2005–06 Euroleague
The 2005–06 Euroleague was the 6th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 49th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall.
The 2005–06 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 countries. The Final Four was held at the Sazka Arena in Prague, Czech Republic on April 30, 2006. CSKA Moscow defeat the defending champions, Maccabi Elite by a score of 73–69 in the final.
Team allocation
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.| Teams entering in this round | |
| Regular season |
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| Top 16 |
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| Quarterfinals |
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Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- WC: Wild card
- LC: 3-year licence
- TH: title holder
Regular season
The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played 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 advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.If one or more clubs were level on won–lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- 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
- Points scored in all group matches
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
| Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16 |
Top 16
The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.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
Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams
Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams
Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team
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 could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
- No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
- If there was a conflict between these two restrictions, would receive priority.
| Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals |
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.Final four
Semifinals
April 28, Sazka Arena, Prague3rd place game
April 30, Sazka Arena, PragueFinal
April 30, Sazka Arena, PragueFinal Four 2006 MVP
Theodoros PapaloukasAwards
Euroleague MVP
Final Four MVP
Finals Top Scorer
All-Euroleague Team 2005–06
| Position | All-Euroleague First Team | Club Team | All-Euroleague Second Team | Club team | ||||||||
| PG |  Best DefenderRising StarAlphonso Ford Top ScorerAlexander Gomelsky Coach of the YearClub Executive of the YearRegular season
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