2006–07 Euroleague

As announced on the official Euroleague site.

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 were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
4. Points scored in all group matches
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Tau Cerámica 14 12 2 1165 1025 +140 2. Dynamo Moscow 14 10 4 1100 1032 +68 3. Olympiacos 14 10 4 1165 1112 +53 4. Efes Pilsen 14 8 6 1081 1031 +50 5. Prokom Trefl Sopot 14 5 9 1021 1063 -42 6. Climamio Bologna 14 5 9 1115 1176 -61 7. Le Mans Sarthe 14 4 10 985 1041 -56 8. RheinEnergie Köln 14 2 12 1032 1184 -152

Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Panathinaikos 14 11 3 1128 1036 +92 2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 8 6 1230 1177 +53 3. DKV Joventut 14 7 7 1112 1049 +63 4. Unicaja 14 7 7 1001 1085 -84 5. Lottomatica Roma 14 6 8 1027 1044 -17 6. Partizan 14 6 8 1100 1093 +7 7. Cibona VIP 14 6 8 1113 1141 -28 8. Union Olimpija 14 5 9 1038 1124 -86

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	CSKA Moscow	14	13	1	1079	912	+167
2.	Winterthur FC Barcelona	14	9	5	1093	1032	+61
3.	Benetton Treviso	14	8	6	1021	989	+32
4.	Pau-Orthez	14	7	7	1059	1070	-11
5.	Aris TT Bank	14	6	8	971	1013	-42
6.	Eldo Napoli	14	6	8	1032	1093	-61
7.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	14	5	9	1044	1088	-44
8.	Žalgiris	14	2	12	1062	1164	-102

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 was held February 5, at 13:00 CET (1200 UTC) in Barcelona, in accordance with Euroleague rules.[1]

The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:

Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team

• CSKA Moscow, Tau Cerámica, Panathinaikos, Dynamo Moscow

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

• Winterthur FC Barcelona, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, Olympiacos, Benetton Treviso

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

• DKV Joventut, Efes Pilsen, Pau-Orthez, Unicaja

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

• Lottomatica Roma, Aris TT Bank, Prokom Trefl Sopot, Partizan

Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:

1. No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
2. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
3. 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 case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, FC Barcelona and Joventut Badalona) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.

Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Tau Cerámica 6 6 0 541 433 +108 2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 6 4 2 463 478 −15 3. Lottomatica Roma 6 1 5 416 468 −52 4. Pau-Orthez 6 1 5 470 511 −41

Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. CSKA Moscow 6 6 0 475 376 +99 2. Olympiacos 6 3 3 451 450 +1 3. Partizan 6 2 4 432 474 −42 4. DKV Joventut 6 1 5 407 465 −58

Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Panathinaikos 6 5 1 501 428 +73 2. Winterthur FC Barcelona 6 4 2 498 455 +43 3. Efes Pilsen 6 2 4 416 458 −42 4. Prokom Trefl Sopot 6 1 5 404 478 −74

Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Unicaja 6 4 2 448 442 +6 2. Dynamo Moscow 6 4 2 428 435 −7 3. Benetton Treviso 6 3 3 439 428 +11 4. Aris TT Bank 6 1 5 451 461 −10 *Unicaja won the group over Dynamo Moscow. The teams split their regular-season matches, but Unicaja scored 5 more points head-to-head.

Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three 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. Quarterfinals were played on April 3 and 5, 2007, with third games to be played April 12 if necessary.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Tau Cerámica	2–0	Olympiacos	84–59	95–89
CSKA Moscow	2–1	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	80–58	56–68	92-71
Panathinaikos	2–0	Dynamo Moscow	80–58	73–65
Unicaja	2–1	Winterthur FC Barcelona	91–75	58–80	67-64

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• Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage.
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