2011–12_Euroleague
2011–12 Euroleague
EuroLeague season
The 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 12th season of the modern era of Euroleague 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 4th Greek win in that time.
Quick Facts Euroleague, Season ...
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The Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul hosted the Final Four | |||||||||||||
| Season | 2011–12 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 19 October 2011 – 13 May 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Number of teams | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
| Season MVP |  Andrei Kirilenko | ||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions |  Olympiacos (2nd title) | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up |  CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||
| Third place |  FC Barcelona Regal | ||||||||||||
| Fourth place | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||
| Final Four MVP |  Vassilis Spanoulis | ||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2010–11 2012–13 →
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2014. | |||||||||||||
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On 20 June 2011 the teams for this season were announced.[1]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):
- A: Qualified through an A–licence
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- QR: Qualifying rounds
- WC: Wild card
- EC: Champion of the 2010–11 Eurocup
More information Regular season, Qualifying rounds ...
| Regular season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Barcelona Regal (A) |
 Montepaschi Siena (A) |
CSKA Moscow (A) |
 Asseco Prokom Gdynia (A) |
| Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao (2nd) |
Bennet Cantù (2nd) |
UNICS (EC) |
 Partizan (1st) |
| Unicaja (A) |
EA7 Milano (WC)[Note EA7] |
Panathinaikos (A) |
 Maccabi Electra (A) |
| Real Madrid (A) |
 Fenerbahçe Ülker (A) |
Olympiacos (A) |
 Union Olimpija (2nd) |
| Caja Laboral (A) |
Anadolu Efes (A) |
 Zagreb (1st) |
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 SLUC Nancy (1st) |
 Žalgiris (A) |
 Brose Baskets (1st) | |
| Qualifying rounds | |||
| Cholet (2nd) |
Galatasaray (2nd) |
 ČEZ Nymburk (1st) |
PAOK (3rd) |
| BCM Gravelines (3rd) |
Banvit (3rd) |
Cibona (WC) |
Alba Berlin (WC) |
| ASVEL (WC) |
 VEF Rīga (1st) |
Lietuvos rytas (2nd) |
 Budućnost (1st) |
 Belgacom Spirou (1st) |
PGE Turów (WC) |
 Donetsk (WC) |
Khimki (2nd) |
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- ^ Vacant A-licence (EA7): Euroleague Basketball suspended the A-license of Virtus Roma after Roma finished in 9th position in the 2010–11 Lega Basket Serie A, awarding a wild card entry to EA7 Milano instead.
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.[2]
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.
More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Main article: 2011–12 Euroleague qualifying rounds
A total number of sixteen teams participated in the qualifying rounds. The qualifying rounds consisted of two final eight knock-out tournaments. The two winning teams advance to the regular season.
Bracket A
Games in Bracket A were played at the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania.
| First qualifying round 29–30 September | Second qualifying round 1 October | Third qualifying round 2 October | ||||||||||||
| ASVEL
| 80 | |||||||||||||
| Gravelines
| 72 | |||||||||||||
| ASVEL
| 83 | |||||||||||||
| Galatasaray
| 93 | |||||||||||||
| PAOK
| 64 | |||||||||||||
| Galatasaray
| 77 | |||||||||||||
| Galatasaray
| 71 | |||||||||||||
| Lietuvos rytas
| 63 | |||||||||||||
| Lietuvos rytas
| 83 | |||||||||||||
| Budućnost
| 64 | |||||||||||||
| Lietuvos rytas
| 88 | |||||||||||||
| Cibona
| 71 | |||||||||||||
| Cibona
| 77 | |||||||||||||
| Cholet
| 70 | |||||||||||||
Bracket B
Games in Bracket B were played at the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium.
| First qualifying round 29–30 September | Second qualifying round 1 October | Third qualifying round 2 October | ||||||||||||
| Alba Berlin
| 82 | |||||||||||||
| VEF Rīga
| 60 | |||||||||||||
| Alba Berlin
| 63 | |||||||||||||
| Belgacom Spirou
| 74 | |||||||||||||
| Belgacom Spirou
| 61 | |||||||||||||
| Donetsk
| 59 | |||||||||||||
| Belgacom Spirou
| 79 | |||||||||||||
| ČEZ Nymburk
| 53 | |||||||||||||
| Khimki
| 74 | |||||||||||||
| PGE Turów
| 67 | |||||||||||||
| Khimki
| 79 | |||||||||||||
| ČEZ Nymburk
| 86 | |||||||||||||
| ČEZ Nymburk
| 69 | |||||||||||||
| Banvit
| 57 | |||||||||||||
The regular season began on 19 October 2011. If teams were level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Regular Season.
