2014–15 Euroleague

Euroleague
Teams 24
Games played 247
Duration 16 October 2014 – 17 May 2015
Records
Highest attendance 18,733
Crvena Zvezda 72–79 Real Madrid
Lowest attendance 534
UNICS 85–62 Dinamo Sassari

All statistics correct as of 17 April 2015.

The 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague will be 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 will be the 58th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

The city of Madrid will host the Final Four from May 15 to 17, 2015.[1]

Allocation

There are three routes to participation in the Euroleague:

The Euroleague has the right to cancel an A license for one of the following reasons:[3]

Euroleague allocation criteria

A licenses

Classification after the 2013–14 Euroleague, including also the 2011–12 and the 2012–13 seasons.[4]

Rank Team Points
1. Russia CSKA Moscow 164
2. Spain FC Barcelona 163
3. Greece Olympiacos 154
4. Spain Real Madrid 148
5. Israel Maccabi Electra 141
6. Greece Panathinaikos 139
   
Rank Team Points
7. Turkey Anadolu Efes 105
8. Spain Unicaja Málaga 100
9. Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 99
10. Spain Laboral Kutxa 97
11. Lithuania Žalgiris 95
12. Italy EA7 Milano 86

B licenses

B licenses can be given to every team without an A license. If in the allocation appears a team with A license, the next team in the criteria will receive the B license, which qualifies directly to the Regular Season.[7]

Key to colors
     A licensed teams
     B licensed teams
     Wild cards
     Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round
Team Pos.
1. Spain FC Barcelona 1st
2. Russia CSKA Moscow 1st
3. Italy EA7 Milano 1st
4. Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 1st
5. Lithuania Žalgiris 1st
6. Greece Panathinaikos 1st
7. France Limoges 1st
8. Germany Bayern Munich 1st
9. Croatia Cibona (withdrew)[8] 1st
10. Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec 1st
11. Croatia Cedevita 2nd
12. Spain Real Madrid 2nd
13. Russia Nizhny Novgorod 2nd
14. Italy Montepaschi Siena (withdrew) 2nd
   
Team Pos.
15. Turkey Galatasaray[9][10] 2nd
16. Lithuania Neptūnas[11] 2nd
17. Greece Olympiacos 2nd
18. France Strasbourg 2nd
19. Germany Alba Berlin 2nd
20. Serbia Crvena Zvezda 3rd
21. Ukraine Budivelnyk (withdrew) 1st
22. Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 1st
23. Belgium Telenet Oostende 1st
24. Israel Maccabi Electra 1st
25. Bulgaria Levski Sofia (rejected)[12] 1st
26. Latvia Ventspils 1st
27. United Kingdom Worcester Wolves 1st
28. Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 2nd

Notes:

C license, replacements and wildcards

To the regular season
To the qualifying rounds

Regular season teams

2014–15 Euroleague teams were announced on June 25.[13]

Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Top 16 Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams License type (ranking in 2013–14 national championship)
Spain Spain (ACB) 5 FC Barcelona A (1) Real Madrid A (2) Valencia C (3) Unicaja Málaga A (4) Laboral Kutxa A (6)
Russia Russia (VTB) 3 CSKA Moscow A (1) Nizhny Novgorod B (2) UNICS QR (3)
Turkey Turkey (TBL) 3 Fenerbahçe Ülker A (1) Galatasaray B (2) Anadolu Efes A (5)
Germany Germany (BBL) 2 Bayern Munich B (1) Alba Berlin B (2)
Greece Greece (GBL) 2 Panathinaikos A (1) Olympiacos A (2)
Italy Italy (Serie A) 2 EA7 Milano A (1) Dinamo Sassari B (3)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 2 Žalgiris A (1) Neptūnas B (2)
Croatia Croatia (ABA) 1 Cedevita B (2)
France France (Pro A) 1 Limoges B (1)
Israel Israel (BSL) 1 Maccabi Electra A (1)
Poland Poland (PLK) 1 PGE Turów Zgorzelec B (1)
Serbia Serbia (ABA) 1 Crvena Zvezda B (3)

