2014–15 Euroleague

Allocation

There were three routes to participation in the Euroleague:

• The 12 teams with an A-Licence from the 2013–14 Euroleague, based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.
• The 2013–14 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
• The rest of the teams places were allocated from a list of 28 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 13 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. At least the first 9 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition.
• If the Eurocup champion was qualified by receiving a B licence or some team with it resigned from the competition, a wild card had to be given by the Euroleague.

The Euroleague had the right to cancel an A licence for one of the following reasons:

• The club had the lowest ranking of all clubs with an A Licence, according to the Club Ranking.
• The club had ranked among the clubs placed in the bottom half of the national championship final standings.
• The club had financial problems.
• In Spanish League, when the champion and/or the runner-up of the league were teams without an A licence. In that case, the A licence club with the lowest position would play in Eurocup in the next season. If that happened three times in five years, the A licence of the club would have been cancelled.

Euroleague allocation criteria

A licences

Classification after the 2013–14 Euroleague, including also the 2011–12 and the 2012–13 seasons.

| |

|}

• The A licence of EA7 Milano expired in June 2014, but Euroleague confirmed it as an A licensed team.
• Montepaschi Siena did not play in the Euroleague, due to financial troubles.

B licences

B licences could be given to every team without an A licence. If in the allocation appeared a team with A licence, the next team in the criteria would receive the B licence, which qualified directly to the Regular Season.

| |

|}

• Teams from Serbia and Croatia qualified through ABA League, and not through their national leagues.}}

C licence, replacements and wildcards

;To the regular season

• ESP Valencia (C licence as 2013–14 Eurocup winner)
• GER Alba Berlin (one-year wildcard which substituted Asseco Prokom's A-Licence removed in 2013)
• ITA Dinamo Sassari (one-year wildcard which substituted Montepaschi Siena's A-licence, after it resigned in 2014)
• SRB Crvena Zvezda (one-year wildcard which substituted Cibona's B-licence) ;To the qualifying rounds
• RUS UNICS (as 2013–14 VTB League best qualified without A or B licence)
• ISR Hapoel Jerusalem (wildcard)
• FRA ASVEL (wildcard)
• LAT VEF Rīga (wildcard after the rejection of Levski Sofia)

Teams

The participating teams for the season were announced on June 25, 2014. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):

• A: Qualified through an A–licence
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• QR: Qualifying rounds
• WC: Wild card
• EC: Champion of the 2013–14 Eurocup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague qualifying rounds

Eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format that took place in Ostend, Belgium, from 23 to 26 September. The winner advanced to the Euroleague regular season.

| seed-width = 20 | team-width = 170 | score-width = 30 | RD1-seed1 = 1 | RD1-team1 = RUS UNICS | RD1-score1 = 90 | RD1-seed2 = 4 | RD1-team2 = POL Stelmet Zielona Góra | RD1-score2 = 86 | RD1-seed3 = 2 | RD1-team3 = ISR Hapoel Jerusalem | RD1-score3 = 94 | RD1-seed4 = 3 | RD1-team4 = CZE ČEZ Nymburk | RD1-score4 = 84 | RD1-seed5 = 2 | RD1-team5 = FRA ASVEL | RD1-score5 = 86 | RD1-seed6 = 3 | RD1-team6 = BEL Telenet Oostend | RD1-score6 = 77 | RD1-seed7 = 1 | RD1-team7 = LAT VEF Rīga | RD1-score7 = 53 | RD1-seed8 = 4 | RD1-team8 = FRA Strasbourg | RD1-score8 = 82 | RD2-seed1 = 1 | RD2-team1 = RUS UNICS | RD2-score1 = 82 | RD2-seed2 = 2 | RD2-team2 = ISR Hapoel Jerusalem | RD2-score2 = 71 | RD2-seed3 = 2 | RD2-team3 = FRA ASVEL | RD2-score3 = 74 | RD2-seed4 = 4 | RD2-team4 = FRA Strasbourg | RD2-score4 = 65 | RD3-seed1 = 1 | RD3-team1 = RUS UNICS | RD3-score1 = 88 | RD3-seed2 = 2 | RD3-team2 = FRA ASVEL | RD3-score2 = 79

Squads

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague squads

Draw

Teams were seeded into six pots of four 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 or league could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group. In brackets, the points in the Club Ranking. Following the Eurocup bylaws, the lowest possible position that any club from that country or league could occupy in the draw was calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.

• † indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.
• ^ indicates team qualified through the qualifying rounds}}

Regular season

The regular season was played between October 16 and December 19.

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 game.

Group A

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Regular Season Group A

Group B

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Regular Season Group B

Group C

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Regular Season Group C

Group D

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Regular Season Group D

Top 16

-- The Top 16 began on December 30 and ended on April 10, 2015.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record between teams still tied.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Top 16.
4. Points scored during the Top 16.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 game.

