2015–16 Euroleague

Turkish Airlines Euroleague¹
The Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin will host the Final Four
Champions	TBD
Teams	24
Records
Highest scoring	Darüşşafaka Doğuş 100–106 Fenerbahçe (22 January 2016)
Winning streak	9 games Fenerbahçe
Losing streak	10 games Dinamo Sassari
Home win	Khimki 91–53 Crvena Zvezda (30 October 2015)
Away win	Limoges 71–107 Laboral Kutxa (29 October 2015)
Highest attendance	16,800 Panathinaikos 93–86 FC Barcelona (4 December 2015)
Lowest attendance	1,500 Khimki 88–62 Strasbourg (5 November 2015)

The 2015–16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague is the 16th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the sixth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this is the 59th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

The city of Berlin will host the Final Four from May 12 to 15, 2016.^[1] The German capital previously hosted the 2009 Euroleague Final Four.

Teams

Regular season
Real Madrid ^A (1st)	Olympiacos ^A (1st)	Maccabi FOX ^A (3rd)	CSKA Moscow ^A (1st)
FC Barcelona Lassa ^A (2nd)	Panathinaikos ^A (2nd)	Žalgiris ^A (1st)	Khimki ^B (2nd)
Unicaja ^B (3rd)	Dinamo Sassari ^B (1st)	Pınar Karşıyaka ^B (1st)	Lokomotiv Kuban ^WC (3rd)
Laboral Kutxa ^A (6th)	EA7 Milano ^A (3rd)	Anadolu Efes ^A (2nd)	Crvena Zvezda ^B (1st)
Brose Baskets ^B (1st)	Limoges ^B (1st)	Fenerbahçe ^A (3rd)	Cedevita ^B (2nd)
Bayern Munich ^WC (2nd)	Strasbourg ^WC (2nd)	Darüşşafaka Doğuş ^WC (5th)	Stelmet Zielona Góra ^B (1st)

Draw

The draw of the 2015–16 Euroleague was on July 9, 2015 at approximately 13:00 local time (CEST) and was live on Euroleague.net and broadcast live on TV in many countries.^[5]

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 can not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group, if possible. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. In brackets, the points in the Club Ranking. Following the 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
Team	Pts
CSKA Moscow	178
Real Madrid	178
FC Barcelona Lassa	171
Olympiacos	170

Pot 2
Team	Pts
Maccabi FOX	151
Panathinaikos	142
Fenerbahçe	129
Anadolu Efes	126

Pot 3
Team	Pts
Khimki	125
Laboral Kutxa	119
Lokomotiv Kuban	118
Unicaja	112

Pot 4
Team	Pts
Žalgiris	109
EA7 Milano	96
Crvena Zvezda	95
Brose Baskets	80

Pot 5
Team	Pts
Pınar Karşıyaka	69^†
Darüşşafaka Doğuş	69^†
Cedevita	63
Bayern Munich	63

Pot 6
Team	Pts
Dinamo Sassari	57
Stelmet Zielona Góra	52
Strasbourg	48
Limoges	35^†

Notes: ^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

Regular season

Main article: 2015–16 Euroleague Regular Season

Location of teams of the 2015–16 Euroleague regular season.

Red: Group A;

Green: Group B;

Blue: Group C;

Yellow: Group D.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 26–27 November, 3–4 December, 10–11 December and 17–18 December 2015.

The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth and the sixth-placed teams entered the Eurocup Last 32.

A total of 12 countries were represented in the group stage. Pınar Karşıyaka and Darüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the group stage of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	FNB	KHI	CZT	RMB	BAY	SIG
1	Fenerbahçe	10	8	2	770	707	+63	Advance to Top 16	—	88–83	79–61	77–66	74−67	81–64
2	Khimki	10	5	5	798	740	+58		68–70	—	91–53	84−70	70–81	88–62
3	Crvena Zvezda	10	5	5	766	813	−47		60–74	96–91	—	94–88	85–76	81−59
4	Real Madrid	10	5	5	854	808	+46		80–73	82–85	98–71	—	101–99	97–65
5	Bayern Munich	10	4	6	763	780	−17	Transfer to Eurocup	67–84	69–60	79–90	67–86	—	76–61
6	Strasbourg	10	3	7	711	814	−103	Transfer to Eurocup	91–70	69–78	78–75	93–86	69–82	—

