EuroCup 2005–06
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The EuroCup is an international professional club competition organized by FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...

. 32 Teams from 20 countries participated in the 2005-06 EuroCup season. The competition is regarded as the third-strongest
European professional club basketball system
The European professional club basketball system or European professional club basketball pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Europe. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels...

 pan-European club basketball competition, behind the Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

 and the ULEB Cup
ULEB Cup
Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...

. This season's EuroCup Final-Four was held in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Joventut Badalona
Joventut Badalona
Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto . Known to their fans as La Penya , it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish League...

 won the cup after defeating BC Khimki 88-63 in the final.

Format

32 Teams 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 Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

.

Teams of the 2005-2006 EuroCup

Country | Teams| Teams
  Russia 4 Dynamo St. Petersburg  BC Khimki  Lokomotiv Rostov
Lokomotiv Rostov
PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban is a Russian professional basketball team which is now based in Krasnodar, Russia, after moving from Rostov-on-Don at the end of the 2008–09 season for financial reasons. The club was founded in the year 1946 and was formerly known as Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody and Lokomotiv...

 
Dynamo Moscow Region
  France 3 Cholet
Cholet Basket
Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.- Establishment :...

SLUC Nancy
SLUC Nancy
The Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy, usually abbreviated to SLUC Nancy, is a French professional basketball club. The club is based in the city of Nancy, in the region of Lorraine. The team plays in the French Pro A League....

 
BCM Gravelines
  Israel 3 Ironi Nahariya
Ironi Nahariya
Ironi Nahariya is a professional basketball club based in Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the Second division in Israeli basketball.-History:...

 
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.
Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. is an Israeli basketball club. The second most successful side in Israeli basketball, The club Owned by Hapoel Tel Aviv Supporters Trust and is currently in Liga Leumit, the Second tier.-History:...

 
Hapoel Galil Elyon
Hapoel Galil Elyon
Hapoel Galil-Elyon was an Israeli basketball club. The team represented the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights...

 
  Belgium 2 Leuven Basket Dexia Mons
Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Dexia Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the Belgian League. The club's home arena is Mons Arena.-History:...

  Spain 2 CB Gran Canaria
CB Gran Canaria
Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria - Claret, S.A.D. is a professional basketball team that plays in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto. The team is based in the autonomous community's capital and largest city, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. It plays at Centro Insular.-History:CB Gran...

 
Joventut Badalona
Joventut Badalona
Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto . Known to their fans as La Penya , it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish League...

 
  Germany 2 RheinEnergie Köln
RheinEnergie Köln
Köln 99ers, that was known as RheinEnergie Köln from 2001-2007, is a basketball club based in Cologne, Germany that played in the Basketball Bundesliga ....

 
Telekom Baskets Bonn
Telekom Baskets Bonn
Telekom Baskets Bonn is a professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the German Basketball League, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's sponsor is the German company Deutsche Telekom, a big telephone and internet company, which...

 
  Greece 2 PAOK Thessaloniki  Maroussi BC
Maroussi BC
Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...

 
  Ukraine 2 Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol is a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 3 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague, Ukrainian Cup and the ULEB Eurocup. The home court is Azovmash Arena. It is one of the strongest teams...

 
BC Kiev 
  Austria 1 Swans Gmunden
Allianz Swans Gmunden
Allianz Swans Gmunden, also called Swans Gmunden is an Austrian professional basketball club, based in Gmunden. The home arena is Volksbank-Arena Gmunden.-Roster:- Starting Five :...

 
  Croatia 1 KK Zadar
KK Zadar
KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...

  Cyprus 1 Proteas EKA AEL
Proteas EKA AEL
Proteas EKA AEL , is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Limassol, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot League...

 
  Czech Republic 1 CEZ Nymburk
  Estonia 1 BC Kalev
BC Kalev/Cramo
BC Kalev/Cramo is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia participating in Korvpalli Meistriliiga, Baltic Basketball League and VTB United League. Kalev/Cramo plays their home games at Saku Suurhall and Kalevi Spordihall. The club was previously known under the name Ehitustööriist,...

 
  Italy 1 Cantu
Pallacanestro Cantù
Pallacanestro Cantù is an Italian League professional basketball club that is based in Cantù. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Bennet Cantù, after Bennet, an Italian supermarket chain. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below...

 
  Latvia 1 Barons Riga
Barons LMT
BK Barons/O!Karte is a professional basketball club, which is based in Riga, Latvia. Its head coach is Kārlis Muižnieks.-History:...

 
  Lithuania 1 BC Siauliai
BC Šiauliai
BC „Šiauliai“ is the professional basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League, Baltic Basketball League and ULEB Eurocup. It has won the 3rd place award in the LKL a record 9 times.-Club History:The team was head coached by Antanas Sireika for...

 
  Netherlands 1 MPC Capitals
Hanzevast Capitals
GasTerra Flames Groningen is a Dutch professional basketball club, playing in the Dutch Basketball League. The home arena is Martiniplaza in the city of Groningen. The club won the national championship three times: in 1982, 2004, and 2010...

