Euroleague
Commercial Assets meeting
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The
Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) board members met Wednesday in
Barcelona to prepare for the General Assembly that will take place on
July, 7 in Barcelona, a day before the Euroleague Draw. The meeting
began with a brief review of the 2009-10 season, where all present
agreed that the season offered a very high sporting standard that
allowed fans to enjoy very entertaining and tense games. Board members
were presented with the evolution of the television distribution this
season, which broke records by reaching up to 197 countries, as well as
a review of the overall results from this year's Final Four, which has
been considered by all as one of the best such events in terms of
organization, attendance and sponsorship acquisition. Read
more here.
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Alexander Gomelskiy
Coach of the Year: Xavi Pascual, Regal FCB
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After
leading his team to the Euroleague title in dominant fashion, Regal FC
Barcelona head coach Xavi Pascual has been voted winner of the
Euroleague Basketball Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year Trophy for
the 2009-10 season. In just his second full campaign as head coach at
this level, Pascual guided Barcelona to the best record in the
Euroleague this season and to the club's second Euroleague crown. At 37
years old, Pascual becomes the youngest coach to win the award. The
Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year Trophy is awarded annually at the
end of the season through a vote of all Euroleague head coaches. This
season's runner-up was Dusko Vujosevic of Partizan Belgrade, who led
his club to its first Final Four appearance in more than a decade.
Vujosevic won the award for 2008-09. Asseco Prokom Gdynia head coach
Tomas Pacesas finished third in the voting after his team became the
first from Poland to reach the Euroleague quarterfinals. The Alexander
Gomelskiy Coach of the Year award debuted in 2005 and was won that year
by Pini Gershon of Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv. In order since then,
previous winners were Ettore Messina of CSKA Moscow in 2006, Zeljko
Obradovic of Panathinaikos in 2007, Messina again with CSKA in 2008,
and Vujosevic last year. Read more here.
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Draws for 2010-11
season announced
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The
first events of the next basketball season, the draws for the 2010-11
Euroleague, Eurocup Qualifying Rounds and EuroChallenge, will be held
on Thursday, July 8 at the Mediapro Auditorium, Imagina (Av. Diagonal
177) in Barcelona, Spain. For the fifth consecutive year, the 2010-11
draws may be seen live on Euroleague.net.
Immediately after the draw, fans can also see live-streamed interviews
on Euroleague.net with Euroleague team coaches and managers giving
their impressions of the draw results.
Read more here.
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2010
Final Four media reaction |
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Read
what some of the hundreds of media present at the 2010 Final Four had
to say about the event. As Spanish newspaper El Pais summer it up:
'Barcelona and the beautiful game, the good basketball, won - and Paris
was a party.' Read more here.
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Juan Carlos
Navarro, 2010 Final Four MVP
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His
trophy collection continues. After the team he leads made the
Euroleague title game look easy, Regal FC Barcelona guard Juan Carlos
Navarro was voted MVP of the 2010 Final Four by the 491 media members
in attendance among 14,000 fans in jam-packed Palais Omnisports de
Paris-Bercy on Sunday in the French capital. Navarro scored 21 points
as Barcelona bowled over Olympiacos 86-68 by holding the lead from the
second minute of the game until the final buzzer. Navarro
was spectacular as usual, shooting 4 for 9 from three-point territory,
5 for 6 from the foul line and 2 for 4 on two-pointers for his point
total. He was also Barcelona's top rebounder with 5, tying Pete
Mickeal, and its top assist-maker with 3, tying Victor Sada. Read more here.
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Barca win
Euroleague in style
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Regal
FC Barcelona comfortably despatched of Greek side Olympiacos, 86-68 to
become 2009/2010 Euroleague Champions in Paris, France. Juan Carlos
Navarro was named Final Four MVP - as the danger-man hit 21 points, to
lead all scorers for the winners. As they lead from midway through the
first quarter and never looked back. “All our hard work has paid off.
We did a very good job and I am happy for my team mates.” Said Navarro.
