The Eurocup 2015/16 was 14 . Time of the ULEB discharged Euro cups .
The title was won for the first time by Galatasaray Istanbul from Turkey . It was also the first triumph of a Turkish club in the Eurocup.
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 each preliminary round group that ranked in the bottom two places in the table were eliminated, while the other teams, together with the eight participants of the Euroleague who had not reached 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 points scored in 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 July 9, 2015 in Barcelona ( Spain ).
* : Participants on the basis of a wild card , not on the basis of the previous year 's placement
** : subsequently registered after the waiver of other teams initially registered
EC : Winner of the EuroChallenge 2014/15
a : in brackets play-off placement in the respective championship, possibly supplemented by Main round placement or national cup win ( P )
Regular season
The participants will be divided into an Eastern and a Western Conference. The teams from western, central and southern Europe come to the western conference and the teams from northern, eastern and south-eastern Europe to the eastern conference.
The teams from Turkey, Israel, Hungary and the Baltic States are added to the Eastern Conference.
1st group stage
The draw took place on July 9, 2015.
The first group stage matches took place between October 13 and December 16, 2015.
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. Dominion Basket BilbaoSpain |
10 |
8th |
2 |
856 |
739
|
2. Aquila Basket TrentoItaly |
10 |
7th |
3 |
875 |
827
|
3. KK Union OlimpijaSlovenia |
10 |
5 |
5 |
799 |
828
|
4. EWE Baskets OldenburgGermany |
10 |
4th |
6th |
764 |
820
|
5. JSF NanterreFrance |
10 |
4th |
6th |
772 |
801
|
6. Telekom Baskets BonnGermany |
10 |
2 |
8th |
838 |
899
|
|
Oldenburg
|
Bilbao
|
Ljubljana
|
Nanterre
|
Bonn
|
Trento
|
EWE baskets
|
* |
60: 94
|
75: 77
|
84 : 81 |
77 : 70 |
80: 93
|
Dominion Basket
|
73 : 68 |
* |
80: 83
|
73: 76
|
95 : 80 |
104 : 91
|
Union Olimpija
|
81: 82
|
63: 84
|
* |
78 : 65 |
77: 82
|
98 : 97
|
JSF Nanterre
|
83: 92
|
52: 83
|
85 : 72 |
* |
101 : 78 |
79: 85 a.d.
|
Telecom Baskets
|
88 : 77 |
81: 90
|
88: 93
|
86: 95
|
* |
89: 96
|
Aquila Basket
|
80 : 69 |
75: 80
|
90 : 77 |
70 : 55 |
98 : 96 a.d. |
*
|
Group B
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain |
10 |
8th |
2 |
840 |
752
|
2. MHP giant LudwigsburgGermany |
10 |
7th |
3 |
811 |
732
|
3. Grissin Bon ReggianaItaly |
10 |
6th |
4th |
787 |
759
|
4. Alba BerlinGermany |
10 |
5 |
5 |
774 |
790
|
5. Le Mans Sarthe BasketFrance |
10 |
3 |
7th |
721 |
785
|
6. New Basket BrindisiItaly |
10 |
2 |
8th |
710 |
815
|
|
Berlin
|
Size Canaria
|
Ludwigsburg
|
Le Mans
|
Reggiana
|
Brindisi
|
Alba Berlin
|
* |
84 : 71 |
79: 90
|
80: 86
|
82 : 76 |
80 : 79
|
Herbalife Gran
|
83 : 78 |
* |
95 : 75 |
77 : 62 |
76 : 67 |
103 : 76
|
MHP giants
|
79 : 60 |
92 : 89 a.d. |
* |
90 : 49 |
65: 76
|
84 : 80
|
Le Mans Sarthe
|
84: 88 a.d. |
74: 79
|
75: 81 a.d. |
* |
71: 87
|
66 : 45
|
Grissin Bon RE
|
74 : 71 |
73: 78
|
69 : 68 |
93 : 82 |
* |
82 : 79
|
New Basket
|
68: 72
|
71: 88
|
60: 87
|
65: 72
|
87 : 81 |
*
|
Group C
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Valencia BCSpain |
10 |
10 |
0 |
809 |
689
|
2. CAI SaragossaSpain |
10 |
7th |
3 |
760 |
757
|
3. ratiopharm UlmGermany |
