Eurocup 2014/15

ULEB Eurocup 2014/15

Duration		October 15, 2014 - April 29, 2015
Order of execution		13th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		36 + 8 more after the preliminary round
Main rounds - MVP		United States Tyrese Rice (BK Chimki)
Rising Star Trophy		Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis (Seville)
Coach of the year		Spain Aíto García Reneses (Gran Canaria)
Play-offs
master		Russia BK Khimki
Runner-up		Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
Finals - MVP		United States Tyrese Rice (BK Chimki)
← Eurocup 2015/16 →
↑ ULEB Euroleague 2014/15 EuroChallenge 2014/15 ↓

The Eurocup 2014/15 was 13 . Time of the ULEB discharged Euro cups .

After the competition was held once with 48 teams last year, the number of participants in the preliminary round was limited to 36 teams. As in the previous year, the semi-finals and finals were decided in the knockout system in the return leg.

The title was won for the second time by BK Chimki from Russia .

mode

36 teams took part in the preliminary round of the Eurocup. The preliminary round as the second round in the round-robin tournament mode English round robin played with home and away in six groups of six teams each. The preliminary round participants were divided into two regional conferences with 18 teams each, east and west, when the preliminary round groups were drawn. The teams in the two lower places in the table in each preliminary round group were eliminated, while the other teams, together with the eight participants of the Euroleague who did not reach the second round of the best 16 teams in that competition, in eight groups of four teams each the intermediate round formed with a total of 32 teams. After the intermediate round, the knockout system , adding the first and second leg, continued, with the two best teams in each intermediate round group qualifying for the round of 16. The result of the addition of the two games decided the winner of the comparison who reached the next round. While no extra time to determine a winner was possible from the round of 16 onwards in the first leg, in the second leg a five-minute extension of the regular playing time was carried out until after adding the result in the second leg and the final result in the first leg, one team had scored more points than the opponent. The winner of the addition of the final first leg and second leg was the overall winner of the competition.

Participants in the preliminary round

The draw for the first group stage took place on September 29, 2014 in Barcelona ( Spain ).

league	Teams	Name (VJP ^a )
France LNB Pro A	5	Strasbourg IG ^b (F)	SLUC Nancy Basket (HF)	JDA Dijon (HF)	Paris-Levallois Basket ^* (VF / 5 / P)	ASVEL Lyon ^b (VF / 7)
VTB United League ( Russia ) Russia	4th	BK Chimki (VF)	Kuban Locomotive (VF)	Triumph Lyubertsy (VF)	Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd ^* (AF)
Germany Basketball Bundesliga	4th	EWE Baskets Oldenburg (HF)	Artland Dragons (HF)	Brose Baskets ^* (VF / 2)	Telekom Baskets Bonn ^* (VF / 5)
Spain League ACB	3	Herbalife Gran Canaria (VF / 5)	Cajasol Seville (VF / 7)	CAI Saragossa (VF / 8)
Italy Lega Basket Serie A	3	Acea Rome (HF)	Pallacanestro Cantù ^* (VF / 3)	Grissin Bon Reggiana ^EC (VF / 7)
Turkey TBL	3	Banvit BK (HF)	Pınar Karşıyaka SK (HF)	Beşiktaş JK Istanbul ^* (VF)
ABA league	3	Serbia KK Partizan Belgrade (HF)	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (5)	Slovenia KK Union Olimpija ^* (10)
Belgium Ethias League	2	Telenet Ostend ^b (M)	Belgacom Spirou BC ^* (VF)
Latvia LBL	2	BK Ventspils (M)	BK VEF Rīga ^b (F)
Czech Republic NBL	1	ČEZ Nymburk ^b (M)
Poland Tauron Basket League	1	Stelmet Zielona Góra ^b (F)
Greece Basket League	1	PAOK Thessaloniki (HF)
Israel Ligat ha'Al	1	Hapoel Jerusalem ^b (HF)
Lithuania LKL	1	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (HF)
Romania Divizia A	1	CSU Asesoft Ploiești ^* (M)
Hungary Nemzeti I / A	1	Szolnoki Olaj KK ^* (M)

^* : Participants on the basis of a wild card , not on the basis of the previous year 's placement
^EC : Winner of the EuroChallenge 2013/14
^a : in brackets play-off placement in the respective championship, possibly supplemented by a main round placement or national cup win ( P )
^b : ULEB Euroleague qualification loser

Regular season

After the end of the Euroleague qualification , the draw on September 29, 2014 divided the participants into an eastern and a western " Conference ". The teams from the area historically known politically as Western Europe , i.e. regional European Western and Southern Europe as well as Germany, came to the Western Conference and the teams from the rest of Central Europe and Eastern European representatives to the Eastern Conference. The teams from Greece as well as Turkey and Israel were assigned to the Eastern Conference. Teams from Northern Europe were not in the starting field at this Eurocup.

