2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup

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FIBA Europe Cup
Final Four MVP
United States Quantez Robertson
Statistical leaders
Points State of Palestine Omar Krayem 20.4
Rebounds Sweden Christian Maråker 10.3
Assists Finland Teemu Rannikko 10.1
Seasons

The 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup was the inaugural season of the newly formed basketball competition organised by FIBA. The season started on 21 October 2015 and ended on 1 May 2016.

The competition replaced the

Euroleague Basketball
), as the second-tier competition in Europe.

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.[1]

Teams

The deadline to register in the competition was on July 30. The official list of teams was announced on August 3.[2]

Regular season
Conference 1 Conference 2
France ASVEL (6th)
ČEZ Nymburk (1st
)
Ukraine Khimik (1st)
Lukoil Academic (1st
)
France STB Le Havre (7th)
Södertälje Kings (1st
)
Sigal Prishtina (1st
)
Bulgaria Rilski Sportist (4th)
France Élan Chalon (8th) Sweden Borås (3rd) Kazakhstan Astana (1st) Poland PGE Turów (2nd)
Italy Cantù (7th) Denmark Bakken Bears (2nd) Lithuania Juventus (3rd) Poland Rosa Radom (4th)
Openjobmetis Varese (11th
)
Fraport Skyliners (6th
)
Lithuania Pieno Žvaigždės (5th) Poland Śląsk Wrocław (6th)
Hungary Sopron (4th)
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (1st
)
Lithuania Šiauliai (7th)
Energia Târgu Jiu (3rd
)
Hungary Falco Szombathely (6th) Netherlands Donar (2nd)
Tartu Ülikool/Rock (1st
)
Helios Suns (4th) c
Hungary Egis Körmend (10th) Netherlands ZZ Leiden (3rd)
Kalev Cramo (2nd
)
Latvia Ventspils (2nd)
Portugal Benfica (1st) Croatia Cibona (2nd)
1st
)
Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion (4th)
Portugal Porto (1st) a Slovenia Tajfun (1st)
3rd
)
Tsmoki-Minsk (1st
)
1st
)
Slovenia Krka (3rd) Turkey Türk Telekom (7th)
Enisey (11th
)
2nd
)
Slovenia Zlatorog Laško (5th)
Royal Halı Gaziantep (10th
)
1st
)
6th
)
1st
)
1st
)
3rd
)
Republic of Ireland Hibernia b
3rd
)
4th
)
North Macedonia 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.[3]
Helios Suns replaced the team.[4]

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.[2]

Conference 1

Pot 1
Team
FoxTown Cantù
Pot 2
Team
Södertälje Kings
Pot 3
Team
Pot 4
Team

Conference 2

Pot 1
Team
Royal Halı Gaziantep
Pot 2
Team
Enisey
Ukraine Khimik
Pot 3
Team
Helios Suns
Pot 4
Team
Rieker Komárno
Slovakia Inter Bratislava

Regular season

Rieker Komárno
Location of teams of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Dark Green: Group D;
Purple: Group E; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H;
Brown: Group I; Deep pink: Group J. Cyan: Group K; Spring green: Group L.
Black: Group M.
White: Group N.

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 DON KÖR
1 France ASVEL 6 5 1 514 416 +98 11 Advanced to Round of 32 87–66 81–45 83–64
2 Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut 6 3 3 489 468 +21 9 89–81 90–76 103–70
3 Netherlands Donar 6 2 4 414 477 −63 8 66–85 77–75 78–71
4 Hungary Egis Körmend 6 2 4 443 499 −56 8 86–97 77–66 75–72

Group B

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

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
Openjobmetis 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 Hungary Falco Szombathely 6 2 4 415 483 −68 8 64–86 75–73 81–85

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ÉLA
MAG
SPM
ZLA
1 France 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 Slovenia Zlatorog Laško 6 2 4 430 486 −56 8 88–87 80–98 65–61

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification STB CTU BOR KAP
1 France 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 Sweden 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

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAK
ČEZ
TAJ HIB
1 Denmark 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 Slovenia Tajfun 6 2 4 440 452 −12 8 60–79 56–70 82–55
4 Republic of Ireland Hibernia 6 0 6 345 588 −243 6 67–90 45–121 73–93

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 Slovenia Krka 6 4 2 459 423 +36 10 72–82 70–62 79–51
3 Portugal FC Porto 6 2 4 431 426 +5 8 58–67 83–87 77–51
4 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 0 6 351 451 −100 6 51–76 78–86 62–70

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MRL
ENI
LUK
KAL
1 Israel 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

Group I

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

Group J

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TUR ROS KUM
KTP
1 Turkey Türk Telekom 6 6 0 555 424 +131 12 Advanced to Round of 32 89–72 93–71 108–66
2 Poland Rosa Radom 6 4 2 505 445 +60 10 68–84 84–75 95–48
3 North Macedonia 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

