2008–09 Euroleague

Main article: Euroleague Basketball
Euroleague
Champions Greece Panathinaikos
5th title
Runners-up Russia CSKA Moscow
Third place Spain FC Barcelona
Fourth place Greece Olympiacos
Teams 24
Games played 188 (total)
Duration 22 October 2008 – 3 May 2009
Awards
MVP Spain Juan Carlos Navarro
Final Four MVP Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
Rising Star Serbia Novica Veličković
Best Defender Greece Dimitris Diamantidis
Coach of the Year Serbia Duško Vujošević
Statistical leaders
PIR

Israel D'or Fischer

21.5

Points

Serbia Igor Rakočević

18.0

Rebounds

Turkey Mirsad Türkcan

8.6

Assists

Greece Theodoros Papaloukas

5.2

The Euroleague 2008-09 season was the ninth international professional basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe under the Euroleague Basketball (Company) umbrella. The season, which featured 24 teams from 13 different countries, culminated in the 2008-09 Euroleague Final Four at the new O2 World arena in Berlin, Germany.[1] It was won by Panathinaikos, who defeated in the final, the defending champions CSKA Moscow.

While the general structure of the competition was identical to that used in recent seasons, changes were made to the format for two of its phases, the Regular Season and Quarterfinals.

Top 16 game between Real Madrid and Maccabi Electra

Teams of the 2008-2009 Euroleague

Key to colors
     Champion
     Runner-up
     Third place
     Fourth place
     Eliminated in Quarterfinals
     Eliminated in Last 16
     Eliminated in the regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2007-08 national championship)
Spain Spain (ACB) 5 [2] Tau Cerámica (1) FC Barcelona (2) DKV Joventut (SF) Unicaja Málaga (SF) Real Madrid (QF)
Italy Italy (Lega A) 4 Montepaschi Siena (1) Lottomatica Roma (2) Air Avellino (SF) Armani Jeans Milano (SF)
Greece Greece (ESAKE A1) 3 Panathinaikos (1) Olympiacos (2) Panionios Forthnet (3)
Turkey Turkey (TBL) 2 Fenerbahçe Ülker (1) Efes Pilsen (SF)
France France (LNB Pro A) 2 Nancy (1) Le Mans (SF)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 1 Žalgiris (1)
Germany Germany (BBL) 1 Alba Berlin (1)
Croatia Croatia (A1 Liga) 1 Cibona (SF)
Russia Russia (Superleague A) 1 CSKA Moscow (1)
Israel Israel (BSL) 1 Maccabi Electra (2)
Slovenia Slovenia (SKL) 1 Union Olimpija (1)
Serbia Serbia (KLS) 1 Partizan (1)
Poland Poland (PLK) 1 Asseco Prokom Sopot (1)

Team rosters

Format

Regular Season

The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round. This was the first year for this particular format; previously, the competing teams were split into three groups of eight teams each, with the top five teams in each group plus the best sixth-place team advancing.

If two or more clubs finished level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:[3]

  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
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Games were played from October 22, 2008 to January 15, 2009.[4]

Top 16

The surviving teams were then divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round-robin system was 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. Games began on January 28 and ended March 12.

Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, the top placed teams from each Top 16 group played second placed teams from a different group in a best-of-five playoff series, with the winners of those series advancing to the Final Four. This was the first season in which the quarterfinals were best-of-five; previously, they had been best-of-three. The quarterfinal matches were played from March 24 until April 9.

Final Four format

The culminating stage of the Euroleague in which the four remaining teams played a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers played in a third-place playoff. The team which was victorious in the Final (Panathinaikos) would be Euroleague champion. The Final Four semifinals were played May 1, with the third-place game and final on May 3.

Regular season

The regular season began on October 20, 2008 and concluded on January 15, 2009.

Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advance to Top 16

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Spain Unicaja Málaga 10 8 2 771 698 +73
2. Greece Olympiacos 10 6 4 815 748 +67
3. Israel Maccabi Electra 10 6 4 815 811 +4
4. Croatia Cibona 10 5 5 760 772 -12
5. Italy Air Avellino 10 3 7 754 814 -60
6. France Le Mans 10 2 8 747 819 -72

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Spain FC Barcelona 10 9 1 813 650 +163
2. Italy Montepaschi Siena 10 8 2 835 750 +85
3. Greece Panathinaikos 10 7 3 763 707 +56
4. Poland Asseco Prokom Sopot 10 2 8 675 734 -59
5. Lithuania Žalgiris 10 2 8 716 812 -96
6. France Nancy 10 2 8 706 855 -149

