2015 EuroChallenge Final Four

2015 EuroChallenge Final Four

Tournament details
Host city	Trabzon
Host country	Turkey
Arena	Hayri Gür Arena
Dates	April 24, 2015 – April 26, 2014
Final positions
Champions	JSF Nanterre (1st title)
Runners-up	Trabzonspor Medical Park
Third place	Energia Târgu Jiu
Fourth place	Fraport Skyliners
Tournament statistics
MVP	Jamal Shuler[1]

The 2015 EuroChallenge Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge season. The tournament was held in the Hayri Gür Arena in Trabzon, home of Trabzonspor Medical Park, one of the semifinalists. JSF Nanterre took the title, after beating hosts Trabzonspor 63–64 in the Final. Energia Târgu Jiu took the third place, while Fraport Skyliners finished fourth.

Bracket

	Semifinals 24 April 2015				Final 26 April 2015
	Energia Târgu Jiu	63
	Trabzonspor MP	83
					Trabzonspor MP	63
					JSF Nanterre	64
					Third place
	JSF Nanterre	84		Energia Târgu Jiu	83
	Fraport Skyliners	79			Fraport Skyliners	80

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

24 April 2015 16:30

Report

JSF Nanterre		84–79		Fraport Skyliners
Scoring by quarter: 27-18, 18-19, 19-24, 20-18
Pts: Weems 25 Rebs: Jaiteh 8 Asts: Shuler 7				Pts: Armand 17 Rebs: Morrison, Robertson 8 Asts: Coobs 5

Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon Attendance: 1354 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Milan Nedovic (SLO)

Semifinal 2

24 April 2015 19:00

Report

Energia Târgu Jiu		63–83		Trabzonspor Medical Park
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 9–22, 18–19, 14–25
Pts: Watson 15 Rebs: Milosevic 5 Asts: Watson 4				Pts: Hardy 26 Rebs: Ivanov 9 Asts: Bost 4

Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon Attendance: 6650 Referees: Neil Wilkinson (ENG), Fernando Calatrava Cuevas (ESP), Gellert Kapitany (HUN)

Third-place playoff

Giordan Watson hit a crucial three-point field goal with less than two seconds to go, to lead Energia to the win.^[2]

26 April 2015 16:30

Boxscore

Energia Târgu Jiu		83–80		Fraport Skyliners
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 16–21, 19–22, 28–24
Pts: Watson 18 Rebs: Milosevic 10 Asts: Watson 6				Pts: Voigtmann 21 Rebs: Voigtmann 11 Asts: Cobbs 4

Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Fernando Calatrava Cuevas (ESP), Rain Peerandi (EST)

Final

The game was won by JSF Nanterre on a buzzer-beating lay-up from Terrance Campbell, that was reviewed by using instant replay.^[3]

26 April 2015 19:00

Boxscore

Trabzonspor Medical Park		63–64		JSF Nanterre
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 11–18, 19–16, 16–11
Pts: Hardy 16 Rebs: Velickovic 7 Asts: Hardy 6				Pts: Campbell 15 Rebs: Jaiteh 7 Asts: 3 players 3

Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Neil Wilkinson (ENG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Milan Nedovic (SLO)

Trabzonspor

Nanterre

Starters Pts Reb Ast 1.0 !PG 3 Dee Bost 9 2 1 2.0 !SG 7 Dwight Hardy 16 1 6 3.0 !SF 19 Alper Saruhan 0 0 0 4.5 !PF 12 Novica Veličković 13 7 3 6.0 !C 13 Andrija Stipanović 10 5 1 Reserves: P R A 1.5 !G 20 Can Altıntığ 3 1 0 4.0 !F 23 Sean Marshall 5 4 4 4.0 !F 55 Kaloyan Ivanov 7 3 0 1.5 !G 10 Yunus Akcay 0 0 0 6.0 !C 9 Hasan Yigit Seckin DNP 4.0 !F 21 Nusret Yıldırım DNP 1.5 !G 8 Can Korkmaz DNP Head coach: Nenad Marković

Game rules Game played with FIBA rules. Hayri Gür Arena

Starters: P R A 1.0 !PG 1 Jamal Shuler 10 3 2 2.0 !SG 44 Terrance Campbell 15 1 3 3.0 !SF 9 Jeremy Nzeulie 14 3 3 4.5 !PF 34 Kyle Weems 8 5 3 6.0 !C 14 Mouhammadou Jaiteh 6 7 0 Reserves: P R A 1.5 !G 3 Joseph Gomis 7 3 1 1.5 !G 5 Marc Judith 2 1 0 4.0 !F 21 Laurence Ekperigin 0 4 1 6.0 !C 42 Johan Passave-Ducteil 2 4 1 1.5 !G 93 William Mensah DNP 3.0 !SF 24 Mykal Riley DNP Head coach: Pascal Donnadieu

References