EuroLeague 2014/15

EuroLeague 2014/15
Duration		October 16, 2014 - May 17, 2015
Order of execution		15th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		24
Main round
Main rounds - MVP		Nemanja Bjelica (Fenerbahçe)
Alphonso Ford Trophy		/ Taylor Rochestie (BK Nischni)
Best defender		Bryant Dunston (Olympiacos)
Rising Star Trophy		Bogdan Bogdanović (Fenerbahçe)
Alexander Gomelski Trophy		Pablo Laso (Real Madrid)
Final Four
venue		Madrid
master		real Madrid
Runner-up		Olympiacos Piraeus
Finals - MVP		Andrés Nocioni (Real)
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The season 2014/15 was 15 . The season of the EuroLeague (officially Turkish Airlines EuroLeague ), the most important competition in European club basketball .

Real Madrid won the title . For the Spaniards it was the first EuroLeague win. Before that, the royal triumphs eight times in the European Cup .

mode

Of the 24 teams taking part in the EuroLeague, 23 were directly qualified for the group stage, and another place was played in an additional qualifying round.

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 ) denies. 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 Madrid.

First of all, a qualification tournament took place from September 23 to 26, 2014. The main round began on October 16, 2014 and ended with the final of the Final Four on May 17, 2015 in Madrid .

qualification

A total of eight teams from different countries competed for a place in the main round. The seven failed clubs continued to play in the EuroCup .

The qualification tournament took place from September 23 to 26, 2014 in Ostend , Belgium .

	1st qualifying round				2nd qualifying round				Qualifying finals
	September 24, 2014
	UNICS Kazan	90
					September 25, 2014
	Stelmet Zielona Góra	86
					UNICS Kazan	82
	September 24, 2014
					Hapoel Jerusalem	71
	Hapoel Jerusalem	94
									September 26, 2014
	ČEZ Nymburk	84
									UNICS Kazan	88
	23rd September 2014
									ASVEL Lyon	79
	ASVEL Lyon	86
					September 25, 2014
	BC Ostend	77
					ASVEL Lyon	74
	23rd September 2014
					Strasbourg IG	65
	BK VEF Rīga	53
	Strasbourg IG	82

Participants in the main round

Country / League	team	Hall	Places	VJP 1	License	Country / League	team	Hall	Places	VJP 1	License
League ACB	FC Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	8,250	M.	A.	Series A	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	Mediolanum Forum	11,200	M.	A.
	real Madrid	Barclaycard Center	15,000	F.	A.		Dinamo Sassari 3	Pala Serradimigni	5,000	HF	A / WC
	Valencia Basket Club	Pabellón Fuente de San Luis	9,000	HF	C.	VTB United League ( LKL )	Žalgiris Kaunas	Žalgirio Arena	14,502	HF (M)	A.
	Unicaja Málaga	Palacio Carpena	10,500	HF	A.		Neptūnas Klaipėda	Švyturio Arena	5,486	16. (F)	B.
	Laboral Kutxa	Fernando Buesa Arena	15,504	VF	A.	Basket League	Panathinaikos Athens	Olympic Hall Athens	18,900	M.	A.
Türkiye Basketbol Ligi	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Ülker Sports Arena	13,500	M.	A.		Olympiacos Piraeus	Stadium of Peace and Friendship	14,095	F.	A.
	Galatasaray Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12,270	F.	B.	Basketball Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	Audi Dome	6,700	M.	B.
	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000	VF	A.		Alba Berlin 4	O 2 World	14,500	F.	A / WC
VTB United League ( Russia )	CSKA Moscow *	ZSKA universal sports hall	5,500	M.	A.	Adria League ( A-1 League )	KK Cedevita *	Dražen Petrović Hall	5,400	F (M)	B.
	BK Nizhny Novgorod *	Sports palace of the unions	5,500	F.	B.	Adriatic League ( KLS )	Red Star Belgrade 5	Hala Pionir & Kombank Arena	8,150 & 25,000	HF (F)	B / WC
	UNICS Kazan *	Basket-Hall Arena	7,500	HF	Q	LNB Pro A	Limoges CSP	Palais de Beaublanc	5,516	M.	B.
Ligat ha'Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv 2	Menorah Mivtachim Arena	11,700	M.	A.	TBL	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	Tipsport Arena Liberec	7,500	M.	B.