Qualifying rounds

Eight teams have 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 Russia UNICS 90
4 Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 86
1 Russia UNICS 82
2 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 71
2 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 94
3 Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 84
1 Russia UNICS 88
2 France ASVEL 79
2 France ASVEL 86
3 Belgium Telenet Oostend 77
2 France ASVEL 74
4 France Strasbourg 65
1 Latvia VEF Rīga 53
4 France Strasbourg 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 can occupy in the draw is 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

Russia CSKA Moscow
Spain FC Barcelona
Greece Olympiacos
Spain Real Madrid

Israel Maccabi Electra
Greece Panathinaikos
Spain Valencia
Turkey Anadolu Efes

Spain Unicaja Málaga
Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker
Spain Laboral Kutxa
Lithuania Žalgiris

Germany Alba Berlin
Turkey Galatasaray
Italy EA7 Milano
Russia Nizhny Novgorod

Serbia Crvena Zvezda
Croatia Cedevita
Germany Bayern Munich
Italy Dinamo Sassari

Poland PGE Turów †
Lithuania Neptūnas
France Limoges
Russia UNICS ^

Notes:

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2014–15 Euroleague group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The regular season was played between October 16 and December 19.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advance to
     Bottom two teams in each group enter 2014–15 Eurocup Last 32 round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Spain Real Madrid 10 8 2 873 775+98  
2 Turkey Anadolu Efes 10 6 4 723 696+27  
3 Lithuania Žalgiris 10 5 5 714 709+5 3–1
4 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 10 5 5 764 82359 2–2
5 Russia UNICS 10 5 5 751 721+30 1–3
6 Italy Dinamo Sassari 10 1 9 758 859101  

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 10 10 0 880 718+162  
2 Israel Maccabi Electra 10 7 3 797 783+14  
3 Spain Unicaja Málaga 10 4 6 763 757+6 1–1 (+2)
4 Germany Alba Berlin 10 4 6 762 79129 1–1 (–2)
5 Croatia Cedevita 10 3 7 740 78949  
6 France Limoges 10 2 8 702 806104  

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Spain FC Barcelona 10 9 1 861 738+123  
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 8 2 843 787+56  
3 Greece Panathinaikos 10 5 5 768 743+25 1–1 (+25)
4 Italy EA7 Milano 10 5 5 775 79520 1–1 (–25)
5 Germany Bayern Munich 10 2 8 806 86660  
6 Poland PGE Turów 10 1 9 773 897124  

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Greece Olympiacos 10 8 2 748 711+37  
2 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 10 6 4 784 728+56  
3 Spain Laboral Kutxa 10 5 5 803 798+5  
4 Turkey Galatasaray Liv Hospital 10 4 6 803 81815 1–1 (+16)
5 Lithuania Neptūnas 10 4 6 763 85794 1–1 (–16)
6 Spain Valencia 10 3 7 775 764+11  

Top 16

The Top 16 began on December 30 and ended on April 10, 2015.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record between teams still tied.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Top 16.
  4. Points scored during the Top 16.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 match.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advance to Playoffs
     Eliminated

See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Spain Real Madrid 14 11 3 1224 1032+192 1–1 (+19)
2 Spain FC Barcelona 14 11 3 1149 1062+87 1–1 (–19)
3 Israel Maccabi Electra 14 9 5 1071 10721  
4 Greece Panathinaikos 14 7 7 1048 1022+26 1–1 (+4)
5 Germany Alba Berlin 14 7 7 976 103155 1–1 (–4)
6 Lithuania Žalgiris 14 5 9 1004 107571  
7 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 14 4 10 1025 105934  
8 Turkey Galatasaray Liv Hospital 14 2 12 1023 1167144  

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 14 12 2 1227 1114+113  
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 14 11 3 1126 1033+93  
3 Greece Olympiacos 14 10 4 1075 1007+68  
4 Turkey Anadolu Efes 14 6 8 1102 113230 1–1 (+2)
5 Spain Laboral Kutxa 14 6 8 1155 11649 1–1 (–2)
6 Italy EA7 Milano 14 4 10 1083 1193110 2–0
7 Spain Unicaja Málaga 14 4 10 1079 114061 0–2
8 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 14 3 11 1121 118564  

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Real Madrid Spain 3–1Turkey Anadolu Efes80–7190–8572–7576–63
CSKA Moscow Russia3–1Greece Panathinaikos93–66100–8085–8674–55
FC Barcelona Spain1–3Greece Olympiacos 73–5763–7671–7368–71
Fenerbahçe Ülker Turkey3–0Israel Maccabi Electra80–7282–6775–74

Final Four

The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.