1st group stage

The first group stage matches took place between October 14th and December 17th, 2014.

For teams with the same number of wins, it was not the total point ratio that was decisive for the group placements, but only the added result in a direct comparison of the teams with one another.

Conference West

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Strasbourg IGFrance	10	8th	2	742	701
2. Brose BasketsGermany	10	6th	4th	768	672
3. Paris-Levallois BasketFrance	10	5	5	753	759
4. CAI SaragossaSpain	10	5	5	831	812
5. Telekom Baskets BonnGermany	10	4th	6th	774	851
6. Grissin Bon ReggianaItaly	10	2	8th	735	808

	Bamberg	Zaragoza	Reggiana	Strasbourg	Paris	Bonn
Brose Baskets	*	90 : 74	75 : 61	63: 70	81 : 55	104 : 79
CAI Saragossa	78 : 76	*	93 : 79	71: 73 a.d.	77 : 76	90 : 75
Grissin Bon	70 : 67	75: 87	*	59: 66	78 : 72	84: 85
Strasbourg IG	77 : 74	88 : 86 a.d.	74 : 66	*	71: 75	76 : 48
Paris-Levallois	56: 67	90 : 87	88 : 76	76 : 61	*	87 : 80 a.d.
Telecom Baskets	52: 71	90 : 88	101 : 87	83: 86	81 : 78	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain	10	10	0	847	706
2. Telenet OstendBelgium	10	6th	4th	768	766
3. JDA DijonFrance	10	6th	4th	711	739
4. Pallacanestro CantùItaly	10	4th	6th	738	753
5. ASVEL LyonFrance	10	3	7th	755	791
6. Artland DragonsGermany	10	1	9	725	770

	Cantù	Size Canaria	Ostend	Lyon	Dijon	Artland
Pallacanestro Cantù	*	63: 80	68 : 60	79 : 69	89 : 63	77: 78
Herbalife Gran	101 : 81	*	79 : 70	73 : 66	94 : 60	74 : 63
Telenet Ostend	83 : 77	76: 83	*	99 : 97 a.d.	80 : 71	84 : 82
ASVEL Lyon	78 : 70	75: 92	70: 78	*	77: 78	84 : 83
JDA Dijon	75 : 66	69: 71	72 : 63	75 : 58	*	69 : 65
Artland Dragons	66: 68	81: 90	67: 75	64: 70	76: 79 a.d.	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Acea RomeItaly	10	7th	3	826	773
2. SLUC Nancy BasketFrance	10	6th	4th	776	742
3. ČEZ NymburkCzech Republic	10	5	5	771	780
4. Cajasol SevilleSpain	10	5	5	777	757
5. EWE BasketsGermany	10	4th	6th	737	737
6. Belgacom Spirou BCBelgium	10	3	7th	705	802

	Nymburk	Seville	Rome	Spirou	Nancy	Oldenburg
ČEZ Nymburk	*	91 : 82 a.d.	89 : 87 a.d.	67: 73	89 : 80	77 : 71
Cajasol Seville	65: 66	*	98 : 80	80 : 75	85 : 75	68 : 59
Acea Rome	78 : 72	84 : 82	*	100 : 69	84 : 79	83 : 81
Belgacom Spirou BC	82 : 73	82 : 72	59: 88	*	73: 88	62: 75
SLUC Nancy	78 : 76	68 : 59	64: 76	87 : 62	*	72 : 67
EWE baskets	84 : 71	77: 85	80 : 66	72 : 68	71: 85	*

