2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA Europe Cup
The Arena Zagreb in Zagreb will host the Final Four
Season	2015–16
Duration	October 21, 2015 – May 1, 2016
Number of teams	56 (regular season)
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The 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup is the inaugural season of the newly formed basketball competition organised by FIBA.

It replaces the EuroChallenge and has the aim to take the place of Eurocup (organised by Euroleague Basketball), as the second-tier competition in Europe, as FIBA requests the national federations to commit to register their teams in this competition.

Format

In the Regular season, 56 teams are divided into 14 groups of four teams. In the Round of 32, the first and second best teams from the Regular season play in groups of four. Starting from the Round of 16, quarter-finals will be played. The tournament will conclude with a Final Four.

Teams

The deadline to register in the competition was on July 30. The official list of teams was announced on August 3.

Regular season
Conference 1		Conference 2
ASVEL (6th)	ČEZ Nymburk (1st)	Khimik (1st)	Lukoil Academic (1st)
STB Le Havre (7th)	Södertälje Kings (1st)	Sigal Prishtina (1st)	Rilski Sportist (4th)
Élan Chalon (8th)	Borås (3rd)	Astana (1st)	PGE Turów (2nd)
Cantù (7th)	Bakken Bears (2nd)	Juventus (3rd)	Rosa Radom (4th)
Varese (11th)	Fraport Skyliners (6th)	Pieno Žvaigždės (5th)	Śląsk Wrocław (6th)
Sopron KC (4th)	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (1st)	Šiauliai (7th)	Energia Târgu-Jiu (3rd)
Falco Szombathely (6th)	Donar Groningen (2nd)	Tartu Ülikool/Rock (1st)	Helios Suns Domžale (4th) c
EGIS Körmend (10th)	ZZ Leiden (3rd)	Kalev/Cramo (2nd)	Ventspils (2nd)
Benfica (1st)	Cibona (2nd)	Kataja Basket (1st)	Rishon LeZion (4th)
Porto (1st) a	Tajfun (1st)	KTP (3rd)	Tsmoki-Minsk (1st)
BC Telenet Oostende (1st)	Krka (3rd)	Türk Telekom (7th)	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (11th)
Mons-Hainaut (2nd)	Zlatorog Laško (5th)	Royal Hali Gaziantep (10th)	Rieker Komárno (1st)
Antwerp Giants (6th)	magnofit Güssing Knights (1st)	AEK Larnaca (1st)	Inter Bratislava (3rd)
Hibernia b	ece Bulls Kapfenberg (3rd)	ETHA Engomis (4th)	Kumanovo (2nd)

Numbers in bracket represent the place the team took in its 2014–15 domestic championship, representing rankings after eventual Playoffs.

Notes

^a Porto played last season in the Portuguese second tier, Proliga.

^b Hibernia was a newly created team, established by Basketball Ireland to compete in the competition.

^c FIBA Europe announced that the Romanian club BC Timișoara have withdrawn their participation in the competition. Helios Suns Domžale replaced the team.

Draw

The draw was held on August 4, 2015 in Munich, Germany. The seeding was prepared on the basis of the clubs' participation and results in European Club Competition in recent years as well as the clubs' ranking in their respective domestic leagues last season.

Conference 1

Pot 1 Team Telenet Oostende Cibona ČEZ Nymburk ASVEL Élan Chalon Fraport Skyliners FoxTown Cantù

Pot 2 Team Belfius Mons-Hainaut Antwerp Giants Bakken Bears STB Le Havre SPM Shoeters Den Bosch Krka Novo Mesto Södertälje Kings

Pot 3 Team magnofit Güssing Knights Pallacanestro Varese Donar Groningen ZZ Leiden Benfica Borås Tajfun

Pot 4 Team ece Bulls Kapfenberg Sopron KC Falco KC Szombathely Egis Körmend Hibernia FC Porto Zlatorog Laško

Conference 2

Pot 1 Team Tsmoki-Minsk Tartu Ülikool/Rock Kalev/Cramo PGE Turów Energia Târgu Jiu Türk Telekom Royal Halı Gaziantep

Pot 2 Team Kataja KTP Astana Ventspils Šiauliai Enisey Khimik

Pot 3 Team Lukoil Academic Rilski Sportist AEK Larnaca ETHA Engomis Rosa Radom Śląsk Wrocław Helios Suns Domžale

Pot 4 Team Maccabi Rishon LeZion Sigal Prishtina Juventus Pieno žvaigždės Kumanovo 2009 Rieker Komárno Inter Bratislava

Regular season

The regular season was played between 21 October and 2 December 2015. The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams of all groups (two teams from each Conference) advanced to the Round of 32.

