2014–15 Euroleague

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.

Euroleague
The Barclaycard Center in Madrid hosted the Final Four
Competition details
Season 2014–15
Teams 24
Games played 251
Dates 16 October 2014 – 17 May 2015
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (9th title)
Runners-up Olympiacos
Third place CSKA Moscow
Fourth place Fenerbahçe Ülker
Awards
MVP Nemanja Bjelica
Final Four MVP Andrés Nocioni
Best Defender Bryant Dunston
Rising Star Bogdan Bogdanović
Records
Biggest home win Valencia 103–65 Neptūnas
Biggest away win PGE Turów 65–104 Barcelona
Highest scoring Galatasaray 110–103 Crvena Zvezda
Highest attendance 18,733
(Crvena Zvezda 72–79 Real Madrid)
Lowest attendance 534
(UNICS 85–62 Dinamo Sassari)
Total attendance 2,013,305
Average attendance 8,184

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]

RankTeamPoints
1. CSKA Moscow164
2. FC Barcelona163
3. Olympiacos154
4. Real Madrid148
5. Maccabi Electra141
6. Panathinaikos139
    
RankTeamPoints
7. Anadolu Efes105
8. Unicaja100
9. Fenerbahçe Ülker99
10. Laboral Kutxa97
11. Žalgiris95
12. EA7 Milano86
  • 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
     A licensed teams
     B licensed teams
     Wild cards
     Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round
TeamPos.
1. FC Barcelona1st
2. CSKA Moscow1st
3. EA7 Milano1st
4. Fenerbahçe Ülker1st
5. Žalgiris1st
6. Panathinaikos1st
7. Limoges1st
8. Bayern Munich1st
9. Cibona (withdrew)[8]1st
10. PGE Turów Zgorzelec1st
11. Cedevita2nd
12. Real Madrid2nd
13. Nizhny Novgorod2nd
14. Montepaschi Siena (withdrew)2nd
    
TeamPos.
15. Galatasaray[9][10]2nd
16. Neptūnas[11]2nd
17. Olympiacos2nd
18. Strasbourg2nd
19. Alba Berlin2nd
20. Crvena Zvezda3rd
21. Budivelnyk (withdrew)1st
22. ČEZ Nymburk1st
23. Telenet Oostende1st
24. Maccabi Electra1st
25. Levski Sofia (rejected)[12]1st
26. Ventspils1st
27. Worcester Wolves1st
28. Stelmet Zielona Góra2nd

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
  • Valencia (C licence as 2013–14 Eurocup winner)
  • Alba Berlin (one-year wildcard which substituted Asseco Prokom's A-Licence removed in 2013)
  • Dinamo Sassari (one-year wildcard which substituted Montepaschi Siena's A-licence, after it resigned in 2014)
  • Crvena Zvezda (one-year wildcard which substituted Cibona's B-licence)
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: Qualifying rounds
  • WC: Wild card
  • EC: Champion of the 2013–14 Eurocup
Regular season
FC Barcelona (A) Fenerbahçe Ülker (A) Bayern Munich (1st) Žalgiris (A)
Real Madrid (A) Galatasaray Liv Hospital (2nd) ALBA Berlin (WC) Neptūnas (2nd)
Unicaja (A) Anadolu Efes (A) Panathinaikos (A) Limoges (1st)
Caja Laboral (A) CSKA Moscow (A) Olympiacos (A) Maccabi ElectraTH (A)
Valencia (EC) Nizhny Novgorod (2nd) EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (A) Crvena zvezda (WC)
PGE Turów Zgorzelec (1st) Cedevita (2nd) Banco di Sardegna Sassari (WC)
Qualifying rounds
SIG Strasbourg (2nd) ČEZ Nymburk (1st) Telenet Oostende (1st) UNICS (WC)
ASVEL (WC) Stelmet Zielona Góra (2nd) VEF Rīga (2nd) Hapoel Jerusalem (WC)

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague 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]

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
         
1 UNICS 90
4 Stelmet Zielona Góra 86
1 UNICS 82
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 71
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 94
3 ČEZ Nymburk 84
1 UNICS 88
2 ASVEL 79
2 ASVEL 86
3 Telenet Oostend 77
2 ASVEL 74
4 Strasbourg 65
1 VEF Rīga 53
4 Strasbourg 82

Squads
Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague 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.