Conference East

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK KhimkiRussia	10	8th	2	872	756
2. Beşiktaş JK IstanbulTurkey	10	7th	3	773	705
3. KK Union OlimpijaSlovenia	10	6th	4th	800	782
4. Zenit Saint PetersburgRussia	10	5	5	808	809
5. Szolnoki Olaj KKHungary	10	3	7th	747	822
6. BK VEF RīgaLatvia	10	1	9	705	832

	Khimki	Istanbul	Petersburg	Riga	Olimpija	Olaj
BK Khimki	*	82 : 78	90 : 68	94 : 65	105 : 77	98 : 84
Beşiktaş JK	66 : 64	*	87 : 73	88 : 71	68: 70	67: 68
Zenith	89 : 86	86: 90 a.d.	*	84 : 70	75 : 74	81 : 61
BK VEF Rīga	79: 86	64: 76	66: 74	*	74: 83	71 : 61
KK Union	85: 88	57: 80	89 : 84	90 : 61	*	89 : 67
Szolnoki Olaj	65: 79	70: 73	96 : 94	96 : 84	80: 86	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Lietuvos rytas VilniusLithuania	10	8th	2	840	774
2. Banvit BKTurkey	10	6th	4th	788	768
3. Krasny OktyabrRussia	10	6th	4th	759	775
4. CSU Asesoft PloieştiRomania	10	5	5	814	833
5. KK Partizan BelgradeSerbia	10	3	7th	731	774
6. Hapoel JerusalemIsrael	10	2	8th	806	827

	Vilnius	Banvit	Volgograd	Belgrade	Jerusalem	Ploieşti
Lietuvos rytas	*	92 : 80	82: 91	92 : 65	98 : 88	79 : 72
Banvit BK	66: 71	*	90 : 75	90 : 85 a.d.	80 : 76	81 : 66
Krasny Oktyabr	63: 77	80 : 68	*	61 : 59	69 : 67	75: 81
KK Partizan	76: 85	61: 77	84 : 70	*	64: 83	76 : 69
Hapoel Jerusalem	70: 81	78: 82	78: 79	82 : 79	*	110: 112 a.d.
CSU Asesoft	103 : 83	84 : 74	79: 96	65: 85	83 : 74	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Kuban locomotiveRussia	10	10	0	795	663
2. PAOK ThessalonikiGreece	10	6th	4th	726	726
3. Pınar Karşıyaka SKTurkey	10	6th	4th	780	763
4. Budućnost PodgoricaMontenegro	10	3	7th	784	797
5. Stelmet Zielona GóraPoland	10	3	7th	722	809
6. BK VentspilsLatvia	10	2	8th	665	724

	Kuban	Karşıyaka	Podgorica	Ventspils	Gòra	Thessaloniki
Kuban locomotive	*	75 : 63	79 : 76	72 : 60	78 : 68	87 : 46
Pınar Karşıyaka	85: 93	*	86 : 78	71 : 67	83 : 67	81: 87 a.d.
Budućnost Podgorica	63: 77	79: 82	*	87 : 69	100 : 85	76: 81 a.d.
BK Ventspils	60: 69	72: 81	82 : 75	*	51: 58	63: 66
Stelmet Zielona	78: 97	71 : 69	76: 90	69: 79	*	84 : 77
PAOK Thessaloniki	54: 68	74: 79	80 : 60	76 : 62	85 : 66	*

2nd group stage (load 32)

The Round of 32 games took place between January 6 and February 11, 2015.

The eight eliminated teams of the Euroleague joined the 24 qualified teams from the preliminary round .

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 G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. UNICS KazanRussia	6th	4th	2	460	432
2. Zenit Saint PetersburgRussia	6th	3	3	439	479
3. Strasbourg IGFrance	6th	3	3	450	433
4. ČEZ NymburkCzech Republic	6th	2	4th	454	459

	Kazan	Strasbourg	Nymburk	Petersburg
UNICS Kazan	*	60: 82	75 : 67	103 : 67
Strasbourg IG	72 : 61	*	87 : 80	61: 73
ČEZ Nymburk	79: 84	72 : 66	*	72: 84
Zenith	65: 77	87 : 82 a.d.	63: 84	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain	6th	5	1	522	462
2. Banvit BKTurkey	6th	4th	2	484	453
3. Dinamo SassariItaly	6th	2	4th	470	507
4. Budućnost PodgoricaMontenegro	6th	1	5	457	514

