EuroLeague 2015/16

EuroLeague 2015/16

Duration		October 15, 2015 - May 15, 2016
Order of execution		16th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		24
Main round
Main rounds - MVP		France Nando de Colo (CSKA Moscow)
Alphonso Ford Trophy		France Nando de Colo (CSKA Moscow)
Best defender		United States Kyle Hines (CSKA Moscow)
Rising Star Trophy		Spain Álex Abrines (FC Barcelona)
Final Four
venue		Germany Berlin
master		Russia CSKA Moscow
Runner-up		Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker
Finals - MVP		France Nando de Colo (CSKA Moscow)
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Eurocup 2015/16 ↓

The season 2015/16 was 16 . The season of the EuroLeague (officially Turkish Airlines EuroLeague ), the most important competition in European club basketball .

CSKA Moscow won the title . For the Russians it was the third win in the EuroLeague. Before that, the Muscovites triumphed four times in the FIBA European Cup .

mode

Of the 24 teams taking part in the EuroLeague, all were directly qualified for the group stage. In contrast to previous seasons, a qualification was not held.

The 24 men were divided into four groups of six teams, wherein each team one home and away game against any other side in the round robin mode ( English round robin denied). The four best-placed teams in each group were assigned to the two groups of the second group phase, in which each team also played one home and one away game against each other team. The top four teams in the second group phase qualified for the knockout round, which was played as a play-off in the " best-of-five " mode. The four prevailing teams qualified for the Final Four tournament in Berlin.

Participants in the main round

Country / League	team	Hall	Places	VJP ¹	License	Country / League	team	Hall	Places	VJP ¹	License
Spain League ACB	Real Madrid ²	Barclaycard Center	15,000	M.	A.	Italy Series A	Dinamo Sassari	Pala Serradimigni	5,000	M.	B.
	FC Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	8,250	F.	A.	Italy Series A	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	Mediolanum Forum	11,200	HF	A.
	Unicaja Málaga	Palacio Carpena	10,500	HF	B.	Lithuania LKL	Žalgiris Kaunas	Žalgirio Arena	14,502	M.	A.
	Laboral Kutxa	Fernando Buesa Arena	15,504	VF	A.	Adria League ( A-1 League )Croatia	KK Cedevita ^*	Dražen Petrović Hall	5,400	F (M)	B.
Turkey Türkiye Basketbol Ligi	Pınar Karşıyaka Basket	Karşıyaka Arena	5,000	M.	B.	Greece Basket League	Olympiacos Piraeus	Stadium of Peace and Friendship	14,095	M.	A.
	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000	F.	A.	Greece Basket League	Panathinaikos Athens	Olympic Hall Athens	18,900	F.	A.
	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Ülker Sports Arena	13,500	HF	A.	Germany Basketball Bundesliga	Brose Baskets Bamberg	Brose Arena	6,900	M.	B.
	Darüşşafaka SK	Volkswagen Arena Istanbul	5,000	VF	WC	Germany Basketball Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	Audi Dome	6,700	F.	WC
VTB United League ( Russia )Russia	CSKA Moscow ^∗	Mega sports arena	13,126	M.	A.	Poland TBL	Stelmet Zielona Góra	Center Rekreacyjno-Sportowe	6,080	M.	B.
	BK Khimki ³	Nowator Sports Arena	6,196	F.	B.	Adriatic League ( KLS )Serbia	Red Star Belgrade	Hala Pionir & Kombank Arena	8,150 & 25,000	HF (F)	B.
	Kuban Krasnodar ^∗ locomotive	Basket Hall	7,500	HF	WC	France LNB Pro A	Limoges CSP	Palais de Beaublanc	5,516	M.	B.
Israel Ligat ha'Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Menorah Mivtachim Arena	10,383	HF	A.	France LNB Pro A	Strasbourg IG	Rhenus Sport	6,200	F.	WC

^∗ Qualified by placing in the specified regional European league (in brackets: national league)

¹ Previous year placement in the national leagues

²Qualified as the winner of the Euroleague of the 2014/15 season

³Qualified as the winner of the Eurocup 2014/15

Main round

Preliminary round

The draw took place on July 9, 2015.

The preliminary round was played between October 15 and December 18, 2015. For teams with the same number of wins, it was not the overall basket point ratio that was decisive for the group placements, but only the added result in a direct comparison of the teams with each other.

