2006 Euroleague Final Four

Basketball tournament 2005–06 Euroleague Euroleague Final Four 2006 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena April 28–30, 2006 RUS CSKA Moscow (5th title) ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv ESP TAU Cerámica ESP Winterthur FC Barcelona GRE 20px Theo Papaloukas Euroleague Final Four MVP 2005 2007 The 2006 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2005–06 Euroleague season. The event was held on April 28 and on April 30, 2006 at the O2 Arena in Prague. CSKA Moscow won its fifth EuroLeague championship, after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Final. Bracket Final Third place April 28, Prague ISR Maccabi Elite 85 ESP Tau Cerámica 70 April 28, Prague ESP Winterthur FCB 75 RUS CSKA Moscow 84 April 30, Prague RUS CSKA Moscow 73 ISR Maccabi Elite 69 April 30, Prague ESP Winterthur FCB 82 ESP Tau Cerámica 87 Semifinals #eeeeee 28 April 2006 17:30 Report Maccabi Elite ISR 85 ESP Tau Cerámica 70 24–17 27–15 22–16 12–22 Baston 20 Vujčić 8 Vujčić 7 Scola 17 Scola 11 Scola 5 Sazka Arena, Prague 16,805 Brazauskas (LTU), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Belošević (SCG) 28 April 2006 20:30 Report Winterthur FC Barcelona ESP 75 RUS CSKA Moscow 84 20–15 18–19 14–23 23–27 Williams 24 Fučka 10 Williams 4 Holden, Papaloukas 19 Smodiš 12 Langdon 3 Sazka Arena, Prague 16,805 Jungebrand (FIN), Zavlanos (GRE), Facchini (ITA), Ramot (ISR) Third Place game 30 April 2006 17:30 Report Winterthur FC Barcelona ESP 82 ESP Tau Cerámica 87 19–26 17–21 24–15 22–25 Fučka, Navarro 20 Fučka 9 Williams 4 Drobnjak 19 Drobnjak, Scola 12 Prigioni 6 Sazka Arena, Prague 16,805 Zavlanos (GRE), Jovčić (SCG), Sahin (ITA) Final Maccabi came to the game looking for their third consecutive title. however, CSKA snatched a narrow 4-point victory to win its fifth title. #ffffd0 30 April 2006 20:30 Report CSKA Moscow RUS 73 ISR Maccabi Elite 69 18–18 17–12 14–18 24–21 Papaloukas 18 Smodiš 8 Papaloukas 7 Solomon 20 Baston 15 three players 2 Sazka Arena, Prague 16,805 Jungebrand (FIN), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Belošević (SCG) _bluesides _bluesides FF0000 FF0000 CSKA Moscow _bluesides _bluesides FFFF00 FFFF00 Maccabi Elite Starters: P Points R Rebounds A Assists PG 10 RUS J.R. Holden 6 3 0 SG 21 USA Trajan Langdon 11 0 1 SF 9 USA David Vanterpool 16 3 4 PF 8 SLO Matjaž Smodiš 12 8 1 C 14 RUS Aleksey Savrasenko 10 4 0Reserves: P Points R Rebounds A Assists PG 4 GRE Theo Papaloukas 18 3 7 PF 5 RUS Nikita Kurbanov DNP PF 6 RUS Sergey Panov (C) 0 0 0 SG 7 RUS Vasily Zavourev DNP SF 11 RUS Zakhar Pashutin DNP PF 12 RUS Vladimir Dyachok DNP PG 23 RUS Alexey Shved 3 2 2 C 22 BEL Tomas Van Den Spiegel 0 2 0Head coach:ITA Ettore Messina2005–06 Euroleague ChampionsRUS 100px CSKA Moscow5th titleStarters: P Points R Rebounds A Assists PG 15 USA Will Solomon 20 1 2 SG 8 USA Anthony Parker 10 5 2 SF 10 ISR Tal Burstein 9 7 2 PF 5 USA Maceo Baston 6 15 0 C 7 CRO Nikola Vujčić 4 5 1Reserves: P Points R Rebounds A Assists PG 6 ISR Derrick Sharp 3 0 0 PF 11 ISR Sharon Shason 0 0 0 SG 12 ISR Assaf Dotan DNP PF 14 ISR Omri Casspi DNP SF 20 NZL Kirk Penney 3 0 0 SG 23 ISR Jamie Arnold 14 4 0 C 41 ISR Yaniv Green DNPHead coach:ISR Pini Gershon Awards Euroleague Final Four MVP GRE Theo Papaloukas (RUS CSKA Moscow) Euroleague Finals Top Scorer USA Will Solomon (ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv) External links 2006 Final Four website Final Four 2005-06 Category:2005–06 in Israeli basketball Category:2005–06 in Russian basketball Category:2005–06 in Spanish basketball Category:2005–06 in Czech basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by the Czech Republic Category:Sports competitions in Prague Category:April 2006 sports events in Europe Category:2000s in Prague