2007–08 Euroleague

EuroLeague season 2006–07 2008–09 2007–08 Euroleague Palacio de Deportes (Madrid) 01.jpg 300 The Palacio de Deportes hosted the Final Four 2007–08 RUS CSKA Moscow (6th title) ISR Maccabi Elite ITA Montepaschi Siena ESP Tau Cerámica 24 22 October 2007 – 4 May 2008 Ramūnas Šiškauskas Euroleague MVP LTU Trajan Langdon Euroleague Final Four MVP USA Marc Salyers 22.5 USA Marc Salyers 21.8 USA Travis Watson 9.7 USA DeJuan Collins 5.4 USA The 2007–08 Euroleague was the 8th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 51st season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 2007–08 season featured 24 competing teams. The Euroleague Regular Season draw was held on 30 June 2007, in Jesolo, Italy, during the inaugural Euroleague summer league. The official inauguration was held on October 22, at Hala Olivia in Gdańsk, Poland, before the season's opening game between Prokom Trefl Sopot and CSKA Moscow. The 2008 Final Four was held on May 2–4, 2008, at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. Russian power CSKA Moscow became the champion for the sixth time, placing them second in all-time European championships to Real Madrid. Teams of the 2007–08 Euroleague + Key to colors      Champion      Runner-up      Third place      Fourth place      Eliminated in Quarterfinals      Eliminated in Last 16      Eliminated in the regular season LC: 3-year licence Country Teams Teams (place in national championship) ESP Spain 4 Real Madrid (1) FC Barcelona (2) Tau Cerámica (3) Unicaja Málaga (8)LC ITA Italy 4 Montepaschi Siena (1) VidiVici Bologna (2) Lottomatica Roma (3) Armani Jeans Milano (4) GRE Greece 3 Panathinaikos (1) Olympiacos (2) Aris TT Bank (3) TUR Turkey 2 Fenerbahçe Ülker (1) Efes Pilsen (2) LTU Lithuania 2 Žalgiris (1) Lietuvos Rytas (2) FRA France 2 Roanne (1) Le Mans (6)LC GER Germany 1 Brose Bamberg (1) CRO Croatia 1 Cibona (1) RUS Russia 1 CSKA Moscow (1) ISR Israel 1 Maccabi Elite (1) SLO Slovenia 1 Union Olimpija (2)LC SRB 2004 Serbia 1 Partizan (1) POL Poland 1 Prokom Trefl Sopot (1) Teams details + Team Location Arena (seating capacity) Classification Aris GRE Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron (5,500) A1 Ethniki third placed team Brose Bamberg GER Bamberg Jako Arena (6,900) Basketball Bundesliga two-year classification Cibona CRO Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400) A1 Liga three-year period classified CSKA Moscow RUS Moscow CSKA Universal Sports Hall (5,500), Khodynka Arena (14,500) — Game 13 only Russian Super League three-year period classified Efes Pilsen TUR Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena (12,500) Turkish League three-year period classified FC Barcelona ESP Barcelona Palau Blaugrana (8,250) ACB Fenerbahçe Ülker TUR Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena (12,500) Turkish League three-year period classified Le Mans FRA Le Mans Antarès (6,003) La Ligue three-year period classified Lietuvos Rytas LIT Vilnius Siemens Arena (11,000) ULEB Cup vice Champion Lottomatica Roma ITA Rome PalaLottomatica (11,200) Serie A Maccabi Elite ISR Tel Aviv Nokia Arena (Yad Eliyahu) (11,700) Israeli League three-year period classified Montepaschi Siena ITA Siena Palasport Mens Sana (7,025) Serie A regular season leader Armani Jeans Milano ITA Milan Datch Forum di Assago (13,000) Serie A Union Olimpija SLO Ljubljana Dvorana Tivoli (6,000) Liga UPC Telemach three-year period classified Olympiacos GRE Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium (14,905) A1 Ethniki three-year period classified Panathinaikos GRE Athens Olympic Indoor Hall (19,250) A1 Ethniki three-year period classified Partizan SRB 2004 Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150) Naša Sinalko Liga Champion Prokom Trefl Sopot POL Sopot Hala Olivia (5,500), Gdańsk (Game 1-8)Hala Stulecia Sopotu (2,000), Sopot (Game 9 onward)Hala Olivia was closed indefinitely due to structural problems. Prokom's remaining home Euroleague games were moved to the arena that they use for domestic matches. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/20927/180/item Due to force majeure, Prokom changes arenas Euroleague.net 2007-12-18 2007-12-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20071220195551/http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/20927/180/item 20 December 2007 live Dominet Bank Ekstraliga Champion Real Madrid ESP Madrid Palacio Vistalegre (15,000) ULEB Cup Champion/ACB Roanne FRA Roanne Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall (5,000) La Ligue champion Tau Cerámica ESP Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena (15,504) ACB three-year period classified Unicaja Málaga ESP Málaga Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena (13,000) ACB three-year period classified VidiVici Bologna ITA Bologna PalaMalaguti (11,000) Serie A Žalgiris LIT Kaunas Kaunas Sports Hall (5,000) LKL three-year period classified Regular season The regular season began on October 22, 2007. 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 are 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 (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group) Points scored in all group matches Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match + Key to colors     Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16 Group A Euroleague 2007–08 Regular Season Group A TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. RUS CSKA Moscow 14 12 2 1123 942 +181 2. ITA Montepaschi Siena 14 10 4 1098 974 +124 3. ESP Tau Cerámica 14 9 5 1170 1051 +119 4. LIT Žalgiris 14 8 6 1110 1126 −16 5. GRE Olympiacos 14 7 7 1185 1099 +86 6. SLO Union Olimpija 14 4 10 1030 1147 −117 7. POL Prokom Trefl Sopot 14 4 10 973 1143 −170 8. ITA VidiVici Bologna 14 2 12 1008 1215 −207 Group B Euroleague 2007–08 Regular Season Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. LIT Lietuvos Rytas 14 11 3 1127 999 +128 2. ISR Maccabi Elite 14 11 3 1162 1108 +54 3. ESP Unicaja Málaga 14 10 4 1124 1007 +117 4. TUR Efes Pilsen 14 8 6 1106 1080 +26 5. GRE Aris TT Bank 14 7 7 1054 1072 −18 6. CRO Cibona VIP 14 4 10 1080 1188 −108 7. ITA Armani Jeans Milano 14 3 11 1015 1107 −92 8. FRA Le Mans 14 2 12 1035 1142 −107 Group C Euroleague 2007–08 Regular Season Group C TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. GRE Panathinaikos 14 12 2 1156 1037 +119 2. ESP Real Madrid 14 11 3 1137 1015 +122 3. ESP AXA FC Barcelona 14 9 5 1082 991 +91 4. TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker 14 6 8 1087 1103 −19 5. SRB 2004 Partizan Igokea 14 6 8 1100 1103 −3 6. ITA Lottomatica Roma 14 6 8 1071 1093 −22 7. FRA Chorale Roanne 14 4 10 1104 1224 −120 8. GER Brose Baskets 14 2 12 879 1040 −161 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 to set up the Top 16 groups was held on Monday, February 4, 2008 (the week after the end of the Regular Season), in Madrid.http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/23609/180/item Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Draw procedures Euroleague 2008-01-29 2008-01-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080201093223/http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/23609/180/item 1 February 2008 live The teams were placed into four pools, as follows: Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos, Lietuvos Rytas, Real Madrid Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams Maccabi Elite, Montepaschi Siena, Unicaja Málaga, Tau Cerámica Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams FC Barcelona, Efes Pilsen, Žalgiris, Fenerbahçe Ülker Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team Olympiacos, Aris, Partizan, Lottomatica Roma 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 is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority. Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the cases of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Fenerbahçe), they were scheduled so that only one of the two teams would be at home in a given week. + Key to colors     Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals Group D Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group D TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ITA Montepaschi Siena 6 4 2 465 427 +38 2. SRB 2004 Partizan 6 4 2 440 430 +10 3. GRE Panathinaikos 6 3 3 430 446 −16 4. TUR Efes Pilsen 6 1 5 426 458 −32 Group E Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group E TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ESP Tau Cerámica 6 5 1 510 467 +43 2. TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker 6 3 3 493 488 +5 3. LIT Lietuvos Rytas 6 2 4 506 507 −1 4. GRE Aris TT Bank 6 2 4 448 495 −47 Group F Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group F TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ISR Maccabi Elite 6 4 2 516 496 +20 2. GRE Olympiacos 6 4 2 443 436 +7 3. ESP Real Madrid 6 3 3 489 493 −4 4. LIT Žalgiris 6 1 5 457 480 −23 Group G Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group G TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. RUS CSKA Moscow 6 4 2 448 386 +62 2. ESP AXA FC Barcelona 6 3 3 393 383 +10 3. ESP Unicaja 6 3 3 412 418 −6 4. ITA Lottomatica Roma 6 2 4 383 449 −66 Quarterfinals Euroleague 2007–08 quarterfinals Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) 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. All opening games were played on April 1, 2008, and all second games were played on April 3. The deciding third games were played on April 9 and April 10. 3 Montepaschi Siena ITA 2–0 Fenerbahçe Ülker TUR 73–66 86–65 1 Tau Cerámica ESP 2–1 Partizan SRB 2004 74–66 55–76 85-68 1 Maccabi Elite ISR 2–1 AXA FC Barcelona ESP 81–75 74–83 88-75 1 CSKA Moscow RUS 2–1 Olympiacos GRE 74–76 83–73 81-56 1 |} Final four 2007–08 Euroleague 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 2, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Montepaschi Siena ITA 85–92 Maccabi Elite ISR 2 Tau Cerámica ESP 79–83 CSKA Moscow RUS 2 |} Third-place game May 4, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Montepaschi Siena ITA 97–93 Tau Cerámica ESP 1 |} Final May 4, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid Maccabi Elite ISR 77–91 CSKA Moscow RUS 2 |} 2007–08 EuroleagueChampionsRUS 100px CSKA Moscow 6th Title Final standings Team 15px RUS CSKA Moscow ISR Maccabi Elite ITA Montepaschi Siena ESP Tau Cerámica Final Four 2008 MVP USA Trajan Langdon (CSKA Moscow) Individual statistics Euroleague 2007–08 Individual Statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1.USA Marc SalyersFRA Roanne1431522.502.MKD Jeremiah Massey GRE Aris2042021.003.MNE Nikola PekovićSRB 2004 Partizan2345119.61 Points RankNameTeamGamesRatingPPG1.USA Marc Salyers FRA Roanne1430521.792.USA Will Solomon TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker2137617.903.MKD Jeremiah MasseyGRE Aris2034017.00 Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRatingRPG1.USA Travis WatsonITA Armani Jeans Milano141369.712.MKD Jeremiah Massey GRE Aris201698.453.USA Terence Morris ISR Maccabi Elite252088.32 Assists RankNameTeamGamesRatingAPG1.USA DeJuan Collins LIT Žalgiris201075.352.USA Terrell McIntyre ITA Montepaschi Siena241184.923.GRE Theo Papaloukas RUS CSKA Moscow231054.57 Other Stats CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per gameUSA/ITA Shaun StonerookITA Montepaschi Siena242.58Blocks per gameTUR Ömer AşıkTUR Fenerbahçe Ülker152.07Turnovers per gameBelize Milt PalacioSRB 2004 Partizan233.39Fouls drawn per gameUSA Marc SalyersFRA Roanne146.14Minutes per gameUSA Marc SalyersFRA