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

CSKA Moscow
FC Barcelona
Olympiacos
Real Madrid

Maccabi Electra
Panathinaikos
Valencia
Anadolu Efes

Unicaja
Fenerbahçe Ülker
Laboral Kutxa
Žalgiris

Alba Berlin
Galatasaray
EA7 Milano
Nizhny Novgorod †

Crvena Zvezda
Cedevita
Bayern Munich
Dinamo Sassari

PGE Turów †
Neptūnas †
Limoges †
UNICS ^

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:

  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.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advanced to
     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:

  1. Head-to-head record between teams still tied.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Top 16.
  4. Points scored during the Top 16.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 game.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs
     Eliminated

See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Quarterfinals
Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4
Real Madrid 3–1 Anadolu Efes80–7190–8572–7576–63
CSKA Moscow 3–1 Panathinaikos93–66100–8085–8674–55
FC Barcelona 1–3 Olympiacos73–5763–7671–7368–71
Fenerbahçe Ülker 3–0 Maccabi Electra80–7282–6775–74

Final Four
Main article: 2015 Euroleague Final Four

The Final Four was the last stage of the Euroleague, consisting of the four winners from the quarterfinals. The semifinal games were played on 15 May, while the third place game and championship game were played on 17 May 2015. The Final Four was hosted by the Barclaycard Center in Madrid, Spain.

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
15 May
 
 
 Real Madrid96
 
17 May
 
 Fenerbahçe Ülker87
 
 Real Madrid78
 
15 May
 
 Olympiacos59
 
 CSKA Moscow68
 
 
 Olympiacos70
 
Third place game
 
 
17 May
 
 
 Fenerbahçe Ülker80
 
 
 CSKA Moscow86

Attendances

Average home attendances
Pos Team GP Total High Low Average
1 Crvena Zvezda 11 159,30918,7335,908 14,483
2 Panathinaikos 14 177,41816,0338,165 12,672
3 Fenerbahçe Ülker 14 164,44913,0138,559 11,746
4 Maccabi Electra 13 143,78011,06011,060 11,060
5 Alba Berlin 12 123,56114,1338,226 10,296
6 Žalgiris 12 121,83514,3824,795 10,153
7 Laboral Kutxa 12 117,88212,6197,689 9,824
8 Olympiacos 14 125,90711,6536,039 8,993
9 Real Madrid 14 123,90212,6627,806 8,850
10 EA7 Milano 12 98,70310,1696,344 8,225
11 Galatasaray 8 60,51211,3123,138 7,564
12 Unicaja 12 87,8938,8915,237 7,324
13 FC Barcelona 14 94,1038,5295,162 6,721
14 Anadolu Efes 14 85,49510,1742,529 6,106
15 Bayern Munich 5 30,1356,6885,047 6,027
16 Valencia 5 30,0698,5003,005 6,014
17 Neptūnas 5 27,3485,6695,309 5,470
18 CSKA Moscow 14 65,5095,3494,369 4,679
19 Limoges 5 23,2925,0804,356 4,658
20 Dinamo Sassari 5 18,9014,4833,068 3,780
21 Cedevita 5 18,8114,0913,288 3,762
22 UNICS 5 14,4903,876534 2,898
23 Nizhny Novgorod 12 27,7403,3931,492 2,312
24 PGE Turów 5 9,7443,217709 1,949
  • Updated on 5 May 2015 (ALL GAMES PLAYED)

Source: Euroleague Basketball

Top 10
RoundGameHome teamVisitorAttendanceRef
1 Top 16 1 Crvena Zvezda Real Madrid 18,733
2 Regular Season 4 Crvena Zvezda Olympiacos 18,732
3 Top 16 11 Crvena Zvezda FC Barcelona 18,450
4 Top 16 6 Crvena Zvezda Žalgiris 18,382
5 Top 16 3 Crvena Zvezda Galatasaray 17,821
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

Individual statistics

Rating
Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Boban Marjanović Crvena Zvezda2461625.67
2. Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod2144221.05
3. Artsiom Parakhouski Nizhny Novgorod2342618.52

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod2139718.90
2. Andrew Goudelock Fenerbahçe Ülker2949317.00
3. Boban Marjanović Crvena Zvezda2439816.58

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Boban Marjanović Crvena Zvezda2425610.67
2. Nemanja Bjelica Fenerbahçe Ülker292468.48
3. Trey Thompkins Nizhny Novgorod231878.13

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow241687.00
2. Thomas Heurtel Anadolu Efes281796.39
3. Marcus Williams Crvena Zvezda241466.08

Other statistics
Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game Tarence Kinsey Nizhny Novgorod171.59
Blocks per game Artsiom Parakhouski Nizhny Novgorod231.96
Turnovers per game Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow243.67
Fouls drawn per game Jamel McLean Alba Berlin215.81
Minutes per game Jeremy Pargo Maccabi Electra2731:59
2FG% Semih Erden Fenerbahçe Ülker250.758
3FG% Demetris Nichols CSKA Moscow270.575
FT% Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod210.925

