2011–12 Euroleague

Euroleague
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
Points Bo McCalebb 16.9
Rebounds Andrei Kirilenko 7.5
Assists Omar Cook 5.7
Index Rating Andrei Kirilenko 24.2
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All statistics correct as of 7 September 2014.

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.

Teams

On 20 June 2011 the teams for this season were announced.

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
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) Panathinaikos (A) Maccabi Electra (A)
Real Madrid (A) Fenerbahçe Ülker (A) Olympiacos (A) Union Olimpija (2nd)
Caja Laboral (A) Anadolu Efes (A) Zagreb (1st)
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)
  1. 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.

Draw

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.

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.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

FC Barcelona
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Real Madrid

Montepaschi Siena
Caja Laboral
Maccabi Electra
CSKA Moscow

Partizan
UNICS
Unicaja Málaga
Fenerbahçe Ülker

Žalgiris
Asseco Prokom
Gescrap Bizkaia
Anadolu Efes

EA7 Milano
Union Olimpija
Brose Bamberg
Bennet Cantù

Nancy
Zagreb
Galatasaray
Belgacom Spirou

Qualifying rounds

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

Regular season

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:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. 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
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
Source: Euroleague

Group B

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group B
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
Source: Euroleague

Group C

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group C
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
Source: Euroleague

Group D

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Regular Season Group D
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
Source: Euroleague

Top 16

The draw took place in Barcelona, Spain on 28 December 2011 at 13:00 CET. 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.

Group E

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group E
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
Source: Euroleague

Group F

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group F
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
Source: Euroleague

Group G

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group G
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
Source: Euroleague

Group H

Main article: Euroleague 2011–12 Top 16 Group H
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
Source: Euroleague

Quarterfinals

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.

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

Final four

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

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
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

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
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

Rebounds

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

Assists

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

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

Awards

Euroleague 2011–12 MVP

Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2011–12

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

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

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

Top 16

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

Quarterfinals

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

MVP of the Month

Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award
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

See also