2006 Euroleague Final Four

2006 Euroleague Final Four
Tournament details
Arena	O2 Arena ; Prague, Czech Republic
Dates	April 28-30, 2006
Final positions
Champions	CSKA Moscow (5th title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Third place	TAU Cerámica
Fourth place	FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP	Theo Papaloukas
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The 2006 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2005–06 Euroleague season. CSKA Moscow won its 5th European championship.

Bracket

28 April 2006
17:30

Maccabi Elite	85–70	Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 27–15, 22–16, 12–22
Pts: Baston 20 Rebs: Vujčić 8 Asts: Vujčić 7		Pts: Scola 17 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Scola 5

Sazka Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,805
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Belošević (SCG)

28 April 2006
20:30

Winterthur FC Barcelona	75–84	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 18–19, 14–23, 23–27
Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Fučka 10 Asts: Williams 4		Pts: Holden, Papaloukas 19 Rebs: Smodiš 12 Asts: Langdon 3

Sazka Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,805
Referees: Ramot (ISR), Zavlanos (GRE), Facchini (ITA)

30 April 2006
17:30

Winterthur FC Barcelona	82–87	Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 17–21, 24–15, 22–25
Pts: Fučka, Navarro 20 Rebs: Fučka 9 Asts: Williams 4		Pts: Drobnjak 19 Rebs: Drobnjak, Scola 12 Asts: Prigioni 6

Sazka Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,805
Referees: Zavlanos (GRE), Jovčić (SCG), Sahin (FRA)

30 April 2006
20:30

CSKA Moscow	73–69	Maccabi Elite
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–12, 14–18, 24–21
Pts: Papaloukas 18 Rebs: Smodiš 8 Asts: Papaloukas 7		Pts: Solomon 20 Rebs: Baston 15 Asts: three players 2

Sazka Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,805
Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Belošević (SCG)

CSKA Moscow

Maccabi Elite

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	10	J.R. Holden	6	3	0
SG	21	Trajan Langdon	11	0	1
SF	9	David Vanterpool	16	3	4
PF	8	Matjaž Smodiš	12	8	1
C	14	Aleksey Savrasenko	10	4	0
Reserves:			P	R	A
PG	4	Theodoros Papaloukas	18	3	7
PF	5	Nikita Kurbanov	DNP
PF	6	Sergey Panov	0	0	0
SG	7	Vasily Zavourev	DNP
SF	11	Zakhar Pashutin	DNP
PF	12	Vladimir Dyachok	DNP
PG	23	Alexey Shved	3	2	2
C	22	Tomas Van Den Spiegel	0	2	0
Head coach:
Ettore Messina

2006 Euroleague Champions
CSKA Moscow 5th title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	15	Willie Solomon	20	1	2
SG	8	Anthony Parker	10	5	2
SF	10	Tal Burstein	9	7	2
PF	5	Maceo Baston	6	15	0
C	7	Nikola Vujčić	0	2	0
Reserves:			P	R	A
PG	6	Derrick Sharp	3	0	0
PF	11	Sharon Shason	0	0	0
SG	12	Assaf Dotan	DNP
PF	14	Omri Casspi	DNP
SF	20	Kirk Penney	3	0	0
SG	23	Jamie Arnold	14	4	0
C	41	Yaniv Green	DNP
Head coach:
Pini Gershon