EuroLeague

The Euroleague is one of the premier basketball leagues in Europe with 24 participating teams from different European countries. These teams are:

• •    AJ Milano
• •    Aris TT Bank
• •    AXA FC Barcelona
• •    Brose Baskets
• •    Chorale Roanne
• •    CIBONA
• •    CSKA Moscow
• •    EFES Pilsen
• •    Fenerbahce Ulker
• •    Le Mans
• •    Lietuvos Rytas
• •    Lottomatica Roma
• •    Maccabi Elite
• •    Montepaschi Siena
• •    Olympiacos
• •    Panathinaikos
• •    Partizan Igokea
• •    Prokom Trefl Sopot
• •    Real Madrid
• •    Tau Ceramica
• •    Unicaja
• •    Union Olimpija
• •    Virtus VidiVici
• •    Zalgiris

The league has started in February 1958 with the official tip off in Brussels and has continued to grow throughout the years. The league was originally created by FIBA and by 2001; the league administration has been transferred to Union of European Leagues of Basketball (UELB). The league has four phases in its tournament format, Regular Season, top 16, quarterfinal and the final four. The league has been making waves in Europe with millions of fans watching the every game of the league. What’s great about the league is that the teams are from different countries so a lot of their fans are fighting for the basketball pride of their individual countries. The league has produced several exceptional basketball players and some of these players have already played in the NBA such as Toni Kukoc, Drazen Petrovic, Vlade Divac and Arvydas Sabonis. There will be several other Euroleague basketball players that will be recruited by the NBA in the future because of their exceptional basketball skills. You can visit their website http://www.euroleague.net for more information about the Euroleague.

Here is the list of Champion teams and the final four MVP in the Euroleague since 1988 when the Final Four format was implemented:

Champion Team                                  MVP
1987-88    Tracer Milan                      Bob McAdoo
1988-89    Jugoplastika Split              Dino Ra
1989-90    Jugoplastika Split              Toni Kuko
1990-91    Pop 84 Split                       Toni Kuko
1991-92    Partizan                             Predrag Danilovi
1992-93    CSP Limoges                     Toni Kuko
1993-94    Joventut Badalona             Žarko Paspalj
1994-95    Real Madrid                      Arvydas Sabonis
1995-96    Panathinaikos                  Dominique Wilkins
1996-97    Olympiacos                     David Rivers
1997-98    Kinder Bologna                Zoran Savi?
1998-99    Žalgiris Kaunas               Tyus Edney
1999-00    Panathinaikos                 Željko Rebra?a
2000-01    Maccabi Tel Aviv            Arriel McDonald
2000-01    Kinder Bologna               Manu Ginóbili
2001-02    Panathinaikos                Dejan Bodiroga
2002-03    FC Barcelona                  Dejan Bodiroga
2003-04    Maccabi Tel Aviv            Anthony Parker
2004-05    Maccabi Tel Aviv            Šar?nas Jasikevi?ius
2005-06    CSKA Moscow                Theodoros Papaloukas
2006-07    Panathinaikos                Dimitris Diamantidis
2007-08    CSKA Moscow                Trajan Langdon

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