2014–15 Eurocup Basketball

Eurocup
Season2014–15
Duration14 October 2014 – 29 April 2015
Teams44
Regular season
Season MVP Tyrese Rice
Finals
Champions Khimki
2nd title
Runners-up Herbalife Gran Canaria
Finals MVP Tyrese Rice
Awards
Rising Star Kristaps Porziņģis
Coach of the Year Aíto García Reneses
Statistical leaders
Points Randy Culpepper 19.2
Rebounds Sharrod Ford 8.9
Assists Mike Green 7.4
Index Rating Derrick Brown 19.8

The 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball season was the 13th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the EuroLeague.

Khimki won the competition, after beating Herbalife Gran Canaria in the Finals, and earned a spot in the regular season of the 2015–16 Euroleague.

Competition format

The competition format was the same as in the 2013–14 season, but reducing the Regular Season. For this year 36 teams joined this first stage and were divided into two conferences.

The Regular Season featured six groups of six teams each one, where the four best teams qualified to the Last 32 stage with the eight teams that do not qualify to the 2014–15 Euroleague Top 16. From this stage to the final, the format was the same as in the last season.[1]

Teams

Teams were confirmed on June 26 by the company Euroleague Basketball.[2]

Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Eighthfinalist Last 32 Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2013–14 national championships)
Regular season
France (LNB) 5 Strasbourg (2) Nancy (3) Dijon (4) Paris-Levallois† (6) ASVEL^ (7)
Germany (BBL) 4 Oldenburg (3) Artland Dragons (4) Brose Bamberg† (5) Telekom Bonn† (6)
Russia (VTB) 4 Khimki (5) Lokomotiv Kuban (6) Zenit[a][b] (8) Krasny Oktyabr† (11)
Italy (Lega A) 3 Acea Roma (4) FoxTown Cantù† (5) Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia[b] (7)
Spain (ACB) 3 Herbalife Gran Canaria (5) Sevilla (7) CAI Zaragoza (8)
Turkey (TBL) 3 Banvit (3) Pınar Karşıyaka (4) Beşiktaş İntegral Forex† (6)
Belgium (BLB) 2 Telenet Oostende^ (1) Spirou Charleroi† (5)
Latvia (LBL) 2 Ventspils (1) VEF Rīga^ (2)
Czech Republic (NBL) 1 ČEZ Nymburk^ (1)
Greece (GBL) 1 PAOK (3)
Hungary (NB1/A) 1 Szolnoki Olaj† (1)
Israel (BSL) 1 Hapoel Jerusalem^ (3)
Lithuania (LKL) 1 Lietuvos Rytas (3)
Montenegro (ABA) 1 Budućnost VOLI (5)
Poland (PLK) 1 Stelmet Zielona Góra^ (2)
Romania (RBD) 1 Asesoft Ploiești† (1)
Serbia (ABA) 1 Partizan NIS (4)
Slovenia (ABA) 1 Union Olimpija† (10)
Last 32
Spain (ACB) 1 Valencia (3)
Russia (VTB) 1 UNICS (3)
Germany (BBL) 1 Bayern Munich (1)
Italy (Serie A) 1 Dinamo Sassari (3)
Lithuania (LKL) 1 Neptūnas (2)
Croatia (ABA) 1 Cedevita (2)
France (Pro A) 1 Limoges (1)
Poland (PLK) 1 PGE Turów Zgorzelec (1)

Notes:
† Qualified through wild card
^ Qualified as loser of Euroleague qualifying round

  1. ^ Triumph Lyubertsy was relocated to Saint Petersburg and renamed to Zenit.[3][4]
  2. ^ a b Triumph Lyubertsy and Reggio Emilia were qualified as the Finalists of the 2013–14 EuroChallenge

Draw

The draws for the 2014–15 Eurocup were held on Monday, 29 September, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.

Teams were divided into two geographical conferences with 18 teams and 3 groups each. For the each conference teams were seeded into six pots of Three 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 could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group if possible. The nations from the former Yugoslavia, which compete jointly in the Adriatic League—Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina—are considered as one country for purposes of the draw.[5]

Western Conference

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

ČEZ Nymburk (72)
FoxTown Cantù (66)
Brose Bamberg (64)

CAI Zaragoza (52)
Sevilla (52)
Herbalife Gran Canaria (52)

Telenet Oostende (43)
Acea Roma (40)
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (40)

ASVEL (33)
Spirou Charleroi (31)
Strasbourg (29)

Paris-Levallois (29)
Nancy (29)
Dijon (29)

Artland Dragons (25)
Oldenburg (25)
Telekom Bonn (25)

