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  Euroleague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Euroleague is a high-caliber professional basketball league with teams from all over Europe.
The Euroleague was established by ULEB, the Union of European Leagues of Basketball, which in turn was created by a group of 24 elite club teams.
The Euroleague is currently contested in four phases.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Euroleague   (507 words)

  
 Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The team reached the Euroleague final in 2000, falling to the highly touted Panathinaikos in a close game (ironically, former Maccabi and Israeli NT star Oded Katash excelled in the Greek club).
They returned to the Euroleague Final Four in 2005, facing tough odds due to the rise of the dominating CSKA Moscow club that was favoured and was also hosting the event.
Gershon benefited greatly from the last Euroleague title, his third, and has become one of the most sought-after coaches in Europe, not to mention a national hero.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maccabi_Tel-Aviv_(basketball)   (1212 words)

  
 DraftExpress - NBA Draft, NCAA/International Basketball Website.
Part of our Euroleague Stock watch starts with the prospects who have seen their stock drop or remain stable in the first seven games of the season so far.
However, a nice set of athletic skills, a fine shooting touch, an ability to play as somewhat of a point forward and some moments when he seemed to be Olympiakos' MVP on both sides of the court have also been an important part of the story for Vasilopoulos.
In his rookie Euroleague season and despite playing for a team with plenty of experienced and skilled guards, Seibutis has been an excellent choice off the bench for Olympiakos, clearly showing that he is one of the most promising guards in Europe.
www.draftexpress.com /viewarticle.php?a=1147   (2688 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Holdsclaw takes game overseas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
She is ranked fourth in the EuroLeague is steals per game (4.7) and is averaging 4.9 rebounds and is shooting 46.2% from the field.
She was named EuroLeague MVP of the week in the opening week as she finished with 27 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks.
Her EuroLeague play is an indication that her game is still getting better and she should start right were she left off in 2004: Signed through the 2005 WNBA season.
www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/wnba/2005-01-06-holdsclaw-wnba-europe_x.htm?csp=34   (1839 words)

  
 InsideHoops.com - Euroleague Final Four Preview - 2005 Euroleague
The 2005 Euroleague basketball season has wrapped up, the playoffs have come and gone, and all that remained was the Euroleague final four.
They are trying to become the first Euroleague basketball team in 14 years to successfully defend their championship and win back-to-back titles.
CSKA Moscow: Famous for their constant Euroleague basketball success, CSKA Moscow won 21 of their 22 games this Euroleague basketball season and are as strong as they've ever been.
www.insidehoops.com /euroleague-final-four.shtml   (504 words)

  
 WNBA.com: Offseason News and Notes: EuroLeague
Sacramento’s Yolanda Griffith was named FIBA Euroleague Women Player of the Week as she led UMMC Ekaterinburg to a victory over CharChieti Cus Chieti by scoring 31 points and grabbing 10 rebounds and shooting 5-of-5 from the field and 17-of-21 from the free-throw line.
San Antonio’s Margo Dydek posted her seventh double-double of the Euroleague season, scoring 15 points and grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds in the loss.
Wauters is currently ranked second in the EuroLeague in field goal percentage (.555), third in rebounding (9.5 rpg) and tied for sixth in scoring (15.9 ppg).
www.wnba.com /features/euroleague_updates_0304.html   (3390 words)

  
 Welcome to the EUROLEAGUE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Next among the top performances of the week was another pair of big men who put finishing touches on their fine Euroleague seasons, Matt Nielsen of Lietuvos Rytas and Daniel Santiago of Unicaja, with index ratings of 27 each.
Besides Paulius, Euroleague Basketball Fantasy Challenge had a total of 31 other distinct winners whose prizes range from autographed jerseys to the official Molten GL-7 Euroleague basketballs to Final Four t-shirts and 2005-06 Euroleague Basketball Media Guides.
No end-of-season winners were allowed to claim two prizes, but could choose their preference, in which case the other went to the next-best player in the second category.
www.euroleague.net   (1461 words)

  
 SI.com - NBA - Four teams to play Euroleague squads in preseason - Monday June 13, 2005 11:23PM
The NBA, which always is looking to strengthen its presence in Europe, will give more details in a press conference Tuesday at The Palace of Auburn Hills before the Detroit Pistons host the San Antonio Spurs in Game Three of the NBA Finals.
NBA commissioner David Stern and Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertomeu are to speak at the press conference.
The Euroleague widely is regarded as the leading basketball competition outside of the NBA.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/basketball/nba/06/13/bc.bkp.lgns.nbaeuroleaguegames.r   (314 words)