	Sassari	Size Canaria	Banvit	Podgorica
Dinamo Basket	*	76: 91	72: 89	87 : 70
Herbalife Gran	90 : 74	*	91 : 80	92 : 69
Banvit BK	74: 75	80 : 70	*	87 : 74
Budućnost Podgorica	93 : 86	83: 88	68: 74	*

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Acea RomeItaly	6th	4th	2	473	442
2. KK Cedevita ZagrebCroatia	6th	4th	2	500	493
3. Krasny OktyabrRussia	6th	3	3	471	482
4. CAI SaragossaSpain	6th	1	5	434	461

	Zagreb	Rome	Volgograd	Zaragoza
KK Cedevita	*	91 : 90 a.d.	92: 101	83 : 80
Acea Rome	73 : 66	*	82 : 66	87 : 66
Krasny Oktyabr	65: 83	86: 88 a.d.	*	71 : 66
CAI Saragossa	84: 85 a.d.	67 : 53	71: 82	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK KhimkiRussia	6th	5	1	512	459
2. Pallacanestro CantùItaly	6th	3	3	454	449
3. Limoges CSPFrance	6th	3	3	430	430
4. PAOK ThessalonikiGreece	6th	1	5	421	489

	Limoges	Khimki	Thessaloniki	Cantù
Limoges CSP	*	72: 86	71 : 59	81 : 70
BK Khimki	79 : 70	*	102 : 68	75 : 62
PAOK Thessaloniki	68: 79	78: 82	*	78 : 77
Pallacanestro Cantù	68 : 57	99 : 88	78 : 70	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. FC Bayern MunichGermany	6th	6th	0	534	437
2. Brose BasketsGermany	6th	3	3	444	474
3. JDA DijonFrance	6th	2	4th	453	498
4. KK Union OlimpijaSlovenia	6th	1	5	473	495

	Munich	Bamberg	Dijon	Olimpija
FC Bayern Munich	*	87 : 63	93 : 84	90 : 84
Brose Baskets	52: 90	*	81: 86	91 : 90 a.d.
JDA Dijon	74: 84	56: 86	*	77: 81
KK Union	80: 90	65: 71	73: 76	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Turów ZgorzelecPoland	6th	5	1	553	501
2. Lietuvos rytas VilniusLithuania	6th	3	3	553	514
3. Telenet OstendBelgium	6th	2	4th	474	506
4. Cajasol SevilleSpain	6th	2	4th	474	532

	Zgorzelec	Vilnius	Ostend	Seville
Turów Zgorzelec	*	104 : 93	99 : 71	87 : 84
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	98 : 86	*	111 : 83	100 : 78
Telenet Ostend	79: 80	75 : 69	*	72: 84
Cajasol Seville	76: 97	88 : 82	63: 94	*

Group M

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Pınar Karşıyaka SKTurkey	6th	6th	0	538	463
2. Paris-Levallois BasketFrance	6th	3	3	486	486
3. Beşiktaş JK IstanbulTurkey	6th	2	4th	444	490
4. Neptūnas KlaipėdaLithuania	6th	1	5	469	499

	Klaipeda	Istanbul	Paris	Karşıyaka
Neptūnas Klaipėda	*	62: 69	82 : 73	83: 90
Beşiktaş JK	80 : 78	*	71: 77	77: 105
Paris-Levallois	88 : 79	93 : 83	*	75: 85
Pınar Karşıyaka	99 : 85	73 : 64	86 : 79	*

Groups

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Kuban locomotiveRussia	6th	6th	0	492	416
2. Valencia BCSpain	6th	3	3	490	459
3. CSU Asesoft PloieştiRomania	6th	2	4th	469	529
4. SLUC Nancy BasketFrance	6th	1	5	411	458

	Valencia	Kuban	Nancy	Ploieşti
Valencia BC	*	89: 90	77 : 46	87: 92
Kuban locomotive	74 : 62	*	85 : 70	92 : 79
SLUC Nancy	73: 75	57: 66	*	84 : 67
CSU Asesoft	84: 100	59: 85	88 : 81	*

