2014–15 Eurocup Basketball

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Eurocup
Competition details
Season
2014–15
Teams
44
Dates
14 October 2014 – 29 April 2015
Final positions
Champions
Russia Khimki
2nd title
Runners-up
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
Awards
MVP
Montenegro Tyrese Rice
Finals MVP
Montenegro Tyrese Rice
Rising Star
Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis
Coach of the Year
Spain Aíto García Reneses
Statistical leaders
Index Rating
United States Derrick Brown
19.8

Points
United States Randy Culpepper
19.2

Rebounds
United States Sharrod Ford
8.9

Assists
United States Mike Green
7.4


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




Contents





  • 1 Competition format


  • 2 Teams


  • 3 Draw


  • 4 Western Conference


  • 5 Eastern Conference


  • 6 Regular season

    • 6.1 Western Conference

      • 6.1.1 Group A


      • 6.1.2 Group B


      • 6.1.3 Group C



    • 6.2 Eastern Conference

      • 6.2.1 Group D


      • 6.2.2 Group E


      • 6.2.3 Group F




  • 7 Last 32

    • 7.1 Group G


    • 7.2 Group H


    • 7.3 Group I


    • 7.4 Group J


    • 7.5 Group K


    • 7.6 Group L


    • 7.7 Group M


    • 7.8 Group N



  • 8 Knockout stage

    • 8.1 Finals

      • 8.1.1 First leg


      • 8.1.2 Second leg




  • 9 Individual statistics

    • 9.1 Rating


    • 9.2 Points


    • 9.3 Rebounds


    • 9.4 Assists



  • 10 Awards

    • 10.1 MVP Weekly

      • 10.1.1 Regular Season


      • 10.1.2 Last 32


      • 10.1.3 Eighthfinals


      • 10.1.4 Quarterfinals


      • 10.1.5 Semifinals


      • 10.1.6 Finals



    • 10.2 Eurocup MVP


    • 10.3 Eurocup Finals MVP


    • 10.4 All-Eurocup Teams


    • 10.5 Coach of the Year


    • 10.6 Rising Star



  • 11 See also


  • 12 Notes


  • 13 References


  • 14 External links




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
ChampionRunner-upSemifinalistQuarterfinalistEighthfinalistLast 32Regular season

























































































































































































Country (League)
TeamsTeams (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 Saint Petersburg[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 Spain (ACB)
1

Valencia (3)





Russia Russia (VTB)
1

UNICS (3)





Germany Germany (BBL)
1

Bayern Munich (1)





Italy Italy (Serie A)
1

Dinamo Sassari (3)





Lithuania Lithuania (LKL)
1

Neptūnas (2)





Croatia Croatia (ABA)
1

Cedevita (2)





France France (Pro A)
1

Limoges (1)





Poland Poland (PLK)
1

PGE Turów Zgorzelec (1)




Notes:

† Qualified through wild card

^ Qualified as loser of Euroleague qualifying round



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

Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk (72)
Italy FoxTown Cantù (66)
Germany Brose Bamberg (64)



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



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



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



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



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



Eastern Conference















Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3

Pot 4

Pot 5

Pot 6

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



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



Montenegro Budućnost VOLI (63)
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (61)
Russia Krasny Oktyabr (61)



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



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



Greece PAOK (30)
Romania Asesoft Ploiești (13)
Hungary Szolnoki Olaj (12)



Regular season




2014–15 Eurocup Basketball is located in Europe

Paris-Levallois

Paris-Levallois



Dijon

Dijon



Nancy

Nancy



Strasbourg

Strasbourg



Lyon-Villeurbanne

Lyon-Villeurbanne



Khimki

Khimki



Zenit Saint Petersburg

Zenit Saint Petersburg



Krasny Oktyabr

Krasny Oktyabr



Lokomotiv Kuban

Lokomotiv Kuban



Banvit

Banvit



Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş



Karşıyaka

Karşıyaka



Seville

Seville



Zaragoza

Zaragoza



Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria



Vilnius

Vilnius



Partizan

Partizan



Budućnost

Budućnost



PAOK

PAOK



Charleroi

Charleroi



Oostende

Oostende



Oldenburg

Oldenburg



Artland

Artland



Bamberg

Bamberg



Bonn

Bonn



Rome

Rome



Cantù

Cantù



Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia



Ventspils

Ventspils



Ploiești

Ploiești



Olimpija

Olimpija



Nymburk

Nymburk



Rīga

Rīga



Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra



Jerusalem

Jerusalem



Szolnok

Szolnok




Location of teams of the 2013–14 Eurocup
Western Conference: Red pog.svg Red: Group A; Green pog.svg Green: Group B; Blue pog.svg Blue: Group C;

