2010–11 Euroleague

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2010–11 was the 11th season of the modern era of professional Euroleague Basketball, and the first under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 54th season of the premier first-tier competition for European men's clubs.

Main article: Euroleague Basketball
Euroleague
The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the Final Four
Season2010–11
Teams24
Dates18 October 2010 – 8 May 2011
Final positions
Champions Panathinaikos (6th title)
Runners-up Maccabi Electra
Third place Montepaschi Siena
Fourth place Real Madrid
Awards
MVP Dimitris Diamantidis
Final Four MVP Dimitris Diamantidis
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Fernando San Emeterio 19.1
Points Igor Rakočević 17.2
Rebounds Mirsad Türkcan 7.3
Assists Dimitris Diamantidis 6.2

The format featured 24 teams, beginning with Game 1 of the first qualifying round on September 21, 2010, and culminating at the Final Four in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona.[1] It was won by the Athenian club Panathinaikos (6th title), who defeated Maccabi Electra in the championship game of May 8, 2011.[2] Montepaschi Siena, finished 3rd by holding off Real Madrid in the third-place game.[3]

At the individual level, the season was marked by Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos. Not only did the Greek point guard lift the trophy for the third time in five years and receive the Euroleague Final Four MVP award, but he also became the first player ever to win three end-of-season awards: Euroleague MVP, Euroleague Best Defender, and All-Euroleague First Team.[4]

Teams
Key to colors
     Champion
     Runner-up
     Third place
     Fourth place
     Eliminated in Quarterfinals
     Eliminated in Last 16
     Eliminated in the regular season
Country (League)TeamsTeams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship)
Spain (ACB)5 Caja Laboral (1) FC Barcelona (2) Real Madrid (SF) Unicaja Málaga (SF) Power Electronics Valencia (QF)
Italy (Lega A)3 Montepaschi Siena (1) Armani Jeans Milano (2) Lottomatica Roma (QF)
Greece (GBL)2 Panathinaikos (1) Olympiacos (2)
Turkey (TBL)2 Fenerbahçe Ülker (1) Efes Pilsen (2)
Lithuania (LKL)2 Lietuvos Rytas (1) Žalgiris (2)
Russia (PBL)2 CSKA Moscow (1) Khimki (2)
Serbia (KLS)1 Partizan (1)
France (LNB Pro A)1 Cholet (1)
Germany (BBL)1 Brose Bamberg (1)
Croatia (A1 Liga)1 Cibona (1)
Slovenia (SKL)1 Union Olimpija (2)
Israel (BSL)1 Maccabi Electra (2)
Poland (PLK)1 Asseco Prokom (1)
Belgium (BLB)1 Spirou Charleroi (1)

†As winner of the ULEB Eurocup 2009–10

Draw

The draws for the 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Thursday, July 8 at Barcelona, Spain. The draws began at 11:15 local time (CET) and 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 organised into six pots of four teams.

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

CSKA Moscow
FC Barcelona
Olympiacos
Caja Laboral

Montepaschi Siena
Panathinaikos
Maccabi Electra
Real Madrid

Partizan
Power Electronics Valencia
Unicaja Málaga
Lietuvos Rytas

Fenerbahçe Ülker
Asseco Prokom
Efes Pilsen
Lottomatica Roma

Žalgiris
Cibona
Armani Jeans Milano
Brose Bamberg

Union Olimpija
Cholet
Spirou Charleroi (QR A)
Khimki (QR B)

Qualifying rounds
Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 qualifying rounds

The Qualifying Rounds consisted of three rounds, QR1, QR2 and QR3. The rounds were played in home and away series.

Bracket

The higher ranked team hosted the second leg.