^* : Qualified by placing in the specified regional European league (in brackets: national league)
¹ : Placement in the national leagues from the previous year
² : Qualified as the winner of the 2013/14 Euroleague
³ : Qualified by transferring an A license to the Italian Runner-up Montepaschi Siena had forfeited as a " Wild Card "
⁴ : Qualified by transferring an A license that the Polish association Asseco Prokom Gdynia had lost, as a "Wild Card"
⁵ : Qualified by transferring the B license from KK Cibona , the as winners of the ABA league renounced to participate

Main round

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played between October 16 and December 19, 2014. 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 A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Real Madrid	10	8th	2	873	775
2. Anadolu Efes	10	6th	4th	723	696
3. Zalgiris Kaunas	10	5	5	704	709
4. BK Nizhny Novgorod	10	5	5	764	823
5. UNICS Kazan	10	5	5	751	721
6. Dinamo Sassari	10	1	9	761	859

	Madrid	Efes	Kaunas	Novgorod	Sassari	Kazan
real Madrid	*	90 : 70	80 : 71	112 : 83	115 : 94	75: 85
Anadolu Efes	75 : 73	*	62: 65	61: 65	85 : 62	82 : 76
Zalgiris Kaunas	66: 68	57: 66	*	97 : 63	80 : 79	77 : 71
BK Nizhny	98: 101	66: 76	55: 61	*	88 : 86	78 : 74
Dinamo Basket	58: 83	75: 82	92 : 80	82: 89	*	68: 72
UNICS Kazan	75: 76	67 : 64	73 : 60	73: 79	85 : 62	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. CSKA Moscow	10	10	0	880	718
2. Maccabi Tel Aviv	10	7th	3	797	783
3. Unicaja Málaga	10	4th	6th	763	757
4th ALBA Berlin	10	4th	6th	762	791
5. KK Cedevita Zagreb	10	3	7th	740	789
6. Limoges CSP	10	2	8th	702	806

	Moscow	Tel Aviv	Málaga	Berlin	Zagreb	Limoges
CSKA Moscow	*	99 : 80	95 : 85	95 : 66	97 : 79	88 : 56
Maccabi Tel Aviv	61: 84	*	81 : 73	95 : 89	73: 83	92 : 76
Unicaja Málaga	75: 76 a.d.	66: 70	*	87 : 84	82 : 73	75 : 69
ALBA Berlin	68: 84	69: 84	79 : 78	*	67: 70	89 : 66
Cedevita Zagreb	72: 76	71: 82	63: 78	67: 80	*	102 : 83
Limoges CSP	76: 86	73: 79	67 : 64	65: 71	71 : 60	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. FC Barcelona	10	9	1	861	740
2. Fenerbahçe Ülker	10	8th	2	843	777
3. Panathinaikos Athens	10	5	5	768	743
4. EA7 Olimpia Milano	10	5	5	775	795
5. FC Bayern Munich	10	2	8th	806	866
6. Turów Zgorzelec	10	1	9	773	897

	Barcelona	Athens	Istanbul	Milan	Munich	Zgorzelec
FC Barcelona	*	78 : 69	89: 91 a.d.	84 : 80	83 : 81	86 : 67
Panathinaikos Athens	67: 80	*	91 : 73	90 : 63	87 : 72	84 : 77
Fenerbahçe Ülker	78: 80	84 : 62	*	77 : 74	87 : 81	89 : 74
Emporio Armani	63: 78	66 : 64	74: 80	*	83 : 81	90 : 71
FC Bayern Munich	77: 99	81 : 75	86: 93	74: 81	*	95 : 89
Turów Zgorzelec	65: 104	69: 79	76: 91	96: 101	89 : 78	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Olympiacos Piraeus	10	8th	2	748	709
2. Red Star Belgrade	10	6th	4th	784	728
3. Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	10	5	5	803	798
4. Galatasaray Istanbul	10	4th	6th	803	818
5. Neptūnas Klaipėda	10	4th	6th	761	857
6. Valencia BC	10	3	7th	775	764

	Piraeus	Valencia	Vitoria	Galatasaray	Belgrade	Klaipeda
Olympiacos Piraeus	*	77 : 76	63 : 57	93 : 66	64 : 59	89 : 77
Valencia BC	68: 71	*	79 : 69	78 : 71	68: 77	103 : 65
Laboral Kutxa	89 : 70	93 : 89	*	91 : 90	66: 86	88 : 69
Galatasaray Istanbul	79 : 74	71 : 64	82: 89	*	110 : 103 a.d.	94 : 68
Red Star Belgrade	57: 62	76 : 63	90 : 82	76 : 68	*	79 : 62
Neptūnas Klaipėda	81: 85 a.d.	94 : 87	80 : 79	82 : 72	83 : 81	*

Intermediate round (Top 16)

The intermediate round was played between December 30, 2014 and April 10, 2015. 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. Real Madrid	14th	11	3	1220	1032
2. FC Barcelona	14th	11	3	1129	1062
3. Maccabi Tel Aviv	14th	9	5	1071	1072
4. Panathinaikos Athens	14th	7th	7th	1048	1022
5th ALBA Berlin	14th	7th	7th	976	1031
6. Zalgiris Kaunas	14th	5	9	1004	1075
7. Red Star Belgrade	14th	4th	10	1025	1059
8. Galatasaray Istanbul	14th	2	12	1023	1167