Read more here.
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Once Again Luck
Denies The Black & White Guys!
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BC
Partizan and CSKA Moscow clashed for the first time in this season in
the third-place game, and this game was the opportunity for the fans of
both teams to prove their brotherhood relations. Brotherhood yet was
far off the court as CSKA won the game after a real battle that brought
another loss to the black and whites after overtime 90:88. Read more here.
(Photo: kkpartizan.rs)
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CSKA leave Paris
with pride
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CSKA
Moscow left Paris with some pride in tack, as they needed overtime to
see off Partizan in a thrilling 3rd/4th place game in Paris. Veteran,
J.R. Holden hit a game-winning triple with 2.9 seconds left in overtime
to grab victory for the Russians. Partizan’s Bo McCalebb had a chance
to win it for his side, but was short with his three-pointer. Moscow’s
Trajan Langdon netted 32 points, playing all 45 minutes, and with that,
a +37 rating. Lawrence Roberts got 16 points in vain for the Serbian
powerhouses. Read more here.
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Barcelona reigns in
Paris!!!
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Regal
FC Barcelona is the 2010 Euroleague champion! Barca downed Olympiacos
86-68 in the final before a packed house at the Palais Omnisports de
Paris-Bercy in the French capital to win its second Euroleague crown.
Juan Carlos Navarro, the only remaining player from Barcelona’s 2003
Euroleague-winning squad, was named Final Four MVP after leading the
charge with 21 points. Pete Mickeal added 14 and Fran Vazquez set a
title game record with 4 blocked shots as the Barcelona defense limited
the top scoring team in the Euroleague this season to 68 points,
matching its season low. The Reds never led again after a 5-6 start as
the Barcelona defense held Olympiacos below 20 points in all four
quarter. Ricky Rubio added 9 points for the freshly crowned champs, led
by head coach Xavi Pascual. Olympiacos, which beat Barcelona for its
only Euroleague title in 1997, got 15 points from Josh Childress. Linas
Kleiza added 13 points, Theo Papaloukas had 12 and new Euroleague MVP
Milos Teodosic was held to 10. Read more here.
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CSKA finishes third!
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CSKA
Moscow finished the 2010 Euroleague Basketball season in third place
after holding off Partizan Belgrade 90-88 in a memorable overtime
thriller on Sunday at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in the
French capital. CSKA was led by its old guard as Trajan Langdon
produced a record scoring night and J.R. Holden sank a game-winning
three-pointer with 2.4 seconds left in overtime to secure a tough win.
Read more here.
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The show must go on
for CSKA
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CSKA
Moscow forward, Ramunas Siskauskas is still disappointed, but admits
the show must go on, in today’s 3rd / 4th place game against Partizan
Belgrade. CSKA were beaten in the semi-finals by Regal FC Barcelona,
64-54 - where Siskauskas led all scorers with 19 points. Shooting 40%
from behind the arc. “We have to play, no matter if it is the third
place game.” commented Siskauskas. “We have to play it and try to win,
do what we have to do.” he continued. Read more here.
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EuroLeague Final
game Regal FC Barcelona vs. Olympiacos Piraeus
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The
showdown between the two teams with the best records in the Euroleague
this season, Regal FC Barcelona and Olympiacos, will decide the title
on Sunday night at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in the French
capital. Both teams survived tough tests in Friday’s semifinals to
reach the final after losing in the semis last season. Barcelona
avenged two previous semifinal losses to CKSA Moscow with a 64-54
victory led by Ricky Rubio with 10 points and 8 assists. Olympiacos
outlasted Partizan Belgrade 80-83 in an overtime thriller that was one
of the most exciting Final Four contests in memory.Read more here.