Game highs
Category Name Team Stat
Rating Samardo Samuels EA7 Milano47
Points Samardo Samuels EA7 Milano36
Rebounds Boban Marjanović Crvena Zvezda17
Assists Marcus Williams Crvena Zvezda17
Steals Yogev Ohayon Maccabi Electra8
Blocks Alex Tyus Maccabi Electra6
Brian Randle
Turnovers Thomas Heurtel Anadolu Efes8
Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod
Fouls Drawn3 occasions12

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Euroleague Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Teams
First Team[17]Second Team[17]
Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow
Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow Andrew Goudelock Fenerbahçe Ülker
Nemanja Bjelica Fenerbahçe Ülker Rudy Fernández Real Madrid
Felipe Reyes Real Madrid Devin Smith Maccabi Electra
Boban Marjanović Crvena Zvezda Ante Tomić FC Barcelona

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star

MVP of the Week

Regular season
Game Player Team PIR
1 Boban Marjanović Crvena Zvezda30
2 Andrew Goudelock Fenerbahçe Ülker30
3 Jaycee Carroll Real Madrid37
4 James Anderson Žalgiris38
5 Andrew Goudelock (2) Fenerbahçe Ülker40
6 Zoran Erceg Galatasaray41
7 Boban Marjanović (2) Crvena Zvezda36
8 D'or Fischer UNICS43
9 Duško Savanović Bayern Munich37
10 Ioannis Bourousis Real Madrid31

Top 16
Game Player Team PIR
1 Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod32
2 Felipe Reyes Real Madrid29
Brian Randle Maccabi Electra29
3 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow34
4 Artsiom Parakhouski Nizhny Novgorod37
5 Ante Tomić FC Barcelona34
6 Rudy Fernández Real Madrid38
7 Nando de Colo (2) CSKA Moscow29
8 Samardo Samuels EA7 Milano47
9 Reggie Redding Alba Berlin36
10 Ante Tomić (2) FC Barcelona35
11 Bogdan Bogdanović Fenerbahçe Ülker32
12 Alessandro Gentile EA7 Milano30
13 Alex Renfroe Alba Berlin28
14 Devin Smith Maccabi Electra28
Boban Marjanović (3) Crvena Zvezda28

Quarter-finals
Game Player Team PIR
1 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid29
2 Georgios Printezis Olympiacos34
3 Nikos Pappas Panathinaikos31
4 Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow27

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team Ref.
October 2014 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos[18]
November 2014 Dario Šarić Anadolu Efes[19]
December 2014 Devin Smith Maccabi Electra[20]
January 2015 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow[21]
February 2015 Rudy Fernández Real Madrid[22]
March 2015 Nemanja Bjelica Fenerbahçe Ülker[23]
April 2015 Georgios Printezis Olympiacos[24]

See also

References
  1. Madrid to host 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four; Euroleague.net, 17 May 2014
  2. "In-The-Game.org Euroleague three-year-ranking". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  3. 2012–13 Euroleague bylaws
  4. ULEB Ranking, EŭroKorbo.tk
  5. 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague licence allocation criteria; Euroleague.net, 4 June 2014
  6. Siena will not play neither in Serie A nor in Euroleague next season; Sportando, 16 June 2014
  7. ECA Shareholders Meeting ushers in new season Euroleague.net, July 3, 2013
  8. ; Cibona withdrews from Euroleague, Crvena Zvezda to take its spot!, 22 June 2014
  9. ; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
  10. ; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
  11. Klaipėdos „Neptūnui“ kelias į Eurolygą - atviras Archived 2014-06-18 at the Wayback Machine; Lietuvos Rytas, 16 June 2014
  12. VEF Riga to play Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds; Euroleague, 3 July 2014
  13. ECA board approves 2014-15 teams, steps toward comprehensive competition model; Euroleague.net, 25 June 2014.
  14. Ostend to host Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds in September; Euroleague, 10 July 2014
  15. ECA board approves 2014-15 teams, steps toward comprehensive competition model; Euroleague.net, 25 June 2014
  16. Euroleague.net 2014-15 bwin MVP: Nemanja Bjelica, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
  17. All-Euroleague First and Second teams announced. Euroleague.net. Retrieved on 2015-05-08.
  18. bwin MVP for October: Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos Piraeus
  19. bwin MVP for November: Dario Saric, Anadolu Efes Istanbul
  20. bwin MVP for December: Devin Smith, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
  21. bwin MVP for January: Nando de Colo, CSKA Moscow
  22. bwin MVP for February: Rudy Fernández, Real Madrid
  23. bwin MVP for March: Nemanja Bjelica, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
  24. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5wxcqn9jryt87p8p bwin MVP for April: Georgios Printezis, Olympiacos Piraeus
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