2015–16 Euroleague Explained

Updated:	15 May 2016
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Turkish Airlines Euroleague^1
Extra Information:	^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.
T Bg:	FA5500
Pixels:	300
T Color:	white
Season:	2015–16
Champions:	CSKA Moscow (7th title)
Runners Up:	Fenerbahçe
Third Place:	Lokomotiv Kuban
Fourth Place:	Laboral Kutxa
Teams:	24
Games:	250
Duration:	15 October 2015 – 15 May 2016 (competition proper)
Major:	yes
Mvp:	Nando de Colo
Mvp Link:	EuroLeague MVP
Final Four Mvp:	Nando de Colo
Final Four Mvp Link:	EuroLeague Final Four MVP
Final Four Mvp N:	FRA
Winning Streak:	9 games Fenerbahçe
Losing Streak:	10 games Dinamo Sassari
Highest Scoring:	(22 January 2016)
Biggest Home Win:	(30 October 2015)
Biggest Away Win:	(29 October 2015)
Highest Attendance:	18,150 (11 March 2016)
Lowest Attendance:	1,497 (8 April 2016)
Attendance:	1,832,920
Average Attendance:	7,332
Pir:	24.3
Pir N:	FRA
Ppg:	19.4
Ppg N:	FRA
Rpg:	8.7
Rpg N:	GRE
Apg:	7.9
Apg N:	FRA

The 2015–16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 16th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the sixth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 59th season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs.

The 2016 Euroleague Final was played between CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahçe at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.^[1] CSKA Moscow defeated Fenerbahçe 101–96 on extra time in the final to win their seventh European Cup/Euroleague title. Real Madrid were the title holders, but they were eliminated by Fenerbahçe in the playoffs.

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams participated in the 2015–16 Euroleague.^[2]

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.^[3]

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season (24 teams)	11 A–licences 8 B–licences 5 champions from Adriatic, Germany, Italy, France, Poland 2 runners-up from Russia and Adriatic 1 third-placed team from Spain 1 C–licence Eurocup champion 4 wild card
Top 16 (16 teams)		4 group winners from the regular season 4 group runners-up from the regular season 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs (8 teams)		2 group winners from the Top 16 2 group runners-up from the Top 16 2 group third-placed teams from the Top 16 2 group fourth-placed teams from the Top 16
Final Four (4 teams)		4 series winners from the playoffs

Teams

See also: 2015–16 Euroleague squads. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):^[4]

• A: Qualified through an A–licence, based on the Euroleague club ranking and other regulations.
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC: Wild card

Notes

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^{[2] [5]}

Phase	Round	Draw date	Round date
Regular season	Round 1	9 July 2015	15–16 October 2015
	Round 2		22–23 October 2015
	Round 3		29–30 October 2015
	Round 4		5–6 November 2015
	Round 5		12–13 November 2015
	Round 6		18–20 November 2015
	Round 7		26–27 November 2015
	Round 8		2–4 December 2015
	Round 9		10–11 December 2015
	Round 10		17–18 December 2015
Top 16	Round 1		29–30 December 2015
	Round 2		7–8 January 2016
	Round 3		14–15 January 2016
	Round 4		21–22 January 2016
	Round 5		28–29 January 2016
	Round 6		4–5 February 2016
	Round 7		11–12 February 2016
	Round 8		25–26 February 2016
	Round 9		2–4 March 2016
	Round 10		10–11 March 2016
	Round 11		17–18 March 2016
	Round 12		23–25 March 2016
	Round 13		31 March–1 April 2016
	Round 14		7–8 April 2016
Playoffs	Game 1		12–13 April 2016
	Game 2		14–15 April 2016
	Game 3		18–19 April 2016
	Game 4		21 April 2016
	Game 5		26 April 2016
Final Four	Semifinals		13 May 2016
	Final		15 May 2016

Draw

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 13:00 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.^[5] The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.^[5]

