2014–15 Euroleague
Euroleague | |||||||||||||
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![]() The Barclaycard Center in Madrid hosted the Final Four | |||||||||||||
Season | 2014–15 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 16 October 2014 – 17 May 2015 | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 251 | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 24 | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Season MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Third place | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Fourth place | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Final Four MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Awards | |||||||||||||
Best Defender | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Rising Star | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Valencia 103–65 Neptūnas | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | PGE Turów 65–104 Barcelona | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Galatasaray 110–103 Crvena Zvezda | ||||||||||||
Highest attendance | 18,733 (Crvena Zvezda 72–79 Real Madrid) | ||||||||||||
Lowest attendance | 534 (UNICS 85–62 Dinamo Sassari) | ||||||||||||
Total attendance | 2,013,305 | ||||||||||||
Average attendance | 8,184 ![]() | ||||||||||||
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
The 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 15th season of the modern era of EuroLeague basketball and the fifth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous iteration as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 58th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.
The city of Madrid hosted the Final Four from May 15 to 17, 2015.[1]
Allocation
There were three routes to participation in the Euroleague:
- The 12 teams with an A-Licence from the 2013–14 Euroleague, based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.[2]
- The 2013–14 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
- The rest of the teams places were allocated from a list of 28 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 13 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. At least the first 9 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition.
- If the Eurocup champion was qualified by receiving a B licence or some team with it resigned from the competition, a wild card had to be given by the Euroleague.
The Euroleague had the right to cancel an A licence for one of the following reasons:[3]
- The club had the lowest ranking of all clubs with an A Licence, according to the Club Ranking.
- The club had ranked among the clubs placed in the bottom half of the national championship final standings.
- The club had financial problems.
- In Spanish League, when the champion and/or the runner-up of the league were teams without an A licence. In that case, the A licence club with the lowest position would play in Eurocup in the next season. If that happened three times in five years, the A licence of the club would have been cancelled.
Euroleague allocation criteria
A licences
Classification after the 2013–14 Euroleague, including also the 2011–12 and the 2012–13 seasons.[4]
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- The A licence of EA7 Milano expired in June 2014, but Euroleague confirmed it as an A licensed team.[5]
- Montepaschi Siena did not play in the Euroleague, due to financial troubles.[6]
B licences
B licences could be given to every team without an A licence. If in the allocation appeared a team with A licence, the next team in the criteria would receive the B licence, which qualified directly to the Regular Season.[7]
A licensed teams | |
B licensed teams | |
Wild cards | |
Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round |
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- Teams from Serbia and Croatia qualified through ABA League, and not through their national leagues.
C licence, replacements and wildcards
- To the regular season
Valencia (C licence as 2013–14 Eurocup winner)
Alba Berlin (one-year wildcard which substituted Asseco Prokom's A-Licence removed in 2013)
Dinamo Sassari (one-year wildcard which substituted Montepaschi Siena's A-licence, after it resigned in 2014)
Crvena Zvezda (one-year wildcard which substituted Cibona's B-licence)
- To the qualifying rounds
UNICS (as 2013–14 VTB League best qualified without A or B licence)
Hapoel Jerusalem (wildcard)
ASVEL (wildcard)
VEF Rīga (wildcard after the rejection of Levski Sofia)
Teams
The participating teams for the season were announced on June 25, 2014.[13] The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):
- A: Qualified through an A–licence
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- QR: Qualifying rounds
- WC: Wild card
- EC: Champion of the 2013–14 Eurocup
Regular season | |||
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Qualifying rounds
Eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format that took place in Ostend, Belgium, from 23 to 26 September.[14] The winner advanced to the Euroleague regular season.[15]
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 90 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 86 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 82 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 71 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 94 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 84 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 88 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 79 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 86 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 77 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 74 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 65 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 53 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 82 |
Squads
Draw
Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.
Two teams from the same country or league could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group. In brackets, the points in the Club Ranking. Following the Eurocup bylaws, the lowest possible position that any club from that country or league could occupy in the draw was calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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- † indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.
- ^ indicates team qualified through the qualifying rounds
Regular season
![2014–15 Euroleague is located in Europe](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/700px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png)
![Galatasaray](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png)
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The regular season was played between October 16 and December 19.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Regular Season.
- Points scored during the regular season.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season game.
Top four places in each group advanced to | |
Bottom two teams in each group entered 2014–15 Eurocup Last 32 round |
Group A
Source: [citation needed] (A) Advance to Top 16; (E) Enter 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball last 32 round Notes: | Group B
Source: [citation needed] (A) Advance to Top 16; (E) Enter 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball last 32 round Notes:
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Group C
Source: [citation needed] (A) Advance to Top 16; (E) Enter 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball last 32 round Notes: | Group D
Source: [citation needed] (A) Advance to Top 16; (E) Enter 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball last 32 round Notes:
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Top 16
The Top 16 began on December 30 and ended on April 10, 2015.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record between teams still tied.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Top 16.