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All-Euroleague team
2009-10
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The
best players of the 2009-10 Euroleague Basketball season were honored
on Saturday night at the annual Euroleague Basketball Awards Ceremony
held at the historic Paris city hall, Hôtel de Ville. Twenty-four hours
before a new Euroleague champion will be crowned, a who's who of world
basketball elite came together to celebrate another exciting season in
a one-of-a-kind setting, the spectacular Salle de Fêtes, modelled after
the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Olympiacos point guard
Milos Teodosic was voted the 2009-10 Euroleague MVP after a breakout
season for the Reds. Unfortunately, he was too sick to attend the
ceremony after helping Olympiacos win its semifinal game on Friday
night to reach Sunday's final against Regal FC Barcelona. His award was
accepted by Olympiacos general manager Christos Stavropoulos. Read more
here.
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The Black &
Whites Lose In the Thriller Game
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In
the second semi final game of the Euroleague Final Four in Paris,
Olympiacos and Partizan played one of the most exciting matches in the
history of this competition. Packed Bercy Arena could see the
breakthrough of Barcelona to the final after beating CSKA in a very
tough game, while Olympiacos edged Partizan after overtime 80:83 in an
unbelievable basketball thriller. The Black and Whites had a great
start of the game and after several fast breaks and outscoring the
opponents in the first four minutes had a 10:2 lead. Tough game under
the hoop brought Olympiacos several baskets from the paint while
Partizan kept on consecutive scoring 17:10. As the first quarter was
drawing to its end Teodosić scored twice from the line and his second
triple pointer in the match and dragged his team at just two points
minus, 17:15. 17:15. Read more here.
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Olympiacos second
finalist!!!
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Olympiacos
Piraeus will play for its second Euroleague title on Sunday after
surviving an overtime thriller to beat Partizan Belgrade 80-83 in the
second semifinal of 2010 Euroleague Basketball Final Four at the Palais
Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in the French capital on Friday evening. The
Reds will play Regal FC Barcelona, which defeated CSKA Moscow in the
first seminal earlier in the day. The Reds forced overtime on a Josh
Childress offensive rebound and dunk in the closing seconds of
regulation and then rode the foursome of Childress, Linas Kleiza,
Ioannis Bourousis and Milos Teodosic, who scored 4 points apiece in
overtime, to secure a remarkable win. The game was the first semifinal
to go to overtime since 2004. Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy winner
Kleiza paced the Reds with 19 points and 11 rebounds, Childress and
Teodosic added 17 points each, Sofoklis Schortsanitis scored 11 and
Theo Papaloukas tallied 10 points and 5 assists for Olympiacos, which
lost in the Final Four semifinal last season and has not lifted the
crown since 1997. Partizan, which is appearing in its first Final Four
in 12 years, got 21 points, 4 assists and 4 steals from Bo McCalebb.
Aleks Maric had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, Jan Vesely posted
13 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks and Dusan Kecman scored
11. Read more here.
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Regal FC Barcelona
first finalist!!!
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Regal
FC Barcelona is a close stepper to its ultimate dream after topping
CSKA Moscow 64-54 on Friday evening in the first semifinal of the 2010
Euroleague Basketball Final Four at the Palais Omnisports de
Paris-Bercy in the French capital. Barcelona avenged defeat against the
same CSKA team from last season’s semifinals thanks to a strong showing
from star playmaker Ricky Rubio, who scored 10 points and tied a Final
Four record with 8 assists. It was a tough battle that went the way
CSKA wanted, slow and physical, but a 10-0 second-quarter run gave
Barcelona the lead for good and head coach Xavi Pascual’s men made it
hold up in what was the lowest scoring Final Four game of the
decade.Read more here.
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Semifinal 1 Regal
Barcelona vs. CSKA Moscow
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The
2010 Final Four tips off with a world-class rivalry as Regal FC
Barcelona and CSKA Moscow battle in the semifinals for fourth time in
eight years and the second in a row. CSKA is looking to reach its fifth
consecutive Euroleague title game, an achievement surpassed only by
Varese (1970-79) in European basketball history. Barcelona is playing
its 11th Final Four, a record since the format was started in 1988, and
gunning for its second continental crown. Barcelona had to beat CSKA in
the semifinals to reach its previous title, in 2003. CSKA had to stop
Barcelona in the semis in 2006 to win its first title in 35 years.Read
more here.
