Eurocup 2015/16

ULEB Eurocup 2015/16
Duration		October 13, 2015 - April 27, 2016
Order of execution		14th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		36 + 8 more after the preliminary round
master		Galatasaray Istanbul
Runner-up		Strasbourg IG
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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 ).

league	Teams	Name (VJP a )
Basketball Bundesliga	5	Alba Berlin (HF / 2)	ratiopharm Ulm (HF / 5)	Telekom Baskets Bonn (VF / 4)	EWE Baskets Oldenburg ** (VF / 7)	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg ** (VF / 8)
VTB United League ( Russia )	5	BK Nizhny Novgorod (HF)	Zenit St. Petersburg (VF / 4)	UNICS Kazan (VF / 6)	Avtodor Saratow ** (VF / 7)	Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd * (12.)
League ACB	4th	Valencia BC (HF)	Dominion Bilbao (VF / 5)	Herbalife Gran Canaria (VF / 8)	CAI Saragossa (9.)
Lega Basket Serie A	4th	Grissin Bon Reggiana (F)	Umana Venice (HF)	Dolomiti Energia Trento (VF / 5)	Enel Brindisi * (VF / 6)
TBL	4th	Trabzonspor (HF)	Banvit BK (VF / 6)	Beşiktaş JK * (VF / 8)	Galatasaray SK * (9th)
Basket League	3	PAOK Thessaloniki (HF / 3)	Aris Thessaloniki * (HF / 4)	AEK Athens * (VF / 5)
LNB Pro A	3	Le Mans Sarthe (HF / 3)	SLUC Nancy (HF / 4)	JSF Nanterre EC (VF / 5)
ABA league	3	Budućnost Podgorica (HF / 3)	KK Union Olimpija * (5)	Szolnoki Olaj KK ** (7)
LKL	2	Lietuvos rytas (F)	Neptūnas Klaipėda * (HF)
Ethias League	1	Belgacom Spirou BC ** (HF)
Ligat ha'Al	1	Hapoel Jerusalem (M)
Divizia A	1	Steaua Bucharest * (HF / 2)

^* : 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 Bilbao	10	8th	2	856	739
2. Aquila Basket Trento	10	7th	3	875	827
3. KK Union Olimpija	10	5	5	799	828
4. EWE Baskets Oldenburg	10	4th	6th	764	820
5. JSF Nanterre	10	4th	6th	772	801
6. Telekom Baskets Bonn	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 Canaria	10	8th	2	840	752
2. MHP giant Ludwigsburg	10	7th	3	811	732
3. Grissin Bon Reggiana	10	6th	4th	787	759
4. Alba Berlin	10	5	5	774	790
5. Le Mans Sarthe Basket	10	3	7th	721	785
6. New Basket Brindisi	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 BC	10	10	0	809	689
2. CAI Saragossa	10	7th	3	760	757
3. ratiopharm Ulm	10	4th	6th	806	792
4. Reyer Venezia Mestre	10	4th	6th	720	760
5. Proximus Spirou	10	3	7th	741	782
6. SLUC Nancy Basket	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 Thessaloniki	10	7th	3	731	701
2. UNICS Kazan	10	7th	3	800	722
3. Trabzonspor	10	5	5	752	759
4. Banvit BK	10	5	5	770	757
5. Budućnost Podgorica	10	4th	6th	747	725
6. Steaua Bucharest	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 Petersburg	10	8th	2	820	746
2. Avtodor Saratov	10	7th	3	947	839
3. PAOK Thessaloniki	10	5	5	773	831
4. Szolnoki Olaj KK	10	4th	6th	763	827
5. Beşiktaş JK Istanbul	10	4th	6th	719	775
6. Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	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 Istanbul	10	7th	3	857	789
2. Neptūnas Klaipėda	10	6th	4th	829	807
3. BK Nizhny Novgorod	10	6th	4th	801	780
4. Hapoel Jerusalem	10	5	5	808	798
5th AEK Athens	10	5	5	794	812
6. Krasny Oktyabr	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 Munich	6th	4th	2	476	452
2. Banvit BK	6th	4th	2	487	455
3. Dominion Basket Bilbao	6th	3	3	483	464
4. ratiopharm Ulm	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 Canaria	6th	5	1	531	440
2. Strasbourg IG	6th	4th	2	464	456
3. Avtodor Saratov	6th	3	3	531	540
4. Hapoel Jerusalem	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 Oldenburg	6th	4th	2	494	489
2. Limoges CSP	6th	3	3	494	467
3. Valencia BC	6th	3	3	473	462
4. PAOK Thessaloniki	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 Milano	6th	4th	2	473	442
2. Alba Berlin	6th	3	3	447	443
3. Aris Thessaloniki	6th	3	3	428	438
4. Neptūnas Klaipėda	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 Trento	6th	4th	2	470	467
2. Pınar Karşıyaka	6th	3	3	498	426
3. Trabzonspor	6th	3	3	450	465
4. Grissin Bon Reggiana	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 Petersburg	6th	4th	2	479	470
2. Stelmet Zielona Góra	6th	3	3	458	463
3. MHP giant Ludwigsburg	6th	3	3	477	468
4. Reyer Venezia Mestre	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 Kazan	6th	6th	0	495	448
2. BK Nizhny Novgorod	6th	3	3	490	482
3. Maccabi Tel Aviv	6th	2	4th	469	494
4. KK Union Olimpija	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 Istanbul	6th	4th	2	493	414
2. CAI Saragossa	6th	4th	2	480	451
3. Dinamo Basket Sassari	6th	3	3	465	480
4. Szolnoki Olaj KK	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	157: 166	FC Bayern Munich	82:82	75: 84
Pınar Karşıyaka	132: 157	Galatasaray Istanbul	67 : 64	65: 93
Limoges CSP	143: 159	Herbalife Gran Canaria	65: 82	78 : 77
Stelmet Zielona Góra	139 : 126	UNICS Kazan	68: 72	71 : 54
Strasbourg IG	169 : 142	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	76: 78	93 : 64
BK Nizhny Novgorod	176 : 165	Zenit Saint Petersburg	102 : 76	74: 89
Banvit BK	145: 151	EA7 Olimpia Milano	69: 72	76: 79
CAI Saragossa	150: 162	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	158: 161	Galatasaray Istanbul	99 : 89	59: 72
Stelmet Zielona Góra	168: 176	Herbalife Gran Canaria	82: 93	86 : 83
BK Nizhny Novgorod	176: 185	Strasbourg IG	85: 94	91:91 a.d.
Aquila Basket Trento	175 : 152	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.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Galatasaray Istanbul	170 : 169	Herbalife Gran Canaria	89 : 75	81: 94 a.d.
Strasbourg IG	154 : 152	Aquila Basket Trento	68: 74	86 : 78

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.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Strasbourg IG	133: 140	Galatasaray Istanbul	66 : 62	67: 78

Web links

• Official website of the Euro Cup ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Modus ( English ) Euroleague Ventures SA .. Accessed April 2, 2019.