2014–15 EuroCup Women explained

2014–15 EuroCup Women
League:EuroCup Women
Sport:Basketball
Season:Regular season
Finals:Final
Finals Champ: ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Finals Runner-Up: Royal Castors Braine
Seasonslistnames:EuroCup Women
Prevseason Link:2013–14 EuroCup Women
Prevseason Year:2013–14
Nextseason Link:2015–16 EuroCup Women
Nextseason Year:2015–16

The 2014–15 EuroCup Women is the thirteenth edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier international competition for women's basketball clubs under such name. It will be contested by 31 teams from 11 countries and will start on 6 November 2014.

Teams

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Champion Runner-up Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Top 16 Group stage
Group stage teams
Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2013–14 national championships)
Russia (PremierLiga)5Dynamo Moscow (4)Sparta&K M.R. Vidnoje (5)Chevakata Vologda (6)Enisey Krasnoyarsk (9)Spartak Noginsk (10)
Turkey (TKBL)5İstanbul Üniversitesi (4)Botaş SK (5)Mersin BB SK (6)Beşiktaş JK (7)Orduspor (8)
Hungary (NB I/A)5PINKK-Pécsi 424 (1)PEAC-Pécs (2)UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron (3)DVTK Miskolc (4)UNI Győr (5)
France (LFB)4ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (3)Basket Landes (4)Nantes Rezé Basket (6)Flammes Carolo Basket (7)
Belgium (N1D)3Belfius Namur Capitale (1)Royal Castors Braine (2)Lotto Young Cats
Lithuania (LMKL)3Kibirkstis-VICI (1)Fortūna Klaipėda (4)Utena (7)
Belarus (PremierLiga)2BC Tsmoki-Minsk (1)BC Horizont (2)
Germany (DBBL)1TSV Wasserburg (1)
Portugal (LPB)1Quinta Dos Lombos (1)
Sweden (Basketligan)1Udominate Basket (1)
Israel (Ligat ha'Al)1Maccabi Bnot Ashdod (1)

Pots

As last season, the participating teams were in a first time divided into two conferences based on geographical criteria.[1]

Conference 1
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Kibirkstis-VICI
BC Fortūna Klaipėda
Utena
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
Conference 2
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Belfius Namur
Lotto Young Cats
Royal Castors Braine

Group stage

The draw took place on 6 July 2014 in Munich, Germany. The teams were divided into seven groups of four and one group of three teams each. The top two teams advance to the Eight-Finals.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Round of 16

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Flammes Carolo Basket 126-148 Royal Castors Braine 74-87 52-61
Belfius Namur 108-145 ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 54-60 54-85
Udominate Basket 155-184 UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron 79-103 76-81
PEAC-Pécs 106-135 Beşiktaş JK 56-63 50-72
İstanbul Üniversitesi 137-133 69-71 68-62
Chevakata Vologda 117-131 Maccabi Bnot Ashdod 67-71 50-60
Nantes Rezé Basket 153-160 Botaş SK 84-70 69-90
Spartak Noginsk 139-157 Mersin BB SK 59-82 80-75

Quarterfinals

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Botaş SK 115–137 ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 63–76 52–61
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod 165–137 78–77 87–60
İstanbul Üniversitesi 132–126 72–68 60–58
Mersin BB SK 153–154 Royal Castors Braine 77–72 76–82

Semifinals

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İstanbul Üniversitesi 138–155 Royal Castors Braine 73–77 65–78
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod 122–129 ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 66–57 56–72

Final

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Royal Castors Braine 121–137 ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 68–64 53–73

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EuroCup Women Draw Seedings . 4 July 2014 . fibaeurope.com . 6 July 2014.