+Pot 1 width=210 Team width=25 CSKA Moscow 178 Real Madrid 178 FC Barcelona Lassa 171 Olympiacos 170	+Pot 2 width=210 Team width=25 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 151 Panathinaikos 142 Fenerbahçe 129 Anadolu Efes 126	+Pot 3 width=210 Team width=25 Khimki 125 Laboral Kutxa 119 Lokomotiv Kuban 118 Unicaja 112
+Pot 4 width=210 Team width=30 Žalgiris 109 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 96 Crvena zvezda Telekom 95 Brose Baskets 80	+Pot 5 width=210 Team width=30 Pınar Karşıyaka 69 Darüşşafaka Doğuş 69 Cedevita 63 Bayern Munich 63	+Pot 6 width=210 Team width=25 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 57 Stelmet Zielona Góra 52 Strasbourg 48 Limoges 35

Notes

Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

Regular season

See main article: 2015–16 Euroleague Regular Season.

Group D

Top 16

See main article: 2015–16 Euroleague Top 16.

Group F

Playoffs

See main article: 2015–16 Euroleague Playoffs.

Series

Final Four

See main article: 2016 Euroleague Final Four. The four winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the Final Four. The semifinals were played on May 13, while the third place game and championship game were played on May 15, 2016. The event was held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.

Attendances

Top 10

	Round	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance
1	Top 16	10			18,150	Link
2	Playoffs	3		CSKA Moscow	18,087	Link
3	Top 16	13		Darüşşafaka Doğuş	18,078	Link
4	Playoffs	3		Laboral Kutxa	16,419	Link
5	Top 16	13		Cedevita	16,366	Link
6	Regular Season	4			16,203	Link
7	Top 16	8	Panathinaikos	Fenerbahçe	16,188	Link
8	Regular Season	4	Žalgiris	FC Barcelona Lassa	14,790	Link
9	Regular Season	1	Crvena zvezda	Strasbourg	14,338	Link
10	Regular Season	8			13,972	Link

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	27	656	24.30
2.	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	29	612	21.10
3.	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31	612	19.74

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Points	width=40	PPG
1.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	27	525	19.44
2.	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31	504	16.26
3.	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	29	467	16.10

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rebounds	width=40	RPG
1.	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	29	251	8.66
2.	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	27	213	7.89
3.	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe	23	156	6.78

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Assists	width=40	APG
1.	Thomas Heurtel	Anadolu Efes	24	190	7.92
2.	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	27	174	6.44
3.	Sergio Rodríguez	Real Madrid	27	167	6.19

Other statistics

Category	width=180	Name	width=180	Team	width=40	Games	width=40	Avg
Steals per game	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	27	2.00
Blocks per game	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	27	2.26
Turnovers per game	Thomas Heurtel	Anadolu Efes	24	3.33
Fouls drawn per game	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	27	6.48
	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31
Minutes per game	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31	33:16
2FG%	James Augustine	Khimki	23	0.687
3FG%	Cory Higgins	CSKA Moscow	29	0.539
FT%	Pau Ribas	FC Barcelona Lassa	27	0.939

Game highs

width=100	Category	width=180	Name	width=180	Team	width=40	Stat
Rating		Laboral Kutxa	44
Points	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31
Rebounds	Tyler Honeycutt	Khimki	19
Assists	Stefan Jović	Crvena zvezda	19
Steals	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	6
Blocks	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	7
Turnovers	8 times		7
Fouls Drawn	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	13

Awards

• Nando de Colo ( CSKA Moscow)^[6]

• Nando de Colo ( CSKA Moscow)^[7]

All-Euroleague Teams

class="wikitable"
First Team^[8]			Second Team
Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban		Luigi Datome	Fenerbahçe
Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow		Quincy Miller	Crvena zvezda
Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow		Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe
Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe		Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban
Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa		Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

• Nando de Colo ( CSKA Moscow)^[9]

Best Defender

• Kyle Hines ( CSKA Moscow)^[10]

Rising Star

• Álex Abrines ( FC Barcelona Lassa)^[11]

Coach of the Year

• Dimitrios Itoudis ( CSKA Moscow)^[12]

MVP of the Week

See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Week.