Semifinals
15 May
Final
17 May
 Spain Real Madrid    
 Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker    
 
       
     
Third place
 Russia CSKA Moscow      
 Greece Olympiacos        

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos Team GP Total High Low Average
1 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 11 159,309 18,733 5,908 14,483
2 Greece Panathinaikos 14 168,758 16,033 8,165 12,054
3 Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 14 164,449 13,013 8,559 11,746
4 Israel Maccabi Electra 12 132,720 11,060 11,060 11,060
5 Spain Real Madrid 11 116,043 12,662 7,806 10,549
6 Germany Alba Berlin 12 123,501 14,133 8,226 10,292
7 Lithuania Žalgiris 12 121,835 14,382 4,795 10,153
8 Spain Laboral Kutxa 12 117,882 12,619 7,689 9,824
9 Greece Olympiacos 11 98,907 11,653 6,039 8,992
10 Italy EA7 Milano 12 98,703 10,169 6,344 8,225
11 Turkey Galatasaray 8 60,512 11,312 3,138 7,564
12 Spain Unicaja Málaga 12 87,893 8,891 5,237 7,263
13 Spain FC Barcelona 12 83,204 8,529 5,162 6,934
14 Germany Bayern Munich 5 30,135 6,688 5,047 6,027
15 Spain Valencia 5 30,069 8,500 3,005 6,014
16 Turkey Anadolu Efes 12 65,325 10,174 2,529 5,444
17 Russia CSKA Moscow 12 56,514 5,349 4,369 4,710
18 Lithuania Neptūnas 5 27,348 5,669 5,309 5,470
19 France Limoges 5 23,292 5,080 4,356 4,658
20 Italy Dinamo Sassari 5 18,901 4,483 3,068 3,780
21 Croatia Cedevita 5 18,811 4,091 3,288 3,762
22 Russia UNICS 5 14,488 3,876 534 2,898
23 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 12 27,740 3,393 1,492 2,312
24 Poland PGE Turów 5 9,744 3,217 709 1,949

Source: Euroleague Basketball

Top 10

Round Game Home team Visitor Attendance Ref
1 Top 16 1 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Spain Real Madrid 18,733
2 Regular Season 4 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Greece Olympiacos 18,732
3 Top 16 11 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Spain FC Barcelona 18,450
4 Top 16 6 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Lithuania Žalgiris 18,382
5 Top 16 3 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Turkey Galatasaray 17,821
6 Regular Season 1 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Turkey Galatasaray 16,834
7 Top 16 9 Greece Panathinaikos Spain FC Barcelona 16,033
8 Play Off 27 Greece Panathinaikos Russia CSKA Moscow 16,000
9 Top 16 11 Greece Panathinaikos Spain Real Madrid 14,766
10 Regular Season 3 Greece Panathinaikos Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 14,480

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda2461625.67
2.Montenegro Taylor RochestieRussia Nizhny Novgorod2144221.05
3.Belarus Artsiom ParakhouskiRussia Nizhny Novgorod2342618.52

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Montenegro Taylor RochestieRussia Nizhny Novgorod2139718.90
2.Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda2439816.58
3.United States Andrew GoudelockTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker2744316.41

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda2425610.67
2.Serbia Nemanja BjelicaTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker272318.56
3.United States Trey ThompkinsRussia Nizhny Novgorod231878.13

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.Serbia Miloš TeodosićRussia CSKA Moscow231637.09
2.France Thomas HeurtelTurkey Anadolu Efes281796.39
3.United States Marcus WilliamsSerbia Crvena Zvezda241466.08