Eastern Conference

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Khimki (111)
Lokomotiv Kuban (102)
Lietuvos Rytas (71)

Banvit (66)
Beşiktaş Integral Forex (65)
Pınar Karşıyaka (65)

Budućnost VOLI (63)
Zenit (61)
Krasny Oktyabr (61)

Partizan NIS (59)
VEF Rīga (55)
Ventspils (55)

Hapoel Jerusalem (53)
Union Olimpija (48)
Stelmet Zielona Góra (39)

PAOK (30)
Asesoft Ploiești (13)
Szolnoki Olaj (12)

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2013–14 Eurocup
Western Conference: Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C;
Eastern Conference: Yellow: Group D; Pink: Group E; Orange: Group F;

The Regular Season runs from Tuesday, October 14 to Wednesday, December 17.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were 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 teams in each group advance to Last 32.

Western Conference

Group A

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Strasbourg 10 8 2 742 701 +41
2 Brose Bamberg 10 6 4 768 672 +96
3 Paris-Levallois 10 5[a] 5 753 759 −6
4 CAI Zaragoza 10 5[b] 5 831 812 +19
5 Telekom Bonn 10 4 6 774 851 −77
6 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 10 2 8 735 808 −73
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head: 1-1 (+2)
  2. ^ Head-to-head: 1-1 (-2)

Group B

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group B
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD
1 Herbalife Gran Canaria 10 10 0 837 704 +133
2 Telenet Oostende 10 6[a] 4 768 766 +2
3 Dijon 10 6[b] 4 710 739 −29
4 Foxtown Cantù 10 4 6 738 752 −14
5 ASVEL 10 3 7 744 791 −47
6 Artland Dragons 10 1 9 725 770 −45
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head: 1-1 (0)
  2. ^ Head-to-head: 1-1 (0)

Group C

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Acea Roma 10 7 3 826 773 +53
2 Nancy 10 6 4 776 742 +34
3 ČEZ Nymburk 10 5[a] 5 771 780 −9
4 Sevilla 10 5[b] 5 776 757 +19
5 Oldenburg 10 4 6 737 737 0
6 Spirou Charleroi 10 3 7 705 802 −97
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head: 2-0
  2. ^ Head-to-head: 0-2

Eastern Conference

Group D

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Khimki 10 8 2 872 756 +116
2 Beşiktaş Integral Forex 10 7 3 773 705 +68
3 Union Olimpija 10 6 4 800 782 +18
4 Zenit 10 5 5 808 809 −1
5 Szolnoki Olaj 10 3 7 748 822 −74
6 VEF Rīga 10 1 9 705 832 −127
Source:

Group E

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Lietuvos Rytas 10 8 2 840 774 +66
2 Banvit 10 6[a] 4 788 768 +20
3 Krasny Oktyabr 10 6[b] 4 759 765 −6
4 Asesoft Ploiești 10 5 5 814 833 −19
5 Partizan NIS 10 3 7 734 774 −40
6 Hapoel Jerusalem 10 2 8 806 827 −21
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head: 1-1 (+3)
  2. ^ Head-to-head: 1-1 (-3)

Group F

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group F
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Lokomotiv Kuban 10 10 0 795 653 +142
2 PAOK 10 6[a] 4 726 726 0
3 Pınar Karşıyaka 10 6[b] 4 780 763 +17
4 Budućnost VOLI 10 3[c] 7 784 797 −13
5 Stelmet Zielona Góra 10 3[d] 7 722 809 −87
6 Ventspils 10 2 8 665 724 −59
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head: 1-1 (+1)
  2. ^ Head-to-head: 1-1 (-1)
  3. ^ Head-to-head: 2-0
  4. ^ Head-to-head: 0-2

Last 32

The Last 32 phase runs from Tuesday, January 6 to Wednesday, February 11.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 32 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Last 32 phase.
  4. Points scored during the Last 32 phase.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 32 phase match.
Key to colors
     Top two teams in each group advance to the Eurocup eightfinals.

