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Eurocup
Season2015–16
Duration13 October 2015 – 27 April 2016 (competition proper)
Number of games306
Number of teams36+8 (competition proper)
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Errick McCollum
Finals
ChampionsTurkey Galatasaray Odeabank
(1st title)
  Runners-upFrance Strasbourg
SemifinalistsSpain Herbalife Gran Canaria
Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento
Finals MVPGabon Stéphane Lasme
Awards
Coach of the YearItaly Maurizio Buscaglia
Rising StarPoland Mateusz Ponitka
Statistical leaders
Points United States Keith Langford 19.7
Rebounds France Adrien Moerman 8.6
Assists Spain Quino Colom 7.6
Index Rating United States Errick McCollum 22.0
Records
Biggest home winGran Canaria 108–61 Jerusalem
(10 February 2016)
Biggest away winOldenburg 60–94 Bilbao Basket
(27 October 2015)
Highest scoringPAOK 104–99 Avtodor Saratov
(9 December 2015)
Winning streak12 games
Valencia Basket
Losing streak9 games
Krasny Oktyabr
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2016.

The 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball season was the 14th season of Europe's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, which is organised by Euroleague Basketball, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the Eurocup.

The 2016 Eurocup Finals were played between Galatasaray Odeabank and Strasbourg, and won by Galatasaray, which was their first title in a European-wide competition. As the winners of the 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball competition, Galatasaray qualified for the European top-tier level 2016–17 EuroLeague.

Team allocation

A total of 44 teams from 15 countries participated in the 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball.[1][2]

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.[1][2]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Euroleague
Regular season
(36 teams)
Last 32
(32 teams)
  • 6 group winners from the regular season
  • 6 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 6 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 6 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 fifth-placed teams from Euroleague regular season
  • 4 sixth-placed teams from Euroleague regular season
Knockout stage
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the Last 32
  • 8 group runners-up from the Last 32

FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy

Main article: 2015–16 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy

In July 2015, VEF Rīga, PGE Turów and Juventus withdrew from the competition for join to the FIBA Europe Cup and were replaced by Proximus Spirou, Avtodor Saratov and Szolnoki Olaj.[3] In August 2015, ČEZ Nymburk and Telenet Oostende withdrew from the competition for join to the FIBA Europe Cup after the draw of Eurocup and were replaced by EWE Baskets Oldenburg and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.[4]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[5][3][4]

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
  • AV: Allocated vacancy from any withdrawal
  • EL: Transferred from Euroleague
    • RS: Fifth-placed and sixth-placed teams from regular season
Last 32
Germany Bayern Munich (EL RS) France Limoges (EL RS) Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka (EL RS) Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (EL RS)
France Strasbourg (EL RS) Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (EL RS) Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra (EL RS) Italy Banco di Sardegna Sassari (EL RS)
Regular season
Conference 1 Conference 2
Germany ALBA Berlin (3rd) Spain Valencia Basket (4th) Russia Nizhny Novgorod (4th) Greece PAOK (3rd)
Germany ratiopharm Ulm (4th) Spain Dominion Bilbao Basket (5th) Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (5th) Greece Aris (WC)
Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (5th) Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria (8th) Russia UNICS (6th) Greece AEK (WC)
Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg (AV) Spain CAI Zaragoza (WC) Russia Avtodor Saratov (AV) Lithuania Lietuvos rytas (2nd)
Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (AV) France Le Mans Sarthe Basket (3rd) Russia Krasny Oktyabr (WC) Lithuania Neptūnas (WC)
Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (2nd) France SLUC Nancy (4th) Turkey Banvit (6th) Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (1st)
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia (4th) France JSF Nanterre (5th) Turkey Trabzonspor Medical Park (4th) Montenegro Budućnost VOLI (3rd)
Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento (5th) Slovenia Union Olimpija (5th) Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank (WC) Romania Steaua CSM EximBank București (WC)
Italy Enel Basket Brindisi (WC) Belgium Proximus Spirou (AV) Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Japan (WC) Hungary Szolnoki Olaj (AV)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1][3]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Regular season Round 1 9 July 2015 13–14 October 2015
Round 2 20–21 October 2015
Round 3 27–28 October 2015
Round 4 3–4 November 2015
Round 5 10–11 November 2015
Round 6 17–18 November 2015
Round 7 24–25 November 2015
Round 8 1–2 December 2015
Round 9 8–9 December 2015
Round 10 15–16 December 2015
Last 32 Round 1 5–6 January 2016
Round 2 12–13 January 2016
Round 3 19–20 January 2016
Round 4 26–27 January 2016
Round 5 2–3 February 2016
Round 6 9–10 February 2016
Playoffs Eighthfinals 24 February 2016 1–2 March 2016
Quarterfinals 15–16 March 2016 22–23 March 2016
Semifinals 29–30 March 2016 6 April 2016
Finals 22 April 2016 27 April 2016

