The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a
round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season. The draw was held February 5, at 13:00
CET (1200 UTC) in
Barcelona, 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 •
CSKA Moscow,
Tau Cerámica,
Panathinaikos,
Dynamo Moscow Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams •
Winterthur FC Barcelona,
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv,
Olympiacos,
Benetton Treviso Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams •
DKV Joventut,
Efes Pilsen,
Pau-Orthez,
Unicaja Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team •
Lottomatica Roma,
Aris TT Bank,
Prokom Trefl Sopot,
Partizan 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 could be placed in the same Top 16 group. • No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group. • If there is a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority. Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, FC Barcelona and Joventut Badalona) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.
Group E Group G *Unicaja won the group over
Dynamo Moscow. The teams split their regular-season matches, but Unicaja scored 5 more points head-to-head. == Quarterfinals ==