- Points scored during the regular season.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Group A
Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Ülker |
10 | 6 | 4 | 785 | 758 | +27 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Olympiacos |
10 | 6 | 4 | 782 | 757 | +25 | |
| 3 | Bennet Cantù |
10 | 5 | 5 | 724 | 744 | −20 | |
| 4 | Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao |
10 | 5 | 5 | 776 | 755 | +21 | |
| 5 | Caja Laboral |
10 | 5 | 5 | 792 | 755 | +37 | |
| 6 | SLUC Nancy |
10 | 3 | 7 | 743 | 833 | −90 |
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Source: Euroleague
Group B
Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Moscow |
10 | 10 | 0 | 870 | 729 | +141 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos |
10 | 7 | 3 | 834 | 739 | +95 | |
| 3 | Unicaja |
10 | 4 | 6 | 791 | 808 | −17 | |
| 4 | Žalgiris |
10 | 4 | 6 | 763 | 812 | −49 | |
| 5 | Brose Baskets |
10 | 3 | 7 | 773 | 794 | −21 | |
| 6 | Zagreb |
10 | 2 | 8 | 718 | 867 | −149 |
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Source: Euroleague
Group C
Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid |
10 | 8 | 2 | 879 | 773 | +106 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Maccabi Electra |
10 | 7 | 3 | 790 | 732 | +58 | |
| 3 | Anadolu Efes |
10 | 5 | 5 | 721 | 751 | −30 | |
| 4 | EA7 Milano |
10 | 4 | 6 | 738 | 734 | +4 | |
| 5 | Partizan |
10 | 4 | 6 | 739 | 774 | −35 | |
| 6 | Belgacom Spirou |
10 | 2 | 8 | 729 | 832 | −103 |
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Source: Euroleague
Group D
Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group D
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Barcelona Regal |
10 | 9 | 1 | 793 | 599 | +194 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Montepaschi Siena |
10 | 8 | 2 | 779 | 696 | +83 | |
| 3 | UNICS |
10 | 7 | 3 | 702 | 656 | +46 | |
| 4 | Galatasaray |
10 | 4 | 6 | 694 | 736 | −42 | |
| 5 | Asseco Prokom Gdynia |
10 | 1 | 9 | 618 | 743 | −125 | |
| 6 | Union Olimpija |
10 | 1 | 9 | 589 | 745 | −156 |
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Source: Euroleague
The draw took place in Barcelona, Spain on 28 December 2011 at 13:00 CET.[3][4] The sixteen 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.[5]
Group E
Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group E
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Moscow |
6 | 5 | 1 | 509 | 413 | +96 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Olympiacos |
6 | 3 | 3 | 457 | 471 | −14 | |
| 3 | Galatasaray |
6 | 3 | 3 | 423 | 438 | −15 | |
| 4 | Anadolu Efes |
6 | 1 | 5 | 387 | 454 | −67 |
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Source: Euroleague
Group F
Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group F
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montepaschi Siena |
6 | 4 | 2 | 493 | 435 | +58 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao |
6 | 4 | 2 | 437 | 423 | +14 | |
| 3 | Real Madrid |
6 | 4 | 2 | 496 | 489 | +7 | |
| 4 | Unicaja |
6 | 0 | 6 | 407 | 486 | −79 |
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Source: Euroleague
Group G
Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group G
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panathinaikos |
6 | 4 | 2 | 436 | 394 | +42 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | UNICS |
6 | 3 | 3 | 432 | 423 | +9 | |
| 3 | EA7 Milano |
6 | 3 | 3 | 379 | 390 | −11 | |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe Ülker |
6 | 2 | 4 | 420 | 460 | −40 |
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Source: Euroleague
Group H
Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group H
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Barcelona Regal |
6 | 6 | 0 | 430 | 384 | +46 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Maccabi Electra |
6 | 3 | 3 | 427 | 425 | +2 | |
| 3 | Bennet Cantù |
6 | 3 | 3 | 420 | 426 | −6 | |
| 4 | Žalgiris |
6 | 0 | 6 | 429 | 471 | −42 |
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Source: Euroleague
Main article: 2011–12 Euroleague Quarterfinals
Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.
More information Team 1, Agg. ...
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moscow | 3–1 | Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao | 98–71 | 79–60 | 81–94 | 73–71 | |
| Montepaschi Siena | 1–3 | Olympiacos | 75–82 | 81–80 | 55–75 | 69–76 | |
| Panathinaikos | 3–2 | Maccabi Electra | 93–73 | 92–94 | 62–65 | 78–69 | 86–85 |
| FC Barcelona Regal | 3–0 | UNICS | 78–66 | 66–63 | 67–56 |
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Main article: 2012 Euroleague Final Four
| Semifinals May 11 | Championship game May 13 | |||||
| CSKA Moscow | 66 | |||||
| Panathinaikos | 64 | |||||
| CSKA Moscow | 61 | |||||
| Olympiacos | 62 | |||||
| Olympiacos | 68 | |||||
| FC Barcelona Regal | 64 | |||||
| Third place game | ||||||
| Panathinaikos | 69 | |||||
| FC Barcelona Regal | 74 | |||||
Rating
More information Rank, Name ...
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
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| 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 |
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Points
More information Rank, Name ...