If teams in the same group finished tied on points 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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ADE	MON	GTF	KÖR
1	ASVEL	6	5	1	514	416	+98	11	Advanced to Round of 32		—	87–66	81–45	83–64
2	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	6	3	3	489	468	+21	9			89–81	—	90–76	103–70
3	Donar Groningen	6	2	4	414	477	−63	8			66–85	77–75	—	78–71
4	Egis Körmend	6	2	4	443	499	−56	8			86–97	77–66	75–72	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ANT	CIB	LIS	SOP
1	Antwerp Giants	6	6	0	499	428	+71	12	Advanced to Round of 32		—	82–69	84–76	81–73
2	Cibona	6	3	3	453	473	−20	9			78–92	—	74–66	77–63
3	Benfica	6	2	4	467	447	+20	8			77–79	79–83	—	91–62
4	Sopron KC	6	1	5	409	480	−71	7			55–81	91–72	65–78	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TEL	VAR	KIN	FAL
1	Telenet Oostende	6	4	2	473	438	+35	10	Advanced to Round of 32		—	79–85	80–77	91–62
2	Varese	6	3	3	493	459	+34	9			79–83	—	76–61	94–71
3	Södertälje Kings	6	3	3	438	439	−1	9			71–54	90–86	—	54–62
4	Falco Szombathely	6	2	4	415	483	−68	8			64–86	75–73	81–85	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ÉLA	MAG	SPM	ZLA
1	Élan Chalon	6	5	1	530	438	+92	11	Advanced to Round of 32		—	88–83	72–66	86–53
2	magnofit Güssing Knights	6	3	3	470	478	−8	9			75–99	—	69–74	73–71
3	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	6	2	4	421	449	−28	8			73–98	66–72	—	81–73
4	Zlatorog Laško	6	2	4	430	486	−56	8			88–87	80–98	65–61	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		STB	CTU	BOR	KAP
1	STB Le Havre	6	4	2	455	431	+24	10	Advanced to Round of 32		—	82–78	87–76	70–57
2	FoxTown Cantù	6	3	3	502	484	+18	9			73–64	—	94–72	85–70
3	Borås	6	3	3	492	504	−12	9			74–80	101–81	—	84–82
4	ece Bulls Kapfenberg	6	2	4	457	487	−30	8			73–72	95–91	80–85	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAK	ČEZ	TAJ	HIB
1	Bakken Bears	6	6	0	485	398	+87	12	Advanced to Round of 32		—	82–79	72–68	96–60
2	ČEZ Nymburk	6	4	2	543	375	+168	10			64–66	—	103–81	106–45
3	Tajfun	6	2	4	440	452	−12	8			60–79	56–70	—	82–55
4	Hibernia	6	0	6	345	588	−243	6			67–90	45–121	73–93	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SKY	KRK	FCP	ZZL
1	Fraport Skyliners	6	6	0	444	385	+59	12	Advanced to Round of 32		—	67–65	89–81	63–58
2	Krka Novo Mesto	6	4	2	459	423	+36	10			72–82	—	70–62	79–51
3	FC Porto	6	2	4	431	426	+5	8			58–67	83–87	—	77–51
4	ZZ Leiden	6	0	6	351	451	−100	6			51–76	78–86	62–70	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MAC	ENI	LUK	KAL
1	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	6	4	2	457	433	+24	10	Advanced to Round of 32		—	68–72	72–77	67–66
2	Enisey	6	4	2	463	452	+11	10			67–74	—	76–68	77–70
3	Lukoil Academic	6	4	2	458	465	−7	10			70–84	85–81	—	80–78
4	Kalev/Cramo	6	0	6	457	485	−28	6			81–92	87–91	75–78	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		VEN	PŽV	TUR	DOM
1	Ventspils	6	6	0	522	446	+76	12	Advanced to Round of 32		—	86–67	96–73	67–62
2	Pieno žvaigždės	6	3	3	483	495	−12	9			96–100	—	74–71	80–71
3	PGE Turów	6	2	4	454	489	−35	8			76–92	90–80	—	86–97
4	Helios Suns Domžale	6	1	5	429	458	−29	7			72–81	71–80	50–88	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TUR	ROS	KUM	KTP
1	Türk Telekom	6	6	0	555	424	+131	12	Advanced to Round of 32		—	89–72	93–71	108–66
2	Rosa Radom	6	4	2	505	445	+60	10			68–84	—	84–75	95–48
3	Kumanovo 2009	6	1	5	464	516	−52	7			75–84	73–89	—	88–78
4	KTP	6	1	5	428	567	−139	7			72–97	76–97	88–82	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ENE	AEK	AST	SIG
1	Energia Târgu Jiu	6	5	1	495	448	+47	11	Advanced to Round of 32		—	87–82	89–72	87–72
2	AEK Larnaca	6	3	3	498	462	+36	9			71–75	—	87–68	101–84
3	Astana	6	2	4	458	498	−40	8			85–95	78–74	—	82–78
4	Sigal Prishtina	6	2	4	445	488	−43	8			66–62	70–83	75–73	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		KHI	TÜR	JUV	ETH
1	Khimik	6	6	0	482	396	+86	12	Advanced to Round of 32		—	81–56	80–72	88–52
2	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	6	3	3	417	412	+5	9			61–63	—	81–72	92–75
3	Juventus	6	3	3	484	437	+47	9			86–90	66–60	—	94–67
4	ETHA Engomis	6	0	6	377	515	−138	6			69–80	55–67	59–94	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GAZ	SLK	SIA	INT
1	Royal Halı Gaziantep	6	4	2	466	396	+70	10	Advanced to Round of 32		—	74–46	87–71	89–72
2	Śląsk Wrocław	6	4	2	448	462	−14	10			73–68	—	71–69	80–75
3	Šiauliai	6	3	3	508	489	+19	9			72–69	80–97	—	116–80
4	Inter Bratislava	6	1	5	470	545	−75	7			62–79	96–81	85–100	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TSM	KAT	RIL	RIE
1	Tsmoki-Minsk	6	5	1	548	486	+62	11	Advanced to Round of 32		—	82–88	95–91	98–67
2	Kataja	6	4	2	519	486	+33	10			84–86	—	92–76	87–83
3	Rilski Sportist	6	2	4	502	537	−35	8			88–97	87–83	—	83–82
4	Rieker Komárno	6	1	5	460	520	−60	7			68–90	72–85	88–77	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Ranking of third-placed teams

