The 2008–09 Euroleague was the 9th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 52nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season, which featured 24 teams from 13 countries, culminated in the 2008–09 Euroleague Final Four at the new O2 World arena in Berlin, Germany.[1] It was won by Panathinaikos, who defeated in the final, the defending champions, CSKA Moscow.
While the general structure of the competition was identical to that used in recent seasons, changes were made to the format for two of its phases, the Regular Season and Quarterfinals.
The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups, each containing six teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage. The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round. This was the first year for this particular format; previously, the competing teams were split into three groups of eight teams each, with the top five teams in each group plus the best sixth-place team advancing.
If two or more clubs finished level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:[3]
Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
Overall point difference in all group matches
Points scored in all group matches
Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Games were played from October 22, 2008 to January 15, 2009.[4]
Top 16
The surviving teams were then divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round-robin system was adopted resulting in 6 games each, with the top 2 teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the Regular Season. Games began on January 28 and ended March 12.
Quarterfinals
In the quarterfinals, the top placed teams from each Top 16 group played second placed teams from a different group in a best-of-five playoff series, with the winners of those series advancing to the Final Four. This was the first season in which the quarterfinals were best-of-five; previously, they had been best-of-three. The quarterfinal matches were played from March 24 until April 9.
Final Four format
The culminating stage of the Euroleague in which the four remaining teams played a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers played in a third-place playoff. The team which was victorious in the Final (Panathinaikos) would be Euroleague champion. The Final Four semifinals were played May 1, with the third-place game and final on May 3.
Regular seasonedit
The regular season began on October 20, 2008 and concluded on January 15, 2009.
The Top 16 stage was played from January 28 to March 12, 2009.
The draw was conducted on January 19 at Euroleague Basketball Company headquarters in Barcelona. The group winners in the Regular Season were drawn from one pot, the runners-up from one pot, the teams in 3rd place from one pot and those in 4th place from one pot. Teams that played in the same group in the Regular Season could not meet again in the Top 16. Also, teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same pool unless it was necessary to prevent teams from the same Regular Season group from being drawn together.
Key to colors
Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals
The Final Four was played on May 1 and on May 3. Semifinal games were played on Friday, while the third-place playoff and Final were played on Sunday. The event was hosted at the O2 World in Berlin. It was the first time the event was held in Berlin.
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Main article EuroLeague The 2008 09 Euroleague was the 9th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe organised by Euroleague Basketball Company and it was the 52nd season of the premier competition for European men s clubs overall The season which featured 24 teams from 13 countries culminated in the 2008 09 Euroleague Final Four at the new O2 World arena in Berlin Germany 1 It was won by Panathinaikos who defeated in the final the defending champions CSKA Moscow EuroleagueThe Final Four was held in the O2 World in BerlinSeason2008 09Duration22 October 2008 3 May 2009Number of games188Number of teams24Regular seasonSeason MVPJuan Carlos NavarroFinalsChampionsPanathinaikos 5th title Runners upCSKA MoscowThird placeFC BarcelonaFourth placeOlympiacosFinal Four MVPVassilis SpanoulisAwardsRising StarNovica VelickovicBest DefenderDimitris DiamantidisCoach of the YearDusko