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Semifinal 2
Partizan vs. Olympiacos
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It's
been a long time since either Olympiacos Piraeus or Partizan Belgrade
have sniffed a Euroleague title game, but one of them will make it
there on Friday. Olympiacos battles Partizan in the second game of the
2010 Euroleague Basketball Final Four at the Palais Omnisports de
Paris-Bercy on Friday night for the right to face the winner of the
opening game between CSKA Moscow and Regal FC Barcelona for the
Euroleague crown. Olympiacos has not won a Euroleague semifinal since
1997, the year it won its only Euroleague title. Partizan has not been
to a title game since 1992, the year it won its lone Euroleague
championship. Read more here.
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Euroleague For Life
- A Visit to the Kid's Hospital
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'Euroleague
for Life' project gathered players of the four best Euroleague teams at
the basketball court in the yard of Hospital Salpetriere nearby hotel
and arena hosting the Euroleague Final Four. CSKA's Andrey Vorontsevich
and Pops Mensah-bonsu, Barcelona's Boniface Ndong and Trias Jordi,
Olympiacos's Yotam Halperin and Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, and Partizan's
skipper Petar Božić and Jan Vesely all gathered to open a beautiful
basketball court in very pleasant ambience of the hospital and present
it with brand new hoop constructions and baskets from Euroleague.
Read more here.
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Former champs head
to City of Light!
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Four
former continental champions - CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos Piraeus,
Partizan Belgrade and Regal FC Barcelona - will be battle to become the
newest Euroleague king at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in the
French capital on May 7 and 9. Partizan, the only qualifier not at last
season's Final Four in Berlin, too, replaces the team it knocked out,
Panathinaikos. CSKA, which has broken its own record by reaching an
eighth consecutive Final Four, will seek its seventh Euroleague title.
Partizan, which lifted the continental trophy in 1992, will be making
its first Final Four appearance in 12 years. Barcelona will play its
11th Final Four - a record since the format was adopted in 1988 - and
is going for its second title. Olympiacos had been away from the Final
Four for an entire decade before this, its second consecutive
appearance. The Reds won their only Euroleague title in 1997 and are
ready for more. On May 9, one of them will become the new champion of
the Euroleague!
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Euroleague
Quarterfinals
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Quarterfinal
1: Regal FC Barcelona
- Real Madrid (Analysis)
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vs.
3 : 1
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68 : 61
63 : 70
84 : 73
84 : 78
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April 7
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Quarterfinal
2: Maccabi Electra :
Partizan Belgrade (Analysis)
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vs.
1 : 3
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77 : 85
98 : 78
73 : 81
67 : 76
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April 7
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Quarterfinal
3: CSKA Moscow : Caja
Laboral (Analysis)
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vs.
3 : 1
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86 : 63
83 : 63
53 : 66
74 : 70
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April 7
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Quarterfinal
4: Olympiacos : Asseco
Prokom (Analysis)
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vs.
3 : 1
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83 : 79
90 : 73
78 : 81
86 : 70
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April 7
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necessary
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EUROLEAGUE TV TO
BROADCAST QUARTERFINALS IN HD
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Barcelona, March 30, 2010.
Euroleague Basketball is proud to announce that the competition's
internet-based channel, Euroleague.TV, will start broadcasting in HD
with the quarterfinals playoff game Partizan vs. Maccabi Electra Tel
Aviv on Tuesday, March 30. This pioneering experience will give all
fans the opportunity to watch one playoff game per competition date in
high definition. Following the general strategy of bringing the best
basketball with the best possible quality to all Euroleague Basketball
fans via EBTV, the logical step this season was HD. The newest addition
to EBTV comes after the service in general was improved this season
with better quality for both live-streamed and on-demand videos, plus
real-time stats integrated into the broadcasts with live play-by-play,
court graphics and team comparisons. All EBTV users who have already
purchased a subscription package will be able to enjoy the HD quality
with no extra cost on their broadband connection.