  First qualifying round Second qualifying round Third qualifying round
                                         
1 Alba Berlin 79 95 174  
4 Roanne 86 82 168  
  1 Alba Berlin 73 73 146  
  2 Hemofarm Vršac 67 78 145  
2 Hemofarm Vršac 97 77 174
3 Hapoel Gilboa 84 86 170  
  1 Alba Berlin 77 70 147
  3 Spirou Charleroi 81 70 151
1 UNICS 84 78 162  
4 GasTerra Flames 72 63 135  
  1 UNICS 69 75 144
  3 Spirou Charleroi 75 71 146  
2 ČEZ Nymburk 68 73 141
3 Spirou Charleroi 79 71 150  
  First qualifying round Second qualifying round Third qualifying round
                                         
1 ASVEL 64 84 148  
4 Budućnost 69 76 145  
  1 ASVEL 75 71 146  
  2 Le Mans 85 63 148  
2 Le Mans 78 78 156
3 Banvit 72 66 138  
  2 Le Mans 56 66 122
  1 Khimki 70 87 157
1 Khimki 77 85 162  
4 Pepsi Caserta 74 66 140  
  1 Khimki 87 74 161
  2 Budivelnyk 58 67 125  
2 Budivelnyk w/o
3 Maroussi[5] DSQ  

Regular season

The Regular Season began on 18 October 2010 with Olympiacos hosting Real Madrid and ended on 23 December 2010.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are 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.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16

Group A

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Maccabi Electra 1091799700+99
2. Caja Laboral 1055809784+25
3. Žalgiris 1055762765−3
4. Partizan 1055658717−59
5. Khimki 1046764753+11
6. Asseco Prokom 1028689762−73

Group B

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Olympiacos 1073805730+75
2. Real Madrid 1064734662+72
3. Unicaja Málaga 1055749759−10
4. Lottomatica Roma 1055733770−37
5. Brose Bamberg 1046714739−25
6. Spirou Charleroi 1037691766−75

Group C

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Montepaschi Siena 1082787661+126
2. Fenerbahçe Ülker 1073795723+72
3. Regal FC Barcelona 1073766709+57
4. Lietuvos Rytas 1046779784−5
5. Cholet 1046705774−69
6. Cibona 10010677858−181

Group D

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group D
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Panathinaikos 1073802703+99
2. Union Olimpija 1064789783+6
3. Efes Pilsen 1055756768−12
4. Power Electronics Valencia 1055689695−6
5. Armani Jeans Milano 1046737766−29
6. CSKA Moscow 1037683741−58

Top 16

The 16 qualified teams were drawn into four groups with four teams. The matches were played between January 19 and March 3, the top two teams of every group advanced to the playoffs. The draw took place on 4 January 2011 at Barcelona at 13:00 CET, and was streamed live on the Euroleague's official website.[6]

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group E

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group E
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Caja Laboral 642468437+31
2. Panathinaikos 642452395+57
3. Lietuvos Rytas 633445473−28
4. Unicaja Málaga 615414474−60

Group F

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group F
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Regal FC Barcelona 660471402+69
2. Maccabi Electra 633511442+69
3. Lottomatica Roma 624411462−51
4. Union Olimpija 615394481−87

Group G

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group G
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Real Madrid 651460423+37
2. Montepaschi Siena 642452423+29
3. Efes Pilsen 624426455−29
4. Partizan 615389426−37

Group H

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group H
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Olympiacos 651461418+43
2. Power Electronics Valencia 633449438+11
3. Fenerbahçe Ülker 633456462−6
4. Žalgiris 615418466−48

Quarterfinals
Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 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
Caja Laboral 1–3 Maccabi Electra76–7081–8360–8177–99
Regal FC Barcelona 1–3 Panathinaikos83–8271–7574–7667–78
Real Madrid 3–2 Power Electronics Valencia71–6575–8175–6672–8166–58
Olympiacos 1–3 Montepaschi Siena89–4165–8272–8176–88

Final four
Main article: 2011 Euroleague Final Four
 
Semifinals
May 6		Final
May 8
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Panathinaikos77
 
 
 
 Montepaschi Siena69
 
 Panathinaikos78
 
 
 
 Maccabi Tel Aviv70
 
 Maccabi Tel Aviv82
 
 
 Real Madrid63
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Real Madrid62
 
 
 Montepaschi Siena80

Individual statistics

Rating
Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral2038119.05
2. Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos2240718.50
3. Joel Freeland Unicaja Málaga1526217.47