VujosevicStatistical leadersPointsIgor Rakocevic18 0ReboundsMirsad Turkcan8 6AssistsTheodoros Papaloukas5 2Index RatingD or Fischer21 5 2007 082009 10 While the general structure of the competition was identical to that used in recent seasons changes were made to the format for two of its phases the Regular Season and Quarterfinals Top 16 game between Real Madrid and Maccabi ElectraContents 1 Teams of the 2008 09 Euroleague 2 Team rosters 3 Format 4 Regular season 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 4 3 Group C 4 4 Group D 5 Top 16 5 1 Group E 5 2 Group F 5 3 Group G 5 4 Group H 6 Quarterfinals 7 Final four 8 Individual statistics 8 1 Rating 8 2 Points 8 3 Rebounds 8 4 Assists 8 5 Other Stats 8 6 Game highs 9 Awards 9 1 Euroleague 2008 09 MVP 9 2 Euroleague 2008 09 Final Four MVP 9 3 All Euroleague Team 2008 09 9 4 Rising Star 9 5 Best Defender 9 6 Top Scorer Alphonso Ford Trophy 9 7 Coach of the Year Alexander Gomelsky Award 9 8 Club Executive of the Year 9 9 MVP Weekly 9 9 1 Regular season 9 9 2 Top 16 9 9 3 Quarter finals 9 10 MVP of the Month 10 See also 11 References and notes 12 External linksTeams of the 2008 09 Euroleague editKey to colors Champion Runner up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in Quarterfinals Eliminated in Last 16 Eliminated in the regular seasonCountry League Teams Teams ranking in 2007 08 national championship nbsp Spain ACB 5 2 Tau Ceramica 1 FC Barcelona 2 DKV Joventut SF Unicaja Malaga SF Real Madrid QF nbsp Italy Lega A 4 Montepaschi Siena 1 Lottomatica Roma 2 Air Avellino SF Armani Jeans Milano SF nbsp Greece ESAKE A1 3 Panathinaikos 1 Olympiacos 2 Panionios Forthnet 3 nbsp Turkey TBL 2 Fenerbahce Ulker 1 Efes Pilsen SF nbsp France LNB Pro A 2 Nancy 1 Le Mans SF nbsp Lithuania LKL 1 Zalgiris 1 nbsp Germany BBL 1 Alba Berlin 1 nbsp Croatia A1 Liga 1 Cibona SF nbsp Russia Superleague A 1 CSKA Moscow 1 nbsp Israel BSL 1 Maccabi Electra 2 nbsp Slovenia SKL 1 Union Olimpija 1 nbsp Serbia KLS 1 Partizan 1 nbsp Poland PLK 1 Asseco Prokom Sopot 1 DKV Joventut qualified as ULEB Cup winners Team rosters editMain article Euroleague 2008 09 RostersFormat editRegular SeasonThe first phase was a regular season in which the competing teams were drawn into four groups each containing six teams Each team played every other team in its group at home and away resulting in 10 games for each team in the first stage The top 4 teams in each group advanced to the next round This was the first year for this particular format previously the competing teams were split into three groups of eight teams each with the top five teams in each group plus the best sixth place team advancing If two or more clubs finished level on won lost record tiebreakers were applied in the following order 3 Head to head record in matches between the tied clubs Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs Overall point difference in all group matches Points scored in all group matches Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group matchGames were played from October 22 2008 to January 15 2009 4 Top 16The surviving teams were then divided into four groups of four teams each and again a round robin system was adopted resulting in 6 games each with the top 2 teams advancing to the quarterfinals Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the Regular Season Games began on January 28 and ended March 12 QuarterfinalsIn the quarterfinals the top placed teams from each Top 16 group played second placed teams from a different group in a best of five playoff series with the winners of those series advancing to the Final Four This was the first season in which the quarterfinals were best of five previously they had been best of three The quarterfinal matches were played from March 24 until April 9 Final Four formatThe culminating stage of the Euroleague in which the four remaining teams played a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final The losers played in a third place playoff The team which was victorious in the Final Panathinaikos would be Euroleague champion The Final Four semifinals were played May 1 with the third place game and final on May 3 Regular season editThe regular season began on October 20 2008 and concluded on January 15 2009 Key to colors Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16Group A edit Team Pld W