Group K

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

Group L

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KHI
TÜR
JUV ETH
1 Ukraine 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 Lithuania Juventus 6 3 3 484 437 +47 9 86–90 66–60 94–67
4 Cyprus ETHA Engomis 6 0 6 377 515 −138 6 69–80 55–67 59–94

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 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 6 4 2 448 462 −14 10 73–68 71–69 80–75
3 Lithuania Šiauliai 6 3 3 508 489 +19 9 72–69 80–97 116–80
4 Slovakia Inter Bratislava 6 1 5 470 545 −75 7 62–79 96–81 85–100

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 Bulgaria 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

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 Sweden Borås 6 3 3 492 504 −12 9
3 B Portugal Benfica 6 2 4 467 447 +20 8
4 G Portugal FC Porto 6 2 4 431 426 +5 8
5 F Slovenia Tajfun 6 2 4 440 452 −12 8
6 D
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
6 2 4 421 449 −28 8
7 A Netherlands Donar 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 Lithuania Juventus 6 3 3 484 437 +47 9
3 M Lithuania Šiauliai 6 3 3 508 489 +19 9
4 N Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 6 2 4 502 537 −35 8
5 I Poland PGE Turów 6 2 4 454 489 −35 8
6 K Kazakhstan Astana 6 2 4 458 498 −40 8
7 J North Macedonia 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 were played between 16 December 2015 and 3 February 2016. The two top teams of each group advanced to the Round of 16.

If teams in the same group finished tied on points at the end of the Round of 32, tiebreakers were 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 MRL KRK
KAT
1 France ASVEL 6 5 1 474 407 +67 11 Advance to Round of 16 81–71 88–60 95–79
2 Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 6 4 2 502 462 +40 10 82–71 79–61 96–85
3 Slovenia Krka 6 2 4 409 469 −60 8 51–67 79–76 76–70
4
Kataja
6 1 5 472 519 −47 7 64–72 85–93 89–82

Group P

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VEN
ANT
ČEZ
LUK
1 Latvia Ventspils 6 4 2 388 386 +2 10 Advance to Round of 16 97–80 72–69 77–69
2
Port of Antwerp Giants
6 4 2 406 390 +16 10 80–78 81–79 94–73
3
ČEZ Nymburk
6 3 3 383 371 +12 9 88–64 84–57 85–78
4
Lukoil Academic
6 1 5 359 389 −30 7 62–69 63–71 76–62

Group Q

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TUR TEL BOR SLK
1 Turkey Türk Telekom 6 5 1 525 419 +106 11 Advance to Round of 16 80–68 92–72 96–68
2
Telenet Oostende
6 5 1 489 435 +54 11 77–74 94–68 75–68
3 Sweden Borås 6 2 4 478 545 −67 8 86–114 86–89 80–75
4 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 6 0 6 399 492 −93 6 48–69 59–86 81–86

Group R

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ÉLA
ENI
CTU
TÜR
1 France Élan Chalon 6 5 1 540 493 +47 11 Advance to Round of 16 98–88 89–78 76–67
2
Enisey
6 3 3 534 518 +16 9 77–96 94–91 87–68
3
FoxTown Cantù
6 3 3 525 524 +1 9 103–90 95–92 71–76
4
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
6 1 5 444 508 −64 7 80–91 70–96 83–87

Group S

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ENE CIB PŽV STB
1
Energia Târgu Jiu
6 3 3 509 498 +11 9 Advance to Round of 16 85–81 86–101 78–68
2 Croatia Cibona 6 3 3 550 552 −2 9 93–88 82–84 106–113
3 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 6 3 3 536 539 −3 9 95–93 90–95 82–87
4 France STB Le Havre 6 3 3 516 522 −6 9 60–79 92–93 96–84

Group T

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JUV KHI MON BAK
1 Lithuania Juventus 6 4 2 494 430 +64 10 Advance to Round of 16 74–63 103–65 91–67
2 Ukraine Khimik 6 4 2 449 424 +25 10 77–76 64–61 81–67
3 Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut 6 3 3 469 461 +8 9 77–57 95–89 90–66
4 Denmark Bakken Bears 6 1 5 414 511 −97 7 81–93 51–75 82–81

Group U

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
SKY
GAZ
KIN
ROS
1
Fraport Skyliners
6 6 0 518 409 +109 12 Advance to Round of 16 91–79 95–64 91–61
2
Royal Halı Gaziantep
6 3 3 440 427 +13 9 66–71 76–56 79–70
3
Södertälje Kings
6 2 4 442 496 −54 8 81–95 78–71 86–78
4 Poland Rosa Radom 6 1 5 409 477 −68 7 58–75 61–69 81–77

Group V

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VAR AEK
TSM
MAG
1
Openjobmetis Varese
6 5 1 480 436 +44 11 Advance to Round of 16 74–72 94–63 85–81
2
Petrolina AEK Larnaca
6 3 3 422 416 +6 9 65–61 73–68 68–59
3
Tsmoki-Minsk
6 3 3 486 488 −2 9 84–89 86–84 96–60
4
Magnofit Güssing Knights
6 1 5 427 475 −48 7 71–77 68–60 88–89