Draw

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 12:00 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.[3] The 36 teams were drawn into six groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.[3]

Conference 1
Pot 1
Team
Germany ALBA Berlin
Spain Valencia Basket
Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk
Pot 2
Team
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
Spain CAI Zaragoza
Spain Dominion Bilbao Basket
Pot 3
Team
Slovenia Union Olimpija
Belgium Telenet Oostende
Germany ratiopharm Ulm
Pot 4
Team
France JSF Nanterre
France SLUC Nancy
France Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Pot 5
Team
Belgium Proximus Spirou
Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn
Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Pot 6
Team
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia
Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento
Italy Enel Basket Brindisi
Conference 2
Pot 1
Team
Russia UNICS
Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank
Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Japan
Pot 2
Team
Turkey Banvit
Russia Nizhny Novgorod
Lithuania Lietuvos rytas
Pot 3
Team
Turkey Trabzonspor Medical Park
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Russia Krasny Oktyabr
Pot 4
Team
Russia Avtodor Saratov
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Pot 5
Team
Greece PAOK
Greece Aris
Greece AEK
Pot 6
Team
Lithuania Neptūnas
Romania Steaua CSM EximBank București
Hungary Szolnoki Olaj

Regular season

Main article: 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Regular Season
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Location of teams of the 2015–16 Eurocup regular season.
Conference 1: Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C;
Conference 2: Yellow: Group D; Pink: Group E; Orange: Group F;


Conference 1

Group A

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Regular Season Group A

Group B

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Regular Season Group B

Group C

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Regular Season Group C

Conference 2

Group D

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Regular Season Group D

Group E

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Regular Season Group E

Group F

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Regular Season Group F

Last 32

Main article: 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32
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Location of teams of the 2015–16 Eurocup Last 32.
Brown: Group G; Red: Group H; Orange: Group I; Yellow: Group J;
Green: Group K; Blue: Group L; Purple: Group M; Pink: Group N.


Group G

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 Group G

Group H

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 Group H

Group I

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 Group I

Group J

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 Group J

Group K

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 Group K

Group L

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 Group L

Group M

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 Group M

Group N

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball Last 32 Group N

Knockout stage

Main article: 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball knockout stage

In the knockout stage, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, 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 be played 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 be played 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 be played the second game at home.

Bracket

Template:2015–16 Eurocup Basketball knockout stage

Eighthfinals

The first legs were played on 24 February, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 March 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 166–157 Germany Alba Berlin 82–82 84–75
Herbalife Gran Canaria Spain 159–143 France Limoges CSP 82–65 77–78
EWE Baskets Oldenburg Germany 142–169 France SIG Strasbourg 78–76 64–93
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Italy 151–145 Turkey Banvit 72–69 79–76
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy 162–150 Spain CAI Zaragoza 83–85 79–65
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 165–176 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 76–102 89–74
UNICS Russia 126–139 Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 72–68 54–71
Galatasaray Odeabank Turkey 157–132 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 64–67 93–65

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 15 and 16 March, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 March 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Galatasaray Odeabank Turkey 161–158 Germany Bayern Munich 89–99 72–59
Herbalife Gran Canaria Spain 176–168 Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 93–82 83–86
SIG Strasbourg France 185–176 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 94–85 91–91
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Italy 152–175 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 73–83 79–92

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 March, and the second legs were played on 6 April 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Herbalife Gran Canaria Spain 169–170 Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 75–89 94–81
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy 152–154 France SIG Strasbourg 74–68 78–86

Finals

Main article: 2016 Eurocup Finals

The first leg was played on 22 April, and the second leg was played on 27 April 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Galatasaray Odeabank Turkey 140–133 France SIG Strasbourg 62–66 78–67

