2005–06 FIBA EuroCup

Template:Infobox basketball league season The 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup was the 3rd season of the FIBA EuroCup, the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition. It was the first season of the competition under the new name EuroCup which is now used for the formerly known ULEB Cup. A total number of 32 teams from 20 countries participated in competition. The season finished with the EuroCup Final Four, which was held in Kyiv, Ukraine. Joventut Badalona won the cup after defeating BC Khimki 88–63 in the final.

Format

A number of 32 teams were split into 8 groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the next stage, where they were split into new four groups of four. The top two teams in each group in the second group stage advanced to the Quarter-Final, which was played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winner of each series advanced to the 2006 EuroCup Final Four, which was held in Kyiv.

Team allocation

The number of the teams remained at 32 of which 7 were domestic champions (including Croatia) and 4 runners-up, including France and Israel.

Country	Teams	Teams
Template:Flagicon Russia	4	BC Khimki (4th)	Dynamo St. Petersburg (5th)	Lokomotiv Rostov (6th)	Dynamo Moscow Region (7th)
Template:Flagicon France	3	SLUC Nancy (2nd)	Cholet (9th)	BCM Gravelines (10th)
Template:Flagicon Israel	3	Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd)	Hapoel Galil Elyon (3rd)	Ironi Strauss Iscar Nahariya (6th)
Template:Flagicon Belgium	2	Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut (3rd)	Leuven (6th)
Template:Flagicon Spain	2	DKV Joventut Badalona (7th)	CB Gran Canaria (8th)
Template:Flagicon Germany	2	RheinEnergie Köln (5th)	Telekom Baskets Bonn (9th)
Template:Flagicon Greece	2	Maroussi Honda (4th)	PAOK Thessaloniki (5th)
Template:Flagicon Ukraine	2	Kyiv (1st)	Azovmash Mariupol (2nd)
Template:Flagicon Austria	1	Allianz Swans Gmunden (1st)
Template:Flagicon Croatia	1	KK Zadar (1st)
Template:Flagicon Cyprus	1	Proteas EKA AEL Limassol (1st)
Template:Flagicon Czech Republic	1	ČEZ Nymburk (1st)
Template:Flagicon Estonia	1	BC Kalev/Cramo(1st)
Template:Flagicon Italy	1	Vertical Vision Cantu (6th)
Template:Flagicon Latvia	1	Barons Riga (2nd)
Template:Flagicon Lithuania	1	BC Šiauliai (3rd)
Template:Flagicon Netherlands	1	MPC Capitals (5th)
Template:Flagicon Poland	1	WKS Slask Wroclaw (5th)
Template:Flagicon Romania	1	CSU Asesoft Ploiesti (1st)
Template:Flagicon Turkey	1	Fenerbahçe (4th)

Second stage

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Template:Flagicon BC Kyiv	6	4	2	490	454	+36
2.	Template:Flagicon Dynamo Saint Petersburg	6	3	3	439	438	+1
3.	Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe	6	3	3	474	483	-9
4.	Template:Flagicon CEZ Nymburk	6	2	4	477	505	-28

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Template:Flagicon Maroussi Honda	6	5	1	393	387	+6
2.	Template:Flagicon RheinEnergie Köln	6	4	2	458	426	+32
3.	Template:Flagicon Vertical Vision Cantu	6	2	4	457	475	-18
4.	Template:Flagicon Dynamo Moscow Region	6	1	5	447	467	-20

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Template:Flagicon Lokomotiv Rostov	6	4	2	462	431	+31
2.	Template:Flagicon Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut	6	4	2	483	456	+27
3.	Template:Flagicon Zadar	6	2	4	487	464	+23
4.	Template:Flagicon Slask Wroclaw	6	2	4	411	492	-81

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Template:Flagicon Khimki	6	4	2	487	447	+40
2.	Template:Flagicon DKV Joventut	6	4	2	527	483	+44
3.	Template:Flagicon Azovmash	6	4	2	452	443	+9
4.	Template:Flagicon Proteas EKA AEL	6	0	6	486	579	-93

Quarterfinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
BC Kyiv Template:Flagicon	2 – 1	Template:Flagicon RheinEnergie Köln	87 – 85	62 – 69	71 – 64
Lokomotiv Rostov Template:Flagicon	0 – 2	Template:Flagicon DKV Joventut	54 – 88	57 – 86
BC Khimki Template:Flagicon	2 – 1	Template:Flagicon Dexia Union Mons-Hainaut	91 – 75	73 – 79	94 – 78
Maroussi Honda Template:Flagicon	0 – 2	Template:Flagicon Dynamo Saint Petersburg	53 – 64	59 – 71

See also

• 2005-06 Euroleague
• 2005-06 ULEB Cup
• 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup Challenge

External links

• Official site
• At Eurobasket.com