Regular season

Game	Player	Team
1	Patric Young		26
2	Ioannis Bourousis		44
3	Darius Adams		29
4	Felipe Reyes		30
5	Nicolò Melli		37
6	Luke Harangody		35
7	Jamel McLean		36
8			33
	Maik Zirbes	Crvena zvezda
9	Gustavo Ayón		41
10	Nobel Boungou Colo	Limoges	34

Top 16

Game	Player	Team
1	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	41
2	Malcolm Delaney (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	30
3	Felipe Reyes (2)	Real Madrid	32
4	Ioannis Bourousis (2)		30
		Fenerbahçe
5	Tyrese Rice	Khimki	35
6	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	37
7	Gustavo Ayón (2)		41
8	Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban	43
9	Luigi Datome		29
10	Ioannis Bourousis (3)		29
11			34
12	Tyler Honeycutt	Khimki	30
13	Ioannis Bourousis (4)		35
	Nando de Colo (2)	CSKA Moscow
14	Nando de Colo (3)	CSKA Moscow	36

Playoffs

Game	Player	Team
1		CSKA Moscow	28
2		CSKA Moscow	25
		Fenerbahçe
3	Ekpe Udoh (2)	Fenerbahçe	33
4	Anthony Randolph (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	28
5		Lokomotiv Kuban	27

MVP of the Month

See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month.

Month	Player	Team
October 2015	Malcolm Delaney		^[13]
November 2015	Nicolò Melli		^[14]
December 2015	Gustavo Ayón		^[15]
January 2016			^[16]
February 2016			^[17]
March 2016			^[18]
April 2016			^[19]

See also

• 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball
• 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Euroleague Final Four returns to Berlin in 2016. Euroleague. 11 May 2015.
2. Web site: 2015–16 Euroleague Bylaws Book. Euroleague Basketball. 6 December 2016.
3. Web site: ECA shareholders, executive board approve roadmap for 2015-16 and beyond. Euroleague. 6 May 2015.
4. Web site: Proposed team list for the 2015-16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague. Euroleague. 29 June 2015.
5. Web site: 2015-16 Regular Season Draw: Procedure, Criteria and Levels. Euroleague. 7 July 2015.
6. Web site: 2015-16 Euroleague MVP: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow. Euroleague. 12 May 2016.
7. Web site: De Colo celebrates title as Final Four MVP . Euroleague. 15 May 2016.
8. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/6v4al5q8hnkaud7d All-Euroleague First and Second Teams announced
9. Web site: 2015-16 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow. Euroleague.net. 3 May 2016.
10. Web site: Best Defender Trophy: Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow. Euroleague.net. 4 May 2016.
11. Web site: Euroleague Rising Star Trophy: Alex Abrines, FC Barcelona Lassa. Euroleague.net. 5 May 2016.
12. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/73v36m9xpgb6o9r6/alexander-gomelskiy-coach-of-the-year-award-won-by-cska-moscow-s-Dimitrios-Ioudis Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year award won by Csska Moscow's Dimitrios Itoudis
13. Web site: MVP for October: Malcolm Delaney, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar. Euroleague. 2 November 2015.
14. Web site: MVP for November: Nicolò Melli, Brose Baskets. Euroleague. 30 November 2015.
15. Web site: MVP for December: Gustavo Ayon, Real Madrid. Euroleague. 4 January 2016.
16. Web site: MVP for January: Jan Vesely, Fenerbahce Istanbul. Euroleague. 1 February 2016.
17. Web site: MVP for February: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow. Euroleague. 29 February 2016.
18. Web site: MVP for March: Ioannis Bourousis, Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz. Euroleague. 4 April 2016.
19. Web site: MVP for April: Ekpe Udoh, Fenerbahce Istanbul. Euroleague. 28 April 2016.

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