Group G

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD UNK ZEN SIG NYM
1 UNICS 6 4 0 2 460 432 +28 103–67 60–82 75–67
2 Zenit 6 3 0 3 439 479 −40 65–77 87–82 63–84
3 Strasbourg 6 3 0 3 450 433 +17 72–61 61–73 87–80
4 ČEZ Nymburk 6 2 0 4 454 459 −5 79–84 72–84 72–66
Source:

Group H

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group H
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD HGC BAN DSS POD
1 Herbalife Gran Canaria 6 5 1 522 462 +60 91–80 90–74 92–69
2 Banvit 6 4 2 484 450 +34 80–70 74–75 87–74
3 Dinamo Sassari 6 2 4 470 507 −37 76–91 72–89 87–70
4 Budućnost VOLI 6 1 5 457 514 −57 83–88 68–74 93–86
Source:

Group I

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group I
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD ROM CED OKT CAI
1 Acea Roma 6 4 2 473 442 +31 73–66 82–66 87–66
2 Cedevita 6 4 2 500 493 +7 91–90 92–101 83–80
3 Krasny Oktyabr 6 3 3 471 482 −11 86–88 65–83 71–66
4 CAI Zaragoza 6 1 5 434 461 −27 67–53 84–85 71–82
Source:

Group J

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group J
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD KHI CTU LIM PBC
1 Khimki 6 5 1 512 449 +63 75–62 79–70 102–68
2 Foxtown Cantù 6 3 3 454 449 +5 99–88 68–57 78–70
3 Limoges 6 3 3 430 430 0 72–86 81–70 71–59
4 PAOK 6 1 5 421 489 −68 78–82 78–77 68–79
Source:

Group K

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group K
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD BAY BRO JDA UOL
1 Bayern Munich 6 6 0 534 437 +97 87–63 93–84 90–84
2 Brose Bamberg 6 3 3 444 474 −30 52–90 81–86 91–90
3 Dijon 6 2 4 453 498 −45 74–84 56–86 77–81
4 Union Olimpija 6 1 5 473 495 −22 80–90 65–71 73–76
Source:

Group L

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group L
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD TUR LRY OST SEV
1 PGE Turów 6 5 1 553 501 +52 104–93 99–71 87–84
2 Lietuvos Rytas 6 3 3 553 514 +39 98–86 111–83 100–78
3 Telenet Oostende 6 2 4 474 506 −32 79–80 75–69 72–84
4 Sevilla 6 2 4 473 532 −59 76–97 88–82 63–94
Source:

Group M

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group M
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD KSK PLV BJK NEP
1 Pınar Karşıyaka 6 6 0 538 463 +75 86–79 73–64 99–85
2 Paris-Levallois 6 3 3 485 486 −1 75–85 93–83 88–79
3 Beşiktaş Integral Forex 6 2 4 444 488 −44 77–105 71–77 80–78
4 Neptūnas 6 1 5 469 499 −30 83–90 82–73 62–69
Source:

Group N

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group N
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD LOK VBC ASE SLU
1 Lokomotiv Kuban 6 6 0 492 416 +76 74–62 92–79 85–70
2 Valencia 6 3 3 490 459 +31 89–90 87–92 77–46
3 Asesoft Ploiești 6 2 4 469 529 −60 59–85 84–100 88–81
4 Nancy 6 1 5 411 458 −47 57–66 73–75 84–67
Source:

Knockout stage

Main article: 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball knockout stage

In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

  • The team that finished in the higher Last 32 place will play the second game of the series at home.
  • If both teams placed the same in the Last 32, the team with more Last 32 victories will play the second game at home.
  • In case of a tie in both place and victories, the team with the higher cumulative Last 32 point difference will play the second game at home.
 
EighthfinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                      
 
 
 
 
 UNICS7075145
 
 
 
 FoxTown Cantù6472 136
 
 UNICS7879157
 
 
 
 Lokomotiv Kuban8758 145
 
 Lokomotiv Kuban8070150
 
 
 
 Brose Bamberg7853 131
 
 UNICS7076146
 
 
 
 Herbalife Gran Canaria8378 161
 
 Herbalife Gran Canaria 8475159
 
 
 
 Cedevita7672 148
 
 Herbalife Gran Canaria7675151
 
 
 
 Pınar Karşıyaka6674 140
 
 Pınar Karşıyaka8197178
 
 
 
 Lietuvos Rytas8181 162
 
 Herbalife Gran Canaria6664130
 
 
 
 Khimki9183 174
 
 Acea Roma5566121
 
 
 
 Banvit7156 127
 
 Banvit6575140
 
 
 
 Paris-Levallois6771 138
 
 PGE Turów7178149
 
 
 
 Paris-Levallois7487 161
 
 Banvit8389172
 
 
 
 Khimki8293 175
 
 Khimki8689175
 
 
 
 Zenit8470 154
 
 Khimki7676152
 
 
 
 Valencia7561 136
 
 Bayern Munich5860118
 
 
 Valencia8094 174
 

Finals

Main article: 2015 Eurocup Finals

First leg

24 April 2015
20:45
Herbalife Gran Canaria 66–91 Khimki
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 14–19, 21–19, 12–32
Pts: Kuric 23
Rebs: Báez 7
Asts: Oliver 4		 Pts: Koponen, Vyaltsev 18
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Rice 5
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
Attendance: 9,875
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Roberto Chiari (ITA), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