Knockout stage

 
Port of Antwerp Giants
2
 
Openjobmetis Varese
2
 
Royal Halı Gaziantep
1
 
Openjobmetis Varese
91
 
 
 
France Élan Chalon82
 
Telenet Oostende
1
 
France Élan Chalon2
 
 
 
Ukraine Khimik0
 
Energia Târgu Jiu
1
 
 
 
Ukraine Khimik2
 
Fraport Skyliners
66
 
Latvia Ventspils0
 
 
 
Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 2
 
Fraport Skyliners
2
 
Petrolina AEK Larnaca
0
 
Enisey
56 Third place
 
Enisey
2
 
Enisey
2France Élan Chalon103
 
 
 
Croatia Cibona1
Enisey
72
 
Lithuania Juventus 0
 
 
Croatia Cibona2
 

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
ASVEL France 0–2
Port of Antwerp Giants
67–74 78–88
Openjobmetis Varese Italy
2–1
Royal Halı Gaziantep
82–81 60–76 74–71
Élan Chalon France 2–1
Telenet Oostende
84–71 80–91 104–91
Energia Târgu Jiu Romania
1–2 Ukraine Khimik 77–71 60–71 77–84
Ventspils Latvia 0–2 Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 73–75 85–93
Fraport Skyliners Germany
2–0
Petrolina AEK Larnaca
83–60 56–44
Türk Telekom Turkey 0–2
Enisey
95–96 68–75
Juventus Lithuania 0–2 Croatia Cibona 78–83 84–87

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. Teams with better record in the Round of 32 had the home advantage.

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
Openjobmetis Varese Italy
2–1
Port of Antwerp Giants
92–81 82–93 105–93
Élan Chalon France 2–0 Ukraine Khimik 115–94 83–79
Fraport Skyliners Germany
2–1 Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 92–57 84–88 91–75
Enisey Russia
2–1 Croatia Cibona 94–92 69–77 82–78

Final Four

On April 6, 2016, Le Colisée in Chalon-sur-Saône was announced as the venue for the Final Four.[5]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese91
 
1 May
 
France Élan Chalon82
 
Fraport Skyliners
66
 
Fraport Skyliners
59
 
 
Russia Enisey56
 
Third place game
 
 
1 May
 
 
France Élan Chalon103
 
 
Russia Enisey72

Honours

Final Four MVP

Pos. Player Team Ref.
United States Quantez Robertson
Fraport Skyliners

Starting Five

Pos. Player Team Ref.
United States Chris Wright
Openjobmetis Varese
[7]
United States Kwame Vaughn
Port of Antwerp Giants
D.J. Kennedy
Russia Enisey
PF
United States Darryl Monroe Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion
C
Croatia Ante Žižić Croatia Cibona

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

To be considered a statistical leader, players had to have played a minimum of 10 games.

Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game State of Palestine Omar Krayem Sweden Borås
20.4
Rebounds per game Sweden Christian Maråker Sweden Borås
10.3
Assists per game Finland Teemu Rannikko
Kataja
10.1
Steals per game Cuba Howard Sant-Roos
ČEZ Nymburk
2.3
Blocks per game Nigeria Callistus Eziukwu Romania Energia Targû Jiu
1.8
Turnovers per game State of Palestine Omar Krayem Sweden Borås
4.2
Fouls per game Lithuania Egidijus Dimša Lithuania Juventus
3.9
Minutes per game United States Lamayn Wilson
Kataja
37.0
FG% Croatia Ante Žižić Croatia Cibona
63.4%
FT% Serbia Dušan Đorđević
Telenet Oostende
94.6%
3FG% Lithuania Steponas Babrauskas Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės
54.2%
Double-doubles Sweden Christian Maråker Sweden Borås
6

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic
Points Croatia Ivica Radić Portugal Benfica
38
Rebounds United States Maurice Sutton Poland Śląsk Wrocław 19
Canada Ross Bekkering Netherlands Donar
Assists Finland Teemu Rannikko
Joensuun Kataja
18
Steals United States Kim Adams Poland Rosa Radom
9
Blocks Serbia Dejan Kravić
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
6
Estonia Janar Talts
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Three pointers United States Devonte Newbill
ASVEL
8
Canada Brady Heslip
FoxTown Cantù
Thaddus McFadden
Petrolina AEK Larnaca

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Finals rosters

Jordan Theodore won the 2015-16 FIBA Europe Cup with Frankfurt.


See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Europe Board pushes ahead with attractive club competitions model". FIBA Europe. June 30, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "56 clubs confirmed for new FIBA European Club Competition". FIBA Europe. August 3, 2015.
  3. ^ O'Neill, Michael (22 July 2015). "Basketball Ireland to enter new FIBA Europe Competition". SportsNewsIreland.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Domzale Replace Timișoara". FIBA Europe. September 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "Elan Chalon To Host FIBA Europe Cup Final Four". FIBA Europe Cup. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  6. ^ Varese – Fraport Skyliners
  7. ^ FIBA Europe Cup Twitter

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