Source: Euroleague

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	OLY	EFS	LBO	CED	LIM	EA7
1	Olympiacos	10	8	2	761	692	+69	Advance to Top 16	—	68–81	59–52	76−61	75–49	73–63
2	Anadolu Efes	10	6	4	863	805	+58		87–91	—	95–86	75–81	92–74	89–73
3	Laboral Kutxa	10	6	4	854	766	+88		96–89	92–90	—	92–70	92–56	94–82
4	Cedevita	10	4	6	750	780	−30		70–83	75–81	76–67	—	80–84	82–85
5	Limoges	10	3	7	698	823	−125	Transfer to Eurocup	67–76	77–89	71–107	69–78	—	74–65
6	EA7 Milano	10	3	7	737	797	−60	Transfer to Eurocup	66–71	88–84	78–76	68–77	69–77	—

Source: Euroleague

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	LOK	FCB	PAO	ZAL	KSK	ZGA
1	Lokomotiv Kuban	10	8	2	754	683	+71	Advance to Top 16	—	78–74	81−70	80–50	72–53	51–66
2	FC Barcelona Lassa	10	6	4	822	747	+75		72–68	—	77–52	88–92	107–79	78–72
3	Panathinaikos	10	6	4	756	710	+46		71–77	93–86	—	91–56	85–73	82–51
4	Žalgiris	10	5	5	697	731	−34		74–76	78–85	72–75	—	74–52	67–56
5	Pınar Karşıyaka	10	3	7	698	772	−74	Transfer to Eurocup	78–88	71−62	66–69	66–68	—	77–66
6	Stelmet Zielona Góra	10	2	8	664	748	−84	Transfer to Eurocup	75–83	64–93	71–68	62−66	81–83	—

Source: Euroleague

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	CSK	UNI	BRO	DDI	MAC	DSS
1	CSKA Moscow	10	9	1	911	784	+127	Advance to Top 16	—	78–86	83–77	94–66	100−69	93–87
2	Unicaja	10	7	3	761	719	+42		76–88	—	76−71	81–69	82–68	80–62
3	Brose Baskets	10	6	4	778	720	+58		88–100	73–53	—	86–76	77–66	86–54
4	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	10	4	6	704	740	−36		75–80	63–57	54–65	—	66–70	83−74
5	Maccabi FOX	10	4	6	750	792	−42	Transfer to Eurocup	82–88	82–93	85–65	73–84	—	79–63
6	Dinamo Sassari	10	0	10	690	839	−149	Transfer to Eurocup	78–107	65–77	73–90	60–68	74–76	—

Source: Euroleague

Top 16

Main article: 2015–16 Euroleague Top 16

In each group, teams plays against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 29–30 December, 7–8 January, 14–15 January, 21–22 January, 28–29 January, 4–5 February, 11–12 February, 25–26 February, 3–4 March, 10–11 March, 17–18 March, 24–25 March, 31 March–1 April and 6–7 April 2016.

The four first qualified teams advance to the Playoffs, while the four last qualified teams will be eliminated.

A total of 8 countries are represented in the Top 16. Cedevita and Darüşşafaka Doğuş make their debut appearances in the Top 16 of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	FNB	LOK	CZT	EFS	PAO	UNI	CED	DDI
1	Fenerbahçe	7	7	0	604	524	+80	Advance to Playoffs	—	85–79	3 Mar	31 Mar	82–75	80–59	86–73	17 Mar
2	Lokomotiv Kuban	6	4	2	470	448	+22		10 Mar	—	24 Mar	78–77	76–67	31 Mar	25 Feb	11 Feb
3	Crvena Zvezda	7	4	3	550	518	+32		65–88	80–66	—	25 Feb	10 Mar	87–73	94–74	31 Mar
4	Anadolu Efes	6	3	3	484	469	+15		73–77	3 Mar	85–84	—	7 Apr	24 Mar	17 Mar	84–71
5	Panathinaikos	6	3	3	433	437	−4	Eliminated	25 Feb	17 Mar	63–74	11 Feb	—	68–66	31 Mar	82–79
6	Unicaja	7	2	5	497	531	−34		7 Apr	64–82	17 Mar	75–85	3 Mar	—	90–67	70–62
7	Cedevita	7	2	5	512	589	−77		24 Mar	75–89	7 Apr	84–80	60–78	10 Mar	—	3 Mar
8	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	6	1	5	453	487	−34		100–106	7 Apr	69–66	10 Mar	24 Mar	25 Feb	72–79	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 February 2016. Source: Euroleague