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Euroleague.TV:
"El Clásico" LIVE for only €4,90
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Euroleague.TV:
"El Clásico" LIVE for only €4,90
Just in time for the Playoffs, fans around the world can get a piece of
Euroleague action at its finest with a pair of special Euroleague.TV
offers. Euroleague.TV iis offering a 30% discount on one special game
each day of the Playoffs, starting with the classic Regal FC Barcelona
vs. Real Madrid series opener on Tuesday, for €4.90, a savings of €2
over the regular price. The "Euroleague.TV Bonus Game" will be
announced before each playoff date so fans can reserve a front-row seat
for Euroleague drama at a special low price. At the same time, the
Playoffs' Day Pass will allow any fan to follow all four games at a
special price, just €9.90, with the ability to switch from one to the
other and then review all games in full when they finish. Follow the
road to Paris and the 2010 Final Four with Euroleague.TV
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Quarterfinal
Playoffs 2010
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The
road to the 2010 Final Four in Paris saw eight more teams get off at
the end of the Top 16 and only eight remain for the Quarterfinal
Playoffs. One of them will be the new Euroleague champion on May 9. But
first they need to get through the best-of-five playoffs! Of the teams
that have stayed alive this far - Regal FC Barcelona, Real Madrid,
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, Partizan Belgrade, Olympiacos Piraeus, Asseco
Prokom Gdynia, CSKA Moscow and Caja Laboral - each Final Four since
2005 in Moscow has featured at least three of them! And the 2006 Final
Four in Prague featured four – CSKA, Maccabi, Laboral and Barcelona – a
foursome that could potentially reach Paris together! Among the
quarterfinalists are Euroleague champions from five of the last seven
seasons. Together the eight of them have won a whopping 21 Euroleague
crowns overall. The matchups also offer a lot of significance. Spanish
League super rivals Barcelona and Madrid square off again in the
quarterfinals just four years after Barcelona bounced Madrid from the
same stage. Maccabi, which won its first Euroleague crown in Belgrade
in 1977, also faced Partizan in the 1988 Final Four. Meanwhile CSKA
will try to extend its record run to an eighth consecutive Final Four.
Its opponent, Caja Laboral, looks to return to the party after a year
away broke its own string of four in a row. Laboral and CSKA met in the
semifinals in both 2005 and 2008, each winning once. Meanwhile Asseco
Prokom reached the last eight for the first time in club history. The
Polish champs look to make waves against Olympiacos, itself aiming to
get back to the Final Four for a second straight season. Check
schedule here.
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Book
now your tickets to Paris and meet the Euroleague Stars
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Barcelona,
February 1, 2010. Euroleague Basketball has announced the start of a
special promotion for all fans who buy Final Four tickets from now
until February 14 . With only three months left until the season's
biggest basketball party lands in its one-of-a-kind host city, Paris,
the Euroleague is now making available a truly unique opportunity, the
chance to attend the exclusive Official Euroleague Basketball Awards
Ceremony, an exclusive gala to be held on Saturday, May 8, the night
between the semifinals and the title game.
The elite of world basketball comes together every year at the Official
Euroleague Basketball Awards Ceremony to see the most outstanding
players of the Euroleague receive the Rising Star Trophy, the Alphonso
Ford Top Scorer and the Best Defender Trophy, and especially to hear
the names of the All-Euroleague teams and MVP unveiled for the first
time.
Now, with this special promotion, the Euroleague
will draw two double invitations to the event from among all fans who
purchase their tickets from now until February 14 .
The winners of the invitations will have the opportunity to share this
important ceremony with the most important Euroleague stars of the
season and some of the most prominent all-time European basketball
legends.
The Final Four that will crown the champion of the 2009-10 Euroleague
season, will take place from May 7-9, 2010 at Palais Omnisports of
Paris-Bercy in the French capital.