 
  Poland 1 Slask Wroclaw 
  Romania 1 CSU Asesoft
CSU Asesoft
CSU Asesoft is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Ploieşti, Romania. The club competes in the Romanian Basketball Division A, and is the most successful club of the last decade, winning 7 consecutive championships between 2004-2010 and 6 Romanian cups...

 
  Turkey 1 Fenerbahce
Fenerbahçe Ülker
Fenerbahçe Ülker is the professional men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major multisport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The department has been sponsored by the Ülker since 2006. In 2006 Fenerbahçe S.K...

 

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   Dynamo Saint Petersburg 6 6 0 466 392 +74
2.   Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol is a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 3 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague, Ukrainian Cup and the ULEB Eurocup. The home court is Azovmash Arena. It is one of the strongest teams...

6 3 3 480 450 +30
3.   Cholet
Cholet Basket
Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.- Establishment :...

6 2 4 411 469 -58
4.   CSU Asesoft
CSU Asesoft
CSU Asesoft is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Ploieşti, Romania. The club competes in the Romanian Basketball Division A, and is the most successful club of the last decade, winning 7 consecutive championships between 2004-2010 and 6 Romanian cups...

6 1 5 399 445 -46

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   RheinEnergie Köln
RheinEnergie Köln
Köln 99ers, that was known as RheinEnergie Köln from 2001-2007, is a basketball club based in Cologne, Germany that played in the Basketball Bundesliga ....

6 4 2 439 402 +37
2.   KK Zadar
KK Zadar
KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...

6 3 3 430 428 +2
3.   CB Gran Canaria
CB Gran Canaria
Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria - Claret, S.A.D. is a professional basketball team that plays in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto. The team is based in the autonomous community's capital and largest city, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. It plays at Centro Insular.-History:CB Gran...

6 3 3 460 449 +11
4.   Basket Leuven 6 2 4 427 477 -50

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   Dexia Mons
Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Dexia Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the Belgian League. The club's home arena is Mons Arena.-History:...

6 4 2 512 502 +10
2.   Cantu
Pallacanestro Cantù
Pallacanestro Cantù is an Italian League professional basketball club that is based in Cantù. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Bennet Cantù, after Bennet, an Italian supermarket chain. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below...

6 3 3 480 452 +28
3.   BC Siauliai
BC Šiauliai
BC „Šiauliai“ is the professional basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League, Baltic Basketball League and ULEB Eurocup. It has won the 3rd place award in the LKL a record 9 times.-Club History:The team was head coached by Antanas Sireika for...

6 3 3 470 511 -41
4.   SLUC Nancy
SLUC Nancy
The Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy, usually abbreviated to SLUC Nancy, is a French professional basketball club. The club is based in the city of Nancy, in the region of Lorraine. The team plays in the French Pro A League....

6 2 4 512 509 +3

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   BC Khimki 6 5 1 548 491 +57
2.   CEZ Nymburk 6 4 2 504 501 +3
3.   Ironi Nahariya
Ironi Nahariya
Ironi Nahariya is a professional basketball club based in Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the Second division in Israeli basketball.-History:...

6 3 3 491 482 +9
4.   Swans Gmunden
Allianz Swans Gmunden
Allianz Swans Gmunden, also called Swans Gmunden is an Austrian professional basketball club, based in Gmunden. The home arena is Volksbank-Arena Gmunden.-Roster:- Starting Five :...

6 0 6 451 520 -69

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   Fenerbahce
Fenerbahçe Ülker
Fenerbahçe Ülker is the professional men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major multisport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The department has been sponsored by the Ülker since 2006. In 2006 Fenerbahçe S.K...

6 5 1 528 478 +50
2.   Proteas EKA AEL
Proteas EKA AEL
Proteas EKA AEL , is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Limassol, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot League...

6 5 1 460 422 +38
3.   BC Kalev Tallinn
BC Kalev/Cramo
BC Kalev/Cramo is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia participating in Korvpalli Meistriliiga, Baltic Basketball League and VTB United League. Kalev/Cramo plays their home games at Saku Suurhall and Kalevi Spordihall. The club was previously known under the name Ehitustööriist,...

6 1 5 450 460 -10
4.   PAOK Thessaloniki 6 1 5 466 544 -78

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   Maroussi BC
Maroussi BC
Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...

6 4 2 439 397 +42
2.   Slask Wroclaw 6 4 2 440 443 -3
3.   MPC Capitals
Hanzevast Capitals
GasTerra Flames Groningen is a Dutch professional basketball club, playing in the Dutch Basketball League. The home arena is Martiniplaza in the city of Groningen. The club won the national championship three times: in 1982, 2004, and 2010...

