Rytas	63
	3	Lietuvos Rytas	83
	6	KK Budućnost	64
							Lietuvos Rytas	88
							Cibona Zagreb	71
	2	Cibona Zagreb	77
	7	Cholet Basket	70

	First qualifying round					Second qualifying round					Third qualifying round
	1	Alba Berlin	82
	8	VEF Rīga	60
							Alba Berlin	63
							Spirou Basket	74
	4	Spirou Basket	61
	5	BC Donetsk	59
												Spirou Basket	79
												ČEZ Nymburk	53
	3	BC Khimki	74
	6	PGE Turów	67
							BC Khimki	79
							ČEZ Nymburk	86
	2	ČEZ Nymburk	69
	7	Banvit	57

Regular season

The Regular Season begins in 19 October.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	10	6	4	785	758	+27	1−1 (+9)
2.	Olympiacos	10	6	4	782	757	+25	1−1 (−9)
3.	Bennet Cantù	10	5	5	724	744	−20	3−1 (+3)
4.	Gescrap Bizkaia	10	5	5	776	755	+21	2−2 (+4)
5.	Caja Laboral	10	5	5	792	755	+37	1−3 (−1)
6.	SLUC Nancy	10	3	7	743	833	−90

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	CSKA Moscow	10	10	0	870	729	+141
2.	Panathinaikos	10	7	3	834	739	+95
3.	Unicaja	10	4	6	791	808	−17	1−1 (+5)
4.	Žalgiris Kaunas	10	4	6	763	812	−49	1−1 (−5)
5.	Brose Baskets	10	3	7	773	794	−21
6.	KK Zagreb	10	2	8	718	867	−149

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Real Madrid	10	8	2	879	773	+106
2.	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	10	7	3	790	732	+58
3.	Anadolu Efes	10	5	5	721	751	−30
4.	EA7 Emporio Armani	10	4	6	738	734	+4	1–1 (+2)
5.	Partizan Mt:s	10	4	6	739	774	−35	1–1 (–2)
6.	Spirou Basket	10	2	8	729	832	−103

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	FC Barcelona Regal	10	9	1	793	559	+194
2.	Montepaschi Siena	10	8	2	779	696	+83
3.	UNICS Kazan	10	7	3	702	656	+46
4.	Galatasaray Medical Park	10	4	6	694	736	−42
5.	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	10	1	9	618	743	−125	1−1 (+7)
6.	Union Olimpija Ljubljana	10	1	9	589	745	−156	1−1 (−7)

Top 16

The draw took place in Barcelona, Spain on 28 December 2011 at 13.00 CET.^[4][5] The 16 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.^[6]

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	CSKA Moscow	6	5	1	509	413	+96
2.	Olympiacos	6	3	3	457	471	−14	1−1 (+6)
3.	Galatasaray Medical Park	6	3	3	423	438	−15	1−1 (−6)
4.	Anadolu Efes	6	1	5	387	454	−67

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Montepaschi Siena	6	4	2	493	435	+58	2−2 (+20)
2.	Gescrap Bilbao	6	4	2	437	423	+14	2–2 (−5)
3.	Real Madrid	6	4	2	496	489	+7	2–2 (−15)
4.	Unicaja	6	0	6	407	486	−79

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Panathinaikos	6	4	2	436	394	+42
2.	UNICS Kazan	6	3	3	432	423	+9	1–1 (+10)
3.	EA7 Emporio Armani	6	3	3	379	390	−11	1–1 (–10)
4.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	6	2	4	420	460	−40

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	FC Barcelona Regal	6	6	0	430	384	+46
2.	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	6	3	3	427	425	+2	1–1 (+7)
3.	Bennet Cantù	6	3	3	420	426	−6	1–1 (−7)
4.	Žalgiris Kaunas	6	0	6	429	471	−42

Quarterfinals

	Team No. 1	Agg.	Team No. 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4*	Game 5*
1.	CSKA Moscow	3–1	Gescrap Bilbao	98–71	79–60	81–94	73–71	—
2.	Montepaschi Siena	1–3	Olympiacos	75–82	81–80	55–75	69–76	—
3.	Panathinaikos	3–2	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	93–73	92–94	62–65	78–69	86–85
4.	FC Barcelona Regal	3–0	UNICS Kazan	78–66	66–63	67–56	—	—

* if necessary

Final Four

Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul, Turkey

	Semifinals 11 May				Final 13 May
	CSKA Moscow	66
	Panathinaikos	64
					CSKA Moscow	61
					Olympiacos	62
					Third place
	Olympiacos	68		Panathinaikos	69
	FC Barcelona Regal	64			FC Barcelona Regal	74

