2011–12 Euroleague

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.

Euroleague
The Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul hosted the Final Four
Season2011–12
Duration19 October 2011 – 13 May 2012
Number of teams24
Regular season
Season MVPRussia Andrei Kirilenko
Finals
ChampionsGreece Olympiacos (2nd title)
  Runners-upRussia CSKA Moscow
Third placeSpain FC Barcelona Regal
Fourth placeGreece Panathinaikos
Final Four MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis
Statistical leaders
Points North Macedonia Bo McCalebb 16.9
Rebounds Russia Andrei Kirilenko 7.5
Assists Montenegro Omar Cook 5.7
Index Rating Russia Andrei Kirilenko 24.2
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2014.

Teams

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
Regular season
Spain FC Barcelona Regal (A) Italy Montepaschi Siena (A) Russia CSKA Moscow (A) Poland Asseco Prokom Gdynia (A)
Spain Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao (2nd) Italy Bennet Cantù (2nd) Russia UNICS (EC) Serbia Partizan (1st)
Spain Unicaja (A) Italy EA7 Milano (WC)[Note EA7] Greece Panathinaikos (A) Israel Maccabi Electra (A)
Spain Real Madrid (A) Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker (A) Greece Olympiacos (A) Slovenia Union Olimpija (2nd)
Spain Caja Laboral (A) Turkey Anadolu Efes (A) Croatia Zagreb (1st)
France SLUC Nancy (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris (A) Germany Brose Baskets (1st)
Qualifying rounds
France Cholet (2nd) Turkey Galatasaray (2nd) Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk (1st) Greece PAOK (3rd)
France BCM Gravelines (3rd) Turkey Banvit (3rd) Croatia Cibona (WC) Germany Alba Berlin (WC)
France ASVEL (WC) Latvia VEF Rīga (1st) Lithuania Lietuvos rytas (2nd) Montenegro Budućnost (1st)
Belgium Belgacom Spirou (1st) Poland PGE Turów (WC) Ukraine Donetsk (WC) Russia 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.[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.

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

Spain FC Barcelona
Greece Olympiacos
Greece Panathinaikos
Spain Real Madrid

Italy Montepaschi Siena
Spain Caja Laboral
Israel Maccabi Electra
Russia CSKA Moscow

Serbia Partizan
Russia UNICS
Spain Unicaja Málaga
Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker

Lithuania Žalgiris
Poland Asseco Prokom
Spain Gescrap Bizkaia
Turkey Anadolu Efes

Italy EA7 Milano
Slovenia Union Olimpija
Germany Brose Bamberg
Italy Bennet Cantù

France Nancy
Croatia Zagreb
Turkey Galatasaray
Belgium 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
         
France ASVEL 80
France Gravelines 72
France ASVEL 83
Turkey Galatasaray 93
Greece PAOK 64
Turkey Galatasaray 77
Turkey Galatasaray 71
Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 63
Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 83
Montenegro Budućnost 64
Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 88
Croatia Cibona 71
Croatia Cibona 77
France 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
         
Germany Alba Berlin 82
Latvia VEF Rīga 60
Germany Alba Berlin 63
Belgium Belgacom Spirou 74
Belgium Belgacom Spirou 61
Ukraine Donetsk 59
Belgium Belgacom Spirou 79
Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 53
Russia Khimki 74
Poland PGE Turów 67
Russia Khimki 79
Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 86
Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 69
Turkey 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 Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 6 4 785 758 +27 Advance to Top 16
2 Greece Olympiacos 10 6 4 782 757 +25
3 Italy Bennet Cantù 10 5 5 724 744 −20
4 Spain Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao 10 5 5 776 755 +21
5 Spain Caja Laboral 10 5 5 792 755 +37
6 France 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 Russia CSKA Moscow 10 10 0 870 729 +141 Advance to Top 16
2 Greece Panathinaikos 10 7 3 834 739 +95
3 Spain Unicaja 10 4 6 791 808 −17
4 Lithuania Žalgiris 10 4 6 763 812 −49
5 Germany Brose Baskets 10 3 7 773 794 −21
6 Croatia 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 Spain Real Madrid 10 8 2 879 773 +106 Advance to Top 16
2 Israel Maccabi Electra 10 7 3 790 732 +58
3 Turkey Anadolu Efes 10 5 5 721 751 −30
4 Italy EA7 Milano 10 4 6 738 734 +4
5 Serbia Partizan 10 4 6 739 774 −35
6 Belgium 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 Spain FC Barcelona Regal 10 9 1 793 599 +194 Advance to Top 16
2 Italy Montepaschi Siena 10 8 2 779 696 +83
3 Russia UNICS 10 7 3 702 656 +46
4 Turkey Galatasaray 10 4 6 694 736 −42
5 Poland Asseco Prokom Gdynia 10 1 9 618 743 −125
6 Slovenia 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.[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
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 509 413 +96 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 3 457 471 −14
3 Turkey Galatasaray 6 3 3 423 438 −15
4 Turkey 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 Italy Montepaschi Siena 6 4 2 493 435 +58 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Spain Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao 6 4 2 437 423 +14
3 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 2 496 489 +7
4 Spain 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 Greece Panathinaikos 6 4 2 436 394 +42 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Russia UNICS 6 3 3 432 423 +9
3 Italy EA7 Milano 6 3 3 379 390 −11
4 Turkey 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 Spain FC Barcelona Regal 6 6 0 430 384 +46 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Israel Maccabi Electra 6 3 3 427 425 +2
3 Italy Bennet Cantù 6 3 3 420 426 −6
4 Lithuania 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 Russia3–1Spain Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao98–7179–6081–9473–71
Montepaschi Siena Italy1–3Greece Olympiacos75–8281–8055–7569–76
Panathinaikos Greece3–2Israel Maccabi Electra93–7392–9462–6578–6986–85
FC Barcelona Regal Spain3–0Russia UNICS78–6666–6367–56

