2008–09 Euroleague

EuroLeague season EuroLeague 300 2007–08 2009–10 2008–09 Euroleague 2008–09 O2_World_Berlin-Friedrichshain.JPG The Final Four was held in the O2 World in Berlin GRE Panathinaikos (5th title) RUS CSKA Moscow ESP FC Barcelona GRE Olympiacos 24 188 22 October 2008 – 3 May 2009 ESP 20px Juan Carlos Navarro GRE 20px Vassilis Spanoulis Rising Star SRB 20px 2004 Novica Veličković Best Defender GRE 20px Dimitris Diamantidis Coach of the Year SRB 20px 2004 Duško Vujošević ISR 20px D'or Fischer 21.5 SRB 20px 2004 Igor Rakočević 18.0 TUR 20px Mirsad Türkcan 8.6 GRE 20px Theodoros Papaloukas 5.2 The 2008–09 Euroleague was the 9th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 52nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season, which featured 24 teams from 13 countries, culminated in the 2008–09 Euroleague Final Four at the new O2 World arena in Berlin, Germany.EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL, AEG ANNOUNCE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, May 3, 2008 It was won by Panathinaikos, who defeated in the final, the defending champions, CSKA Moscow. While the general structure of the competition was identical to that used in recent seasons, changes were made to the format for two of its phases, the Regular Season and Quarterfinals. thumb|Top 16 game between Real Madrid and Maccabi Electra Teams of the 2008–09 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 (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2007-08 national championship) ESP Spain (ACB) 5 http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=49270 El AXA FCB, quinto español en la Euroliga... y el Kalise GC, a la ULEB Cup 2008-05-25 2017-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043141/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=49270 dead Tau Cerámica (1)LC FC Barcelona (2)LC DKV Joventut (3)UC Unicaja Málaga (4)LC Real Madrid (QF)LC ITA Italy (Lega A) 4 Montepaschi Siena (1)LC Lottomatica Roma (2) Air Avellino (3) Armani Jeans Milano (4) GRE Greece (ESAKE A1) 3 Panathinaikos (1)LC Olympiacos (2)LC Panionios Forthnet (3) TUR Turkey (TBL) 2 Fenerbahçe Ülker (1)LC Efes Pilsen (4)LC FRA France (LNB Pro A) 2 Nancy (1) Le Mans (SF)LC LIT Lithuania (LKL) 1 Žalgiris (1) GER Germany (BBL) 1 Alba Berlin (1) CRO Croatia (A1 Liga) 1 Cibona (3)LC RUS Russia (Superleague A) 1 CSKA Moscow (1) ISR Israel (BSL) 1 Maccabi Electra (2)LC SLO Slovenia (SKL) 1 Union Olimpija (1)LC SRB 2004 Serbia (KLS) 1 Partizan (1) POL Poland (PLK) 1 Asseco Prokom Sopot (1) uc: DKV Joventut qualified as ULEB Cup winners. Team rosters Euroleague 2008–09 Rosters Format Regular Season The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round. This was the first year for this particular format; previously, the competing teams were split into three groups of eight teams each, with the top five teams in each group plus the best sixth-place team advancing. If two or more clubs finished level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: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 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 Games were played from October 22, 2008 to January 15, 2009.New competition system for 2008-09 Euroleague Top 16 The surviving teams were then divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round-robin system was adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the top 2 teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the Regular Season. Games began on January 28 and ended March 12. Quarterfinals In the quarterfinals, the top placed teams from each Top 16 group played second placed teams from a different group in a best-of-five playoff series, with the winners of those series advancing to the Final Four. This was the first season in which the quarterfinals were best-of-five; previously, they had been best-of-three. The quarterfinal matches were played from March 24 until April 9. Final Four format The culminating stage of the Euroleague in which the four remaining teams played a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers played in a third-place playoff. The team which was victorious in the Final (Panathinaikos) would be Euroleague champion. The Final Four semifinals were played