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. FenerbahçeTurkey	10	8th	2	770	707
2. BK KhimkiRussia	10	5	5	798	740
3. Red Star BelgradeSerbia	10	5	5	766	813
4. Real MadridSpain	10	5	5	854	808
5. FC Bayern MunichGermany	10	4th	6th	763	780
6. Strasbourg IGFrance	10	3	7th	711	814

	Madrid	Istanbul	Khimki	Belgrade	Munich	Strasbourg
real Madrid	*	80 : 73	82: 85	98 : 71	101 : 99	97 : 65
Fenerbahçe	77 : 66	*	88 : 83	79 : 61	74 : 67	81 : 64
BK Khimki	84 : 70	68: 70	*	91 : 53	70: 81	88 : 62
Red Star Belgrade	94 : 88	60: 74	96 : 91	*	85 : 76	81 : 59
FC Bayern Munich	67: 86	67: 84	69 : 60	79: 90	*	76 : 61
Strasbourg IG	93 : 86	91 : 70	69: 78	78 : 75	69: 82	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Olympiacos PiraeusGreece	10	8th	2	761	692
2. Anadolu Efes IstanbulTurkey	10	6th	4th	864	805
3. Laboral Kutxa VitoriaSpain	10	6th	4th	854	765
4. KK Cedevita ZagrebCroatia	10	4th	6th	760	780
5. Limoges CSPFrance	10	3	7th	698	823
6. EA7 Olimpia MilanoItaly	10	3	7th	748	797

	Piraeus	Efes	Vitoria	Milan	Zagreb	Limoges
Olympiacos Piraeus	*	68: 81	59 : 52	73 : 63	76 : 61	75 : 49
Anadolu Efes Istanbul	87: 91 a.d.	*	95 : 86	89 : 73	75: 81	92 : 74
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	96 : 89 a.d.	92 : 90 a.d.	*	94 : 82	92 : 70	92 : 56
EA7 Olimpia Milano	66: 71	88 : 84	78 : 76	*	68: 77	69: 77
KK Cedevita Zagreb	70: 83	75: 81	76 : 67	82: 85	*	80: 84
Limoges CSP	67: 76	77: 89	71: 107	74 : 65	69: 78	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Kuban locomotiveRussia	10	8th	2	754	683
2. FC BarcelonaSpain	10	6th	4th	822	747
3. Panathinaikos AthensGreece	10	6th	4th	766	710
4. Žalgiris KaunasLithuania	10	5	5	697	731
5. Pinar KarşıyakaTurkey	10	3	7th	698	772
6. Stelmet Zielona GóraPoland	10	2	8th	663	748

	Barcelona	Athens	Krasnodar	Kaunas	Karşıyaka	Góra
FC Barcelona	*	77 : 52	72 : 68	88: 92	107 : 79	78 : 72
Panathinaikos Athens	93 : 86	*	71: 77	91 : 56	85 : 73	82 : 51
Kuban locomotive	78 : 74	81 : 70	*	80 : 50	72 : 53	51: 66
Žalgiris Kaunas	78: 85	72: 75	74: 76	*	74 : 52	67 : 56
Pınar Karşıyaka	71 : 62	66: 69	78: 88	66: 68	*	77 : 66
Stelmet Zielona	64: 93	71 : 68	75: 83	62: 66	81: 83	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. CSKA MoscowRussia	10	9	1	911	783
2. Unicaja MálagaSpain	10	7th	3	761	719
3. Brose BasketsGermany	10	6th	4th	778	720
4. Darüşşafaka DoğuşTurkey	10	4th	6th	704	740
5. Maccabi Tel AvivIsrael	10	4th	6th	750	792
6. Dinamo Basket SassariItaly	10	0	10	690	839

	Moscow	Tel Aviv	Málaga	Bamberg	Darusşafaka	Sassari
CSKA Moscow	*	100 : 69	78: 86	83 : 77	94 : 66	93 : 87
Maccabi Tel Aviv	82: 88	*	82: 93	85 : 65	73: 84	79 : 63
Unicaja Málaga	76: 88	82 : 68	*	76 : 71	81 : 69	80 : 62
Brose Baskets	88: 100	77 : 66	73 : 53	*	86 : 76	86 : 54
Darüşşafaka Doğuş	75: 80	66: 70	63 : 57	54: 65	*	83 : 74 a.d.
Dinamo Sassari	78: 107	74: 76	65: 77	74: 90	60: 68	*

Intermediate round (Top 16)

The intermediate round was played between December 29, 2015 and April 8, 2016. Just as in the preliminary round, for teams with the same number of wins, it was not the total basket point ratio that was decisive for the group placements, but only the added result in a direct comparison of the teams with one another.

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Fenerbahçe Turkey	14th	11	3	1095	1032
2. Kuban locomotive Russia	14th	9	5	1099	978
3. Panathinaikos Athens Greece	14th	9	5	1067	1027
4. Red Star Belgrade Serbia	14th	7th	7th	1038	1060
5. Anadolu Efes Istanbul Turkey	14th	7th	7th	1121	1106
6. Darüşşafaka Doğuş Turkey	14th	5	9	1060	1083
7. Unicaja Málaga Spain	14th	4th	10	971	1076
8. KK Cedevita Zagreb Croatia	14th	4th	10	1038	1127