10 |
4th |
6th |
806 |
792
|
4. Reyer Venezia MestreItaly |
10 |
4th |
6th |
720 |
760
|
5. Proximus SpirouBelgium |
10 |
3 |
7th |
741 |
782
|
6. SLUC Nancy BasketFrance |
10 |
2 |
8th |
714 |
759
|
|
Valencia
|
Zaragoza
|
Ulm
|
Nancy
|
Charleroi
|
Venice
|
Valencia BC
|
* |
87 : 68 |
93 : 88 |
77 : 65 |
97 : 76 |
88 : 59
|
CAI Saragossa
|
76: 84
|
* |
69 : 59 |
75 : 71 |
80 : 70 |
82 : 72
|
ratiopharm Ulm
|
79: 82
|
81: 84
|
* |
90 : 73 |
76: 77
|
87 : 68
|
SLUC basket
|
71: 74
|
76: 78
|
76: 80
|
* |
67 : 63 |
62: 71
|
Proximus Spirou
|
49: 65
|
80 : 69 |
80: 86 a.d. |
81: 86
|
* |
86 : 83
|
Reyer Mestre
|
58: 62
|
77: 79
|
90 : 78 |
70 : 67 |
73 : 69 |
*
|
Conference East
Group D
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Aris ThessalonikiGreece |
10 |
7th |
3 |
731 |
701
|
2. UNICS KazanRussia |
10 |
7th |
3 |
800 |
722
|
3. TrabzonsporTurkey |
10 |
5 |
5 |
752 |
759
|
4. Banvit BKTurkey |
10 |
5 |
5 |
770 |
757
|
5. Budućnost PodgoricaMontenegro |
10 |
4th |
6th |
747 |
725
|
6. Steaua BucharestRomania |
10 |
2 |
8th |
676 |
814
|
|
Kazan
|
Bandırma
|
Trabzon
|
Podgorica
|
Aris
|
Bucharest
|
UNICS Kazan
|
* |
78 : 69 |
78 : 64 |
91 : 77 |
73: 74 a.d. |
94 : 68
|
Banvit BK
|
79: 85
|
* |
71 : 67 |
76 : 68 |
96 : 84 |
90 : 60
|
Trabzonspor
|
73: 80
|
96 : 88 |
* |
75 : 71 |
74 : 71 |
82 : 67
|
KK Budućnost
|
73 : 63 |
83 : 70 |
79: 82
|
* |
75 : 56 |
89 : 56
|
Aris Saloniki
|
76 : 70 |
72 : 53 |
78 : 70 |
75 : 57 |
* |
70 : 66
|
Steaua Bucharest
|
71: 88
|
64: 78
|
76 : 71 |
81 : 75 |
67: 77
|
*
|
Group E
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Zenit Saint PetersburgRussia |
10 |
8th |
2 |
820 |
746
|
2. Avtodor SaratovRussia |
10 |
7th |
3 |
947 |
839
|
3. PAOK ThessalonikiGreece |
10 |
5 |
5 |
773 |
831
|
4. Szolnoki Olaj KKHungary |
10 |
4th |
6th |
763 |
827
|
5. Beşiktaş JK IstanbulTurkey |
10 |
4th |
6th |
719 |
775
|
6. Lietuvos rytas VilniusLithuania |
10 |
2 |
8th |
947 |
951
|
|
Beşiktaş
|
Vilnius
|
Petersburg
|
Saratov
|
PAOK
|
Szolnok
|
Beşiktaş JK
|
* |
92: 103
|
91 : 67 |
79: 103
|
73: 75 a.d. |
76 : 67
|
Lietuvos rytas
|
87: 91
|
* |
65: 70
|
81: 97
|
81: 88
|
98: 99
|
Zenith
|
82 : 58 |
92 : 84 |
* |
81: 88
|
76 : 66 |
89 : 64
|
Avtodor Saratov
|
93 : 83 |
109 : 92 |
85: 90
|
* |
90 : 68 |
104 : 78
|
PAOK Thessaloniki
|
80: 100
|
81 : 76 |
70: 89
|
104 : 99 |
* |
72 : 69
|
Szolnoki Olaj KK
|
85 : 67 |
65: 89
|
75: 84
|
83 : 79 |
78 : 69 |
*
|
Group F.
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Galatasaray IstanbulTurkey |
10 |
7th |
3 |
857 |
789
|
2. Neptūnas KlaipėdaLithuania |
10 |
6th |
4th |
829 |
807
|
3. BK Nizhny NovgorodRussia |
10 |
6th |
4th |
801 |
780
|
4. Hapoel JerusalemIsrael |
10 |
5 |
5 |
808 |
798
|
5th AEK AthensGreece |
10 |
5 |
5 |
794 |
812
|
6. Krasny OktyabrRussia |
10 |
1 |
9 |
797 |
910
|
|
Galatasaray
|
Novgorod
|
Volgograd
|
Jerusalem
|
Athens
|
Klaipeda
|
Galatasaray SK
|
* |
87 : 85 |
103 : 76 |
87 : 79 |
89 : 65 |
76: 82
|
BK Nizhny
|
81 : 75 |
* |
82 : 74 |
92 : 71 |
86 : 79 |
78: 82
|
Krasny Oktyabr
|
72: 88
|
73: 78
|
* |
74: 95
|
78: 82 a.d. |
74: 97
|
Hapoel Jerusalem
|
86 : 82 |
70: 74
|
92 : 90 |
* |
82 : 78 |
74 : 59
|
AEK Athens
|
73: 86
|
87 : 70 |
94: 96 a.d. |
75 : 74 |
* |
75 : 71
|
Neptūnas Klaipėda
|
90: 94
|
99 : 90 a.d. |
82 : 75 |
87 : 85 |
80: 86
|
*
|
2nd group stage (load 32)
The Round of 32 games took place between January 5 and February 10, 2016.