Round of 16

The round of 16 took place between March 3 and March 11, 2015. The first placed in a group had home rights in the second leg.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Pallacanestro Cantù Italy	136: 145	Russia UNICS Kazan	64: 70	72: 75
KK Cedevita Zagreb Croatia	148: 159	Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria	76: 84	72: 75
Banvit BK Turkey	127 : 121	Italy Acea Rome	71 : 55	56: 66
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia	154: 175	Russia BK Khimki	84: 86	70: 89
Valencia BC Spain	174 : 118	Germany FC Bayern Munich	80 : 58	94 : 60
Paris-Levallois Basket France	161 : 149	Poland Turów Zgorzelec	74 : 71	87 : 78
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Lithuania	162: 178	Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka SK	81:81	81: 97
Brose Baskets Germany	131: 150	Russia Kuban locomotive	78: 80	53: 70

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place between March 17 and 25, 2015. In the second leg, the team that had reached the higher position in the 2nd group stage (Top 32) had home rights. If this was identical, the team with the most wins in the second group stage (top 32) had home rights in the second leg. If this number was also the same, the better basket ratio in said group stage decided.

	total		First leg	Return leg
UNICS Kazan Russia	157 : 145	Russia Kuban locomotive	78: 87	79 : 58
Herbalife Gran Canaria Spain	151 : 140	Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka SK	76 : 66	75 : 74
Paris-Levallois Basket France	138: 140	Turkey Banvit BK	67 : 65	71: 75
Valencia BC Spain	136: 152	Russia BK Khimki	75: 76	61: 76

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place between March 31 and April 8, 2015. In the second leg, the team that had reached the higher position in the 2nd group stage (Top 32) had home rights. If this was identical, the team with the most wins in the second group stage (top 32) had home rights in the second leg. If this number was also the same, the better basket ratio in said group stage decided.

	total		First leg	Return leg
UNICS Kazan Russia	146: 161	Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria	70: 83	76: 78
Banvit BK Turkey	172: 175	Russia BK Khimki	83 : 82	89: 93

final

The finals took place on April 24th and 29th, 2015. In the second leg, the team that had reached the higher position in the 2nd group stage (Top 32) had home rights. If this was identical, the team with the most wins in the second group stage (top 32) had home rights in the second leg. If this number was also the same, the better basket ratio in said group stage decided.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Herbalife Gran Canaria Spain	130: 174	Russia BK Khimki	66: 91	64: 83

Individual awards

The following actors received special awards in the past season:

Regular Season MVP

Regular Season and Final MVP: Tyrese Rice

United States Tyrese Rice (BK Chimki)

All-Eurocup First Team

United States Tyrese Rice (BK Chimki)
Finland Petteri Koponen (BK Chimki)
United States Sammy Mejia (Banvit BK)
United States Derrick Brown (Kuban Locomotive)
Cape Verde Walter Tavares (Herbalife Gran Canaria)

All-Eurocup Second Team

Israel Bobby Dixon (Pınar Karşıyaka)
United States Keith Langford (UNICS Kazan)
United States Kyle Kuric (Herbalife Gran Canaria)
United States Anthony Randolph (Kuban Locomotive)
United States Sharrod Ford (Paris-Levallois)

Finals MVP

United States Tyrese Rice (BK Chimki)

Coach of the Year

Spain Aíto García Reneses (Herbalife Gran Canaria)

Rising Star

Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis (Cajasol Seville)

Web links

Official website of the Euro Cup ( English )

Individual evidence

↑ 2014-15 Eurocup competition system announced. ULEB , June 9, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .
↑ Modus ( English ) Euroleague Ventures SA .. Accessed April 2, 2019.
↑ The order of the leagues is given according to the number of participants, the Euroleague 2014-15 Country Ranking (English) for awarding the Euroleague B licenses and in alphabetical order, if the number is the same and there is no ranking in the country ranking.
↑ 2014-15 Awards 2014-15. ULEB , January 5, 2015, accessed January 5, 2015 .

[participants-1] 2014-15 Eurocup competition system announced. ULEB , June 9, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .

[2] Modus ( English ) Euroleague Ventures SA .. Accessed April 2, 2019.

[reihenfolge-3] The order of the leagues is given according to the number of participants, the Euroleague 2014-15 Country Ranking (English) for awarding the Euroleague B licenses and in alphabetical order, if the number is the same and there is no ranking in the country ranking.

[4] 2014-15 Awards 2014-15. ULEB , January 5, 2015, accessed January 5, 2015 .