L PF PA Diff1 nbsp Unicaja Malaga 10 8 2 771 698 732 nbsp Olympiacos 10 6 4 815 748 673 nbsp Maccabi Electra 10 6 4 815 811 44 nbsp Cibona VIP 10 5 5 760 772 125 nbsp Air Avellino 10 3 7 754 814 606 nbsp Le Mans 10 2 8 747 819 72 Group B edit Team Pld W L PF PA Diff1 nbsp FC Barcelona 10 9 1 813 650 1632 nbsp Montepaschi Siena 10 8 2 835 750 853 nbsp Panathinaikos 10 7 3 763 707 564 nbsp Asseco Prokom Sopot 10 2 8 675 734 595 nbsp Zalgiris 10 2 8 716 812 966 nbsp Nancy 10 2 8 706 855 149Group C edit Team Pld W L PF PA Diff1 nbsp Tau Ceramica 10 8 2 916 808 1082 nbsp Lottomatica Roma 10 6 4 814 786 283 nbsp Fenerbahce Ulker 10 6 4 779 755 244 nbsp Alba Berlin 10 4 6 691 748 575 nbsp DKV Joventut 10 4 6 800 810 106 nbsp Union Olimpija 10 2 8 725 818 93 Group D edit Team Pld W L PF PA Diff1 nbsp CSKA Moscow 10 7 3 774 644 1302 nbsp Real Madrid 10 6 4 740 707 333 nbsp Armani Jeans Milano 10 5 5 734 745 114 nbsp Partizan 10 5 5 706 687 195 nbsp Efes Pilsen 10 4 6 713 762 496 nbsp Panionios Forthnet 10 3 7 668 790 122Top 16 editThe Top 16 stage was played from January 28 to March 12 2009 The draw was conducted on January 19 at Euroleague Basketball Company headquarters in Barcelona The group winners in the Regular Season were drawn from one pot the runners up from one pot the teams in 3rd place from one pot and those in 4th place from one pot Teams that played in the same group in the Regular Season could not meet again in the Top 16 Also teams from the same country could not be drawn into the same pool unless it was necessary to prevent teams from the same Regular Season group from being drawn together Key to colors Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinalsGroup E edit Team Pld W L PF PA Diff1 nbsp Olympiacos 6 5 1 496 446 502 nbsp Tau Ceramica 6 4 2 556 474 823 nbsp Armani Jeans Milano 6 2 4 455 529 744 nbsp Asseco Prokom Sopot 6 1 5 444 502 58 Group F edit Team Pld W L PF PA Diff1 nbsp FC Barcelona 6 5 1 508 429 792 nbsp Real Madrid 6 5 1 505 487 183 nbsp Maccabi Electra 6 2 4 459 481 224 nbsp Alba Berlin 6 0 6 427 502 75 FC Barcelona wins the group over Real Madrid by the head to head point differential Group G edit Team Pld W L PF PA Diff1 nbsp Panathinaikos 6 5 1 503 428 722 nbsp Partizan 6 4 2 420 434 143 nbsp Unicaja Malaga 6 2 4 484 461 234 nbsp Lottomatica Roma 6 1 5 441 525 84 Group H edit Team Pld W L PF PA Diff1 nbsp CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 454 377 772 nbsp Montepaschi Siena 6 4 2 472 456 163 nbsp Cibona VIP 6 2 4 423 456 334 nbsp Fenerbahce Ulker 6 1 5 384 444 60Quarterfinals editTeam 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 legOlympiacos nbsp 3 1 nbsp Real Madrid 88 79 79 73 63 71 78 75Regal FC Barcelona nbsp 3 2 nbsp Tau Ceramica 75 84 85 62 62 69 84 63 78 62Panathinaikos nbsp 3 1 nbsp Montepaschi Siena 90 85 79 84 72 53 91 84CSKA Moscow nbsp 3 0 nbsp Partizan 56 47 77 50 67 56Final four editMain article 2009 Euroleague Final Four The Final Four was played on May 1 and on May 3 Semifinal games were played on Friday while the third place playoff and Final were played on Sunday The event was hosted at the O2 World in Berlin It was the first time the event was held in Berlin SemifinalsMay 1FinalMay 3 nbsp Regal FC Barcelona78 nbsp CSKA Moscow82 nbsp CSKA Moscow71 nbsp Panathinaikos73 nbsp Olympiacos82 nbsp Panathinaikos84 Third place nbsp Regal FC Barcelona95 nbsp Olympiacos79Individual statistics editRating edit Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR1 nbsp D or Fischer nbsp Maccabi Electra 13 279 21 462 nbsp Terrell McIntyre nbsp Montepaschi Siena 19 377 19 843 nbsp Mirsad Turkcan nbsp Fenerbahce Ulker 14 271 19 36Points edit Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG1 nbsp Igor Rakocevic nbsp Tau Ceramica 21 377 17 952 nbsp Terrell McIntyre nbsp Montepaschi Siena 19 328 17 263 nbsp David Logan nbsp Asseco Prokom Sopot 15 253 16 87Rebounds edit Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG1 nbsp Mirsad Turkcan nbsp Fenerbahce Ulker 14 121 8 642 nbsp D or Fischer nbsp Maccabi Electra 13 99 7 623 nbsp Ioannis Bourousis nbsp Olympiacos 22 162 7 36Assists edit Rank Name Team Games Rating APG1 nbsp Theodoros Papaloukas nbsp Olympiacos 22 114 5 182 nbsp Omar Cook nbsp Unicaja Malaga 16 82 5 133 nbsp Terrell McIntyre nbsp Montepaschi Siena 19 84 4 42Other Stats edit Category Name Team