2015–16 EuroLeague Women

EuroLeague Women
Competition details
Season 2015–16
Teams 16 (Regular Season)
Games played 125
Dates 14 October 2015 — 17 April 2016
Final positions
Champions Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
Runners-up Russia Nadezhda Orenburg
Third place Turkey Fenerbahçe
Fourth place Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Awards
Finals MVP Diana Taurasi

The 2015–16 EuroLeague Women season is the 20th edition of EuroLeague Women under its current name.

Teams

Teams and seedings were unveiled by FIBA Europe on 3 July 2015.[1]

Regular season
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) Turkey AGÜ Spor (2nd) Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) Slovakia Good Angels Košice (1st)
Russia Nadezhda Orenburg (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (3rd) Poland Wisła Can-Pack Kraków (1st) Italy Famila Schio (1st)
Russia Dynamo Kursk (3rd) France Tango Bourges Basket (1st) Hungary Uniqa Sopron (1st) Belgium Mithra Castors Braine (1st)
Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank (1st) France Villeneuve-d'Ascq (2nd) Spain Spar CityLift Girona (1st)
Qualification round
Spain CB Avenida (2nd) Czech Republic BK Zabiny Brno (2nd)

Draw

17 teams registered for EuroLeague Women 2015–16,[2] resulting in 15 direct qualifiers, and one preliminary round to be played between BK Brno and CB Avenida.[3] However, on August 6, BK Brno announced its withdrawal from European competitions due to financial reasons, automatically qualifying Perfumerías Avenida to the Regular Season[4]

SeedRegular Season
1Russia UMMC EkaterinburgTurkey Fenerbahçe
2Turkey GalatasarayCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
3France Tango Bourges BasketRussia Dynamo Kursk
4Slovakia Good Angels KošiceRussia Nadezhda Orenburg
5Turkey AGÜ SporItaly Famila Schio
6Poland Wisła Can-Pack KrakówFrance Villeneuve-d'Ascq
7Hungary Uniqa SopronBelgium Mithra Castors Braine
8Spain Spar CityLift GironaQR Winner

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2015–16 Euroleague Women regular season.
Green: Group A; Red: Group B.

Regular season will start on October 14 and will finish on February 10, 2016.

The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are 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 game.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN FAM KUR GAL KOŠ VIL AVE SOP
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 12 2 927 834 +93 26 Advance to quarterfinals — 60 – 66 66 – 56 57 – 56 62 – 45 77 – 54 64 – 59 86 – 69
2 Italy Famila Schio 14 10 4 1022 892 +130 24 62 – 64 — 79 – 72 64 – 70 89 – 63 75 – 57 88 – 70 97 – 61
3 Russia Dynamo Kursk 14 10 4 1012 855 +157 24 72 – 40 63 – 58 — 75 – 60 70 – 49 66 – 49 77 – 64 98 – 63
4 Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 14 9 5 889 829 +60 23 60 – 71 58 – 75 62 – 55 — 69 – 57 59 – 35 61 – 59 81 – 56
5 Slovakia Good Angels Košice 14 5 9 869 893 −24 19 Transfer to EuroCup Women 58 – 67 56 – 69 53 – 64 54 – 49 — 55 – 60 66 – 47 81 – 53
6 France Villeneuve-d'Ascq 14 5 9 842 920 −78 19 55 – 69 70 – 73 78 – 70 62 – 66 48 – 78 — 78 – 66 78 – 44
7 Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 4 10 902 945 −43 18 Eliminated 70 – 75 63 – 52 66 – 72 49 – 62 76 – 68 72 – 49 — 74 – 60
8 Hungary Uniqa Sopron 14 1 13 844 1139 −295 15 52 – 69 65 – 75 68 – 102 60 – 76 70 – 86 50 – 69 73 – 67 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2016. Source: FibaEurope.com

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EKA NAD USK WIS BOU AGÜ BRA GIR
1 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 14 12 2 1050 854 +196 26 Advance to quarterfinals — 74 – 84 76 – 73 89 – 48 69 – 63 93 – 48 75 – 70 80 – 61
2 Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 14 9 5 907 844 +63 23 54 – 64 — 58 – 54 67 – 70 66 – 58 68 – 61 63 – 70 65 – 41
3 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 14 8 6 937 826 +111 22 52 – 69 67 – 59 — 64 – 40 63 – 49 68 – 72 75 – 58 68 – 43
4 Poland Wisła Can-Pack Kraków 14 7 7 824 945 −121 21 52 – 88 54 – 51 57 – 78 — 66 – 64 67 – 66 69 – 76 54 – 46
5 France Tango Bourges Basket 14 6 8 842 841 +1 20 Transfer to EuroCup Women 58 – 65 61 – 71 65 – 75 63 – 45 — 63 – 57 57 – 52 68 – 47
6 Turkey AGÜ Spor 14 5 9 902 958 −56 19 68 – 54 67 – 75 77 – 75 66 – 68 55 – 62 — 60 – 56 79 – 69
7 Belgium Mithra Castors Braine 14 5 9 868 946 −78 19 Eliminated 52 – 78 47 – 67 49 – 73 65 – 74 63 – 55 68 – 64 — 73 – 60
8 Spain Spar CityLift Girona 14 4 10 805 921 −116 18 71 – 76 56 – 59 54 – 52 62 – 60 47 – 56 72 – 62 76 – 69 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2016. Source:

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals will be played on March 8, 11 and 16, 2016.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd 3rd
Fenerbahçe Turkey2–0Poland Wisła Can-Pack Kraków79–7079–63
Famila Schio Italy0–2Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha56–6853–86
UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia2–1Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank72–5657–6686–66
Nadezhda Orenburg Russia2–0Russia Dynamo Kursk78–6873–70

Final Four

The Final Four will be played on April 15 and 17, 2016.

 
Semi-finals
15 April		Final
17 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Turkey Fenerbahçe 68
 
 
 
 Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 74
 
 Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 69
 
 
 
 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 72
 
 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 72
 
 
 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 78
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Turkey Fenerbahçe 73
 
 
 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 69

All times are local (UTC+3).

Semifinals

15 April 2016
17:00
ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic 72–78 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 9–19, 12–13, 38–32
Pts: Petrović, Šteinberga 21
Rebs: Šteinberga 10
Asts: Palau 8		 Pts: Taurasi 21
Rebs: Lyttle, Meesseman 9
Asts: three players 3
Fenerbahce Ulker Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Anne Panther (GER)
Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)
Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)
15 April 2016
20:00
Fenerbahçe Turkey 68–74 Russia Nadezhda Orenburg
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–18, 12–17, 28–21
Pts: Lavender 24
Rebs: Lavender 11
Asts: Vardarlı 6		 Pts: Bonner 20
Rebs: Bonner 8
Asts: Cruz 4
Fenerbahce Ulker Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 4,252
Referees:
Dragan Neskovic (SRB)
Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)
Milan Nedović (SLO)

Third place game

17 April 2016
14:00
Fenerbahçe Turkey 73–69 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 19–10, 12–16, 24–19
Pts: Quigley 22
Rebs: Hollingsworth 8
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Vaughn 17
Rebs: Petrović 10
Asts: Palau 6
Fenerbahce Ulker Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 2,678
Referees:
Dragan Neskovic (SRB)
Anne Panther (GER)
Andrada Monika Csender (ROU)

Final

17 April 2016
17:00
Nadezhda Orenburg Russia 69–72 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 21–16, 16–15, 13–24
Pts: Bonner 26
Rebs: Robinson 10
Asts: Cruz 5		 Pts: Taurasi 22
Rebs: Lyttle 12
Asts: Toliver 5
Fenerbahce Ulker Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 1,264
Referees:
Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)
Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)
Milan Nedović (SLO)


2015–16 EuroLeague Women Champions
Russia
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Third title

Statistical leaders

Points

RkNameTeamGamesPointsPPG
1United States Diana TaurasiRussia UMMC Ekaterinburg1939720.9
2United States Nneka OgwumikeRussia Dynamo Kursk1628317.7
3United States DeWanna BonnerRussia Nadezhda Orenburg1831317.4
4Turkey Lara SandersTurkey AGÜ Spor1320515.8
Serbia Sonja PetrovićCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha1320515.8

Rebounds

RkNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG
1United States Crystal LanghorneSlovakia Good Angels Košice1415110.8
2United States DeWanna BonnerRussia Nadezhda Orenburg181699.4
3Turkey Lara SandersTurkey AGÜ Spor131189.1
4United States Nneka OgwumikeRussia Dynamo Kursk161428.9
5United States Kia VaughnCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha181598.8

Assists

RkNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG
1Spain Laia PalauCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha181287.1
2Belgium Marjorie CarpréauxBelgium Mithra Castors Braine14755.4
3Spain Silvia DomínguezSpain Perfumerías Avenida14735.2
4United States Chelsea GraySpain Spar CityLift Girona10525.2
5Turkey Işıl AlbenTurkey Galatasaray OdeaBank17875.1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EuroLeague, EuroCup Women draw seedings announced". FIBA Europe. 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "EuroLeague Women groups mostly determined even before draw". Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  3. ↑ "EuroLeague Women draw seedings changed, Perfumerias Avenida in qualifier against Brno". Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  4. ↑ BK Zabiny Brno withdraw from European competition
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