  
 Euroleague Professional Basketball Sports
And it's a format that is completely inappropriate for professional basketball, both in the Euroleague and now Israel BSL.
competition, Euroleague Basketball, was founded in 2000 under a private organizational model that is considered a breakthrough for European professional team...
A decade ago, the atmosphere at one Euroleague basketball semifinal in Munich...
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Basketball/Professional/Euroleague   (563 words)

  
 news - EUROLEAGUE: Team Focus: ARMANI JEANS MILANO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A three-time Euroleague winner in 1966, 1987 and 1988, Milano has made noise already by signing marquee free agents Giacomo Galanda, Preston Shumpert and, above all, Massimo Bulleri, who will be the team's new on-court general.
He will join forces with Joseph Blair, who won the 2002-03 Euroleague regular season MVP as one of a handful of players ever to average a double-double in the competition.
The Top 16 should not be out of the question for Milano, especially considering the basketball fever raging in the whole city and the great support the team can expect night-in and night-out as it steps on the court in Europe's top league.
www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=103971&src=0   (639 words)

  
 FIBA Europe
EuroLeague Champions BC Volgaburmash Samara left it late, but managed to squeeze out a 2-point victory over Lithuanian side Lietuvos Telekomas in the Final Four in Brno on Friday night.
USVO was held to five points in the first quarter and nine points in the fourth as the young and inexperienced French club came up short in their comeback bid.
Last season the Lithuanians made it to their first ever EuroLeague Final Four where they were beaten in the semi-finals by home side and eventual champions BC Volgaburmash Samara 66-58.
www.fibaeurope.com /cid_f43ulKJBGLcVnbH-aqLVu2.compID_jr6ZiXqeGhMBtfq1yxqV83.html   (471 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Sports leagues
It was thus that Euroleague hoops was founded, the league kicking off in 1958, with 22 competing teams.
After the 39 games of the Euroleague's debut season, the league awarded the European Cup to a Latvian club, ASK Riga.
Euroleague has become immensely popular and, because of the increased fan following, player salaries have increased.
www.askmen.com /sports/business_100/131c_sports_business.html   (544 words)

  
 Basketball : Euroleague Final Four 2005 preview
Last year, in their first Euroleague campaign, the Basques were pretty close, but CSKA Moscow prevented them from making the Final Four.
With three continental crowns under their belt over the past nine years, coming in 1996, 2000, and 2002, as well as six Greek league titles over the past seven years, Panathinaikos ranks as the most successful team of the last decade in European basketball.
In their Euroleague quarterfinal best-of-three playoff series against Turkish club Efes Pilsen, the home-court advantage was very significant.
www.betinf.com /eurob_final.htm   (823 words)

  
 North American Partner Universities - Euroleague for Life Sciences
ELLSNA (Euroleague for Life Sciences and North American Universities) is the platform for the cooperation of ELLS with the following universities in the US and Canada.
The aim of the partnership is to strengthen and to expand the transatlantic working relationships to the mutual benefit of all partners.
Our vision is to be Canada's leader in creating, transmitting and applying knowledge to improve the social, cultural and economic quality of life of people in Canada and around the world.
www.euroleague-study.org /ellsna.html   (1355 words)

  
 Israel21c
While Maccabi Tel Aviv was advancing through the stages of the Euroleague, the plan almost became unraveled after Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, which was followed by threats of retaliation made by the terrorist organization.
The Euroleague Board held an extraordinary meeting on March 30 that considered relocating the Final Four from Tel Aviv.
All along, except in 1993-94, Maccabi represented Israel in the Euroleague, adding another title in 1981, an intercontinental cup the same year, the Suproleague title in 2000-01, in addition to six more appearances in the finals and two more in the Final Four.
www.israel21c.org /bin/en.jsp?enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Articles^l678&enZone=Culture&enVersion=0&   (1266 words)

  
 EJP | News | Western Europe | Maccabi seeks Euroleague finals
Maccabi Tel-Aviv are preparing to embark on an historic season, seeking to retain the Euroleague basketball championship for a second time.
This year’s squad will be considerably different than the one that won the Euroleague final in Moscow last season.
The replacement will be Will Solomon who only a couple of years ago led arch rivals Hapoel Jerusalem to their first ULEB Cup, European basketball’s second championship.
www.ejpress.org /article/3383   (468 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Basketball / NBA execs eye talent in Euroleague tourney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With NBA executives on hand and the league eyeing Europe as promising territory, the Euroleague championship begins Thursday amid heavy security.
The NBA is studying the idea of expanding to Europe or creating a spin-off league on the continent.
Euroleague chief executive Jordi Bertomeu refused to speculate on what such a development would mean for an increasingly popular Euroleague.
www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2004/04/28/nba_execs_eye_talent_in_euroleague_tourney   (366 words)