	Madrid	Tel Aviv	Athens	Istanbul	Barcelona	Belgrade	Kaunas	Berlin
real Madrid	*	86 : 75	83 : 65	93 : 78	97 : 73	85 : 61	99 : 83	93 : 62
Maccabi Tel Aviv	90 : 86	*	73 : 70	81 : 72	70 : 68	78 : 67	79 : 72	59: 66
Panathinaikos Athens	85 : 69	83 : 76	*	86 : 77	77: 81	74 : 69	77 : 58	66: 68
Galatasaray Istanbul	71: 107	94: 97 a.d.	84: 86	*	65: 88	68: 91	78 : 69	65: 75
FC Barcelona	85 : 80	89 : 71	80 : 76	82 : 70	*	92 : 77	89 : 72	92 : 82 a.d.
Red Star Belgrade	72: 79	89 : 76	69 : 68	65: 74	73: 77	*	68: 70	86 : 69
Zalgiris Kaunas	71: 88	66: 73	76 : 70	72 : 59	72: 83	76 : 70	*	75 : 62
ALBA Berlin	61: 79	64: 73	59: 65	75 : 68	80 : 70	73 : 68	80 : 72	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. CSKA Moscow	14th	12	2	1227	1114
2. Fenerbahçe Ülker	14th	11	3	1127	1033
3. Olympiacos Piraeus	14th	10	4th	1075	1008
4. Anadolu Efes	14th	6th	8th	1102	1132
5. Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	14th	6th	8th	1155	1154
6. EA7 Olimpia Milano	14th	4th	10	1083	1193
7. Unicaja Málaga	14th	4th	10	1079	1140
8. BK Nizhny Novgorod	14th	3	11	1121	1185

	Moscow	Istanbul	Vitoria	Novgorod	Piraeus	Efes	Málaga	Milan
CSKA Moscow	*	75: 81	99 : 90	103 : 95 a.d.	76 : 70	88 : 83	101 : 74	97 : 75
Fenerbahçe Ülker	81: 84 a.d.	*	91 : 90	92 : 79	68: 74	83 : 72	78 : 63	98 : 77
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	74: 81	93 : 76	*	81 : 74	74 : 73	67: 72	79 : 74	102 : 83
BK Nizhny	82: 86	60: 78	89 : 85	*	82: 91	109 : 90	75: 94	76: 85
Olympiacos Piraeus	84 : 76	64: 73	76 : 64	77 : 70	*	86 : 75	77 : 72	81 : 58
Anadolu Efes	69: 78	71: 77	84: 87	79 : 75	84 : 70	*	74 : 70	86 : 78
Unicaja Málaga	77: 95	60: 68	93 : 84	85 : 76	61: 69	93 : 90	*	77: 84
Emporio Armani	79: 88	71: 82	99 : 85	59: 79	74: 83	71: 73	90 : 86	*

Quarter finals

In the “best of five” mode, the remaining eight teams competed against each other in four team encounters. The first and second in the group from the second phase enjoyed home rights in a possibly required fifth play-off game. The four teams that won these duels qualified for the Final Four tournament. The games took place from April 14 to 23, 2015.

pairing			1st game	2nd game	3rd game	4th game	5th game
real Madrid	-	Anadolu Efes	80 : 71	90 : 85	72: 75	76 : 63
CSKA Moscow	-	Panathinaikos Athens	93 : 66	100 : 80	85: 86	75 : 54
FC Barcelona	-	Olympiacos Piraeus	73 : 57	63: 76	71: 73	68: 71
Fenerbahçe Ülker	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv	80 : 72	82 : 67	75 : 74 a.d.

Final Four

In a tournament that was held between May 15 and 17, 2015 in the Barclaycard Center in Madrid , two teams each competed 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 15, 2015.

pairing			Result
real Madrid	-	Fenerbahçe Ülker	96 : 87
CSKA Moscow	-	Olympiacos Piraeus	68: 70

3rd place match

The game for 3rd place took place on May 17, 2015.

pairing			Result
Fenerbahçe Ülker	-	CSKA Moscow	80: 86

final

The final took place on May 17, 2015.

pairing	Real Madrid - Olympiacos
Result	78  : 59
date	17th May 2015
Stadion	Barclaycard Center , Madrid
spectator	12,987
referee	Saša Pukl, Borys Ryzhyk, Ilija Belošević
real Madrid	Gustavo Ayón 2, Ioannis Bourousis , Jaycee Carroll 16, Andrés Nocioni 12, Rudy Fernández 7, Sergio Llull 12, Jonas Mačiulis 9, Felipe Reyes 2, KC Rivers 5, Sergio Rodríguez 11, Marcus Slaughter 2, as well as without final appearance : Facundo Campazzo Trainer : Pablo Laso
Olympiacos Piraeus	Dimitrios Agravanis , Tremmell Darden , Bryant Dunston 4, Othello Hunter 10, Oliver Lafayette 1, Matt Lojeski 17, Vangelis Mantzaris 1, Ioannis Papapetrou , Brent Petway 2, Giorgios Printezis 11, Kostas Sloukas 10, Vasilios Spanoulis 3 Trainers : Giannosis Sfairopoulis

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Main round schedule (English; PDF; 62 kB)

Individual evidence

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