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	LBO	CSK	KHI	RMB	OLY	BRO	FCB	ZAL
1	Laboral Kutxa	7	5	2	562	507	+55	Advance to Playoffs	—	81–71	10 Mar	31 Mar	76–82	90–64	24 Mar	25 Feb
2	CSKA Moscow	6	4	2	533	464	+69		17 Mar	—	25 Feb	95–81	12 Feb	91–70	93–82	31 Mar
3	Khimki	7	4	3	585	567	+18		76–68	91–89	—	82–93	31 Mar	78–61	3 Mar	111–80
4	Real Madrid	7	4	3	586	578	+8		68–77	3 Mar	7 Apr	—	84–72	82–79	86–87	92–86
5	Olympiacos	6	3	3	444	451	−7	Eliminated	3 Mar	7 Apr	89-77	24 Mar	—	72–77	74–62	17 Mar
6	Brose Baskets	7	3	4	521	546	−25		7 Apr	24 Mar	21 Jan	25 Feb	10 Mar	—	74–70	96–63
7	FC Barcelona Lassa	6	2	4	466	478	−12		78–81	10 Mar	87–70	17 Mar	25 Feb	31 Mar	—	12 Feb
8	Žalgiris	6	1	5	431	537	−106		68–89	59–94	24 Mar	10 Mar	75–55	3 Mar	7 Apr	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 February 2016. Source: Euroleague

Playoffs

Main article: 2015–16 Euroleague Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team has won three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will be played the first, the second and the fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

The game 1 will be played on 12 and 13 April, the game 2 will be played on 14 and 15 April, the game 3 will be played on 18 and 19 April, the game 4, if necessary, will be played on 20 and 21 April and the game 5, if necessary, will be played on 26 April 2016.

Series

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
E1	–	F4	12 Apr	14 Apr	18 Apr	20 Apr	26 Apr
E2	–	F3	12 Apr	14 Apr	18 Apr	20 Apr	26 Apr
F1	–	E4	12 Apr	14 Apr	18 Apr	20 Apr	26 Apr
F2	–	E3	12 Apr	14 Apr	18 Apr	20 Apr	26 Apr

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Žalgiris	8	92,356	14,790	9,153	11,545
2	Maccabi FOX	5	55,300	11,060	11,060	11,060
3	Real Madrid	10	105,069	12,018	9,037	10,507
4	Fenerbahçe	9	92,837	12,886	8,212	10,315
5	Laboral Kutxa	8	79,012	11,528	8,366	9,877
6	Crvena Zvezda	9	76,489	16,203	6,421	8,499
7	EA7 Milano	5	42,151	11,192	7,174	8,430
8	Panathinaikos	9	72,958	16,800	4,515	8,106
9	Olympiacos	8	64,820	11,144	5,006	8,103
10	Unicaja	9	61,326	9,120	5,412	6,814
11	Brose Baskets	7	47,461	6,800	6,661	6,780
12	CSKA Moscow	9	60,191	12,473	4,421	6,688
13	Bayern Munich	5	31,578	6,700	5,869	6,316
14	Strasbourg	5	29,136	6,167	5,318	5,827
15	FC Barcelona Lassa	8	44,744	7,089	4,236	5,593
16	Anadolu Efes	8	41,882	8,685	2,626	5,235
17	Lokomotiv Kuban	8	37,994	7,353	3,175	4,749
18	Cedevita	8	35,884	5,281	2,556	4,486
19	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	8	34,684	4,926	3,291	4,336
20	Limoges	5	21,623	4,886	3,446	4,325
21	Pınar Karşıyaka	5	18,855	5,000	2,500	3,771
22	Stelmet Zielona Góra	5	17,980	5,002	2,750	3,596
23	Dinamo Sassari	5	16,981	4,005	2,988	3,396
24	Khimki	10	26,407	3,800	1,500	2,641