- Points scored during the Top 16.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 game.
Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs | |
Eliminated |
See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.
Group E
Source: [citation needed] (A) Advance to Playoffs; (E) Eliminated Notes: | Group F
Source: [citation needed] (A) Advance to Playoffs; (E) Eliminated Notes:
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Quarterfinals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 |
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Real Madrid ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 80–71 | 90–85 | 72–75 | 76–63 |
CSKA Moscow ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 93–66 | 100–80 | 85–86 | 74–55 |
FC Barcelona ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 73–57 | 63–76 | 71–73 | 68–71 |
Fenerbahçe Ülker ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | 80–72 | 82–67 | 75–74 |
Final Four
The Final Four was the last stage of the Euroleague, consisting of the four winners from the quarterfinals. The semifinal games were played on 15 May, while the third place game and championship game were played on 17 May 2015. The Final Four was hosted by the Barclaycard Center in Madrid, Spain.
Semifinals | Championship game | |||||
15 May | ||||||
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17 May | ||||||
![]() | 87 | |||||
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15 May | ||||||
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Third place game | ||||||
17 May | ||||||
![]() | 80 | |||||
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Attendances
Average home attendances
Pos | Team | GP | Total | High | Low | Average |
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1 | ![]() | 11 | 159,309 | 18,733 | 5,908 | 14,483 |
2 | ![]() | 14 | 177,418 | 16,033 | 8,165 | 12,672 |
3 | ![]() | 14 | 164,449 | 13,013 | 8,559 | 11,746 |
4 | ![]() | 13 | 143,780 | 11,060 | 11,060 | 11,060 |
5 | ![]() | 12 | 123,561 | 14,133 | 8,226 | 10,296 |
6 | ![]() | 12 | 121,835 | 14,382 | 4,795 | 10,153 |
7 | ![]() | 12 | 117,882 | 12,619 | 7,689 | 9,824 |
8 | ![]() | 14 | 125,907 | 11,653 | 6,039 | 8,993 |
9 | ![]() | 14 | 123,902 | 12,662 | 7,806 | 8,850 |
10 | ![]() | 12 | 98,703 | 10,169 | 6,344 | 8,225 |
11 | ![]() | 8 | 60,512 | 11,312 | 3,138 | 7,564 |
12 | ![]() | 12 | 87,893 | 8,891 | 5,237 | 7,324 |
13 | ![]() | 14 | 94,103 | 8,529 | 5,162 | 6,721 |
14 | ![]() | 14 | 85,495 | 10,174 | 2,529 | 6,106 |
15 | ![]() | 5 | 30,135 | 6,688 | 5,047 | 6,027 |
16 | ![]() | 5 | 30,069 | 8,500 | 3,005 | 6,014 |
17 | ![]() | 5 | 27,348 | 5,669 | 5,309 | 5,470 |
18 | ![]() | 14 | 65,509 | 5,349 | 4,369 | 4,679 |
19 | ![]() | 5 | 23,292 | 5,080 | 4,356 | 4,658 |
20 | ![]() | 5 | 18,901 | 4,483 | 3,068 | 3,780 |
21 | ![]() | 5 | 18,811 | 4,091 | 3,288 | 3,762 |
22 | ![]() | 5 | 14,490 | 3,876 | 534 | 2,898 |
23 | ![]() | 12 | 27,740 | 3,393 | 1,492 | 2,312 |
24 | ![]() | 5 | 9,744 | 3,217 | 709 | 1,949 |
- Updated on 5 May 2015 (ALL GAMES PLAYED)
Top 10
Round | Game | Home team | Visitor | Attendance | Ref | |
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1 | Top 16 | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | 18,733 | [4] |
2 | Regular Season | 4 | ![]() | ![]() | 18,732 | [5] |
3 | Top 16 | 11 | ![]() | ![]() | 18,450 | [6] |
4 | Top 16 | 6 | ![]() | ![]() | 18,382 | [7] |
5 | Top 16 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 17,821 | [8] |
6 | Regular Season | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | 16,834 | [9] |
7 | Top 16 | 9 | ![]() | ![]() | 16,033 | [10] |
8 | Play Off | 27 | ![]() | ![]() | 16,000 | [11] |
9 | Top 16 | 11 | ![]() | ![]() | 14,766 | [12] |
10 | Regular Season | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 14,480 | [13] |
Individual statistics
Rating
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 24 | 616 | 25.67 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 21 | 442 | 21.05 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 23 | 426 | 18.52 |
Points
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 21 | 397 | 18.90 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 29 | 493 | 17.00 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 24 | 398 | 16.58 |
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 24 | 256 | 10.67 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 29 | 246 | 8.48 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 23 | 187 | 8.13 |
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 24 | 168 | 7.00 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 28 | 179 | 6.39 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 24 | 146 | 6.08 |
Other statistics
Category | Name | Team | Games | Stat |
Steals per game | ![]() | ![]() | 17 | 1.59 |
Blocks per game | ![]() | ![]() | 23 | 1.96 |
Turnovers per game | ![]() | ![]() | 24 | 3.67 |
Fouls drawn per game | ![]() | ![]() | 21 | 5.81 |
Minutes per game | ![]() | ![]() | 27 | 31:59 |
2FG% | ![]() | ![]() | 25 | 0.758 |
3FG% | ![]() | ![]() | 27 | 0.575 |
FT% | ![]() | ![]() | 21 | 0.925 |
Game highs