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Spain Tau Cerámica 10 8 2 916 808 +108
2. Italy Lottomatica Roma 10 6 4 814 786 +28
3. Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 6 4 779 755 +24
4. Germany Alba Berlin 10 4 6 691 748 -57
5. Spain DKV Joventut 10 4 6 800 810 -10
6. Slovenia Union Olimpija 10 2 8 725 818 -93

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Russia CSKA Moscow 10 7 3 774 644 +130
2. Spain Real Madrid 10 6 4 740 707 +33
3. Italy Armani Jeans Milano 10 5 5 734 745 -11
4. Serbia Partizan 10 5 5 706 687 +19
5. Turkey Efes Pilsen 10 4 6 713 762 -49
6. Greece Panionios Forthnet 10 3 7 668 790 -122

Top 16

The Top 16 stage was played from January 28 to March 12, 2009.

The draw was conducted on January 19 at Euroleague Basketball (Company) headquarters in Barcelona. The group winners in the Regular Season were drawn from one pot, the runners-up from one pot, the teams in 3rd place from one pot and those in 4th place from one pot. Teams that played in the same group in the Regular Season could not meet again in the Top 16. Also, teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same pool unless it was necessary to prevent teams from the same Regular Season group from being drawn together.

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Greece Olympiacos 6 5 1 496 446 +50
2. Spain Tau Cerámica 6 4 2 556 474 +82
3. Italy Armani Jeans Milano 6 2 4 455 529 -74
4. Poland Asseco Prokom Sopot 6 1 5 444 502 -58

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Spain FC Barcelona 6 5 1 508 429 +79
2. Spain Real Madrid 6 5 1 505 487 +18
3. Israel Maccabi Electra 6 2 4 459 481 -22
4. Germany Alba Berlin 6 0 6 427 502 -75

*FC Barcelona wins the group over Real Madrid by the head-to-head point differential.

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Greece Panathinaikos 6 5 1 503 428 +72
2. Serbia Partizan 6 4 2 420 434 -14
3. Spain Unicaja Málaga 6 2 4 484 461 +23
4. Italy Lottomatica Roma 6 1 5 441 525 -84

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Russia CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 454 377 +77
2. Italy Montepaschi Siena 6 4 2 472 456 +16
3. Croatia Cibona 6 2 4 423 456 -33
4. Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 6 1 5 384 444 -60

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
Olympiacos Greece3–1Spain Real Madrid88–7979–7363–7178–75
FC Barcelona Spain3–2Spain Tau Cerámica75–8485–6262–6984–6378–62
Panathinaikos Greece3–1Italy Montepaschi Siena90–8579–8472–5391–84
CSKA Moscow Russia3–0Serbia Partizan56–4777–5067–56

Final Four

The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.

Semifinals

May 1, O2 World, Berlin

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Barcelona Spain 78–82 Russia CSKA Moscow
Olympiacos Greece 82–84 Greece Panathinaikos

3rd place game

May 3, O2 World, Berlin

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olympiacos Greece 79–95 Spain FC Barcelona

Final

May 3, O2 World, Berlin

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos Greece 73–71 Russia CSKA Moscow
2008-09 Euroleague
Champions
Greece
Panathinaikos
5th Title

Final standings

Team
Greece Panathinaikos
Russia CSKA Moscow
Spain FC Barcelona
Greece Olympiacos

Final Four 2009 MVP

Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (Panathinaikos)

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.Israel D'or FischerIsrael Maccabi Electra1327921.46
2.United States Terrell McIntyre Italy Montepaschi Siena1937719.84
3.Turkey Mirsad TürkcanTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker1427119.36

Points

Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1.Serbia Igor Rakočević Spain Tau Cerámica2137717.95
2.United States Terrell McIntyre Italy Montepaschi Siena1932817.26
3.Poland David LoganPoland Asseco Prokom Sopot1525316.87

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1.Turkey Mirsad TürkcanTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker141218.64
2.Israel D'or Fischer Israel Maccabi Electra13997.62
3.Greece Ioannis Bourousis Greece Olympiacos221627.36

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1.Greece Theodoros Papaloukas Greece Olympiacos221145.18
2.Montenegro Omar Cook Spain Unicaja Málaga16825.13
3.United States Terrell McIntyre Italy Montepaschi Siena19844.42