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. FC Bayern MunichGermany
|
6th |
4th |
2 |
476 |
452
|
2. Banvit BKTurkey |
6th |
4th |
2 |
487 |
455
|
3. Dominion Basket BilbaoSpain |
6th |
3 |
3 |
483 |
464
|
4. ratiopharm UlmGermany |
6th |
1 |
5 |
435 |
508
|
|
Munich
|
Bilbao
|
Ulm
|
Bandırma
|
FC Bayern Munich
|
* |
88: 90
|
83 : 69 |
77 : 62
|
Dominion Basket Bilbao
|
76: 78
|
* |
83 : 65 |
76: 85
|
ratiopharm Ulm
|
74 : 65 |
75: 93
|
* |
80: 92
|
Banvit BK
|
83: 85
|
73 : 65 |
92 : 72 |
*
|
Group H.
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain |
6th |
5 |
1 |
531 |
440
|
2. Strasbourg IGFrance
|
6th |
4th |
2 |
464 |
456
|
3. Avtodor SaratovRussia |
6th |
3 |
3 |
531 |
540
|
4. Hapoel JerusalemIsrael |
6th |
0 |
6th |
455 |
545
|
|
Strasbourg
|
Size Canaria
|
Saratov
|
Jerusalem
|
Strasbourg IG
|
* |
68: 79
|
77 : 74 |
75 : 71
|
Herbalife Gran
|
76: 85
|
* |
101 : 77 |
108 : 61
|
Avtodor Saratov
|
87 : 80 |
85: 92
|
* |
105 : 96
|
Hapoel Jerusalem
|
69: 79
|
64: 75
|
94: 103
|
*
|
Group I.
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. EWE Baskets OldenburgGermany |
6th |
4th |
2 |
494 |
489
|
2. Limoges CSPFrance
|
6th |
3 |
3 |
494 |
467
|
3. Valencia BCSpain |
6th |
3 |
3 |
473 |
462
|
4. PAOK ThessalonikiGreece |
6th |
2 |
4th |
425 |
468
|
|
Limoges
|
Valencia
|
PAOK
|
Oldenburg
|
Limoges CSP
|
* |
82 : 67 |
79 : 61 |
78: 87
|
Valencia BC
|
72: 92
|
* |
78 : 62 |
77 : 62
|
PAOK Thessaloniki
|
88 : 75 |
75 : 72 |
* |
68: 81
|
EWE baskets
|
92 : 88 |
89: 108
|
83 : 71 |
*
|
Group J
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. EA7 Olimpia MilanoItaly
|
6th |
4th |
2 |
473 |
442
|
2. Alba BerlinGermany |
6th |
3 |
3 |
447 |
443
|
3. Aris ThessalonikiGreece |
6th |
3 |
3 |
428 |
438
|
4. Neptūnas KlaipėdaLithuania |
6th |
2 |
4th |
409 |
448
|
|
Milan
|
Aris
|
Klaipeda
|
Berlin
|
EA7 Olimpia Milano
|
* |
95 : 54 |
79 : 71 |
91 : 78
|
Aris Saloniki
|
83 : 68 |
* |
84 : 58 |
73 : 63
|
Neptūnas Klaipėda
|
73: 74
|
72 : 68 |
* |
73 : 65
|
Alba Berlin
|
83 : 67 |
82 : 67 |
76 : 62 |
*
|
Group K
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Aquila Basket TrentoItaly |
6th |
4th |
2 |
470 |
467
|
2. Pınar KarşıyakaTurkey
|
6th |
3 |
3 |
498 |
426
|
3. TrabzonsporTurkey |
6th |
3 |
3 |
450 |
465
|
4. Grissin Bon ReggianaItaly |
6th |
2 |
4th |
454 |
514
|
|
Karşıyaka
|
Trento
|
Reggiana
|
Trabzonspor
|
Pınar Karşıyaka
|
* |
79: 85
|
109 : 66 |
81 : 68
|
Aquila Basket
|
76 : 72 |
* |
82 : 63 |
73: 89
|
Grissin Bon RE
|
88 : 81 |
72: 84
|
* |
89 : 76
|
Trabzonspor
|
43: 76
|
92 : 70 |
82 : 76 |
*
|
Group L
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Zenit Saint PetersburgRussia |
6th |
4th |
2 |
479 |
470
|
2. Stelmet Zielona GóraPoland
|
6th |
3 |
3 |
458 |
463
|
3. MHP giant LudwigsburgGermany |
6th |
3 |
3 |
477 |
468
|
4. Reyer Venezia MestreItaly |
6th |
2 |
4th |
461 |
473
|
|
Góra
|
Petersburg
|
Ludwigsburg
|
Venice
|
Stelmet Zielona
|
* |
76: 90
|
76: 81
|
83: 92
|
Zenith
|
69: 73
|
* |
83 : 80 |
79 : 72
|
MHP giants
|
73: 82
|
85 : 72 |
* |
94 : 84
|
Reyer Mestre
|
58: 68
|
84: 86
|
71 : 64 |
*
|
Group M
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. UNICS KazanRussia |
6th |
6th |
0 |
495 |
448
|
2. BK Nizhny NovgorodRussia |
6th |
3 |
3 |
490 |
482
|
3. Maccabi Tel AvivIsrael
|
6th |
2 |
4th |
469 |
494
|
4. KK Union OlimpijaSlovenia |
6th |
1 |
5 |
450 |
469
|
|
Tel Aviv
|
Kazan
|
Ljubljana
|
Novgorod
|
Maccabi Tel Aviv
|
* |
82: 92
|
82 : 73 |
84: 95 a.d.