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Alex_Tyus_9_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._EuroLeague_20180320.jpg/180px-Alex_Tyus_9_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C._EuroLeague_20180320.jpg)
Category | Name | Team | Stat |
Rating | ![]() | ![]() | 47 |
Points | ![]() | ![]() | 36 |
Rebounds | ![]() | ![]() | 17 |
Assists | ![]() | ![]() | 17 |
Steals | ![]() | ![]() | 8 |
Blocks | ![]() | ![]() | 6 |
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Turnovers | ![]() | ![]() | 8 |
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Fouls Drawn | 3 occasions | 12 |
Awards
Nemanja Bjelica (
Fenerbahçe Ülker)[16]
First Team[17] | Second Team[17] | |||
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Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)
Bogdan Bogdanović (
Fenerbahçe Ülker)
MVP of the Week
Regular season
Game | Player | Team | PIR |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 30 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 30 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 37 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 38 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 40 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 41 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 36 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 43 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 37 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 31 |
Top 16
Game | Player | Team | PIR |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 32 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 29 |
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3 | ![]() | ![]() | 34 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 37 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 34 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 38 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 29 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 47 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 36 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 35 |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 32 |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 30 |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 28 |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 28 |
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Quarter-finals
Game | Player | Team | PIR |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 29 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 34 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 31 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 27 |
MVP of the Month
Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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October 2014 | ![]() | ![]() | [18] |
November 2014 | ![]() | ![]() | [19] |
December 2014 | ![]() | ![]() | [20] |
January 2015 | ![]() | ![]() | [21] |
February 2015 | ![]() | ![]() | [22] |
March 2015 | ![]() | ![]() | [23] |
April 2015 | ![]() | ![]() | [24] |
See also
References
- ^ Madrid to host 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four; Euroleague.net, 17 May 2014
- ^ "In-The-Game.org Euroleague three-year-ranking". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- ^ 2012–13 Euroleague bylaws
- ^ ULEB Ranking, EŭroKorbo.tk
- ^ 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague licence allocation criteria; Euroleague.net, 4 June 2014
- ^ Siena will not play neither in Serie A nor in Euroleague next season; Sportando, 16 June 2014
- ^ ECA Shareholders Meeting ushers in new season Euroleague.net, July 3, 2013
- ^ [1]; Cibona withdrews from Euroleague, Crvena Zvezda to take its spot!, 22 June 2014
- ^ [2]; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
- ^ [3]; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
- ^ Klaipėdos „Neptūnui“ kelias į Eurolygą - atviras Archived 2014-06-18 at the Wayback Machine; Lietuvos Rytas, 16 June 2014
- ^ VEF Riga to play Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds; Euroleague, 3 July 2014
- ^ ECA board approves 2014-15 teams, steps toward comprehensive competition model; Euroleague.net, 25 June 2014.
- ^ Ostend to host Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds in September; Euroleague, 10 July 2014
- ^ ECA board approves 2014-15 teams, steps toward comprehensive competition model; Euroleague.net, 25 June 2014
- ^ Euroleague.net 2014-15 bwin MVP: Nemanja Bjelica, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
- ^ a b All-Euroleague First and Second teams announced. Euroleague.net. Retrieved on 2015-05-08.
- ^ bwin MVP for October: Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos Piraeus
- ^ bwin MVP for November: Dario Saric, Anadolu Efes Istanbul
- ^ bwin MVP for December: Devin Smith, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
- ^ bwin MVP for January: Nando de Colo, CSKA Moscow
- ^ bwin MVP for February: Rudy Fernández, Real Madrid
- ^ bwin MVP for March: Nemanja Bjelica, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
- ^ http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5wxcqn9jryt87p8p bwin MVP for April: Georgios Printezis, Olympiacos Piraeus