Awards

MVP of the Week

Regular season

Game Player Team PIR
1Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda30
2United States Andrew GoudelockTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker30
3Azerbaijan Jaycee CarrollSpain Real Madrid37
4United States James AndersonLithuania Žalgiris38
5United States Andrew Goudelock (2)Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker40
6Serbia Zoran ErcegTurkey Galatasaray41
7Serbia Boban Marjanović (2)Serbia Crvena Zvezda36
8Israel D'or FischerRussia UNICS43
9Serbia Duško SavanovićGermany Bayern Munich37
10Greece Ioannis BourousisSpain Real Madrid31

Top 16

Game Player Team PIR
1Montenegro Taylor RochestieRussia Nizhny Novgorod32
2Spain Felipe Reyes Spain Real Madrid 29
United States Brian RandleIsrael Maccabi Electra29
3France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow34
4Belarus Artsiom ParakhouskiRussia Nizhny Novgorod37
5Croatia Ante TomićSpain FC Barcelona34
6Spain Rudy FernándezSpain Real Madrid38
7France Nando de Colo (2)Russia CSKA Moscow29
8Jamaica Samardo Samuels Italy EA7 Milano47
9United States Reggie Redding Germany Alba Berlin36
10Croatia Ante Tomić (2)Spain FC Barcelona35
11Serbia Bogdan BogdanovićTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 32
12Italy Alessandro GentileItaly EA7 Milano 30
13United States Alex Renfroe Germany Alba Berlin 28
14United States Devin Smith Israel Maccabi Electra 28
Serbia Boban Marjanović (3)Serbia Crvena Zvezda28

Quarter-finals

Game Player Team PIR
1 Mexico Gustavo Ayón Spain Real Madrid 29
2 Greece Georgios Printezis Greece Olympiacos 34
3 Greece Nikos Pappas Greece Panathinaikos 31
4 Russia Andrei Kirilenko Russia CSKA Moscow 27

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2014Greece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Olympiacos [16]
November 2014Croatia Dario ŠarićTurkey Anadolu Efes [17]
December 2014 United States Devin Smith Israel Maccabi Electra [18]
January 2015 France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow [19]
February 2015 Spain Rudy Fernández Spain Real Madrid [20]
March 2015 Serbia Nemanja Bjelica Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker [21]
April 2015 Greece Georgios Printezis Greece Olympiacos [22]

See also

References

  1. Madrid to host 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four; Euroleague.net, 17 May 2014
  2. In-The-Game.org Euroleague three-year-ranking.
  3. 2012–13 Euroleague bylaws
  4. ULEB Ranking, EŭroKorbo.tk
  5. 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague licence allocation criteria; Euroleague.net, 4 June 2014
  6. Siena will not play neither in Serie A nor in Euroleague next season; Sportando, 16 June 2014
  7. ECA Shareholders Meeting ushers in new season Euroleague.net, July 3, 2013
  8. ; Cibona withdrews from Euroleague, Crvena Zvezda to take its spot!, 22 June 2014
  9. ; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
  10. ; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
  11. Klaipėdos „Neptūnui“ kelias į Eurolygą - atviras; Lietuvos Rytas, 16 June 2014
  12. VEF Riga to play Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds; Euroleague, 3 July 2014
  13. ECA board approves 2014-15 teams, steps toward comprehensive competition model; Euroleague.net, 25 June 2014.
  14. Ostend to host Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds in September; Euroleague, 10 July 2014
  15. ECA board approves 2014-15 teams, steps toward comprehensive competition model; Euroleague.net, 25 June 2014
  16. bwin MVP for October: Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos Piraeus
  17. bwin MVP for November: Dario Saric, Anadolu Efes Istanbul
  18. bwin MVP for December: Devin Smith, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
  19. bwin MVP for January: Nando de Colo, CSKA Moscow
  20. bwin MVP for February: Rudy Fernández, Real Madrid
  21. bwin MVP for March: Nemanja Bjelica, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
  22. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5wxcqn9jryt87p8p bwin MVP for April: Georgios Printezis, Olympiacos Piraeus