2015–16 Eurocup Basketball

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Eurocup
Season2015–16
Duration13 October 2015 – 27 April 2016 (competition proper)
Number of games306
Number of teams
SIG 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 win
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 Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the Eurocup.

The

SIG 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

In July 2015,

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
EL RS
)
EL RS
)
EL RS
)
EL RS
)
EL RS
)
EL RS
)
EL RS
)
EL RS
)
Regular season
Conference 1 Conference 2
Germany Alba Berlin (3rd) Spain Valencia Basket (4th) Russia Nizhny Novgorod (4th)
PAOK (3rd
)
Germany ratiopharm Ulm (4th) Spain Dominion Bilbao Basket (5th)
Zenit Saint Petersburg (5th
)
Greece Aris (WC)
Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (5th) Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria (8th) Russia UNICS (6th) Greece AEK (WC)
AV
)
CAI Zaragoza (WC
)
AV
)
Lithuania Lietuvos rytas (2nd)
AV
)
3rd
)
Russia Krasny Oktyabr (WC) Lithuania Neptūnas (WC)
Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (2nd)
4th
)
Banvit (6th
)
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem (1st)
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia (4th)
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)
AV
)
Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Japan (WC)
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
CAI Zaragoza
Spain Dominion Bilbao Basket
Pot 3
Team
Slovenia Union Olimpija
Telenet Oostende
Germany ratiopharm Ulm
Pot 4
Team
JSF Nanterre
France SLUC Nancy
France Le Mans Sarthe
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
Banvit
Russia Nizhny Novgorod
Lithuania Lietuvos rytas
Pot 3
Team
Turkey Trabzonspor Medical Park
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Russia Krasny Oktyabr
Pot 4
Team
Avtodor Saratov
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
Pot 5
Team
PAOK
Greece Aris
Greece AEK
Pot 6
Team
Lithuania Neptūnas
Romania Steaua CSM EximBank București
Szolnoki Olaj

Regular season

Szolnok
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;

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four first qualified teams advanced to the Last 32, while the fifth and the sixth-placed teams was eliminated. The rounds were 13–14 October, 20–21 October, 27–28 October, 3–4 November, 10–11 November, 17–18 November, 24–25 November, 1–2 December, 8–9 December and 15–16 December 2015.

Conference 1

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification DBB TRE UOL
EWE
JSF
TBB
1 Spain Dominion Bilbao Basket 10 8 2 856 729 +127 Advance to Last 32 104–91 80–83 73–68 73–76 95−80
2 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 10 7 3 875 827 +48 75–80 90–77 80–69 70–55 98–96
3 Slovenia Union Olimpija 10 5 5 799 828 −29 63–84 98–97 81–82 78−65 77–82
4
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
10 4 6 764 820 −56 60–94 80−93 75–77 84–81 77–70
5
JSF Nanterre
10 4 6 772 801 −29 52–83 79–85 85–72 83–92 101–78
6 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 2 8 838 899 −61 81–90 89–96 88–93 88–77 86–95

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification HGC
MHP
REG ALB MSB NBB
1 Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 10 8 2 839 752 +87 Advance to Last 32 95−75 76–67 83–78 77–62 103–76
2
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
10 7 3 811 732 +79 92–89 65–76 79–60 90–49 84–80
3 Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 10 6 4 778 759 +19 73–78 69–68 74–71 93–82 82–79
4 Germany Alba Berlin 10 5 5 774 790 −16 84–71 79–90 82–76 80–86 80–79
5 France Le Mans Sarthe 10 3 7 721 785 −64 74–79 75–81 71–87 84–88 66–45
6 Italy Enel Basket Brindisi 10 1 9 710 815 −105 71–88 60–87 87–81 68–72 65−72

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VBC
CAI
ULM URV SPI SLU
1 Spain Valencia Basket 10 10 0 809 689 +120 Advance to Last 32 87–68 93–88 88–59 97–76 77−65
2
CAI Zaragoza
10 7 3 760 757 +3 76−84 69–59 82–72 80–70 75–71
3 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 10 4 6 804 792 +12 79–82 81–84 87–68 76−77 90−73
4 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 10 4 6 721 760 −39 58–62 77−79 90−78 73–69 70−67
5 Belgium Proximus Spirou 10 3 7 731 782 −51 49−65 80−69 80−86 86–83 81–86
6 France SLUC Nancy 10 2 8 714 759 −45 71–74 76–78 76–80 62−71 67–63

Conference 2

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification ARI UNK TRA
BAN
POD
STE
1 Greece Aris 10 7 3 731 701 +30 Advance to Last 32 76–70 78–70 72–53 75–57 70–66
2 Russia UNICS 10 7 3 800 722 +78 73–74 78–64 78–69 91–77 94–68
3 Turkey Trabzonspor Medical Park 10 5 5 754 759 −5 74–71 73–80 96–88 75–71 82–67
4
Banvit
10 5 5 770 757 +13 96–84 79–85 71–67 76–68 90–60
5
Budućnost VOLI
10 4 6 747 725 +22 75–56 73–63 79–82 83–70 89–56
6 Romania Steaua CSM EximBank București 10 2 8 676 814 −138 67–77 71–88 76–71 64–78 81–75

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification ZEN
AVT
PBC
SZO
BJK LRY
1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 10 8 2 820 746 +74 Advance to Last 32 81–88 76−66 89–64 82–58 92–84
2
Avtodor Saratov
10 7 3 947 839 +108 85−90 90–68 104–78 93−83 109–92
3
PAOK
10 5 5 773 831 −58 70−89 104–99 72−69 80–100 81–76
4
Szolnoki Olaj
10 4 6 763 827 −64 75–84 83–79 78–69 85–67 65–89
5 Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 10 4 6 810 842 −32 91–67 79−103 73–75 76–67 92–103
6 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 10 2 8 856 884 −28 65–70 81–97 81–88 98−99 87−91

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification GSL NEP NIZ JER AEK OKT
1 Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 10 7 3 867 789 +78 Advance to Last 32 76–82 87–85 87–79 89−65 103–76
2 Lithuania Neptūnas 10 6 4 829 807 +22 90−94 82–75 87−85 80–86 99–90
3 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 10 6 4 801 780 +21 81–75 78–82 92−71 86–79 82−74
4 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 10 5 5 808 798 +10 86–82 74−59 70–74 82–78 92–90
5 Greece AEK 10 5 5 794 812 −18 73−86 75–71 87–70 75–74 94−96
6 Russia Krasny Oktyabr 10 1 9 797 910 −113 72–88 74–97 73−78 74–95 78–82

Last 32

Szolnoki Olaj
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.