Second leg

29 April 2015
18:30
Khimki 83–64 Herbalife Gran Canaria
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 18–12, 23–16, 15–18
Pts: Augustine 18
Rebs: Davis 10
Asts: Popović 7		 Pts: Tavares 17
Rebs: Tavares 10
Asts: Kendall 3
Khimki wins 174–130 on aggregate
Basketball Center, Khimki
Attendance: 3,850
Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Ioannis Foufis (GRE)

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Derrick Brown Lokomotiv Kuban 18 356 19.78
2. Romeo Travis Krasny Oktyabr 16 304 19.00
3. Bobby Dixon Pınar Karşıyaka 20 375 18.75

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Randy Culpepper Krasny Oktyabr 13 249 19.15
2. J.P. Prince Telenet Oostende 16 274 17.13
3. Tyrese Rice Khimki 24 407 16.96

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Sharrod Ford Paris-Levallois 20 177 8.85
2. Trevor Mbakwe Brose Baskets 18 151 8.39
3. Randal Falker Nancy 15 122 8.13

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Mike Green Paris-Levallois 20 147 7.35
2. Brad Wanamaker Brose Baskets 18 116 6.44
3. Walter Hodge Zenit 18 113 6.28

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week Player Team PIR
1 Brandon Triche Acea Roma 37
2 Dee Brown Asesoft Ploiești 33
3 Brandon Triche (2) Acea Roma 27
4 Darius Adams Nancy 36
5 Walter Hodge Zenit 34
6 Romeo Travis Krasny Oktyabr 34
7 Achille Polonara Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 34
Romeo Travis (2) Krasny Oktyabr 34
8 Willy Hernangómez Sevilla 31
9 Darius Johnson-Odom FoxTown Cantù 40
10 Milan Mačvan Partizan NIS 34

Last 32

Week Player Team PIR
1 Walter Tavares Herbalife Gran Canaria 40
2 Anthony Randolph Lokomotiv Kuban 36
Halil Kanacević Union Olimpija 36
3 Martynas Gecevičius Lietuvos Rytas 38
4 Mardy Collins PGE Turów 40
5 Damian Kulig PGE Turów 38
6 Sharrod Ford Paris-Levallois 37

Eighthfinals

Week Player Team PIR
1 Sammy Mejia Banvit 33
2 Jon Diebler Pınar Karşıyaka 31

Quarterfinals

Week Player Team PIR
1 Tyrese Rice Khimki 27
Krunoslav Simon Lokomotiv Kuban 27
2 James White UNICS 38

Semifinals

Week Player Team PIR
1 Walter Tavares (2) Herbalife Gran Canaria 30
2 Tyrese Rice (2) Khimki 22
James Augustine Khimki 22

Finals

Week Player Team PIR
1 Paul Davis Khimki 22
2 James Augustine (2) Khimki 22

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Teams

Position All-Eurocup First Team Club team All-Eurocup Second Team Club Ref
PG
 Tyrese Rice Khimki Bobby Dixon Pınar Karşıyaka [8]
SG/SF
 Petteri Koponen Khimki Keith Langford Unics Kazan
SG/SF
 Sammy Mejia Banvit Kyle Kuric Herbalife Gran Canaria
PF/C
 Derrick Brown Lokomotiv Kuban Anthony Randolph Lokomotiv Kuban
PF/C
 Walter Tavares Herbalife Gran Canaria Sharrod Ford Paris-Levallois

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ 2014-15 Eurocup competition system announced; Eurocup Basketball, 9 June 2014
  2. ^ 2014-15 Eurocup team list proposed; Eurocup Basketball, 26 June 2014
  3. ^ Club profile: Zenit St Petersburg Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine; Eurocupbasketball.com, 16 July 2014
  4. ^ Triumph Lyubertsy becomes Zenit St Petersburg; Eurocupbasketball.com, 18 August 2014
  5. ^ "2014-15 Eurocup Regular Season Draw criteria and procedure". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2014-09-26. Archived from the original on September 29, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  6. ^ 2014-15 Eurocup MVP: Tyrese Rice, Khimki Moscow Region
  7. ^ Rice caps standout season as Eurocup Finals MVP
  8. ^ All-Eurocup First, Second teams named
  9. ^ 2014-15 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Aíto García Reneses, Herbalife Gran Canaria
  10. ^ 2014-15 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Kristaps Porziņģis, Baloncesto Sevilla
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