2014–15 Basketball League Belgium Division I

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Scooore! League1
Season2014–15
Duration3 October 2014 – 3 June 2015
Number of games32 or 30
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)
Belgacom 5
Regular season
Season MVPSerbia Dušan Đorđević
Finals
ChampionsTelenet Oostende
(16th title)
  Runners-upBelfius Mons-Hainaut
Statistical leaders
Points United States Arizona Reid 19.9
Rebounds United States John Fields 11.0
Assists Serbia Dušan Đorđević 5.1
Records
Highest attendance17,135
2015–16
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Scooore!.

The 2014–15

Telenet Oostende
was the defending champion.

The 2014–15 season marked the first season of the league without the name Ethias League, after Ethias stopped their sponsoring activities.

Format

Because a new team was added in Limburg United, a new competition format was introduced. The regular season now contained two rounds: in the first round all teams would play 2 matches against each other (one at home, one away). After 20 played games the league will be divided in two groups: the first group contains the teams seeded 1–6 and the second group 7–11. The results of the first round are included in the final standings.

The first 8 teams qualified for the Playoffs, the quarterfinals would be played in a best-of-three format and the Semifinals and Finals in a best-of-five.[2]

Licenses

The licences for the 2014–15 season were announced in April 2014.[3]

Teams

Colors Club City Arena Capacity
   
Basic-Fit Brussels
Brussels Piscine de Neder-Over-Hembeek 1,200
   
Limburg United Hasselt Alverberg-sporthal
1,730
    Belfius Mons-Hainaut Mons Mons Arena 4,000
   
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek
Willebroek Sporthal de Schalk 1,000
    Liège Basket Liège
Country Hall Ethias
5,000
   
Okapi Aalstar
Aalst Okapi Forum 2,800
   
Port of Antwerp Giants
Antwerp Lotto Arena 5,218
    Proximus Spirou Charleroi
Spiroudome
6,200
    Stella Artois Leuven Bears Leuven Sportoase 3,400
    Telenet BC Oostende Ostend
Sleuyter Arena
5,000
   
VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster
Verviers Halle du Paire 4,000

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1
Telenet Oostende
30 26 4 2516 2193 +323 56 Qualification for playoffs
2
Okapi Aalstar
30 17 13 2561 2514 +47 47
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 30 17 13 2288 2217 +71 47
4 Hubo Limburg United 30 16 14 2521 2500 +21 46
5 Proximus Spirou 30 16 14 2267 2228 +39 46
6
Port of Antwerp Giants
30 15 15 2568 2540 +28 45
7 betFIRST Liège Basket 28 15 13 2319 2335 −16 43 Qualification for playoffs
8
VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster
28 13 15 2215 2289 −74 41
9
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek
28 11 17 2205 2316 −111 39
10
Basic-Fit Brussels
28 10 18 2248 2319 −71 38
11 Stella Artois Leuven Bears 28 4 24 2108 2365 −257 32

Results

First stage

Home \ Away
BRU
LIM MON
WIL
LIE
OKA
AWP
SPI LEU OOS
VOO
Basic-Fit Brussels
89–87 80–74 91–96 103–91 94–67 89–99 76–80 73–69 69–84 99–91
Hubo Limburg United 102–88 85–67 76–79 97–81 90–101 107–103 68–84 88–61 82–91 91–76
Belfius Mons-Hainaut 67–70 81–60 87–71 79–74 72–68 76–84 73–69 77–59 59–72 102–65
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek
86–95 82–90 77–93 76–81 82–71 98–104 78–75 80–86 70–100 81–82
Liège Basket 83–79 80–84 77–87 86–76 109–111 82–80 82–71 89–70 61–89 79–78
Okapi Aalstar
93–85 97–76 88–75 92–83 80–77 104–77 83–95 105–79 91–85 97–92
Port of Antwerp Giants
108–78 68–75 85–64 90–77 79–78 91–69 88–83 97–91 67–79 77–73
Proximus Spirou 88–78 67–73 65–43 80–69 74–79 83–70 80–68 74–59 75–69 69–73
Stella Artois Leuven Bears 78–76 108–111 59–102 86–75 81–84 70–82 71–81 73–80 82–86 85–89
Telenet BC Oostende 73–72 84–70 86–91 87–77 84–70 97–81 91–80 91–72 85–76 85–66
VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster
81–84 70–76 74–78 95–88 81–75 88–68 78–101 71–66 85–74 65–79
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Telenet Oostende 2
8
Verviers-Pepinster
0
1 Telenet Oostende 3
5 Spirou Charleroi 1
4 Hubo Limburg United 0
5 Proximus Spirou 2
1 Telenet Oostende 3
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 1
2
Okapi Aalstar
2
7 betFIRST Liège Basket 1
2
Okapi Aalstar
1
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 3
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 2
6
Port of Antwerp Giants
1

Awards

Awards Player Team
MVP
Serbia Dušan Đorđević
Telenet Oostende
Coach of the Year
United States Brian Lynch Limburg United
Belgian Player of the Year Belgium Pierre-Antoine Gillet
Telenet Oostende
Most Promising Player
Belgium Vincent Kesteloot
Okapi Aalstar
Star of the Coaches
Serbia Dušan Đorđević
Telenet Oostende

See also

References

  1. ^ Round up: Magical 'Night of Giants'; FIBA Europe; 2 February 2015
  2. ^ "Nieuwe competitieformule met elf clubs voor seizoen 2014-2015". Metro (in Dutch). 2014-03-27. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. ^ Ruddy Berghmans (2014-04-13). "Basketploegen met licentie voor seizoen 2014-2015". Cartoon-Productions (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.

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