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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| 1. | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 17 | 287 | 16.88 |
| 2. | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 21 | 350 | 16.67 |
| 3. |  Sonny Weems | Žalgiris | 15 | 233 | 15.53 |
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Rebounds
More information Rank, Name ...
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 17 | 127 | 7.47 |
| 2. |  Joel Freeland | Unicaja Málaga | 14 | 95 | 6.79 |
| 3. | Ioannis Bourousis | EA7 Milano | 15 | 96 | 6.40 |
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Assists
More information Rank, Name ...
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Omar Cook | EA7 Milano | 16 | 91 | 5.69 |
| 2. | Sergio Rodríguez | Real Madrid | 16 | 86 | 5.38 |
| 3. | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow | 22 | 110 | 5.00 |
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Other Stats
| Category | Name | Team | Games | Stat |
| Steals per game | Jamon Gordon | Galatasaray | 16 | 1.81 |
| Blocks per game | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 17 | 1.94 |
| Turnovers per game | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 21 | 3.67 |
| Fouls drawn per game | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 21 | 5.95 |
| Minutes per game |  Henry Domercant | UNICS | 19 | 31:56 |
| 2FG% | Sasha Kaun | CSKA Moscow | 21 | 0.711 |
| 3FG% | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 17 | 0.526 |
| Tomas Ress | 20 | |||
| FT% | Jorge Garbajosa | Unicaja | 14 | 1.000 |
Game highs
| Category | Name | Team | Stat |
| Rating | Lynn Greer | UNICS | 43 |
| Points | Lynn Greer | UNICS | 33 |
| Rebounds | Donatas Motiejūnas | Asseco Prokom | 21 |
| Assists | John Linehan | Nancy | 15 |
| Steals | 3 occasions | 6 | |
| Blocks | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 5 |
| Serge Ibaka | Real Madrid | ||
| Turnovers | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 9 |
| Nicolas Batum | Nancy | ||
| Fouls Drawn | 3 occasions | 12 | |
Euroleague 2011–12 MVP
Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP
All-Euroleague Team 2011–12
More information All-Euroleague First Team, Club Team ...
| 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 |
FC Barcelona |
| Erazem Lorbek |
FC Barcelona |
Henry Domercant |
UNICS |
| Nenad Krstić |
CSKA Moscow |
Mike Batiste |
Panathinaikos |
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Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)
Best Defender
Rising Star
Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)
MVP Weekly
Main article: EuroLeague Weekly MVP Award
Regular season
More information Game, Player ...
| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | CSKA Moscow | 37 |
| 2 | Nicolas Batum | Nancy | 36 |
| 3 | Jordan Farmar | Maccabi Electra | 35 |
| 4 | Nicolas Batum (2) | Nancy | 35 |
| 5 | Andrei Kirilenko (2) | CSKA Moscow | 39 |
| 6 | Fernando San Emeterio | Caja Laboral | 36 |
| 7 | Erazem Lorbek | FC Barcelona | 25 |
| Milan Mačvan | Partizan | 25 | |
| 8 | Nikola Mirotić | Real Madrid | 33 |
| 9 | Nenad Krstić | CSKA Moscow | 31 |
| 10 | Pietro Aradori | Montepaschi Siena | 33 |
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Top 16
More information Game, Player ...
| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vladimir Veremeenko | UNICS | 32 |
| 2 | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 36 |
| 3 | Nenad Krstić (2) | CSKA Moscow | 31 |
| 4 | Aaron Jackson | Gescrap Bizkaia | 28 |
| 5 | Omar Cook | EA7 Milano | 22 |
| 6 |  Manuchar Markoishvili | Bennet Cantù | 35 |
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Quarterfinals
More information Game, Player ...
| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos | 31 |
| 2 | Andrei Kirilenko (3) | CSKA Moscow | 31 |
| 3 | Kostas Vasileiadis | Gescrap Bizkaia | 21 |
| 4 | Andrei Kirilenko (4) | CSKA Moscow | 29 |
| 5 | Dimitris Diamantidis (2) | Panathinaikos | 34 |
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MVP of the Month
Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award
More information Month, Player ...
| 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 |
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- 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague teams Archived 15 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Euroleague.net 20 June 2011
- Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draw seeds Archived 31 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Euroleague.net – 4 July 2011
- Top 16 Draw set for 28 December in Barcelona Archived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, euroleague.net
- Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 Draw results Archived 7 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, euroleague.net
- Top 16 Draw, Criteria and Procedure Archived 10 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, euroleague.net
- 2011–12 All-Euroleague First, Second teams announced Archived 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Euroleague.net. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- Montepaschi Siena's Bo McCalebb wins the Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Archived 12 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Euroleague.net (17 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- Head coaches vote CSKA's Kirilenko best defender! Archived 2 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Euroleague.net (19 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- Real Madrid's Mirotic becomes first two-time Rising Star winner Archived 2 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Euroleague.net (18 April 2012). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- "2011-12 Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Dusan Ivkovic, Olympiacos Piraeus". Euroleague. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014..