Final four
Main article: 2012 Euroleague Final Four
 
Semifinals
May 11		Championship game
May 13
 
      
 
 
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow66
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos64
 
Russia CSKA Moscow61
 
 
 
Greece Olympiacos62
 
Greece Olympiacos68
 
 
Spain FC Barcelona Regal64
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos 69
 
 
Spain FC Barcelona Regal74

Individual statistics

Rating
Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow1741124.18
2.Serbia Nenad KrstićRussia CSKA Moscow2240518.41
3.North Macedonia Bo McCalebbItaly Montepaschi Siena1729417.29

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.North Macedonia Bo McCalebbItaly Montepaschi Siena1728716.88
2.Greece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Olympiacos2135016.67
3.United States Sonny WeemsLithuania Žalgiris1523315.53

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow171277.47
2.United Kingdom Joel FreelandSpain Unicaja Málaga14956.79
3.Greece Ioannis BourousisItaly EA7 Milano15966.40

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.Montenegro Omar CookItaly EA7 Milano16915.69
2.Spain Sergio RodríguezSpain Real Madrid16865.38
3.Serbia Miloš TeodosićRussia CSKA Moscow221105.00

Other Stats
Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per gameUnited States Jamon GordonTurkey Galatasaray161.81
Blocks per gameRussia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow171.94
Turnovers per gameGreece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Olympiacos213.67
Fouls drawn per gameGreece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Olympiacos215.95
Minutes per gameBosnia and Herzegovina Henry DomercantRussia UNICS1931:56
2FG%Russia Sasha KaunRussia CSKA Moscow210.711
3FG%North Macedonia Bo McCalebbItaly Montepaschi Siena170.526
Italy Tomas Ress20
FT%Spain Jorge GarbajosaSpain Unicaja141.000

Game highs
Category Name Team Stat
RatingUnited States Lynn GreerRussia UNICS43
PointsUnited States Lynn GreerRussia UNICS33
ReboundsLithuania Donatas MotiejūnasPoland Asseco Prokom21
AssistsUnited States John LinehanFrance Nancy15
Steals3 occasions6
BlocksRussia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow5
Spain Serge IbakaSpain Real Madrid
TurnoversGreece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Olympiacos9
France Nicolas BatumFrance Nancy
Fouls Drawn3 occasions12

Awards

Euroleague 2011–12 MVP

Euroleague 2011–12 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2011–12

[6]

All-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub Team
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis Greece Panathinaikos Serbia Miloš Teodosić Russia CSKA Moscow
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Olympiacos North Macedonia Bo McCalebb Italy Montepaschi Siena
Russia Andrei Kirilenko Russia CSKA Moscow Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain FC Barcelona
Slovenia Erazem Lorbek Spain FC Barcelona Bosnia and Herzegovina Henry Domercant Russia UNICS
Serbia Nenad Krstić Russia CSKA Moscow United States Mike Batiste Greece 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
1Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow37
2France Nicolas BatumFrance Nancy36
3United States Jordan FarmarIsrael Maccabi Electra35
4France Nicolas Batum (2)France Nancy35
5Russia Andrei Kirilenko (2)Russia CSKA Moscow39
6Spain Fernando San EmeterioSpain Caja Laboral36
7Slovenia Erazem LorbekSpain FC Barcelona25
Serbia Milan MačvanSerbia Partizan25
8Spain Nikola MirotićSpain Real Madrid33
9Serbia Nenad KrstićRussia CSKA Moscow31
10Italy Pietro AradoriItaly Montepaschi Siena33

Top 16
Game Player Team PIR
1Belarus Vladimir VeremeenkoRussia UNICS32
2North Macedonia Bo McCalebbItaly Montepaschi Siena36
3Serbia Nenad Krstić (2)Russia CSKA Moscow31
4United States Aaron JacksonSpain Gescrap Bizkaia28
5Montenegro Omar CookItaly EA7 Milano22
6Georgia (country) Manuchar MarkoishviliItaly Bennet Cantù35

Quarterfinals
Game Player Team PIR
1Greece Dimitris DiamantidisGreece Panathinaikos31
2Russia Andrei Kirilenko (3)Russia CSKA Moscow31
3Greece Kostas VasileiadisSpain Gescrap Bizkaia21
4Russia Andrei Kirilenko (4)Russia CSKA Moscow29
5Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (2)Greece Panathinaikos34

MVP of the Month
Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award
Month Player Team
October 2011Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow
November 2011Serbia Nenad KrstićRussia CSKA Moscow
December 2011Spain Nikola MirotićSpain Real Madrid
January 2012Bosnia and Herzegovina Henry DomercantRussia UNICS
February 2012Greece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Olympiacos
March 2012Greece Dimitris DiamantidisGreece Panathinaikos

See also

References
  1. 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague teams Archived 15 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Euroleague.net 20 June 2011
  2. Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draw seeds Archived 31 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Euroleague.net – 4 July 2011
  3. Top 16 Draw set for 28 December in Barcelona Archived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, euroleague.net
  4. Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 Draw results Archived 7 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, euroleague.net
  5. Top 16 Draw, Criteria and Procedure Archived 10 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, euroleague.net
  6. 2011–12 All-Euroleague First, Second teams announced Archived 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Euroleague.net. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. "2011-12 Alexander Gomelskiy Trophy: Dusan Ivkovic, Olympiacos Piraeus". Euroleague. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014..
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