Conference 1

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Södertälje Kings	6	3	3	438	439	−1	9	Advanced to Round of 32
2	E	Borås	6	3	3	492	504	−12	9
3	B	Benfica	6	2	4	467	447	+20	8
4	G	FC Porto	6	2	4	431	426	+5	8
5	F	Tajfun	6	2	4	440	452	−12	8
6	D	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	6	2	4	421	449	−28	8
7	A	Donar Groningen	6	2	4	414	477	−63	8

Source: Group results
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Superior point difference; 3) Higher number of point scored

Conference 2

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	H	Lukoil Academic	6	4	2	458	465	−7	10	Advanced to Round of 32
2	L	Juventus	6	3	3	484	437	+47	9
3	M	Šiauliai	6	3	3	508	489	+19	9
4	N	Rilski Sportist	6	2	4	502	537	−35	8
5	I	PGE Turów	6	2	4	454	489	−35	8
6	K	Astana	6	2	4	458	498	−40	8
7	J	Kumanovo 2009	6	1	5	464	516	−52	7

Source: Group results
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Superior point difference; 3) Higher number of point scored

Round of 32

The round of 32 is being played between December 16, 2015 and February 3, 2016.

The two top teams of each group qualify to the Round of 16.

If teams are level on record at the end of the round of 32, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the round of 32.
4. Points scored during the round of 32.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each round of 32 match.

Group O

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ADE	MAC	KRK	KAT
1	ASVEL (Q)	5	4	1	407	356	+51	9	Advance to Round of 16		—	81–71	88–60	95–79
2	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (Q)	5	3	2	404	377	+27	8			82–71	—	79–61	96–85
3	Krka Novo Mesto (E)	5	2	3	358	402	−44	7			3 Feb	79–76	—	76–70
4	Kataja (E)	5	1	4	387	421	−34	6			64–72	3 Feb	89–82	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2016. Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ANT	VEN	ČEZ	LUK
1	Antwerp Giants (Q)	5	4	1	406	390	+16	9	Advance to Round of 16		—	80–78	81–79	94–73
2	Ventspils	5	3	2	388	386	+2	8			97–80	—	72–69	77–69
3	ČEZ Nymburk	5	2	3	383	371	+12	7			3 Feb	88–64	—	85–78
4	Lukoil Academic	5	1	4	359	389	−30	6			63–71	3 Feb	76–62	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2016. Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group Q