|
UNICS Kazan
|
78 : 68 |
* |
72 : 64 |
84 : 74
|
Union Olimpija
|
73 : 66 |
83: 89
|
* |
73: 79
|
BK Nizhny
|
83: 87
|
78: 80
|
81 : 74 |
*
|
Groups
team
|
Sp
|
S.
|
N
|
P +
|
P-
|
1. Galatasaray IstanbulTurkey |
6th |
4th |
2 |
493 |
414
|
2. CAI SaragossaSpain |
6th |
4th |
2 |
480 |
451
|
3. Dinamo Basket SassariItaly
|
6th |
3 |
3 |
465 |
480
|
4. Szolnoki Olaj KKHungary |
6th |
1 |
5 |
403 |
494
|
|
Sassari
|
Istanbul
|
Zaragoza
|
Szolnok
|
Dinamo Sassari
|
* |
79 : 74 |
75 : 72 |
90 : 74
|
Galatasaray SK
|
87 : 69 |
* |
103 : 68 |
87 : 59
|
CAI Saragossa
|
87 : 75 |
85 : 68 |
* |
88 : 60
|
Szolnoki Olaj KK
|
86 : 75 |
54: 74
|
70: 80
|
*
|
Round of 16
The round of 16 games took place between February 24 and March 2, 2016. The first placed in a group had home rights in the second leg.
|
total
|
|
First leg
|
Return leg
|
Alba Berlin Germany
|
157: 166
|
Germany FC Bayern Munich
|
82:82 |
75: 84
|
Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey
|
132: 157
|
Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul
|
67 : 64 |
65: 93
|
Limoges CSP France
|
143: 159
|
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
|
65: 82
|
78 : 77
|
Stelmet Zielona Góra Poland
|
139 : 126 |
Russia UNICS Kazan |
68: 72
|
71 : 54
|
Strasbourg IG France
|
169 : 142 |
Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg |
76: 78
|
93 : 64
|
BK Nizhny Novgorod Russia
|
176 : 165 |
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg |
102 : 76 |
74: 89
|
Banvit BK Turkey
|
145: 151
|
Italy EA7 Olimpia Milano
|
69: 72
|
76: 79
|
CAI Saragossa Spain
|
150: 162
|
Italy Aquila Basket Trento
|
85 : 83 |
65: 79
|
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals took place between March 15 and 23, 2016. 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
|
FC Bayern Munich Germany
|
158: 161
|
Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul
|
99 : 89 |
59: 72
|
Stelmet Zielona Góra Poland
|
168: 176
|
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
|
82: 93
|
86 : 83
|
BK Nizhny Novgorod Russia
|
176: 185
|
France Strasbourg IG
|
85: 94
|
91:91 a.d.
|
Aquila Basket Trento Italy
|
175 : 152 |
Italy EA7 Olimpia Milano |
83 : 73 |
92 : 79
|
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place between March 29 and April 6, 2016. 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.
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total
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First leg
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Return leg
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Galatasaray Istanbul Turkey
|
170 : 169 |
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria |
89 : 75 |
81: 94 a.d.
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Strasbourg IG France
|
154 : 152 |
Italy Aquila Basket Trento |
68: 74
|
86 : 78
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final
The finals took place on April 22nd and 27th, 2016. 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.
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total
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First leg
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Return leg
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Strasbourg IG France
|
133: 140
|
Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul
|
66 : 62 |
67: 78
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Web links
Individual evidence
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