See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Group E

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Top 16 Group E

Group F

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Top 16 Group F

Quarterfinals

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Quarterfinals

Final Four

Main article: 2015 Euroleague Final Four

The Final Four was the last stage of the Euroleague, consisting of the four winners from the quarterfinals. The semifinal games were played on 15 May, while the third place game and championship game were played on 17 May 2015. The Final Four was hosted by the Barclaycard Center in Madrid, Spain.

Attendances

Average home attendances

Source: Euroleague Basketball}}

Top 10

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other statistics

Game highs

Awards

[[Euroleague MVP]]

• SRB Nemanja Bjelica (TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker)

[[Euroleague Final Four MVP]]

• ARG Andrés Nocioni (ESP Real Madrid)

[[All-Euroleague Team]]s

Top Scorer ([[Alphonso Ford Trophy]])

• MNE Taylor Rochestie ( RUS Nizhny Novgorod)

[[Euroleague Best Defender|Best Defender]]

• USA Bryant Dunston (GRE Olympiacos)

[[Euroleague Rising Star|Rising Star]]

• SER Bogdan Bogdanović (TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker)

[[Euroleague Coach of the Year Award|Coach of the Year]]

• ESP Pablo Laso (ESP Real Madrid)

MVP of the Week

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Week

Regular season

Top 16

Quarter-finals

MVP of the Month

Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award

References

References

1. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/137348 Madrid to host 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four]; Euroleague.net, 17 May 2014
2. "In-The-Game.org Euroleague three-year-ranking.".
3. [http://www.euroleague.net/rs/40240/84bd1f8d-134d-42a0-a8ee-cd688d29aaa2/45c/filename/2012-2013-euroleague-bylaws.pdf 2012–13 Euroleague bylaws]
4. [http://eurokorbo.blogspot.com.es/p/ranking-uleb.html ULEB Ranking], EŭroKorbo.tk
5. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/137917/180 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague licence allocation criteria]; Euroleague.net, 4 June 2014
6. [http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/123010/siena-will-not-play-neither-in-serie-a-nor-in-euroleague-next-season.html Siena will not play neither in Serie A nor in Euroleague next season]; Sportando, 16 June 2014
7. [http://www.euroleague.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/114696/6330 ECA Shareholders Meeting ushers in new season] Euroleague.net, July 3, 2013
8. [http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2014&mm=06&dd=18&nav_id=863583]; Cibona withdrews from Euroleague, Crvena Zvezda to take its spot!, 22 June 2014
9. [http://www.3puan.com/content?id=3499]; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
10. [http://www.milliyet.com.tr/euroleague/galatasaray-euroleague-de/galatasaray/detay/1900532/default.htm]; Galatasaray Euroleague'de, 21 June 2014
11. [http://www.lrytas.lt/sportas/krepsinis/klaipedos-neptunui-kelias-i-eurolyga-atviras.htm Klaipėdos „Neptūnui“ kelias į Eurolygą - atviras] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-06-18 ; Lietuvos Rytas, 16 June 2014)
12. [http://www.euroleague.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/138358 VEF Riga to play Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds]; Euroleague, 3 July 2014
13. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/138175/180 ECA board approves 2014-15 teams, steps toward comprehensive competition model]; Euroleague.net, 25 June 2014.
14. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/138575 Ostend to host Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds in September]; Euroleague, 10 July 2014
15. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/138175/180 ECA board approves 2014-15 teams, steps toward comprehensive competition model]; Euroleague.net, 25 June 2014
16. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5ycw47oqktncu4e3 Euroleague.net 2014-15 bwin MVP: Nemanja Bjelica, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul]
17. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5xtj7vjfuokfw7g8 All-Euroleague First and Second teams announced]. Euroleague.net. Retrieved on 2015-05-08.
18. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/143720/180/bwin-mvp-for-october-vassilis-spanoulis-olympiacos-piraeus bwin MVP for October: Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos Piraeus]
19. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/146297/180/bwin-mvp-for-november-dario-saric-anadolu-efes-istanbul bwin MVP for November: Dario Saric, Anadolu Efes Istanbul ]
20. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/148041 bwin MVP for December: Devin Smith, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv]
21. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5q937cs38wcgtbny bwin MVP for January: Nando de Colo, CSKA Moscow]
22. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5sh6eavm3x8kpmg9 bwin MVP for February: Rudy Fernández, Real Madrid]
23. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5up9fmj3a5ncsf47 bwin MVP for March: Nemanja Bjelica, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul]
24. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5wxcqn9jryt87p8p bwin MVP for April: Georgios Printezis, Olympiacos Piraeus