2014–15 Eurocup Basketball Explained

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T Color:	white
Season:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2015–16
Eurocup
Champions:	Khimki 2nd title
Runners Up:	Herbalife Gran Canaria
Teams:	44
Duration:	14 October 2014 – 29 April 2015
Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball MVP
Mvp N:	MNE
Finals Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP
Finals Mvp N:	MNE
Award4 N:	Latvia
Award5 N:	ESP
Pir:	19.8
Pir N:	USA
Ppg:	19.2
Ppg N:	USA
Rpg:	8.9
Rpg N:	USA
Apg:	7.4
Apg N:	USA

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.

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
Regular season
	5				Paris-Levallois^†	ASVEL^{^}
	4			Brose Bamberg^†	Telekom Bonn^†
	4				Krasny Oktyabr^†
	3		FoxTown Cantù^†
	3
	3			Beşiktaş İntegral Forex^†
	2	Telenet Oostende^{^}	Spirou Charleroi^†
	2		VEF Rīga^{^}
	1	ČEZ Nymburk^{^}
	align=center	1
	align=center	1	Szolnoki Olaj^†
	align=center	1	Hapoel Jerusalem^{^}
	1
	align=center	1
	1	Stelmet Zielona Góra^{^}
	1	Asesoft Ploiești^†
	align=center	1
	align=center	1	Union Olimpija^†
Last 32
Spain	align=center	1
bgcolor=	Russia	align=center	1
bgcolor=	Germany	align=center	1
bgcolor=	Italy	align=center	1
bgcolor=	Lithuania	align=center	1
bgcolor=	Croatia	align=center	1
bgcolor=	France	align=center	1
bgcolor=	Poland	align=center	1

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

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.^[3]

Western Conference

width=16%	Pot 1	width=16%	Pot 2	width=16%	Pot 3	width=16%	Pot 4	width=16%	Pot 5	width=16%	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

width=16%	Pot 1	width=16%	Pot 2	width=16%	Pot 3	width=16%	Pot 4	width=16%	Pot 5	width=16%	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

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:

Head-to-head record.
Head-to-head point differential.
Point differential during the Regular Season.
Points scored during the regular season.
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

Eastern Conference

Group D

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group D.

Group E

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group E.

Group F

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group F.

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:

Head-to-head record.
Head-to-head point differential.
Point differential during the Last 32 phase.
Points scored during the Last 32 phase.
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

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group G.

Group H

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group H.

Group I

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group I.

Group J

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group J.

Group K

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group K.

Group L

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group L.

Group M

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group M.

Group N

See main article: Eurocup 2014–15 Regular Season Group N.

Knockout stage

See 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.

Finals

See main article: 2015 Eurocup Finals.

Second leg

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	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	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Points	width=40	PPG
1.	Randy Culpepper	Krasny Oktyabr	13	249	19.15
2.		Telenet Oostende	16	274	17.13
3.		Khimki	24	407	16.96

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rebounds	width=40	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	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Assists	width=40	APG
1.	Mike Green	Paris-Levallois	20	147	7.35
2.		Brose Baskets	18	116	6.44
3.		Zenit	18	113	6.28

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

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

Last 32

Week	Player	Team
1	Walter Tavares	Herbalife Gran Canaria	40
2	Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban	36
2	Halil Kanacević	Union Olimpija	36
3	Martynas Gecevičius	Lietuvos Rytas	38
4			40
5			38
6	Sharrod Ford		37

Eighthfinals

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

Quarterfinals

Week	Player	Team
1		Khimki	27
1	Krunoslav Simon	Lokomotiv Kuban	27
2		UNICS	38

Semifinals

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

Finals

Week	Player	Team
1		Khimki	22
2	James Augustine (2)	Khimki	22

Eurocup MVP

Tyrese Rice^[4] (Khimki)

Eurocup Finals MVP

Tyrese Rice^[5] (Khimki)

All-Eurocup Teams

Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club	Ref
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	Tyrese Rice	Khimki	Bobby Dixon	Pınar Karşıyaka	^[6]
		Khimki	Keith Langford	Unics Kazan
	Sammy Mejia	Banvit	Kyle Kuric	Herbalife Gran Canaria
	Derrick Brown	Lokomotiv Kuban	Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban
	Walter Tavares	Herbalife Gran Canaria	Sharrod Ford	Paris-Levallois

Coach of the Year

Aíto García Reneses^[7] (Herbalife Gran Canaria)

Rising Star

Kristaps Porziņģis^[8] (Sevilla)

External links

Eurocup official website

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20140612023251/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/137968/3735 2014-15 Eurocup competition system announced
https://web.archive.org/web/20140629123409/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/138183 2014-15 Eurocup team list proposed
Web site: 2014-15 Eurocup Regular Season Draw criteria and procedure . https://web.archive.org/web/20140929042855/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/140959/3735 . dead . September 29, 2014 . Eurocupbasketball.com . 2014-09-26 . 2014-09-26.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085044/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/5wmy5m6eb7ckaxld 2014-15 Eurocup MVP: Tyrese Rice, Khimki Moscow Region
https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/ Rice caps standout season as Eurocup Finals MVP
https://web.archive.org/web/20150417193341/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/5w4x8nukoug5cxca/2014-15-all-eurocup-first-second-teams-announced All-Eurocup First, Second teams named
https://web.archive.org/web/20150924175916/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/5vyfb6cs7debv9hi 2014-15 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Aíto García Reneses, Herbalife Gran Canaria
https://web.archive.org/web/20150417033307/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/5vvspvb5hnnlj9ye 2014-15 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Kristaps Porziņģis, Baloncesto Sevilla

2014–15 Eurocup Basketball Explained

Competition format

Teams

Draw

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

Regular season

Western Conference

Group A

Group B

Group C

Eastern Conference

Group D

Group E

Group F

Last 32

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Group M

Group N

Knockout stage

Finals

Second leg

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Last 32

Eighthfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Teams

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

See also

External links

Notes and References