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]
- The A licence of EA7 Milano expired on 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]
Key to colors
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A licensed teams |
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B licensed teams |
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Wild cards |
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Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round |
Notes:
- Teams from Serbia and Croatia qualified through ABA League, and not through their national leagues.
C licence, replacements and wildcards
- To the regular season
- To the qualifying rounds
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: Qualfiying rounds
- WC: Wild card
- EC: Champion of the 2013–14 Eurocup
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]
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.
Notes:
- † indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.
- ^ indicates team qualified through the qualifying rounds
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 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.
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Top four places in each group advanced to |
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Bottom two teams in each group entered 2014–15 Eurocup Last 32 round |
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.
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Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs |
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Eliminated |
See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.
Quarterfinals
Final Four
The Final Fours 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.
Attendances
Average home attendances
| Pos |
Team |
GP |
Total |
High |
Low |
Average |
| 1 |
 Crvena Zvezda |
11 |
159,309 | 18,733 | 5,908 |
14,483 |
| 2 |
 Panathinaikos |
14 |
177,418 | 16,033 | 8,165 |
12,672 |
| 3 |
 Fenerbahçe Ülker |
14 |
164,449 | 13,013 | 8,559 |
11,746 |
| 4 |
 Maccabi Electra |
13 |
143,780 | 11,060 | 11,060 |
11,060 |
| 5 |
 Alba Berlin |
12 |
123,561 | 14,133 | 8,226 |
10,296 |
| 6 |
 Žalgiris |
12 |
121,835 | 14,382 | 4,795 |
10,153 |
| 7 |
 Laboral Kutxa |
12 |
117,882 | 12,619 | 7,689 |
9,824 |
| 8 |
Olympiacos |
14 |
125,907 | 11,653 | 6,039 |
8,993 |
| 9 |
Real Madrid |
14 |
123,902 | 12,662 | 7,806 |
8,850 |
| 10 |
 EA7 Milano |
12 |
98,703 | 10,169 | 6,344 |
8,225 |
| 11 |
Galatasaray |
8 |
60,512 | 11,312 | 3,138 |
7,564 |
| 12 |
Unicaja |
12 |
87,893 | 8,891 | 5,237 |
7,324 |
| 13 |
FC Barcelona |
14 |
94,103 | 8,529 | 5,162 |
6,721 |
| 14 |
Anadolu Efes |
14 |
85,495 | 10,174 | 2,529 |
6,106 |
| 15 |
Bayern Munich |
5 |
30,135 | 6,688 | 5,047 |
6,027 |
| 16 |
Valencia |
5 |
30,069 | 8,500 | 3,005 |
6,014 |
| 17 |
Neptūnas |
5 |
27,348 | 5,669 | 5,309 |
5,470 |
| 18 |
 CSKA Moscow |
14 |
65,509 | 5,349 | 4,369 |
4,679 |
| 19 |
 Limoges |
5 |
23,292 | 5,080 | 4,356 |
4,658 |
| 20 |
Dinamo Sassari |
5 |
18,901 | 4,483 | 3,068 |
3,780 |
| 21 |
 Cedevita |
5 |
18,811 | 4,091 | 3,288 |
3,762 |
| 22 |
UNICS |
5 |
14,490 | 3,876 | 534 |
2,898 |
| 23 |
Nizhny Novgorod |
12 |
27,740 | 3,393 | 1,492 |
2,312 |
| 24 |
 PGE Turów |
5 |
9,744 | 3,217 | 709 |
1,949 |
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- Updated on 5 May 2015 (ALL GAMES PLAYED)
Source: Euroleague Basketball
Top 10
| | Round | Game | Home team | Visitor | Attendance | Ref |
| 1 |
Top 16 |
1 |
Crvena Zvezda |
Real Madrid |
18,733 |
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| 2 |
Regular Season |
4 |
Crvena Zvezda |
Olympiacos |
18,732 |
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| 3 |
Top 16 |
11 |
Crvena Zvezda |
FC Barcelona |
18,450 |
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| 4 |
Top 16 |
6 |
Crvena Zvezda |
Žalgiris |
18,382 |
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| 5 |
Top 16 |
3 |
Crvena Zvezda |
Galatasaray |
17,821 |
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| 6 |
Regular Season |
1 |
Crvena Zvezda |
Galatasaray |
16,834 |
|
| 7 |
Top 16 |
9 |
Panathinaikos |
FC Barcelona |
16,033 |
|
| 8 |
Play Off |
27 |
Panathinaikos |
CSKA Moscow |
16,000 |
|
| 9 |
Top 16 |
11 |
Panathinaikos |
Real Madrid |
14,766 |
|
| 10 |
Regular Season |
3 |
Panathinaikos |
Fenerbahçe Ülker |
14,480 |
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Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Other statistics
Game highs
Awards
MVP of the Week
Regular season
Top 16
Quarter-finals
MVP of the Month
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.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ ; Cibona withdrews from Euroleague, Crvena Zvezda to take its spot!, 22 June 2014
- ↑ ; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
- ↑ ; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
- ↑ Klaipėdos „Neptūnui“ kelias į Eurolygą - atviras; 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
- 1 2 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
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