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EuroLeague
Top 16 protagonists
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At
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 starts first round of Euroleague TOP 16. We
will bring you many interesting news. You can read reactions to TOP 16
draw here.
Here you can read about teams, key players, predictions.
Group
E, Group F, Group G, Group H.
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TOP
16 draw results
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Group
E
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Group
F
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Group
G
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Group
H
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Regal
FC Barcelona
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Real
Madrid
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CSKA
Moscow
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Olympiacos
Piraeus
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Panathinaikos
Athens
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Montepaschi
Siena
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Unicaja
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Caja
Laboral
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Partizan
Belgrade
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Maccabi
Electra Tel Aviv
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Zalgiris
Kaunas
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BC
Khimki
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Maroussi
BC
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Efes
Pilsen Istanbul
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Asseco
Prokom Gdynia
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KK
Cibona Zagreb
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Euroleague.TV
introduces Day Pass and Week Pass!
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Basketball
fans can now enjoy watching Euroleague games in a new and more flexible
way thanks to a pair of special packages on offer for the first time
from Euroleague.TV
Starting now, two new options - the Day Pass and the Week Pass - are
being added to the choices fans already enjoyed from the Euroleague's
live and on-demand video service. The Day Pass let's you buy one
special evening's worth of games - up to seven total - to be watched
however and whenever you please! Likewise, the Week Pass gives fans the
option to see up to 12 big showdowns at their leisure, live or delayed.
In both cases, permission for subscribers to see the games they buy
will last for the rest of the 2009-10 season! Of course, these special
packages include all the best of Euroleague.TV
's regular service, such as video quality up to 800 Kbs, simultaneous
live statistical streaming, condensed on-demand versions of games, and
two high-quality screen size choices. Again, all games purchased will
be available to buyers live during the period purchased and on-demand
all season long for repeated viewing. Day Pass and Week Pass will be
offered throughout the rest of the regular season and the Top 16, so
mark your calendars with all the games you just can't miss... then see
them on Euroleague.TV
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2010
Final Four tickets on sale this week!
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Euroleague
Basketball is announcing that tickets for the 2010 Final Four will be
available for purchase this week by the general public. The Final Four,
which will crown a champion of the 2009-10 Euroleague season, takes
place from May 7 to 9, 2010 at Palais-Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in the
French capital. A pre-sale of tickets to fans who registered for that
privilege will continue until midnight on Tuesday. Just 12 hours after
the pre-sale ends, at noon on Wednesday, sales of 2010 Final Four
tickets will open to the general public through the official page of
the competition, www.euroleague.net. Ticket prices for the 2010 Final
Four range from €150 to €495, not including on-court VIP seats that
cost €1,000 and come with access to Euroleague Basketball VIP
Hospitality. There are also official VIP Hospitality Packages for the
very best seats in the arena, offered by THG. All tickets grant their
holders access to four games, both of Friday's semifinals, plus the
third-place and title games on Sunday. Read more here.
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"Three
of a Kind" clinic unites Zeljko Obradovic, Ettore Messina and Aito
Garcia Reneses!
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Perhaps
for the first time in a single program, the newest edition of the
Euroleague Basketball Clinic, "Three of a Kind", brings together a trio
of Europe's greatest coaches ever to offer their knowledge, style and
understanding of basketball to other coaches around the world.
With the addition of Zeljko Obradovic, the most-crowned coach in
European club history and current Euroleague champion with
Panathinaikos, the third edition of the Clinic organized by the
Euroleague Basketball Institute has managed to unite three of the most
advanced and winning philosophies in European basketball. Ettore
Messina and Aito Garcia Reneses, the professors in the previous
editions of the Clinic, will join Obradovic to complete a lineup that
guarantees the maximum level of both technical and educational
expertise.
As in the previous editions, the Clinic will consist of two parts:
on-line courses that run from February 15 to June 9, 2010, followed by
an on-court session with all three coaches from June 23 to 26 in
Barcelona, Spain.
Read more and apply here.
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