Individual statistics

Index Rating

Rank Name Team Games Index Rating PIR
1. United States Jeff Brooks Russia Avtodor Saratov 13 277 21.31
2. United States Keith Langford Russia UNICS 16 339 21.19
3. United States Errick McCollum Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 20 423 21.15

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. United States Keith Langford Russia UNICS 16 315 19.69
2. United States Ryan Toolson Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 15 278 18.53
3. United States Travis Peterson Russia Avtodor Saratov 16 289 18.06

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. France Adrien Moerman Turkey Banvit 18 154 8.56
2. United States Jon Brockman Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 16 132 8.25
3. United States Jeff Brooks Russia Avtodor Saratov 13 107 8.23

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Spain Quino Colom Russia UNICS 18 137 7.61
2. Russia Dmitry Khvostov Russia Nizhny Novgorod 20 134 6.70
3. United States Courtney Fortson Turkey Banvit 18 104 5.78

Other statistics

Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game United States Roderick Trice Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 15 2.20
Blocks per game Israel D'or Fischer Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 14 1.64
2PT % Spain Pere Tomàs Spain CAI Zaragoza 13 70.97 %
3PT % United States Ryan Toolson Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 15 51.58 %
FT % Greece Kostas Vasileiadis Greece PAOK 13 100.00 %

Game highs

Category Name Team Stat
Index Rating Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis Greece AEK 55
Points Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis Greece AEK 42
Rebounds 4 times 17
Assists United States D. J. Cooper Russia Krasny Oktyabr 14
United States Zabian Dowdell Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Steals United States Chris Kramer Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg 8
Blocks 5 times 5

Awards

Eurocup MVP

Player Team Ref.
United States Errick McCollum Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank [6]

Eurocup Finals MVP

Player Team Ref.
Gabon Stéphane Lasme Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank [7]

All-Eurocup Teams

Position All-Eurocup First Team All-Eurocup Second Team Ref
Player Club Player Club
G United States Errick McCollum Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank Slovenia Kevin Pangos Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria [8]
G United States Mardy Collins France Strasbourg United States Victor Rudd Russia Nizhny Novgorod
F Serbia Vladimir Micov Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank Poland Mateusz Ponitka Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra
F Italy Davide Pascolo Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento United States Julian Wright Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento
C Slovenia Alen Omić Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria Gabon Stéphane Lasme Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank

Coach of the Year

Coach Team Ref.
Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento [9]

Rising Star

Player Team Ref.
Poland Mateusz Ponitka Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra [10]

