2006 Euroleague Final Four
Tournament details
Season	2005–06 Euroleague
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

Semifinals

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

CSKA Moscow 2005–06 Euroleague champions

CSKA Moscow 2005–06 Euroleague champions
4 Papaloukas (Final Four MVP) 5 Kurbanov 6 Panov 7 Zavoruev 8 Smodiš 9 Vanterpool 10 Holden 11 Pashutin 12 Dyachok 13 Andersen 14 Savrasenko 15 Kashirov 21 Langdon 22 Van Den Spiegel Head coach: Messina Assistant coaches: Pashutin Molin

FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague Basketball

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024

General information
History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history Historical formats EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV Broadcasters NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament Youngest players Winning head coaches
Awards	EuroLeague Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team EuroLeague MVP Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2000–10 All-Decade Team 2010–20 All-Decade Team
Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Season stats leaders Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists European club pyramid European club rankings