6 2 4 408 429 -21
4.   Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.
Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. is an Israeli basketball club. The second most successful side in Israeli basketball, The club Owned by Hapoel Tel Aviv Supporters Trust and is currently in Liga Leumit, the Second tier.-History:...

6 2 4 408 426 -18

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   Lokomotiv Rostov
Lokomotiv Rostov
PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban is a Russian professional basketball team which is now based in Krasnodar, Russia, after moving from Rostov-on-Don at the end of the 2008–09 season for financial reasons. The club was founded in the year 1946 and was formerly known as Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody and Lokomotiv...

6 5 1 470 443 +27
2.   BC Kiev 6 5 1 476 409 +67
3.   Barons Riga
Barons LMT
BK Barons/O!Karte is a professional basketball club, which is based in Riga, Latvia. Its head coach is Kārlis Muižnieks.-History:...

6 1 5 455 489 -34
4.   Telekom Baskets Bonn
Telekom Baskets Bonn
Telekom Baskets Bonn is a professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the German Basketball League, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's sponsor is the German company Deutsche Telekom, a big telephone and internet company, which...

6 1 5 404 464 -60

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   Joventut Badalona
Joventut Badalona
Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto . Known to their fans as La Penya , it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish League...

6 5 1 521 474 +47
2.   Dynamo Moscow Region 6 4 2 561 508 +53
3.   Hapoel Galil Elyon
Hapoel Galil Elyon
Hapoel Galil-Elyon was an Israeli basketball club. The team represented the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights...

6 2 4 529 556 -27
4.   BCM Gravelines 6 1 5 436 509 -73

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   BC Kiev 6 4 2 490 454 +36
2.   Dynamo Saint Petersburg 6 3 3 439 438 +1
3.   Fenerbahce
Fenerbahçe Ülker
Fenerbahçe Ülker is the professional men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major multisport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The department has been sponsored by the Ülker since 2006. In 2006 Fenerbahçe S.K...

6 3 3 474 483 -9
4.   CEZ Nymburk 6 2 4 477 505 -28

Group J

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   Maroussi BC
Maroussi BC
Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...

6 5 1 393 387 +6
2.   RheinEnergie Köln
RheinEnergie Köln
Köln 99ers, that was known as RheinEnergie Köln from 2001-2007, is a basketball club based in Cologne, Germany that played in the Basketball Bundesliga ....

6 4 2 458 426 +32
3.   Cantu
Pallacanestro Cantù
Pallacanestro Cantù is an Italian League professional basketball club that is based in Cantù. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Bennet Cantù, after Bennet, an Italian supermarket chain. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below...

6 2 4 457 475 -18
4.   Dynamo Moscow Region 6 1 5 447 467 -20

Group K

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   Lokomotiv Rostov
Lokomotiv Rostov
PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban is a Russian professional basketball team which is now based in Krasnodar, Russia, after moving from Rostov-on-Don at the end of the 2008–09 season for financial reasons. The club was founded in the year 1946 and was formerly known as Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody and Lokomotiv...

6 4 2 462 431 +31
2.   Dexia Mons
Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Dexia Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the Belgian League. The club's home arena is Mons Arena.-History:...

6 4 2 483 456 +27
3.   KK Zadar
KK Zadar
KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...

6 2 4 487 464 +23
4.   Slask Wroclaw 6 2 4 411 492 -81

Group L

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.   BC Khimki 6 4 2 487 447 +40
2.   Joventut Badalona
Joventut Badalona
Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto . Known to their fans as La Penya , it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish League...

6 4 2 527 483 +44
3.   Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol is a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 3 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague, Ukrainian Cup and the ULEB Eurocup. The home court is Azovmash Arena. It is one of the strongest teams...

6 4 2 452 443 +9
4.   Proteas EKA AEL
Proteas EKA AEL
Proteas EKA AEL , is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Limassol, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot League...

6 0 6 486 579 -93

Quarter Finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
BC Kiev   2 - 1   RheinEnergie Köln
RheinEnergie Köln
Köln 99ers, that was known as RheinEnergie Köln from 2001-2007, is a basketball club based in Cologne, Germany that played in the Basketball Bundesliga ....

 
87 - 85 62 - 69 71 - 64
Lokomotiv Rostov
Lokomotiv Rostov
PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban is a Russian professional basketball team which is now based in Krasnodar, Russia, after moving from Rostov-on-Don at the end of the 2008–09 season for financial reasons. The club was founded in the year 1946 and was formerly known as Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody and Lokomotiv...

  
0 - 2   Joventut Badalona
Joventut Badalona
Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto . Known to their fans as La Penya , it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish League...

 
54 - 88 57 - 86
BC Khimki   2 - 1   Dexia Mons
Dexia Mons-Hainaut
Dexia Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the Belgian League. The club's home arena is Mons Arena.-History:...

 
91 - 75 73 - 79 94 - 78
Maroussi BC
Maroussi BC
Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...

  
0 - 2   Dynamo Saint Petersburg  53 - 64 59 - 71

Bracket

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