2014–15 Eurocup Basketball

The 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball season was the 13th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the EuroLeague.

Eurocup
Season	2014–15
Duration	14 October 2014 – 29 April 2015
Teams	44
Regular season
Season MVP	Tyrese Rice
Finals
Champions	Khimki 2nd title
Runners-up	Herbalife Gran Canaria
Finals MVP	Tyrese Rice
Awards
Rising Star	Kristaps Porziņģis
Coach of the Year	Aíto García Reneses
Statistical leaders
Points Randy Culpepper 19.2 Rebounds Sharrod Ford 8.9 Assists Mike Green 7.4 Index Rating Derrick Brown 19.8
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Khimki won the competition, after beating Herbalife Gran Canaria in the Finals, and earned a spot in the regular season of the 2015–16 Euroleague.

Competition format

The competition format was the same as in the 2013–14 season, but reducing the Regular Season. For this year 36 teams joined this first stage and were divided into two conferences.

The Regular Season featured six groups of six teams each one, where the four best teams qualified to the Last 32 stage with the eight teams that do not qualify to the 2014–15 Euroleague Top 16. From this stage to the final, the format was the same as in the last season.^[1]

Teams

Teams were confirmed on June 26 by the company Euroleague Basketball.^[2]

Key to colors

Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Eighthfinalist	Last 32	Regular season

Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2013–14 national championships)
Regular season
France (LNB)	5	Strasbourg (2)	Nancy (3)	Dijon (4)	Paris-Levallois† (6)	ASVEL^ (7)
Germany (BBL)	4	Oldenburg (3)	Artland Dragons (4)	Brose Bamberg† (5)	Telekom Bonn† (6)
Russia (VTB)	4	Khimki (5)	Lokomotiv Kuban (6)	Zenit[a][b] (8)	Krasny Oktyabr† (11)
Italy (Lega A)	3	Acea Roma (4)	FoxTown Cantù† (5)	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia[b] (7)
Spain (ACB)	3	Herbalife Gran Canaria (5)	Sevilla (7)	CAI Zaragoza (8)
Turkey (TBL)	3	Banvit (3)	Pınar Karşıyaka (4)	Beşiktaş İntegral Forex† (6)
Belgium (BLB)	2	Telenet Oostende^ (1)	Spirou Charleroi† (5)
Latvia (LBL)	2	Ventspils (1)	VEF Rīga^ (2)
Czech Republic (NBL)	1	ČEZ Nymburk^ (1)
Greece (GBL)	1	PAOK (3)
Hungary (NB1/A)	1	Szolnoki Olaj† (1)
Israel (BSL)	1	Hapoel Jerusalem^ (3)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	Lietuvos Rytas (3)
Montenegro (ABA)	1	Budućnost VOLI (5)
Poland (PLK)	1	Stelmet Zielona Góra^ (2)
Romania (RBD)	1	Asesoft Ploiești† (1)
Serbia (ABA)	1	Partizan NIS (4)
Slovenia (ABA)	1	Union Olimpija† (10)
Last 32
Spain (ACB)	1	Valencia (3)
Russia (VTB)	1	UNICS (3)
Germany (BBL)	1	Bayern Munich (1)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Dinamo Sassari (3)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	Neptūnas (2)
Croatia (ABA)	1	Cedevita (2)
France (Pro A)	1	Limoges (1)
Poland (PLK)	1	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (1)

Notes:
† Qualified through wild card
^ Qualified as loser of Euroleague qualifying round

1. Triumph Lyubertsy was relocated to Saint Petersburg and renamed to Zenit.^[3][4]
2. Triumph Lyubertsy and Reggio Emilia were qualified as the Finalists of the 2013–14 EuroChallenge

Draw

The draws for the 2014–15 Eurocup were held on Monday, 29 September, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.

Teams were divided into two geographical conferences with 18 teams and 3 groups each. For the each conference teams were seeded into six pots of Three teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.

Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group if possible. The nations from the former Yugoslavia, which compete jointly in the Adriatic League—Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina—are considered as one country for purposes of the draw.^[5]

Western Conference

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
ČEZ Nymburk (72) FoxTown Cantù (66) Brose Bamberg (64)	CAI Zaragoza (52) Sevilla (52) Herbalife Gran Canaria (52)	Telenet Oostende (43) Acea Roma (40) Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (40)	ASVEL (33) Spirou Charleroi (31) Strasbourg (29)	Paris-Levallois (29) Nancy (29) Dijon (29)	Artland Dragons (25) Oldenburg (25) Telekom Bonn (25)

Eastern Conference

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Khimki (111) Lokomotiv Kuban (102) Lietuvos Rytas (71)	Banvit (66) Beşiktaş Integral Forex (65) Pınar Karşıyaka (65)	Budućnost VOLI (63) Zenit (61) Krasny Oktyabr (61)	Partizan NIS (59) VEF Rīga (55) Ventspils (55)	Hapoel Jerusalem (53) Union Olimpija (48) Stelmet Zielona Góra (39)	PAOK (30) Asesoft Ploiești (13) Szolnoki Olaj (12)

Regular season

Paris-Levallois

Dijon

Nancy

Strasbourg

Lyon-Villeurbanne

Khimki

Zenit

Krasny Oktyabr

Lokomotiv Kuban

Banvit

Beşiktaş

Karşıyaka

Seville

Zaragoza

Gran Canaria

Vilnius

Partizan

Budućnost

PAOK

Charleroi

Oostende

Oldenburg

Artland

Bamberg

Bonn

Rome

Cantù

Reggio Emilia

Ventspils

Ploiești

Olimpija

Nymburk

Rīga

Zielona Góra

H. Jerusalem

Szolnok

Location of teams of the 2013–14 Eurocup
Western Conference: Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C;
Eastern Conference: Yellow: Group D; Pink: Group E; Orange: Group F;

The Regular Season runs from Tuesday, October 14 to Wednesday, December 17.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Key to colors

Top four teams in each group advance to Last 32.

Western Conference

Group A

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Strasbourg	10	8	2	742	701	+41
2	Brose Bamberg	10	6	4	768	672	+96
3	Paris-Levallois	10	5[a]	5	753	759	−6
4	CAI Zaragoza	10	5[b]	5	831	812	+19
5	Telekom Bonn	10	4	6	774	851	−77
6	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	10	2	8	735	808	−73

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: 1-1 (+2)
2. Head-to-head: 1-1 (-2)

Group B

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Herbalife Gran Canaria	10	10	0	837	704	+133
2	Telenet Oostende	10	6[a]	4	768	766	+2
3	Dijon	10	6[b]	4	710	739	−29
4	Foxtown Cantù	10	4	6	738	752	−14
5	ASVEL	10	3	7	744	791	−47
6	Artland Dragons	10	1	9	725	770	−45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: 1-1 (0)
2. Head-to-head: 1-1 (0)

Group C

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Acea Roma	10	7	3	826	773	+53
2	Nancy	10	6	4	776	742	+34
3	ČEZ Nymburk	10	5[a]	5	771	780	−9
4	Sevilla	10	5[b]	5	776	757	+19
5	Oldenburg	10	4	6	737	737	0
6	Spirou Charleroi	10	3	7	705	802	−97

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: 2-0
2. Head-to-head: 0-2

Eastern Conference

Group D

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Khimki	10	8	2	872	756	+116
2	Beşiktaş Integral Forex	10	7	3	773	705	+68
3	Union Olimpija	10	6	4	800	782	+18
4	Zenit	10	5	5	808	809	−1
5	Szolnoki Olaj	10	3	7	748	822	−74
6	VEF Rīga	10	1	9	705	832	−127

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Lietuvos Rytas	10	8	2	840	774	+66
2	Banvit	10	6[a]	4	788	768	+20
3	Krasny Oktyabr	10	6[b]	4	759	765	−6
4	Asesoft Ploiești	10	5	5	814	833	−19
5	Partizan NIS	10	3	7	734	774	−40
6	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	2	8	806	827	−21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: 1-1 (+3)
2. Head-to-head: 1-1 (-3)

Group F

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Lokomotiv Kuban	10	10	0	795	653	+142
2	PAOK	10	6[a]	4	726	726	0
3	Pınar Karşıyaka	10	6[b]	4	780	763	+17
4	Budućnost VOLI	10	3[c]	7	784	797	−13
5	Stelmet Zielona Góra	10	3[d]	7	722	809	−87
6	Ventspils	10	2	8	665	724	−59

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: 1-1 (+1)
2. Head-to-head: 1-1 (-1)
3. Head-to-head: 2-0
4. Head-to-head: 0-2

Last 32

The Last 32 phase runs from Tuesday, January 6 to Wednesday, February 11.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 32 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Last 32 phase.
4. Points scored during the Last 32 phase.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 32 phase match.

