2014–15 Belgian Basketball League

Scooore! League1
Champions Telenet Oostende
(16th title)
Runners-up Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Teams 11
Games played 32 or 30
Duration 3 October 2014 – 3 June 2015
TV Belgacom 5
Major awards
MVP Serbia Dušan Đorđević
Statistical leaders
Points

United States Arizona Reid

19.9

Rebounds

United States John Fields

11.0

Assists

Serbia Dušan Đorđević

5.1

Records
Highest attendance 17,135[1]
Antwerp 88–83 Charleroi
(31 January 2015)

The 2014–15 Belgian Basketball League, known as the Scooore League for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Basketball League Belgium. It was the first season without the name Ethias League after Ethias stopped their sponsoring activities. This season started with 11 clubs, including the newly formed team Limburg United. Telenet BC Oostende was the defending champion.

Format

Because a new team was added in Limburg United, a new competition format was introduced. The regular season now contained two rounds: in the first round all teams would play 2 matches against each other (one at home, one away). After 20 played games the league will be divided in two groups: the first group contains the teams seeded 1–6 and the second group 7–11. The results of the first round are included in the final standings.

The first 8 teams qualified for the Playoffs, the quarterfinals would be played in a best-of-three format and the Semifinals and Finals in a best-of-five.[2]

Licenses

The licences for the 2014–15 season were announced in April 2014.[3]

A-licenses

B-licenses

C-licenses

Teams

Colors Club City Arena Capacity
          Basic-Fit Brussels Brussels Piscine de Neder-Over-Hembeek 1,200
         
Limburg United Hasselt Alverberg-sporthal
1,730
          Belfius Mons-Hainaut Mons Mons Arena 4,000
          Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek Willebroek Sporthal de Schalk 1,000
          Liège Basket Liège Country Hall Ethias 5,000
          Okapi Aalstar Aalst Okapi Forum 2,800
          Port of Antwerp Giants Antwerp Lotto Arena 5,218
          Proximus Spirou Charleroi Spiroudome 6,200
          Stella Artois Leuven Bears Leuven Sportoase 3,400
          Telenet BC Oostende Ostend Sleuyter Arena 5,000
          VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster Verviers Halle du Paire 4,000

Regular Season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Telenet Oostende 30 26 4 2516 2193 +323 56 Playoffs
2 Okapi Aalstar 30 17 13 2561 2514 +47 47
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 30 17 13 2288 2217 +71 47
4 Hubo Limburg United 30 16 14 2521 2500 +21 46
5 Proximus Spirou 30 16 14 2267 2228 +39 46
6 Port of Antwerp Giants 30 15 15 2568 2540 +28 45
7 betFIRST Liège Basket 28 15 13 2319 2335 16 43 Playoffs
8 VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster 28 13 15 2215 2289 74 41
9 Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek 28 11 17 2205 2316 111 39
10 Basic-Fit Brussels 28 10 18 2248 2319 71 38
11 Stella Artois Leuven Bears 28 4 24 2108 2365 257 32

Results

First Stage

Home \ Away BRU LIM MON WIL LIE OKA AWP SPI LEU OOS VOO
Basic-Fit Brussels 8987 8074 9196 10391 9467 8999 7680 7369 6984 9991
Hubo Limburg United 10288 8567 7679 9781 90101 107103 6884 8861 8291 9176
Belfius Mons-Hainaut 6770 8160 8771 7974 7268 7684 7369 7759 5972 10265
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek 8695 8290 7793 7681 8271 98104 7875 8086 70100 8182
Liège Basket 8379 8084 7787 8676 109111 8280 8271 8970 6189 7978
Okapi Aalstar 9385 9776 8875 9283 8077 10477 8395 10579 9185 9792
Port of Antwerp Giants 10878 6875 8564 9077 7978 9169 8883 9791 6779 7773
Proximus Spirou 8878 6773 6543 8069 7479 8370 8068 7459 7569 6973
Stella Artois Leuven Bears 7876 108111 59102 8675 8184 7082 7181 7380 8286 8589
Telenet BC Oostende 7372 8470 8691 8777 8470 9781 9180 9172 8576 8566
VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster 8184 7076 7478 9588 8175 8868 78101 7166 8574 6579

Second Stage

Home \ Away LIM MON OKA AWP SPI OOS
Hubo Limburg United 7078 8471 9598 10590 8164
Belfius Mons-Hainaut 8471 7973 7479 5964 6476
Okapi Aalstar 11279 8880 10293 10174 7679
Port of Antwerp Giants 8591 8492 8690 7784 9497
Proximus Spirou 7271 6175 7056 8566 7074
Telenet BC Oostende 8986 8356 9074 8779 8067

Home \ Away BRU WIL LIE LEU VOO
Basic-Fit Brussels 8485 8698 8678 9491
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek 9982 98107 7973 7264
Liège Basket 8987 79101 8683 8868
Stella Artois Leuven Bears 8274 8387 7274 7380
VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster 8164 7982 8180 8077

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Telenet Oostende 2
8 Verviers-Pepinster 0
1 Telenet Oostende 3
5 Spirou Charleroi 1
4 Hubo Limburg United 0
5 Proximus Spirou 2
1 Telenet Oostende 3
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 1
2 Okapi Aalstar 2
7 betFIRST Liège Basket 1
2 Okapi Aalstar 1
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 3
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 2
6 Port of Antwerp Giants 1

Awards

Awards Player Team
MVP Serbia Dušan Đorđević Telenet Oostende
Coach of the Year United States Brian Lynch Limburg United
Belgian Player of the Year Belgium Pierre-Antoine Gillet Telenet Oostende
Most Promising Player Belgium Vincent Kesteloot Okapi Aalstar
Star of the Coaches Serbia Dušan Đorđević Telenet Oostende

See also

References

  1. Round up: Magical 'Night of Giants'; FIBA Europe; 2 February 2015
  2. "Nieuwe competitieformule met elf clubs voor seizoen 2014-2015". Metro (in Dutch). 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. Ruddy Berghmans (2014-04-13). "Basketploegen met licentie voor seizoen 2014-2015". Cartoon-Productions (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-11.

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