Top 16
The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules.
The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:
- Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team
- Unicaja, TAU, Maccabi, Panathinaikos
- Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams
- Climamio, Efes Pilsen, CSKA, Žalgiris
- Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams
- Lietuvos Rytas, Benetton, Winterthur FCB, Real Madrid
- Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team
- Olympiacos, Bamberg, Ülker, Cibona
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:
- No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group can be placed in the same Top 16 group.
- No more than two teams from the same country can be placed in the same Top 16 group.
- If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) will receive priority.
Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In cases of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Efes Pilsen and Ülker) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.
| Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals | |
| Eliminated from contention |
Teams in bold type advanced to the quarterfinals.
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