May 1, with the third-place game and final on May 3. Regular season The regular season began on October 20, 2008 and concluded on January 15, 2009. + Key to colors     Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16 Group A TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ESP Unicaja Málaga 10 8 2 771 698 +73 2. GRE Olympiacos 10 6 4 815 748 +67 3. ISR Maccabi Electra 10 6 4 815 811 +4 4. CRO Cibona VIP 10 5 5 760 772 -12 5. ITA Air Avellino 10 3 7 754 814 -60 6. FRA Le Mans 10 2 8 747 819 -72Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ESP FC Barcelona 10 9 1 813 650 +163 2. ITA Montepaschi Siena 10 8 2 835 750 +85 3. GRE Panathinaikos 10 7 3 763 707 +56 4. POL Asseco Prokom Sopot 10 2 8 675 734 -59 5. LTU Žalgiris 10 2 8 716 812 -96 6. FRA Nancy 10 2 8 706 855 -149 Group C TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ESP Tau Cerámica 10 8 2 916 808 +108 2. ITA Lottomatica Roma 10 6 4 814 786 +28 3. TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 6 4 779 755 +24 4. GER Alba Berlin 10 4 6 691 748 -57 5. ESP DKV Joventut 10 4 6 800 810 -10 6. SLO Union Olimpija 10 2 8 725 818 -93Group D TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. RUS CSKA Moscow 10 7 3 774 644 +130 2. ESP Real Madrid 10 6 4 740 707 +33 3. ITA Armani Jeans Milano 10 5 5 734 745 -11 4. SRB 2004 Partizan 10 5 5 706 687 +19 5. TUR Efes Pilsen 10 4 6 713 762 -49 6. GRE Panionios Forthnet 10 3 7 668 790 -122 Top 16 The Top 16 stage was played from January 28 to March 12, 2009. The draw was conducted on January 19 at Euroleague Basketball Company headquarters in Barcelona. The group winners in the Regular Season were drawn from one pot, the runners-up from one pot, the teams in 3rd place from one pot and those in 4th place from one pot. Teams that played in the same group in the Regular Season could not meet again in the Top 16. Also, teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same pool unless it was necessary to prevent teams from the same Regular Season group from being drawn together. + Key to colors     Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals Group E TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. GRE Olympiacos 6 5 1 496 446 +50 2. ESP Tau Cerámica 6 4 2 556 474 +82 3. ITA Armani Jeans Milano 6 2 4 455 529 -74 4. POL Asseco Prokom Sopot 6 1 5 444 502 -58Group F TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. ESP FC Barcelona 6 5 1 508 429 +79 2. ESP Real Madrid 6 5 1 505 487 +18 3. ISR Maccabi Electra 6 2 4 459 481 -22 4. GER Alba Berlin 6 0 6 427 502 -75 *FC Barcelona wins the group over Real Madrid by the head-to-head point differential. Group G TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. GRE Panathinaikos 6 5 1 503 428 +72 2. SRB 2004 Partizan 6 4 2 420 434 -14 3. ESP Unicaja Málaga 6 2 4 484 461 +23 4. ITA Lottomatica Roma 6 1 5 441 525 -84Group H TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. RUS CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 454 377 +77 2. ITA Montepaschi Siena 6 4 2 472 456 +16 3. CRO Cibona VIP 6 2 4 423 456 -33 4. TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker 6 1 5 384 444 -60 Quarterfinals Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary. Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th legOlympiacos GRE3–1ESP Real Madrid88–7979–7363–7178–75 Regal FC Barcelona ESP3–2ESP Tau Cerámica75–8485–6262–6984–6378–62Panathinaikos GRE3–1ITA Montepaschi Siena90–8579–8472–5391–84CSKA Moscow RUS3–0SRB 2004 Partizan56–4777–5067–56 Final four 2009 Euroleague Final Four The Final Four was played on May 1 and on May 3. Semifinal games were played on Friday, while the third-place playoff and Final were played on Sunday. The event was hosted at the O2 World in Berlin. It was the first time the event was held in Berlin. Bracket Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1.ISR D'or FischerISR Maccabi Electra1327921.462.USA Terrell McIntyre ITA Montepaschi Siena1937719.843.TUR Mirsad TürkcanTUR Fenerbahçe Ülker1427119.36 Points RankNameTeamGamesRatingPPG1.SRB 2004 Igor Rakočević ESP Tau Cerámica2137717.952.USA Terrell McIntyre ITA Montepaschi Siena1932817.263.POL David LoganPOL Asseco Prokom Sopot1525316.87 Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRatingRPG1.TUR