  
 news - EUROLEAGUE: Team Focus: STRASBOURG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The challenge before all of them and head coach Eric Girard is clear: to use the momentum of the club's quick rise in France to shout the name of Strasbourg from the Euroleague stage, too.
Another player on whom Strasbourg will be counting seriously is Wesson, one of the top rebounders overall in the ULEB Cup over the last three seasons and the top scorer for Gravelines in the competition last season.
Strasbourg's first task in the Euroleague is to be competitive.
www.noticias.info /Asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=105853   (605 words)

  
 24sec.net - Euroleague Final Four 2005 - Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The coach of the new/old Euroleague champion Maccabi Tel Aviv wrote a personal column for the Israeli news site YNET, where he talked about the recent Final Four, and his future.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is the Euroleague champion again for the second time in a row after beating...
The 2005 All-Euroleague team was named tonight during an official dinner in Moscow, three of the win...
www.24sec.net /final4   (175 words)

  
 Sports Betting Information : Basketball : Euroleague Basket 2005/2006
The four teams who win their quarterfinal series advance to the Euroleague Final Four.
However, Ulker was eliminated from contention for the Euroleague Quarterfinal Playoffs.
He is averaging 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds in 17 Euroleague games this season.
www.betinf.com /eurob.htm   (686 words)

  
 Prokom Trefl Sopot (SSA TREFL) - serwis oficjalny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Euroleague Basketball and CSKA Moscow, host of the 2005 Euroleague Final Four, today announced an unprecedented agreement with Tickets.com that provides basketball fans worldwide with equal access to purchase tickets to the Euroleague Final Four in Moscow, May 6-8.
Following Euroelague’s recent announcement of its historic agreement with FIBA, which recognizes Euroleague as the exclusive organizer of the top professional basketball competitions in Europe, Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertomeu was clear that this agreement would pave the way to develop a new business model for Euroleague.
Euroleague, and our host CSKA Moscow, felt the time was right to give basketball fans throughout Europe, and worldwide, equal access to tickets, including the very best seats.
www.prokom.trefl.com.pl /english/news.php?ID=1686   (805 words)

  
 Sportsterminal.com - News
CSKA Moscow fell victim to one of the biggest upsets in Euroleague Final Four history Friday, suffering an improbable 85-78 loss to Tau Ceramica of Spain.
Loaded with international stars, it has stormed to a 26-0 mark in the Russian Superleague and was 21-1 in the much more competitive Euroleague.
Jasikevicius, a native of Lithuania who tormented Team USA in last year's Olympics, is trying to become the first player to win three straight Euroleague titles.
www.sportsterminal.com /sports/news.asp?news_id=139804&league_id=   (328 words)

  
 EUROLEAGUE TEAM UP WITH TICKETS.COM - Sports business, sponsorship, research news- www.sportbusiness.com
Euroleague Basketball and Tickets.com have entered a five-year agreement that provides all Euroleague clubs with software to manage ticket inventory and customer databases.
This latest agreement follows last month’s announcement of an arrangement between Euroleague, CSKA Moscow and Tickets.com to make tickets available on-line, worldwide, for the 2005 Euroleague Final Four, in Moscow on May 6 to 8.
Said Marshall Glickman, Euroleague consultant: “Euroleague’s attendance has shown dramatic increases over the last five years — at the end of last season, attendance had increased 45 per cent over the first four years of the competition and this season, attendance is already up 20 per cent through the first 10 weeks.
www.sportbusiness.com /news/index?news_item_id=156739   (199 words)

  
 WOAI: San Antonio News - Spurs To Conduct 2006 Training Camp In France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Euroleague Basketball S.L. was founded in 2000, for the purposes of managing Europe’s premier basketball competition.
Euroleague Basketball grants licenses to 24 of Europe’s top clubs, based on a combination of factors, including team performance, arena capacity, paid attendance, arena conditions and management structure.
Euroleague Basketball’s General Assembly recently approved a new Strategic Plan, which will bring all of its commercial assets “in-house” for the first time.  As a result, Euroleague Basketball has recently formed a new entity, Euroleague Properties, for purposes of managing television sales, sponsorship sales & services, licensing, events and other commercial activities of Euroleague Basketball.
www.woai.com /spurs/story.aspx?content_id=484BEBA4-6E8A-4833-9783-1772379DC0A2   (1197 words)

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