Roanne1433:542FG%LIT Marijonas PetravičiusLTU Lietuvos Rytas170.7213FG%LIT Kšyštof LavrinovičITA Montepaschi Siena220.578FT%LIT Šarūnas JasikevičiusGRE Panathinaikos200.938 Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatRatingBEL Tomas Van Den SpiegelPOL Prokom Trefl Sopot50PointsUSA Marc SalyersFRA Roanne40ReboundsESP Jordi TriasESP FC Barcelona20AssistsFRA Marc-Antoine PellinFRA Roanne13Steals 3 occasions 8BlocksUSA Terence MorrisISR Maccabi Elite6Turnovers USA Will SolomonTUR Fenerbahçe Ülker 8USA Marcus HaislipESP Unicaja MálagaFouls DrawnMNE Nikola PekovićSRB 2004 Partizan13 Awards Euroleague 2007–08 MVP LIT Ramūnas Šiškauskas (RUS CSKA Moscow) Euroleague 2007–08 Final Four MVP USA Trajan Langdon (RUS CSKA Moscow) Euroleague 2007–08 Finals Top Scorer USA Will Bynum (ISR Maccbi Tel Aviv) All-Euroleague Team 2007–08 http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/madrid-2008/main-page/i/31740/1814/2007-08-all-euroleague-mvp-announced Cologne 2021 - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL 3 October 2024 Position All-Euroleague First Team Club team All-Euroleague Second Team Club teamPGUSA Terrell McIntyre ITA Montepaschi SienaGRE Theo PapaloukasRUS CSKA MoscowSG/SFUSA Trajan Langdon RUS CSKA MoscowUSA Bootsy ThorntonITA Montepaschi SienaSG/SFLIT Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRUS CSKA MoscowISR Yotam HalperinISR Maccabi ElitePF/CUSA Terence MorrisISR Maccabi EliteMNE Nikola PekovićSRB 2004 PartizanPF/CBRA Tiago SplitterESP Tau CerámicaLIT Kšyštof Lavrinovič ITA Montepaschi Siena Rising Star ITA Danilo Gallinari (ITA Armani Jeans Milano) Best Defender GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (GRE Panathinaikos) Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy) USA Marc Salyers (FRA Roanne) Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award) ITA Ettore Messina (RUS CSKA Moscow) Club Executive of the Year ITA Ferdinando Minucci (ITA Montepaschi Siena) Regular season EuroLeague MVP of the Round GamePlayerTeamRating1MNE Nikola PekovićSRB 2004 Partizan402LIT Artūras JomantasLIT Lietuvos Rytas29SLO Erazem LorbekITA Lottomatica Roma293MKD Jeremiah MasseyGRE Aris404BEL Tomas Van Den Spiegel POL Prokom Trefl Sopot505LIT Arvydas Macijauskas GRE Olympiacos416USA Dewarick Spencer ITA VidiVici Bologna447PUR Daniel Santiago ESP Unicaja Málaga348USA Marc SalyersFRA Roanne349BRA Tiago SplitterESP Tau Cerámica4210USA Scoonie PennTUR Efes Pilsen3811USA Loren WoodsTUR Efes Pilsen3512CAF Romain SatoITA Montepaschi Siena33SLO Marko MiličSLO Union Olimpija33USA Will SolomonTUR Fenerbahçe Ülker3313SRB 2004 Novica VeličkovićSRB 2004 Partizan3014ESP Jordi TriasESP FC Barcelona36 Top 16 GamePlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating PIR1USA Lynn Greer GRE Olympiacos312URU Esteban BatistaISR Maccabi Elite273GRE Dimitris DiamantidisGRE Panathinaikos29USA Terence MorrisISR Maccabi Elite294USA Lynn Greer (2)GRE Olympiacos375USA Scoonie Penn (2)TUR Efes Pilsen32BEL Axel HervelleESP Real Madrid326USA Will Solomon (2)TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker34MKD Jeremiah Massey (2)GRE Aris34 Playoffs GamePlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating PIR1-2ITA Gianluca BasileESP FC Barcelona22SLO Matjaž SmodišRUS CSKA Moscow223BRA Tiago Splitter (2)ESP Tau Cerámica27 MVP of the Month EuroLeague MVP of the Month MonthPlayerTeamNovember 2007LIT Arvydas MacijauskasGRE OlympiacosDecember 2007USA Marcus BrownLIT ŽalgirisJanuary 2008USA Terence MorrisISR Maccabi EliteFebruary 2008USA Bootsy ThorntonITA Montepaschi SienaMarch 2009Belize Milt PalacioSRB 2004 PartizanApril 2008LIT Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRUS CSKA Moscow See also Euroleague 2007–08 Final ULEB Cup 2007–08 EuroCup 2007–08 EuroLeague Women 2007–08 2007–08 Euroleague Individual Statistics References and notes Category:EuroLeague seasons