Key to colors

Top two teams in each group advance to the Eurocup eightfinals.

Group G

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD		UNK	ZEN	SIG	NYM
1	UNICS	6	4	0	2	460	432	+28			103–67	60–82	75–67
2	Zenit	6	3	0	3	439	479	−40		65–77		87–82	63–84
3	Strasbourg	6	3	0	3	450	433	+17		72–61	61–73		87–80
4	ČEZ Nymburk	6	2	0	4	454	459	−5		79–84	72–84	72–66

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		HGC	BAN	DSS	POD
1	Herbalife Gran Canaria	6	5	1	522	462	+60			91–80	90–74	92–69
2	Banvit	6	4	2	484	450	+34		80–70		74–75	87–74
3	Dinamo Sassari	6	2	4	470	507	−37		76–91	72–89		87–70
4	Budućnost VOLI	6	1	5	457	514	−57		83–88	68–74	93–86

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group I

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		ROM	CED	OKT	CAI
1	Acea Roma	6	4	2	473	442	+31			73–66	82–66	87–66
2	Cedevita	6	4	2	500	493	+7		91–90		92–101	83–80
3	Krasny Oktyabr	6	3	3	471	482	−11		86–88	65–83		71–66
4	CAI Zaragoza	6	1	5	434	461	−27		67–53	84–85	71–82

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group J

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		KHI	CTU	LIM	PBC
1	Khimki	6	5	1	512	449	+63			75–62	79–70	102–68
2	Foxtown Cantù	6	3	3	454	449	+5		99–88		68–57	78–70
3	Limoges	6	3	3	430	430	0		72–86	81–70		71–59
4	PAOK	6	1	5	421	489	−68		78–82	78–77	68–79

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group K

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		BAY	BRO	JDA	UOL
1	Bayern Munich	6	6	0	534	437	+97			87–63	93–84	90–84
2	Brose Bamberg	6	3	3	444	474	−30		52–90		81–86	91–90
3	Dijon	6	2	4	453	498	−45		74–84	56–86		77–81
4	Union Olimpija	6	1	5	473	495	−22		80–90	65–71	73–76

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group L

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		TUR	LRY	OST	SEV
1	PGE Turów	6	5	1	553	501	+52			104–93	99–71	87–84
2	Lietuvos Rytas	6	3	3	553	514	+39		98–86		111–83	100–78
3	Telenet Oostende	6	2	4	474	506	−32		79–80	75–69		72–84
4	Sevilla	6	2	4	473	532	−59		76–97	88–82	63–94

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group M

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group M

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		KSK	PLV	BJK	NEP
1	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	6	0	538	463	+75			86–79	73–64	99–85
2	Paris-Levallois	6	3	3	485	486	−1		75–85		93–83	88–79
3	Beşiktaş Integral Forex	6	2	4	444	488	−44		77–105	71–77		80–78
4	Neptūnas	6	1	5	469	499	−30		83–90	82–73	62–69

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group N

Main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group N

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		LOK	VBC	ASE	SLU
1	Lokomotiv Kuban	6	6	0	492	416	+76			74–62	92–79	85–70
2	Valencia	6	3	3	490	459	+31		89–90		87–92	77–46
3	Asesoft Ploiești	6	2	4	469	529	−60		59–85	84–100		88–81
4	Nancy	6	1	5	411	458	−47		57–66	73–75	84–67

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Main article: 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball knockout stage

In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

• The team that finished in the higher Last 32 place will play the second game of the series at home.
• If both teams placed the same in the Last 32, the team with more Last 32 victories will play the second game at home.
• In case of a tie in both place and victories, the team with the higher cumulative Last 32 point difference will play the second game at home.

	Eighthfinals						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	UNICS	70	75	145
	FoxTown Cantù	64	72	136
							UNICS	78	79	157
							Lokomotiv Kuban	87	58	145
	Lokomotiv Kuban	80	70	150
	Brose Bamberg	78	53	131
													UNICS	70	76	146
													Herbalife Gran Canaria	83	78	161
	Herbalife Gran Canaria	84	75	159
	Cedevita	76	72	148
							Herbalife Gran Canaria	76	75	151
							Pınar Karşıyaka	66	74	140
	Pınar Karşıyaka	81	97	178
	Lietuvos Rytas	81	81	162
																			Herbalife Gran Canaria	66	64	130
																			Khimki	91	83	174
	Acea Roma	55	66	121
	Banvit	71	56	127
							Banvit	65	75	140
							Paris-Levallois	67	71	138
	PGE Turów	71	78	149
	Paris-Levallois	74	87	161
													Banvit	83	89	172
													Khimki	82	93	175
	Khimki	86	89	175
	Zenit	84	70	154
							Khimki	76	76	152
							Valencia	75	61	136
	Bayern Munich	58	60	118
	Valencia	80	94	174