Round MVP

Regular season
Round Player Team Performance Index Rating Ref.
1 United States Raymar Morgan Germany ratiopharm Ulm 41 [11]
2 Serbia Dragan Milosavljević Germany ALBA Berlin 29 [12]
3 United States Zabian Dowdell Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 51 [13]
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zack Wright Slovenia Union Olimpija 36 [14]
United States Errick McCollum Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank
5 Bulgaria E. J. Rowland Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 38 [15]
Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis Greece AEK
6 Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2) Greece AEK 36 [16]
Lithuania Kšyštof Lavrinovič Lithuania Lietuvos rytas
7 United States Billy Baron Belgium Proximus Spirou 36 [17]
Mexico Paul Stoll Russia Avtodor Saratov
8 United States Tywain McKee France Le Mans Sarthe 36 [18]
9 Spain Quino Colom Russia UNICS 38 [19]
10 United States Keith Langford Russia UNICS 31 [20]
Last 32
Round Player Team Performance Index Rating Ref.
1 Spain Quino Colom (2) Russia UNICS 41 [21]
2 Spain Quino Colom (3) Russia UNICS 47 [22]
3 Gabon Stéphane Lasme Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 35 [23]
4 France Adrien Moerman Turkey Banvit 38 [24]
5 United States Travis Peterson Russia Avtodor Saratov 33 [25]
6 Slovenia Alen Omić Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 37 [26]
Eighthfinals
Game Player Team Performance Index Rating Ref.
1 United States Victor Rudd Russia Nizhny Novgorod 32 [27]
2 United States Errick McCollum (2) Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 29 [28]
Quarterfinals
Game Player Team Performance Index Rating Ref.
1 Slovenia Alen Omić (2) Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 27 [29]
United States Mardy Collins France Strasbourg
United States Deon Thompson Germany Bayern Munich
2 United States Dominique Sutton Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 34 [30]
Semifinals
Game Player Team Performance Index Rating Ref.
1 Azerbaijan Chuck Davis Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 29 [31]
2 United States D. J. Seeley Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 28 [32]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "2015–16 Eurocup Bylaws" (PDF). Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "ECA shareholders, executive board approve roadmap for 2015-16 and beyond". Eurocup Basketball. 6 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "2015-16 Regular Season Draw criteria, procedure and levels". Eurocup Basketball. 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b "EWE Baskets and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg join 2015-16 Eurocup". Eurocup Basketball. 4 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Proposed team list for the 2015-16 Eurocup". Eurocup Basketball. 29 June 2015.
  6. ^ "2015-16 Eurocup MVP: Errick McCollum, Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul". Eurocup Basketball. 21 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Lasme named Eurocup Finals MVP". Eurocup Basketball. 27 April 2016.
  8. ^ "2015-16 All-Eurocup First, Second teams announced". Eurocup Basketball. 14 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Eurocup Coach of the Year: Maurizio Buscaglia, Dolomiti Energia Trento". Eurocup Basketball. 13 April 2016.
  10. ^ "2015-16 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Mateusz Ponitka, Stelmet Zielona Gora". Eurocup Basketball. 12 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Eurocup Round 1 MVP: Raymar Morgan, ratiopharm Ulm". Eurocup Basketball. 15 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Eurocup Round 2 MVP: Dragan Milosavljevic, ALBA Berlin". Eurocup Basketball. 22 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Eurocup Round 3 MVP: Zabian Dowdell, Zenit St. Petersburg". Eurocup Basketball. 29 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Eurocup Round 4 co-MVPs: Zach Wright, Errick McCollum". Eurocup Basketball. 5 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Eurocup Round 5 co-MVPs: Earl Rowland, Loukas Mavrokefalidis". Eurocup Basketball. 12 November 2015.
  16. ^ "Eurocup Round 6 co-MVP's: Loukas Mavrokefalidis and Ksistof Lavrinovic". Eurocup Basketball. 19 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Eurocup Round 7 co-MVP's: Billy Baron and Paul Stoll". Eurocup Basketball. 26 November 2015.
  18. ^ "Eurocup Round 8 MVP: Tywain McKee, Le Mans Sarthe Basket". Eurocup Basketball. 3 December 2015.
  19. ^ "Eurocup Round 9 MVP: Quino Colom, Unics Kazan". Eurocup Basketball. 10 December 2015.
  20. ^ "Eurocup Round 10 MVP: Keith Langford, Unics Kazan". Eurocup Basketball. 17 December 2015.
  21. ^ "Eurocup Last 32 Round 1 MVP: Quino Colom, Unics Kazan". Eurocup Basketball. 7 January 2016.
  22. ^ "Eurocup Last 32 Round 2 MVP: Quino Colom, Unics Kazan". Eurocup Basketball. 14 January 2016.
  23. ^ "Eurocup Last 32 Round 3 MVP: Stephane Lasme, Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul". Eurocup Basketball. 21 January 2016.
  24. ^ "Eurocup Last 32 Round 4 MVP: Adrien Moerman, Banvit Bandirma". Eurocup Basketball. 28 January 2016.
  25. ^ "Eurocup Last 32 Round 5 MVP: Travis Peterson, Avtodor Saratov". Eurocup Basketball. 4 February 2016.
  26. ^ "Eurocup Last 32 Round 6 MVP: Alen Omic, Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas". Eurocup Basketball. 11 February 2016.
  27. ^ "Eurocup Eighthfinals, Game 1 MVP: Victor Rudd, Nizhny Novgorod". Eurocup Basketball. 25 February 2016.
  28. ^ "Eurocup Eighthfinals, Game 2 MVP: Errick McCollum, Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul". Eurocup Basketball. 3 March 2016.
  29. ^ "Eurocup Quarterfinals, Game 1 tri-MVPs: Alen Omic, Mardy Collins, Deon Thompson". Eurocup Basketball. 17 March 2016.
  30. ^ "Eurocup Quarterfinals, Game 2 MVP: Dominique Sutton, Dolomiti Energia Trento". Eurocup Basketball. 24 March 2016.
  31. ^ "Eurocup Semifinals, Game 1 MVP: Chuck Davis, Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul". Eurocup Basketball. 31 March 2016.
  32. ^ "Eurocup Semifinals, Game 2 MVP: DJ Seeley, Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas". Eurocup Basketball. 7 April 2016.

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