2014–15 Basketball League Belgium Division I Explained

Season:2014–15
Nextseason:2015–16
Scooore! League1
T Bg:
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T Color:
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Champions:Telenet Oostende
Runners Up:Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Teams:11
Games:32 or 30
Duration:3 October 2014 – 3 June 2015
Tv:Belgacom 5
Major:yes
Mvp N:SRB
Ppg:19.9
Ppg N:USA
Rpg:11.0
Rpg N:USA
Apg:5.1
Apg N:SRB
Highest Attendance:17,135[1]
Antwerp 88–83 Charleroi
(31 January 2015)
Extra Information:1 Sponsored league name, referring to Scooore!.

The 2014–15 Basketball League Belgium Division I, known as the 2014–15 Scooore! League for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Basketball League Belgium. This season started with 11 clubs, including newly formed team Limburg United. Telenet Oostende was the defending champion.

The 2014–15 season marked the first season of the league without the name Ethias League, after Ethias stopped their sponsoring activities.

Format

Because a new team was added in Limburg United, a new competition format was introduced. The regular season now contained two rounds: in the first round all teams would play 2 matches against each other (one at home, one away). After 20 played games the league will be divided in two groups: the first group contains the teams seeded 1–6 and the second group 7–11. The results of the first round are included in the final standings.

The first 8 teams qualified for the Playoffs, the quarterfinals would be played in a best-of-three format and the Semifinals and Finals in a best-of-five.[2]

Licenses

The licences for the 2014–15 season were announced in April 2014.[3]

A-licenses
B-licenses
C-licenses

Teams

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Basic-Fit BrusselsBrusselsPiscine de Neder-Over-Hembeekalign=center
Limburg UnitedHasseltAlverberg-sporthal
Belfius Mons-HainautMonsMons Arenaalign=center
Kangoeroes Basket WillebroekWillebroekSporthal de Schalkalign=center
Liège BasketLiègeCountry Hall Ethiasalign=center
Okapi AalstarAalstOkapi Forumalign=center
Port of Antwerp GiantsAntwerpLotto Arenaalign=center
Proximus SpirouCharleroiSpiroudomealign=center
Stella Artois Leuven BearsLeuvenSportoasealign=center
Telenet BC OostendeOstendSleuyter Arenaalign=center
VOO Wolves Verviers-PepinsterVerviersHalle du Pairealign=center

Regular season

Results

Second stage

Awards

AwardsPlayerTeam
MVP Dušan ĐorđevićTelenet Oostende
Coach of the Year Brian LynchLimburg United
Belgian Player of the Year Pierre-Antoine GilletTelenet Oostende
Most Promising Player Vincent KestelootOkapi Aalstar
Star of the Coaches Dušan ĐorđevićTelenet Oostende

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/coid_YomY0k6DJzMImqWpjVy,f2.articleMode_on.html Round up: Magical 'Night of Giants'
  2. Web site: Nieuwe competitieformule met elf clubs voor seizoen 2014-2015 . Metro . 2014-03-27 . 2014-06-11 . nl . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181316/http://nl.metrotime.be/2014/03/27/news/ethias-league-nieuwe-competitieformule-met-elf-clubs-voor-seizoen-2014-2015/ . 2014-07-14 . dead .
  3. Web site: Ruddy Berghmans . Basketploegen met licentie voor seizoen 2014-2015 . nl . Cartoon-Productions . 2014-04-13 . 2014-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714160542/http://www.cartoon-productions.be/?p=44719 . 2014-07-14 . dead .