Mirsad TürkcanTUR Fenerbahçe Ülker141218.642.ISR D'or Fischer ISR Maccabi Electra13997.623.GRE Ioannis Bourousis GRE Olympiacos221627.36 Assists RankNameTeamGamesRatingAPG1.GRE Theodoros Papaloukas GRE Olympiacos221145.182.MNE Omar Cook ESP Unicaja Málaga16825.133.USA Terrell McIntyre ITA Montepaschi Siena19844.42 Other Stats CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per gamePOL David LoganPOL Asseco Prokom Sopot152.67Blocks per gameESP Fran VázquezESP FC Barcelona231.74Turnovers per gamePOL David LoganPOL Asseco Prokom Sopot152.93Fouls drawn per gameSLO Sani BečirovićITA Lottomatica Roma136.23Minutes per gamePOL David LoganPOL Asseco Prokom Sopot1534:182FG%CZE Luboš BartoňESP FC Barcelona230.8003FG%ITA Marco MordenteITA Armani Jeans Milano120.555FT%USA Louis BullockESP Real Madrid200.953 Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatRatingISR Lior EliyahuISR Maccabi Electra42PointsUSA Terrell McIntyreITA Montepaschi Siena35ReboundsIRE Pat BurkePOL Asseco Prokom Sopot20AssistsGRE Theodoros PapaloukasGRE Olympiacos13Steals 7 occasions 6BlocksUSA Loren WoodsLTU Žalgiris7Turnovers 3 occasions 8Fouls DrawnSLO Sani BečirovićITA Lottomatica Roma12 Awards Euroleague 2008–09 MVP ESP Juan Carlos Navarro (ESP FC Barcelona) Euroleague 2008–09 Final Four MVP GRE Vassilis Spanoulis (GRE Panathinaikos) All-Euroleague Team 2008–09 http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/berlin-2009/main-page/i/49161/2768/2008-09-all-euroleague-mvp-announced 2008-09 All-Euroleague, MVP announced 3 October 2024 Position All-Euroleague First Team Club team All-Euroleague Second Team Club teamPGUSA Terrell McIntyre ITA Montepaschi SienaGRE Theodoros PapaloukasGRE OlympiacosSG/SFSRB 2004 Igor Rakočević ESP Tau CerámicaLIT Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRUS CSKA MoscowSG/SFESP Juan Carlos NavarroESP FC BarcelonaGRE Vassilis SpanoulisGRE PanathinaikosPF/CGRE Ioannis BourousisGRE OlympiacosSLO Erazem LorbekRUS CSKA MoscowPF/CMNE Nikola PekovićGRE PanathinaikosBRA Tiago Splitter ESP Tau Cerámica Rising Star SRB 2004 Novica Veličković (SRB 2004 Partizan) Best Defender GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (GRE Panathinaikos) Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy) SRB 2004 Igor Rakočević (ESP Tau Cerámica) Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award) SRB 2004 Duško Vujošević (SRB 2004 Partizan) Club Executive of the Year GER Marco Baldi (GER Alba Berlin) MVP Weekly EuroLeague MVP of the Week Regular season GamePlayerTeamRating1USA Will McDonaldESP Tau Cerámica322UK Pops Mensah-BonsuESP Joventut Badalona373SRB 2004 Igor RakočevićESP Tau Cerámica344USA Mike HallITA Armani Jeans Milano285ESP Edu Hernandez-Sonseca ESP Joventut Badalona386ISR Lior Eliyahu ISR Maccabi Electra427Guyana Rawle Marshall CRO Cibona348SLO Sani Bečirović ITA Lottomatica Roma389USA Immanuel McElroyGER Alba Berlin3810TUR Oğuz SavaşTUR Fenerbahçe Ülker41 Top 16 GamePlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating PIR1MNE Nikola Peković GRE Panathinaikos28ISR D'or FischerISR Maccabi Electra28ISR Lior Eliyahu (2)ISR Maccabi Electra282SRB 2004 Novica VeličkovićSRB 2004 Partizan293TUR Ersan İlyasovaESP FC Barcelona394BRA Tiago SplitterESP Tau Cerámica285USA Charles GainesISR Maccabi Electra33USA Mike Hall (2)ITA Armani Jeans Milano336USA Mike BatisteGRE Panathinaikos35 Quarter-finals GamePlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating PIR1CAF Romain SatoITA Montepaschi Siena362SLO Erazem LorbekRUS CSKA Moscow333LTU Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRUS CSKA Moscow30SLO Matjaž SmodišRUS CSKA Moscow304USA Terrell McIntyreITA Montepaschi Siena375TUR Ersan İlyasova (2)ESP FC Barcelona26 MVP of the Month EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award MonthPlayerTeamOctober 2008TUR Ersan İlyasovaESP FC BarcelonaNovember 2008SLO Sani BečirovićITA Lottomatica RomaDecember 2008ISR Lior EliyahuISR Maccabi ElectraJanuary 2009SRB 2004 Igor RakočevićESP Tau CerámicaFebruary 2009SRB 2004 Novica VeličkovićSRB 2004 PartizanMarch 2009SLO Erazem LorbekRUS CSKA Moscow See also ULEB Eurocup 2008–09 EuroChallenge 2008–09 References and notes External links Euroleague official site Category:EuroLeague seasons