Finals

Main article: 2015 Eurocup Finals

First leg

24 April 2015 20:45

Boxscore

Herbalife Gran Canaria	66–91	Khimki
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 14–19, 21–19, 12–32
Pts: Kuric 23 Rebs: Báez 7 Asts: Oliver 4		Pts: Koponen, Vyaltsev 18 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Rice 5

Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas Attendance: 9,875 Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Roberto Chiari (ITA), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

Second leg

29 April 2015 18:30

Boxscore

Khimki	83–64	Herbalife Gran Canaria
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 18–12, 23–16, 15–18
Pts: Augustine 18 Rebs: Davis 10 Asts: Popović 7		Pts: Tavares 17 Rebs: Tavares 10 Asts: Kendall 3
Khimki wins 174–130 on aggregate

Basketball Center, Khimki Attendance: 3,850 Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Ioannis Foufis (GRE)

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Derrick Brown	Lokomotiv Kuban	18	356	19.78
2.	Romeo Travis	Krasny Oktyabr	16	304	19.00
3.	Bobby Dixon	Pınar Karşıyaka	20	375	18.75

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Randy Culpepper	Krasny Oktyabr	13	249	19.15
2.	J.P. Prince	Telenet Oostende	16	274	17.13
3.	Tyrese Rice	Khimki	24	407	16.96

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Sharrod Ford	Paris-Levallois	20	177	8.85
2.	Trevor Mbakwe	Brose Baskets	18	151	8.39
3.	Randal Falker	Nancy	15	122	8.13

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Mike Green	Paris-Levallois	20	147	7.35
2.	Brad Wanamaker	Brose Baskets	18	116	6.44
3.	Walter Hodge	Zenit	18	113	6.28

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Brandon Triche	Acea Roma	37
2	Dee Brown	Asesoft Ploiești	33
3	Brandon Triche (2)	Acea Roma	27
4	Darius Adams	Nancy	36
5	Walter Hodge	Zenit	34
6	Romeo Travis	Krasny Oktyabr	34
7	Achille Polonara	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	34
	Romeo Travis (2)	Krasny Oktyabr	34
8	Willy Hernangómez	Sevilla	31
9	Darius Johnson-Odom	FoxTown Cantù	40
10	Milan Mačvan	Partizan NIS	34

Last 32

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Walter Tavares	Herbalife Gran Canaria	40
2	Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban	36
	Halil Kanacević	Union Olimpija	36
3	Martynas Gecevičius	Lietuvos Rytas	38
4	Mardy Collins	PGE Turów	40
5	Damian Kulig	PGE Turów	38
6	Sharrod Ford	Paris-Levallois	37

Eighthfinals

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Sammy Mejia	Banvit	33
2	Jon Diebler	Pınar Karşıyaka	31

Quarterfinals

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Tyrese Rice	Khimki	27
	Krunoslav Simon	Lokomotiv Kuban	27
2	James White	UNICS	38

Semifinals

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Walter Tavares (2)	Herbalife Gran Canaria	30
2	Tyrese Rice (2)	Khimki	22
	James Augustine	Khimki	22

Finals

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Paul Davis	Khimki	22
2	James Augustine (2)	Khimki	22

Eurocup MVP

• Tyrese Rice^[6] (Khimki)

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Tyrese Rice^[7] (Khimki)

All-Eurocup Teams

Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club	Ref
PG	Tyrese Rice	Khimki	Bobby Dixon	Pınar Karşıyaka	[8]
SG/SF	Petteri Koponen	Khimki	Keith Langford	Unics Kazan
SG/SF	Sammy Mejia	Banvit	Kyle Kuric	Herbalife Gran Canaria
PF/C	Derrick Brown	Lokomotiv Kuban	Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban
PF/C	Walter Tavares	Herbalife Gran Canaria	Sharrod Ford	Paris-Levallois

Coach of the Year

• Aíto García Reneses^[9] (Herbalife Gran Canaria)

Rising Star

• Kristaps Porziņģis^[10] (Sevilla)

See also

• 2014–15 Euroleague
• 2014–15 EuroChallenge

Notes