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Igor Rakočević Efes Pilsen1424117.21
2. Mirza Teletović Caja Laboral2030915.45
3. Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos2028414.20

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Mirsad Türkcan Fenerbahçe Ülker12887.33
2. James Gist Partizan14976.93
3. Paulius Jankūnas Žalgiris161106.88

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos221376.23
2. Marcelinho Huertas Caja Laboral201115.55
3. Omar Cook Power Electronics Valencia211165.52

Other Stats
Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game Chuck Eidson Maccabi Electra222.64
Blocks per game Mirza Begic Žalgiris
Real Madrid		161.50
Turnovers per game Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos203.85
Fouls drawn per game Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos205.40
Minutes per game Vlado Ilievski Union Olimpija1534:48
2FG% Antonis Fotsis Panathinaikos220.760
3FG% Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral200.500
FT% Nando de Colo Power Electronics Valencia190.957

Game highs
Category Name Team Stat
Rating Keith Langford Khimki42
Points Keith Langford Khimki35
Rebounds Richard Hendrix Maccabi Electra16
Assists Vule Avdalovic Cholet13
Marcelinho Huertas Caja Laboral
Steals Doron Perkins Maccabi Electra7
Charles Smith Lottomatica Roma
Blocks D'or Fischer Real Madrid6
Turnovers DeJuan Collins Žalgiris9
Fouls Drawn Keith Langford Khimki15

Awards

Euroleague 2010–11 MVP

Euroleague 2010–11 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2010–11

[7]

PositionAll-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub Team
PG
 Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos Jeremy Pargo Maccabi Electra
SG/SF
 Juan Carlos Navarro FC Barcelona Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos
SG/SF
 Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral Sergio Llull Real Madrid
PF/C
 Mike Batiste Panathinaikos Duško Savanović Power Electronics Valencia
PF/C
 Sofoklis Schortsanitis Maccabi Electra Kšyštof Lavrinovič Montepaschi Siena

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

Club Executive of the Year

MVP Weekly
Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Week

Regular season
Game Player Team Rating
1 Chuck Eidson Maccabi Electra30
2 Bootsy Thornton Efes Pilsen29
3 Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos31
4 Berni Rodríguez Unicaja Málaga36
5 Sammy Mejia Cholet35
6 Kšyštof Lavrinovič Montepaschi Siena36
7 Darius Washington Lottomatica Roma31
8 Ratko Varda Asseco Prokom31
9 Bo McCalebb Montepaschi Siena34
10 Keith Langford Khimki42

Top 16
Game Player Team Rating
1 Kenny Gregory Union Olimpija30
2 Marcelinho Huertas
Khalid El-Amin		 Caja Laboral
Lietuvos Rytas		29
3 D'or Fischer
Lior Eliyahu		 Real Madrid
Maccabi Electra		30
4 Antonis Fotsis Panathinaikos40
5 Marcelinho Huertas (2) Caja Laboral30
6 Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral37

Quarterfinals
Game Player Team Rating
1 Richard Hendrix Maccabi Electra28
2 Malik Hairston Montepaschi Siena32
3 Marko Jarić
D'or Fischer (2)		 Montepaschi Siena
Real Madrid		27
4 Malik Hairston (2) Montepaschi Siena31
5 Duško Savanović Power Electronics Valencia23

MVP of Month
Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award
Month Player Team
October 2010 Goran Jagodnik Union Olimpija
November 2010 Chuck Eidson Maccabi Electra
December 2010 Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
January 2011 Juan Carlos Navarro FC Barcelona
February 2011 Radoslav Nesterović Olympiacos
March 2011 Jeremy Pargo Maccabi Electra

References and notes
  1. "2011 Euroleague Final Four set for Barcelona". Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. "Game report:Maccabi Electra vs Panathinaikos". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. "Game report: Real Madrid vs Montepaschi Sienna". Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. "MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  5. Maroussi's licence to play Qualifying Rounds was revoked on September 16, so Budivelnyk authomatically advance to the Qualifying Round 2.
  6. "Top 16 Draw set for January 4 in Barcelona". euroleague.net. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  7. Euroleague.net MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team.
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