Source: gigabasket.org

Top 10

	Round	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance
1	Regular Season	8	Panathinaikos	FC Barcelona Lassa	16,800
2	Regular Season	4	Crvena Zvezda	Fenerbahçe	16,203
3	Regular Season	4	Žalgiris	FC Barcelona Lassa	14,790
4	Regular Season	1	Crvena Zvezda	Strasbourg	14,338
5	Top 16	6	Žalgiris	CSKA Moscow	13,120
6	Regular Season	3	Fenerbahçe	Real Madrid	12,886
7	Top 16	1	Žalgiris	Laboral Kutxa	12,793
8	Regular Season	10	Žalgiris	Panathinaikos	12,589
9	Top 16	7	CSKA Moscow	Olympiacos	12,473
10	Top 16	4	Real Madrid	FC Barcelona Lassa	12,018

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	14	325	23.21
2.	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	16	343	21.44
3.	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	16	333	20.81

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	14	267	19.07
2.	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	16	280	17.50
3.	Alexey Shved	Khimki	16	268	16.75

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	16	149	9.31
2.	Trevor Mbakwe	Maccabi FOX	10	80	8.00
3.	Mateusz Ponitka	Stelmet Zielona Góra	10	79	7.90

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Thomas Heurtel	Anadolu Efes	16	123	7.69
2.	Stefan Jović	Crvena Zvezda	16	113	7.06
3.	Sergio Rodríguez	Real Madrid	16	108	6.75

Awards

MVP of the Week

Main article: Euroleague MVP of the Week

Regular season

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Patric Young	Olympiacos	26
2	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	44
3	Darius Adams	Laboral Kutxa	29
4	Felipe Reyes	Real Madrid	30
5	Nicolò Melli	Brose Baskets	37
6	Luke Harangody	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	35
7	Jamel McLean	EA7 Milano	36
8	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	33
8	Maik Zirbes	Crvena Zvezda	33
9	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	41
10	Nobel Boungou Colo	Limoges	34

Top 16

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	41
2	Malcolm Delaney (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	30
3	Felipe Reyes (2)	Real Madrid	32
4	Ioannis Bourousis (2)	Laboral Kutxa	30
4	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe	30
5	Tyrese Rice	Khimki	35
6	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	37
7	Gustavo Ayón (2)	Real Madrid	41

MVP of the Month

Main article: Euroleague Monthly MVP Award

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
October 2015	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	^[6]
November 2015	Nicolò Melli	Brose Baskets	^[7]
December 2015	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	^[8]
January 2016	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe	^[9]

References

↑ "Euroleague Final Four returns to Berlin in 2016". Euroleague. 11 May 2015.
↑ "ECA shareholders, executive board approve roadmap for 2015-16 and beyond". Euroleague. 6 May 2015.
↑ "Clubs pre-registration for 2015-16 season opens". Euroleague. 28 April 2015.
↑ "Proposed team list for the 2015-16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague". Euroleague. 29 June 2015.
↑ "2015-16 Regular Season Draw: Procedure, Criteria and Levels". Euroleague. 7 July 2015.
↑ "MVP for October: Malcolm Delaney, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar". Euroleague. 2 November 2015.
↑ "MVP for November: Nicolò Melli, Brose Baskets". Euroleague. 30 November 2015.
↑ "MVP for December: Gustavo Ayon, Real Madrid". Euroleague. 4 January 2016.
↑ "MVP for January: Jan Vesely, Fenerbahce Istanbul". Euroleague. 1 February 2016.

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2015–16 Euroleague

Teams

Draw

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Top 16

Group E

Group F

Playoffs

Series

Attendances

Average home attendances

Top 10

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

MVP of the Week

Regular season

Top 16

MVP of the Month

See also

References

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