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

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)

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: 3–5 are used to break ties between 6th place teams {|

Group A

Group B

Group C

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: Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case 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. {|

Group D

Group E

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Group F

Group G

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, Prague

3rd place game

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Final

April 30, Sazka Arena, Prague

Final standings

Final Four 2006 MVP

Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow)

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other Stats

Game highs

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague Team 2005–06

Best Defender

Rising Star

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer

Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year

Club Executive of the Year

Regular season

Top 16

Playoffs

MVP of the Month

References and notes

Euroleague Competition Format