	Istanbul	Efes	Athens	Darusşafaka	Krasnodar	Málaga	Belgrade	Zagreb
Fenerbahçe	*	90 : 86	82 : 75	77 : 69	85 : 79	80 : 59	72 : 65	86 : 73
Anadolu Efes Istanbul	73: 77	*	91 : 86	84 : 71	61: 76	87 : 67	85 : 84	80 : 76
Panathinaikos Athens	76 : 71	83 : 78	*	82 : 79	84 : 79	68 : 66	63: 74	76 : 60
Darüşşafaka Doğuş	100: 106	68: 72	84: 86	*	87 : 86	78 : 55	69 : 66	72: 79
Kuban locomotive	52: 55	78 : 77	76 : 67	82 : 58	*	81 : 60	86 : 62	87 : 63
Unicaja Málaga	71 : 67	75: 85	58: 76	70 : 62	64: 82	*	72: 78	90 : 67
Red Star Belgrade	65: 88	91 : 82	69 : 67	61: 80	80 : 66	87 : 73	*	94 : 74
KK Cedevita Zagreb	89 : 59	84 : 80	60: 78	77: 83	75: 89	78: 91	83 : 62	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. CSKA Moscow Russia	14th	10	4th	1299	1185
2. Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Spain	14th	9	5	1110	1075
3. FC Barcelona Spain	14th	8th	6th	1085	1059
4. Real Madrid Spain	14th	7th	7th	1173	1165
5. BK Khimki Russia	14th	7th	7th	1164	1138
6. Brose Baskets Germany	14th	7th	7th	1073	1088
7. Olympiacos Piraeus Greece	14th	6th	8th	1083	1105
8. Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania	14th	2	12	1007	1179

	Piraeus	Barcelona	Bamberg	Madrid	Moscow	Khimki	Vitoria	Kaunas
Olympiacos Piraeus	*	74 : 62	72: 77	99 : 84	96: 99	89 : 77	82 : 68	74 : 59
FC Barcelona	82 : 66	*	75 : 57	72 : 65	100 : 98 a.d.	87 : 70	78: 81 a.d.	92 : 86
Brose Baskets	72 : 71	74 : 70	*	86: 90	91 : 83	84 : 79	89 : 69	96 : 63
real Madrid	84 : 72	86: 87	82 : 79	*	87: 96	83 : 70	68: 77	92 : 86
CSKA Moscow	92 : 85	93 : 82	91 : 70	95 : 81	*	108 : 98	90 : 78	100 : 86
BK Khimki	98 : 66	75 : 61	78 : 61	82: 93	91 : 89	*	76 : 68	111 : 80
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	76: 82	75 : 71	90 : 64	89 : 88	81 : 71	98 : 83	*	71 : 65
Žalgiris Kaunas	75 : 55	59: 66	75 : 73	75: 90	59: 94	71: 76	68: 89	*

Quarter finals

In the “best of five” mode, the remaining eight teams competed against each other in four team encounters. The group first and second from the second phase enjoyed home rights in the event that a fifth play-off was required. The four teams that won these duels qualified for the Final Four tournament. The games took place from April 12th to April 26th, 2016.

pairing			1st game	2nd game	3rd game	4th game	5th game
Turkey Fenerbahçe	-	Spain real Madrid	75 : 69	100 : 78	75 : 63
Spain Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	-	Greece Panathinaikos Athens	84 : 68	82 : 78 a.d.	84 : 75
Russia CSKA Moscow	-	Serbia Red Star Belgrade	84 : 74	77 : 76	78 : 71
Russia Kuban locomotive	-	Spain FC Barcelona	66 : 61	66: 92	70: 82	92 : 80 a.d.	81 : 67

Final Four

Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin

In a tournament that was held between May 13 and 15, 2016 in the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin , two teams competed against each other in semi-finals. The winners qualified for the final, from which the winner of the EuroLeague emerged.

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on May 13, 2016.

pairing			Result
Turkey Fenerbahçe	-	Spain Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	88 : 77 a.d.
Russia CSKA Moscow	-	Russia Kuban locomotive	88 : 81

3rd place match

The game for 3rd place took place on May 15, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

pairing			Result
Spain Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	-	Russia Kuban locomotive	75: 85

final

The final took place on May 15, 2016 at 8:00 p.m.

pairing	TurkeyFenerbahçe - CSKA MoscowRussia
Result	96: 101 a.d.
date	May 15, 2016
Stadion	Mercedes Benz Arena , Berlin
spectator	11,216
referee	ItalyLuigi Lamonica, Robert Lottermoser, Damir Javor GermanySlovenia
Fenerbahçe Ülker	Pero Antić 16, Bogdan Bogdanović 6, Luigi Datome 16, Bobby Dixon 17, Ricky Hickman 5, Nikola Kalinić 3, Melih Mahmutoğlu , Kostas Sloukas 10, Jan Veselý 7, Ekpe Udoh 16, as well as without final appearance : Barış Hersek , Berk Uğurlu Trainer : Željko Obradović
CSKA Moscow	Wiktor Chrjapa 10, Nando de Colo 22, Witali Fridson , Cory Higgins 12, Kyle Hines 15, Aaron Jackson 8, Pawel Korobkow , Nikita Kurbanow 4, Dmitri Kulagin , Demetris Nichols , Miloš Teodosić 19, Andrei Voronzewitsch 11 Trainer : Dimitrios Itoudis

Web links

Official website (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Modus ( English ) Euroleague Ventures SA. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

[1] Modus ( English ) Euroleague Ventures SA. Retrieved April 1, 2019.