Other Stats

Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per gamePoland David LoganPoland Asseco Prokom Sopot152.67
Blocks per gameSpain Fran VázquezSpain FC Barcelona231.74
Turnovers per gamePoland David LoganPoland Asseco Prokom Sopot152.93
Fouls drawn per gameSlovenia Sani BečirovićItaly Lottomatica Roma136.23
Minutes per gamePoland David LoganPoland Asseco Prokom Sopot1534:18
2FG%Czech Republic Luboš BartoňSpain FC Barcelona230.800
3FG%Italy Marco MordenteItaly Armani Jeans Milano120.555
FT%United States Louis BullockSpain Real Madrid200.953

Game highs

Category Name Team Stat
RatingIsrael Lior EliyahuIsrael Maccabi Electra42
PointsUnited States Terrell McIntyreItaly Montepaschi Siena35
ReboundsRepublic of Ireland Pat BurkePoland Asseco Prokom Sopot20
AssistsGreece Theodoros PapaloukasGreece Olympiacos13
Steals 7 occasions 6
BlocksUnited States Loren WoodsLithuania Žalgiris7
Turnovers 3 occasions 8
Fouls DrawnSlovenia Sani BečirovićItaly Lottomatica Roma12

Awards

Euroleague 2008-09 MVP

Euroleague 2008-09 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2008-09

[5]

Position All-Euroleague First Team Club Team All-Euroleague Second Team Club Team
PG
 United States Terrell McIntyre Italy Montepaschi Siena Greece Theodoros Papaloukas Greece Olympiacos
SG/SF
Serbia Igor Rakočević Spain Tau Cerámica Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas Russia CSKA Moscow
SG/SF
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain FC Barcelona Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Panathinaikos
PF/C
Greece Ioannis Bourousis Greece Olympiacos Slovenia Erazem Lorbek Russia CSKA Moscow
PF/C
 Montenegro Nikola Peković Greece Panathinaikos Brazil Tiago Splitter Spain Tau Cerámica

Rising Star

Best Defender

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

Club Executive of the Year

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

Game Player Team Rating
1United States Will McDonaldSpain Tau Cerámica32
2United Kingdom Pops Mensah-BonsuSpain Joventut Badalona37
3Serbia Igor RakočevićSpain Tau Cerámica34
4United States Mike HallItaly Armani Jeans Milano28
5Spain Edu Hernandez-Sonseca Spain Joventut Badalona38
6Israel Lior Eliyahu Israel Maccabi Electra42
7Guyana Rawle Marshall Croatia Cibona34
8Slovenia Sani Bečirović Italy Lottomatica Roma38
9United States Immanuel McElroyGermany Alba Berlin38
10Turkey Oğuz SavaşTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker41

Top 16

Game Player Team PIR
1Montenegro Nikola Peković Greece Panathinaikos28
Israel D'or FischerIsrael Maccabi Electra28
Israel Lior Eliyahu (2)Israel Maccabi Electra28
2Serbia Novica VeličkovićSerbia Partizan29
3Turkey Ersan İlyasovaSpain FC Barcelona39
4Brazil Tiago SplitterSpain Tau Cerámica28
5United States Charles GainesIsrael Maccabi Electra33
United States Mike Hall (2)Italy Armani Jeans Milano33
6United States Mike BatisteGreece Panathinaikos35

Quarter-finals

Game Player Team PIR
1Central African Republic Romain SatoItaly Montepaschi Siena36
2Slovenia Erazem LorbekRussia CSKA Moscow33
3Lithuania Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRussia CSKA Moscow30
Slovenia Matjaž SmodišRussia CSKA Moscow30
4United States Terrell McIntyreItaly Montepaschi Siena37
5Turkey Ersan İlyasova (2)Spain FC Barcelona26

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team
October 2008Turkey Ersan İlyasovaSpain FC Barcelona
November 2008Slovenia Sani BečirovićItaly Lottomatica Roma
December 2008Israel Lior EliyahuIsrael Maccabi Electra
January 2009Serbia Igor RakočevićSpain Tau Cerámica
February 2009Serbia Novica VeličkovićSerbia Partizan
March 2009Slovenia Erazem LorbekRussia CSKA Moscow

See also

References and notes

  1. ↑ EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL, AEG ANNOUNCE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, May 3, 2008
  2. ↑ El AXA FCB, quinto español en la Euroliga... y el Kalise GC, a la ULEB Cup
  3. ↑ "Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Draw procedures". Euroleague. 2008-01-29. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  4. ↑ New competition system for 2008-09 Euroleague
  5. ↑ http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/berlin-2009/main-page/i/49161/2768/2008-09-all-euroleague-mvp-announced

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