2008–09 Euroleague

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Euroleague
The Final Four was held in the O2 World in Berlin
Season	2008–09
Duration	22 October 2008 – 3 May 2009
Games played	188
Teams	24
Regular season
Season MVP	Spain Juan Carlos Navarro
Finals
Champions	Greece Panathinaikos 5th title
Runners-up	Russia CSKA Moscow
Third place	Spain FC Barcelona
Fourth place	Greece Olympiacos
Final Four MVP	Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
Awards
Rising Star	Serbia Novica Veličković
Best Defender	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis
Coach of the Year	Serbia Duško Vujošević
Statistical leaders
Points Serbia Igor Rakočević 18.0 Rebounds Turkey Mirsad Türkcan 8.6 Assists Greece Theodoros Papaloukas 5.2 Index Rating Israel D'or Fischer 21.5
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Euroleague was the 9th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 52nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season, which featured 24 teams from 13 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.

Key to colors

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)

• DKV Joventut qualified as ULEB Cup winners.

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.

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

Key to colors

Group A [edit ] 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 VIP 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 [edit ] 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 [edit ] 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 [edit ] 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

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

Group E [edit ] 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 [edit ] 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 [edit ] 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 [edit ] 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 VIP 6 2 4 423 456 -33 4. Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 6 1 5 384 444 -60

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 Greece	3–1	Spain Real Madrid	88–79	79–73	63–71	78–75
Regal FC Barcelona Spain	3–2	Spain Tau Cerámica	75–84	85–62	62–69	84–63	78–62
Panathinaikos Greece	3–1	Italy Montepaschi Siena	90–85	79–84	72–53	91–84
CSKA Moscow Russia	3–0	Serbia Partizan	56–47	77–50	67–56

The Final Four was played on May 1 and on May 3. Semifinal games were played on Friday, while the third-place playoff and Final were played on Sunday. The event was hosted at the O2 World in Berlin. It was the first time the event was held in Berlin.

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Israel D'or Fischer	Israel Maccabi Electra	13	279	21.46
2.	United States Terrell McIntyre	Italy Montepaschi Siena	19	377	19.84
3.	Turkey Mirsad Türkcan	Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker	14	271	19.36

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PPG
1.	Serbia Igor Rakočević	Spain Tau Cerámica	21	377	17.95
2.	United States Terrell McIntyre	Italy Montepaschi Siena	19	328	17.26
3.	Poland David Logan	Poland Asseco Prokom Sopot	15	253	16.87

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	RPG
1.	Turkey Mirsad Türkcan	Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker	14	121	8.64
2.	Israel D'or Fischer	Israel Maccabi Electra	13	99	7.62
3.	Greece Ioannis Bourousis	Greece Olympiacos	22	162	7.36

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	APG
1.	Greece Theodoros Papaloukas	Greece Olympiacos	22	114	5.18
2.	Montenegro Omar Cook	Spain Unicaja Málaga	16	82	5.13
3.	United States Terrell McIntyre	Italy Montepaschi Siena	19	84	4.42

• Spain Juan Carlos Navarro ( Spain FC Barcelona )

• Greece Vassilis Spanoulis ( Greece Panathinaikos )

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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

• Serbia Novica Veličković ( Serbia Partizan )

• Greece Dimitris Diamantidis ( Greece Panathinaikos )

• Serbia Igor Rakočević ( Spain Tau Cerámica )

• Serbia Duško Vujošević ( Serbia Partizan )

• Germany Marco Baldi (Germany Alba Berlin)

Game	Player	Team	Rating
1	United States Will McDonald	Spain Tau Cerámica	32
2	United Kingdom Pops Mensah-Bonsu	Spain Joventut Badalona	37
3	Serbia Igor Rakočević	Spain Tau Cerámica	34
4	United States Mike Hall	Italy Armani Jeans Milano	28
5	Spain Edu Hernandez-Sonseca	Spain Joventut Badalona	38
6	Israel Lior Eliyahu	Israel Maccabi Electra	42
7	Guyana Rawle Marshall	Croatia Cibona	34
8	Slovenia Sani Bečirović	Italy Lottomatica Roma	38
9	United States Immanuel McElroy	Germany Alba Berlin	38
10	Turkey Oğuz Savaş	Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker	41

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Montenegro Nikola Peković	Greece Panathinaikos	28
	Israel D'or Fischer	Israel Maccabi Electra	28
	Israel Lior Eliyahu (2)	Israel Maccabi Electra	28
2	Serbia Novica Veličković	Serbia Partizan	29
3	Turkey Ersan İlyasova	Spain FC Barcelona	39
4	Brazil Tiago Splitter	Spain Tau Cerámica	28
5	United States Charles Gaines	Israel Maccabi Electra	33
	United States Mike Hall (2)	Italy Armani Jeans Milano	33
6	United States Mike Batiste	Greece Panathinaikos	35

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Central African Republic Romain Sato	Italy Montepaschi Siena	36
2	Slovenia Erazem Lorbek	Russia CSKA Moscow	33
3	Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas	Russia CSKA Moscow	30
	Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš	Russia CSKA Moscow	30
4	United States Terrell McIntyre	Italy Montepaschi Siena	37
5	Turkey Ersan İlyasova (2)	Spain FC Barcelona	26

Month	Player	Team
October 2008	Turkey Ersan İlyasova	Spain FC Barcelona
November 2008	Slovenia Sani Bečirović	Italy Lottomatica Roma
December 2008	Israel Lior Eliyahu	Israel Maccabi Electra
January 2009	Serbia Igor Rakočević	Spain Tau Cerámica
February 2009	Serbia Novica Veličković	Serbia Partizan
March 2009	Slovenia Erazem Lorbek	Russia CSKA Moscow

• ULEB Eurocup 2008–09
• EuroChallenge 2008–09

• Euroleague official site

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