Eastern Conference: Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group D; Pink pog.svg Pink: Group E; Orange pog.svg 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



































































Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Tie-break
1.
France Strasbourg
1082742701+41
2.
Germany Brose Bamberg
1064768672+96
3.
France Paris-Levallois
1055753759–61-1 (+2)
4.
Spain CAI Zaragoza
1055831812+191-1 (-2)
5.
Germany Telekom Bonn
1046774851–77
6.
Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
1028735808–73


Group B



































































Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Tie-break
1.
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
10100837704+133
2.
Belgium Telenet Oostende
1064768766+21-1 (0)
3.
France Dijon
1064710739–291-1 (0)
4.
Italy Foxtown Cantù
1046738752–14
5.
France ASVEL
1037744791–47
6.
Germany Artland Dragons
1019725770–45


Group C



































































Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Tie-break
1.
Italy Acea Roma
1073826773+53
2.
France Nancy
1064776742+34
3.
Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk
1055771780–92-0
4.
Spain Sevilla
1055776757+190-2
5.
Germany Oldenburg
10467377370
6.
Belgium Spirou Charleroi
1037705802–97


Eastern Conference



Group D



































































Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Tie-break
1.
Russia Khimki
1082872756+116
2.
Turkey Beşiktaş Integral Forex
1073773705+68
3.
Slovenia Union Olimpija
1064800782+18
4.
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
1055808809–1
5.
Hungary Szolnoki Olaj
1037748822–74
6.
Latvia VEF Rīga
1019705832–127


Group E



































































Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Tie-break
1.
Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
1082840774+66
2.
Turkey Banvit
1064788768+201-1 (+3)
3.
Russia Krasny Oktyabr
1064759765–61-1 (-3)
4.
Romania Asesoft Ploiești
1055814833–19
5.
Serbia Partizan NIS
1037734774–40
6.
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
1028806827–21


Group F



































































Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
Diff
Tie-break
1.
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
10100795653+142
2.
Greece PAOK
106472672601-1 (+1)
3.
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
1064780763+171-1 (-1)
4.
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
1037784797–132-0
5.
Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra
1037722809–870-2
6.
Latvia Ventspils
1028665724–59


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









Group H









Group I









Group J









Group K









Group L









Group M









Group N









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
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Russia UNICS7075145
 
 
 

Italy FoxTown Cantù
6472
136
 
Russia UNICS7879157
 
 
 

Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
8758
145
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban8070150
 
 
 

Germany Brose Bamberg
7853
131
 

Russia UNICS
7076146
 
 
 
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria8378
161
 
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 8475159
 
 
 

Croatia Cedevita
7672
148
 
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria7675151
 
 
 

Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
6674
140
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka8197178
 
 
 

Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
8181
162
 
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria6664130
 
 
 
Russia Khimki9183
174
 

Italy Acea Roma
5566121
 
 
 
Turkey Banvit7156
127
 
Turkey Banvit6575140
 
 
 

France Paris-Levallois
6771
138
 

Poland PGE Turów
7178149
 
 
 
France Paris-Levallois7487
161
 

Turkey Banvit
8389172
 
 
 
Russia Khimki8293
175
 
Russia Khimki8689175
 
 
 

Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
8470
154
 
Russia Khimki7676152
 
 
 

Spain Valencia
7561
136
 

Germany Bayern Munich
5860118
 
 
Spain Valencia8094
174
 


Finals




First leg




24 April 2015
20:45


Boxscore








Herbalife Gran Canaria Spain
66–91

Russia 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


Boxscore








Khimki Russia

83–64

Spain 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.
United States Derrick Brown

Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
1835619.78
2.
Republic of Macedonia Romeo Travis