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Semifinal 1

11 May 2012 17:00	Report	CSKA Moscow	66–64	Panathinaikos		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,262 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), José Martin (ESP), Streten Radović (CRO)
		Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 17–5, 19–21, 15–9
		Pts: Kirilenko 17 Rebs: Kirilenko 9 Asts: Khryapa 5		Pts: Jasikevičius 19 Rebs: Kaimakoglou 8 Asts: Diamantidis 6

Semifinal 2

11 May 2012 20:00	Report	Olympiacos	68–64	FC Barcelona Regal		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,262 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Tolga Sahin (ITA)
		Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 16–18, 17–18, 18–17
		Pts: Spanoulis 21 Rebs: Mantzaris 6 Asts: Spanoulis 6		Pts: Navarro 18 Rebs: Vázquez 7 Asts: Navarro 3

Third-place playoff

13 May 2012 17:00	Report	Panathinaikos	69–74	FC Barcelona Regal		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,262 Referees: Recep Ankarali (TUR), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Olegs Satisevs (LAT)
		Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 17–27, 15–10, 17–16
		Pts: Diamantidis 17 Rebs: Marić 11 Asts: Calathes 2		Pts: Huertas 21 Rebs: Ndong, Vázquez 5 Asts: Huertas 3

Final

13 May 2012 20:00	Report	CSKA Moscow	61–62	Olympiacos		Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul Attendance: 15,550 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), José Martín (ESP), Tolga Sahin (ITA)
		Scoring by quarter: 10–7, 24–13, 19–20, 8–22
		Pts: Teodosić 15 Rebs: Kirilenko 10 Asts: Teodosić 3		Pts: Papanikolaou 18 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: three players 2

Euroleague 2012 Champions
Olympiacos 2nd title

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	17	411	24.18
2.	Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	22	405	18.41
3.	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena	17	294	17.29
4.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	23	378	16.43
5.	Henry Domercant	UNICS Kazan	19	309	16.26

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena	17	287	16.88
2.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	21	350	16.67
3.	Sonny Weems	Žalgiris Kaunas	15	233	15.53
4.	Henry Domercant	UNICS	19	294	15.47
5.	Jaycee Carroll	Real Madrid	16	227	14.19

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	17	127	7.47
2.	Joel Freeland	Unicaja	14	95	6.79
3.	Ioannis Bourousis	EA7 Emporio Armani	15	96	6.40
4.	Felipe Reyes	Real Madrid	16	101	6.31
5.	David Andersen	Montepaschi Siena	20	123	6.15

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Omar Cook	EA7 Emporio Armani	16	91	5.69
2.	Sergio Rodríguez	Real Madrid	16	86	5.38
3.	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	22	110	5.00
4.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	23	110	4.78
5.	Kerem Tunçeri	Anadolu Efes	15	67	4.47

Awards

Euroleague 2011–12 MVP

• Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP

• Vassilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos)

All-Euroleague Team 2011–12

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All-Euroleague First Team	Club Team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club Team
Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow
Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena
Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	Juan Carlos Navarro	Barcelona
Erazem Lorbek	Barcelona	Henry Domercant	Unics Kazan
Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

• Bo McCalebb (Montepaschi Siena)^[8]

Best Defender

• Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow)^[9]

Rising Star

• Nikola Mirotić (Real Madrid)^[10]

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	37
2	Nicolas Batum	SLUC Nancy	36
3	Jordan Farmar	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	35
4	Nicolas Batum	SLUC Nancy	35
5	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	39
6	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	36
7	Erazem Lorbek	FC Barcelona Regal	25
	Milan Mačvan	Partizan	25
8	Nikola Mirotić	Real Madrid	33
9	Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	31
10	Pietro Aradori	Montepaschi Siena	33

Top 16

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Vladimir Veremeenko	UNICS	32
2	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena	36
3	Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	31
4	Aaron Jackson	Gescrap Bizkaia	28
5	Omar Cook	EA7 Emporio Armani	22
6	Manuchar Markoishvili	Bennet Cantù	35

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	31
2	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	31
3	Kostas Vasiliadis	Gescrap Bizkaia	21
4	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	29
5	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	34

MVP of the Month

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

See also

• FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague history
• Rosters of Top Teams in the European Club Competitions
• List of Euroleague finals
• European Cup and Euroleague records and statistics
• Euroleague Final Four
• Euroleague Awards
• 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball

References

External links

• Official website