2006 Euroleague Final Four

2006 Euroleague Final Four
Season	2005–06 Euroleague
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	Winterthur 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. The event was held on April 28 and on April 30, 2006 at the O2 Arena in Prague. CSKA Moscow won its fifth EuroLeague championship, after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Final.

Bracket[edit]

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: Jungebrand (FIN), Zavlanos (GRE), Facchini (ITA), Ramot (ISR)

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 (ITA)

Maccabi came to the game looking for their third consecutive title. however, CSKA snatched a narrow 4-point victory to win its fifth title.

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	Theo 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

2005–06 Euroleague Champions
CSKA Moscow 5th title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	15	Will 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	4	5	1
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