Games StatSteals per game nbsp David Logan nbsp Asseco Prokom Sopot 15 2 67Blocks per game nbsp Fran Vazquez nbsp FC Barcelona 23 1 74Turnovers per game nbsp David Logan nbsp Asseco Prokom Sopot 15 2 93Fouls drawn per game nbsp Sani Becirovic nbsp Lottomatica Roma 13 6 23Minutes per game nbsp David Logan nbsp Asseco Prokom Sopot 15 34 182FG nbsp Lubos Barton nbsp FC Barcelona 23 0 8003FG nbsp Marco Mordente nbsp Armani Jeans Milano 12 0 555FT nbsp Louis Bullock nbsp Real Madrid 20 0 953Game highs edit Category Name Team StatRating nbsp Lior Eliyahu nbsp Maccabi Electra 42Points nbsp Terrell McIntyre nbsp Montepaschi Siena 35Rebounds nbsp Pat Burke nbsp Asseco Prokom Sopot 20Assists nbsp Theodoros Papaloukas nbsp Olympiacos 13Steals 7 occasions 6Blocks nbsp Loren Woods nbsp Zalgiris 7Turnovers 3 occasions 8Fouls Drawn nbsp Sani Becirovic nbsp Lottomatica Roma 12Awards editEuroleague 2008 09 MVP edit nbsp Juan Carlos Navarro nbsp FC Barcelona Euroleague 2008 09 Final Four MVP edit nbsp Vassilis Spanoulis nbsp Panathinaikos All Euroleague Team 2008 09 edit 5 Position All Euroleague First Team Club team All Euroleague Second Team Club teamPG nbsp Terrell McIntyre nbsp Montepaschi Siena nbsp Theodoros Papaloukas nbsp OlympiacosSG SF nbsp Igor Rakocevic nbsp Tau Ceramica nbsp Ramunas Siskauskas nbsp CSKA MoscowSG SF nbsp Juan Carlos Navarro nbsp FC Barcelona nbsp Vassilis Spanoulis nbsp PanathinaikosPF C nbsp Ioannis Bourousis nbsp Olympiacos nbsp Erazem Lorbek nbsp CSKA MoscowPF C nbsp Nikola Pekovic nbsp Panathinaikos nbsp Tiago Splitter nbsp Tau CeramicaRising Star edit nbsp Novica Velickovic nbsp Partizan Best Defender edit nbsp Dimitris Diamantidis nbsp Panathinaikos Top Scorer Alphonso Ford Trophy edit nbsp Igor Rakocevic nbsp Tau Ceramica Coach of the Year Alexander Gomelsky Award edit nbsp Dusko Vujosevic nbsp Partizan Club Executive of the Year edit nbsp Marco Baldi nbsp Alba Berlin MVP Weekly edit Main article EuroLeague MVP of the Week Regular season edit Game Player Team Rating1 nbsp Will McDonald nbsp Tau Ceramica 322 nbsp Pops Mensah Bonsu nbsp Joventut Badalona 373 nbsp Igor Rakocevic nbsp Tau Ceramica 344 nbsp Mike Hall nbsp Armani Jeans Milano 285 nbsp Edu Hernandez Sonseca nbsp Joventut Badalona 386 nbsp Lior Eliyahu nbsp Maccabi Electra 427 nbsp Rawle Marshall nbsp Cibona 348 nbsp Sani Becirovic nbsp Lottomatica Roma 389 nbsp Immanuel McElroy nbsp Alba Berlin 3810 nbsp Oguz Savas nbsp Fenerbahce Ulker 41Top 16 edit Game Player Team PIR1 nbsp Nikola Pekovic nbsp Panathinaikos 28 nbsp D or Fischer nbsp Maccabi Electra 28 nbsp Lior Eliyahu 2 nbsp Maccabi Electra 282 nbsp Novica Velickovic nbsp Partizan 293 nbsp Ersan Ilyasova nbsp FC Barcelona 394 nbsp Tiago Splitter nbsp Tau Ceramica 285 nbsp Charles Gaines nbsp Maccabi Electra 33 nbsp Mike Hall 2 nbsp Armani Jeans Milano 336 nbsp Mike Batiste nbsp Panathinaikos 35Quarter finals edit Game Player Team PIR1 nbsp Romain Sato nbsp Montepaschi Siena 362 nbsp Erazem Lorbek nbsp CSKA Moscow 333 nbsp Ramunas Siskauskas nbsp CSKA Moscow 30 nbsp Matjaz Smodis nbsp CSKA Moscow 304 nbsp Terrell McIntyre nbsp Montepaschi Siena 375 nbsp Ersan Ilyasova 2 nbsp FC Barcelona 26MVP of the Month edit Main article EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award Month Player TeamOctober 2008 nbsp Ersan Ilyasova nbsp FC BarcelonaNovember 2008 nbsp Sani Becirovic nbsp Lottomatica RomaDecember 2008 nbsp Lior Eliyahu nbsp Maccabi ElectraJanuary 2009 nbsp Igor Rakocevic nbsp Tau CeramicaFebruary 2009 nbsp Novica Velickovic nbsp PartizanMarch 2009 nbsp Erazem Lorbek nbsp CSKA MoscowSee also editULEB Eurocup 2008 09 EuroChallenge 2008 09References and notes edit EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL AEG ANNOUNCE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT May 3 2008 El AXA FCB quinto espanol en la Euroliga y el Kalise GC a la ULEB Cup Archived from the original on 2017 10 28 Retrieved 2008 05 25 Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Draw procedures Euroleague 2008 01 29 Archived from the original on 1 February 2008 Retrieved 2008 01 29 New competition system for 2008 09 Euroleague 2008 09 All Euroleague MVP announced External links editEuroleague official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 09 Euroleague amp oldid 1157332992, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