Russia Krasny Oktyabr
1630419.00
3.
Turkey Bobby Dixon

Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
2037518.75


Points


























Rank
Name
Team
Games
Points
PPG
1.
United States Randy Culpepper

Russia Krasny Oktyabr
1324919.15
2.
United States J.P. Prince

Belgium Telenet Oostende
1627417.13
3.
Montenegro Tyrese Rice

Russia Khimki
2440716.96


Rebounds


























Rank
Name
Team
Games
Rebounds
RPG
1.
United States Sharrod Ford

France Paris-Levallois
201778.85
2.
United States Trevor Mbakwe

Germany Brose Baskets
181518.39
3.
United States Randal Falker

France Nancy
151228.13


Assists


























Rank
Name
Team
Games
Assists
APG
1.
United States Mike Green

France Paris-Levallois
201477.35
2.
United States Brad Wanamaker

Germany Brose Baskets
181166.44
3.
United States Virgin Islands Walter Hodge

Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
181136.28


Awards



MVP Weekly



Regular Season

















































Week
Player
Team

PIR
1
United States Brandon Triche

Italy Acea Roma
37
2
United States Dee Brown

Romania Asesoft Ploiești
33
3
United States Brandon Triche (2)

Italy Acea Roma
27
4
Bulgaria Darius Adams

France Nancy
36
5
United States Virgin Islands Walter Hodge

Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
34
6
Republic of Macedonia Romeo Travis

Russia Krasny Oktyabr
34
7
Italy Achille Polonara

Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
34

Republic of Macedonia Romeo Travis (2)

Russia Krasny Oktyabr
34
8Spain Willy Hernangómez
Spain Sevilla
31
9
United States Darius Johnson-Odom

Italy FoxTown Cantù
40
10
Serbia Milan Mačvan

Serbia Partizan NIS
34


Last 32

































Week
Player
Team

PIR
1
Cape Verde Walter Tavares

Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
40
2
United States Anthony Randolph

Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
36

Montenegro Halil Kanacević

Slovenia Union Olimpija
36
3
Lithuania Martynas Gecevičius

Lithuania Lietuvos Rytas
38
4
United States Mardy Collins

Poland PGE Turów
40
5
Poland Damian Kulig

Poland PGE Turów
38
6
United States Sharrod Ford

France Paris-Levallois
37


Eighthfinals














Week
Player
Team

PIR
1
Dominican Republic Sammy Mejia

Turkey Banvit
33
2
United States Jon Diebler

Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
31


Quarterfinals

















Week
Player
Team

PIR
1
Montenegro Tyrese Rice

Russia Khimki
27

Croatia Krunoslav Simon

Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
27
2
United States James White

Russia UNICS
38


Semifinals

















Week
Player
Team

PIR
1
Cape Verde Walter Tavares (2)

Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
30
2
Montenegro Tyrese Rice (2)

Russia Khimki
22

United States James Augustine

Russia Khimki
22


Finals














Week
Player
Team

PIR
1
United States Paul Davis

Russia Khimki
22
2
United States James Augustine (2)

Russia Khimki
22


Eurocup MVP



  • Montenegro Tyrese Rice[6] (Khimki)


Eurocup Finals MVP



  • Montenegro Tyrese Rice[7] (Khimki)


All-Eurocup Teams


































PositionAll-Eurocup First TeamClub TeamAll-Eurocup Second TeamClubRef

PG

Montenegro Tyrese Rice

Russia Khimki

Turkey Bobby Dixon

Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
[8]


SG/SF


Finland Petteri Koponen

Russia Khimki

United States Keith Langford

Russia Unics Kazan


SG/SF


Dominican Republic Sammy Mejia

Turkey Banvit

United States Kyle Kuric

Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria


PF/C


United States Derrick Brown

Russia Lokomotiv Kuban

United States Anthony Randolph

Russia Lokomotiv Kuban


PF/C


Cape Verde Walter Tavares

Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria

United States Sharrod Ford

France Paris-Levallois


Coach of the Year



  • Spain Aíto García Reneses[9] (Herbalife Gran Canaria)


Rising Star



  • Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis[10] (Sevilla)


See also


  • 2014–15 Euroleague

  • 2014–15 EuroChallenge


Notes




  1. ^ Triumph Lyubertsy was relocated to Saint Petersburg and renamed to Zenit.[3][4]


  2. ^ ab Triumph Lyubertsy and Reggio Emilia were qualified as the Finalists of the 2013–14 EuroChallenge




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. 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




External links


  • Eurocup official website







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