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TEL	TUR	BOR	SLK
1	Telenet Oostende (Q)	4	4	0	346	287	+59	8	Advance to Round of 16		—	77–74	94–68	27 Jan
2	Türk Telekom (Q)	4	3	1	353	279	+74	7			3 Feb	—	27 Jan	96–68
3	Borås (E)	4	1	3	326	378	−52	5			86–89	86–114	—	3 Feb
4	Śląsk Wrocław (E)	4	0	4	256	337	−81	4			59–86	48–69	81–86	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2016. Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group R

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ÉLA	CTU	ENI	TÜR
1	Élan Chalon (Q)	5	5	0	450	390	+60	10	Advance to Round of 16		—	89–78	98–88	76–67
2	FoxTown Cantù	5	2	3	422	434	−12	7			3 Feb	—	95–92	71–76
3	Enisey	5	2	3	438	448	−10	7			77–96	94–91	—	87–68
4	Tartu Ülikool/Rock	5	1	4	374	412	−38	6			80–91	83–87	3 Feb	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2016. Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group S

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ENE	STB	CIB	PŽV
1	Energia Târgu Jiu	5	3	2	344	337	+7	8	Advance to Round of 16		—	78–68	85–81	3 Feb
2	STB Le Havre	5	3	2	424	429	−5	8			60–79	—	3 Feb	96–84
3	Cibona	5	2	3	457	460	−3	7			93–88	106–113	—	82–84
4	Pieno žvaigždės	5	2	3	435	453	−18	7			95–93	82–87	90–95	—

Updated to match(es) played on 07 January 2016. Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group T

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		KHI	MON	JUV	BAK
1	Khimik (Q)	5	4	1	386	350	+36	9	Advance to Round of 16		—	64–61	77–76	81–67
2	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	5	3	2	388	379	+9	8			95–89	—	77–57	90–66
3	Juventus	5	3	2	420	367	+53	8			3 Feb	103–65	—	91–67
4	Bakken Bears (E)	5	0	5	332	430	−98	5			51–75	3 Feb	81–93	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2016. Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group U

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SKY	GAZ	KIN	ROS
1	Fraport Skyliners (Q)	5	5	0	352	272	+80	10	Advance to Round of 16		—	27 Jan	95–64	91–61
2	Royal Halı Gaziantep (Q)	5	3	2	290	258	+32	8			66–71	—	76–56	79–70
3	Södertälje Kings (E)	4	1	3	287	344	−57	5			81–95	3 Feb	—	86–78
4	Rosa Radom (E)	5	1	4	270	325	−55	6			3 Feb	61–69	27 Jan	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2016. Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		VAR	AEK	TSM	MAG
1	Varese (Q)	5	4	1	329	293	+36	9	Advance to Round of 16		—	27 Jan	94–63	85–81
2	AEK Larnaca	5	3	2	266	256	+10	8			65–61	—	73–68	68–59
3	Tsmoki-Minsk	5	2	3	311	316	−5	7			84–89	3 Feb	—	96–60
4	magnofit Güssing Knights (E)	5	1	4	268	309	−41	6			3 Feb	68–60	27 Jan	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2016. Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Knock-out stage

Round of 16 (February 17 – March 2)

Quarter-finals (March 16 – March 30)

Semi-finals (April 29)

Final (May 1)

O1

P2

V1

Royal Hali Gaziantep

Élan Chalon

Q2

S1

T2

P1

O2

Fraport Skyliners

V2

Third place

Q1

R2

T1

S2

Round of 16

Game 1 will be played on February 17. Game 2 will be played on February 24. Game 3, if necessary, will be played on March 2.

The eight winners of each series will qualify for the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams will be eliminated.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
	–
	–	Royal Hali Gaziantep
Élan Chalon	–
	–
	–
Fraport Skyliners	–
	–
	–

Quarter-finals

Game 1 will be played on March 16. Game 2 will be played on March 23. Game 3 will be played, if necessary, on March 30.

The four winners of each series will qualify to the Final Four, while the other four teams will be eliminated.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
	–
	–
	–
	–

Final Four

Semi-finals

Team 1 v Team 2

April 29, 2016	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Zagreb, Croatia
				Arena: Arena Zagreb

Team 1 v Team 2

April 29, 2016	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Zagreb, Croatia
				Arena: Arena Zagreb

3rd place game

Team 1 v Team 2

May 1, 2016	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Zagreb, Croatia
				Arena: Arena Zagreb

Final

Team 1 v Team 2

May 1, 2016	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Zagreb, Croatia
				Arena: Arena Zagreb

See also

• 2015–16 Euroleague
• 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Europe Cup at Eurobasket