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The 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 15th season of the modern era of EuroLeague basketball and the fifth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous iteration as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 58th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

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Euroleague
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The Barclaycard Center in Madrid hosted the Final Four
Season2014–15
Duration16 October 2014 – 17 May 2015
Games played251
Teams24
Regular season
Season MVPSerbia Nemanja Bjelica
Finals
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (9th title)
  Runners-upGreece Olympiacos
Third placeRussia CSKA Moscow
Fourth placeTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker
Final Four MVPArgentina Andrés Nocioni
Awards
Best DefenderUnited States Bryant Dunston
Rising StarSerbia Bogdan Bogdanović
Statistical leaders
Points Montenegro Taylor Rochestie 18.9
Rebounds Serbia Boban Marjanović 10.6
Assists Serbia Miloš Teodosić 7.0
Index Rating Serbia Boban Marjanović 25.7
Records
Biggest home winValencia 103–65 Neptūnas
Biggest away winPGE Turów 65–104 Barcelona
Highest scoringGalatasaray 110–103 Crvena Zvezda
Highest attendance18,733
(Crvena Zvezda 72–79 Real Madrid)
Lowest attendance534
(UNICS 85–62 Dinamo Sassari)
Attendance2,013,305
Average attendance8,184 Increase
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The city of Madrid hosted the Final Four from May 15 to 17, 2015.[1]

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.[2]
  • 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:[3]

  • 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.[4]

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RankTeamPoints
1.Russia CSKA Moscow164
2.Spain FC Barcelona163
3.Greece Olympiacos154
4.Spain Real Madrid148
5.Israel Maccabi Electra141
6.Greece Panathinaikos139
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7.Turkey Anadolu Efes105
8.Spain Unicaja100
9.Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker99
10.Spain Laboral Kutxa97
11.Lithuania Žalgiris95
12.Italy EA7 Milano86
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  • The A licence of EA7 Milano expired in June 2014, but Euroleague confirmed it as an A licensed team.[5]
  • Montepaschi Siena did not play in the Euroleague, due to financial troubles.[6]

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.[7]

Key to colors
     A licensed teams
     B licensed teams
     Wild cards
     Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round
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TeamPos.
1.Spain FC Barcelona1st
2.Russia CSKA Moscow1st
3.Italy EA7 Milano1st
4.Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker1st
5.Lithuania Žalgiris1st
6.Greece Panathinaikos1st
7.France Limoges1st
8.Germany Bayern Munich1st
9.Croatia Cibona (withdrew)[8]1st
10.Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec1st
11.Croatia Cedevita2nd
12.Spain Real Madrid2nd
13.Russia Nizhny Novgorod2nd
14.Italy Montepaschi Siena (withdrew)2nd
TeamPos.
15.Turkey Galatasaray[9][10]2nd
16.Lithuania Neptūnas[11]2nd
17.Greece Olympiacos2nd
18.France Strasbourg2nd
19.Germany Alba Berlin2nd
20.Serbia Crvena Zvezda3rd
21.Ukraine Budivelnyk (withdrew)1st
22.Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk1st
23.Belgium Telenet Oostende1st
24.Israel Maccabi Electra1st
25.Bulgaria Levski Sofia (rejected)[12]1st
26.Latvia Ventspils1st
27.United Kingdom Worcester Wolves1st
28.Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra2nd
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Notes:
  • Teams from Serbia and Croatia qualified through ABA League, and not through their national leagues.

C licence, replacements and wildcards

To the regular season
To the qualifying rounds

Teams

The participating teams for the season were announced on June 25, 2014.[13] 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
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Regular season
Spain FC Barcelona (A) Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker (A) Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris (A)
Spain Real Madrid (A) Turkey Galatasaray Liv Hospital (2nd) Germany ALBA Berlin (WC) Lithuania Neptūnas (2nd)
Spain Unicaja (A) Turkey Anadolu Efes (A) Greece Panathinaikos (A) France Limoges (1st)
Spain Caja Laboral (A) Russia CSKA Moscow (A) Greece Olympiacos (A) Israel Maccabi ElectraTH (A)
Spain Valencia (EC) Russia Nizhny Novgorod (2nd) Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (A) Serbia Crvena zvezda (WC)
Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec (1st) Croatia Cedevita (2nd) Italy Banco di Sardegna Sassari (WC)
Qualifying rounds
France SIG Strasbourg (2nd) Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk (1st) Belgium Telenet Oostende (1st) Russia UNICS (WC)
France ASVEL (WC) Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra (2nd) Latvia VEF Rīga (2nd) Israel Hapoel Jerusalem (WC)
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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.[14] The winner advanced to the Euroleague regular season.[15]

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
         
1 Russia UNICS 90
4 Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 86
1 Russia UNICS 82
2 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 71
2 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 94
3 Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 84
1 Russia UNICS 88
2 France ASVEL 79
2 France ASVEL 86
3 Belgium Telenet Oostend 77
2 France ASVEL 74
4 France Strasbourg 65
1 Latvia VEF Rīga 53
4 France Strasbourg 82

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.

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Russia CSKA Moscow
Spain FC Barcelona
Greece Olympiacos
Spain Real Madrid

Israel Maccabi Electra
Greece Panathinaikos
Spain Valencia
Turkey Anadolu Efes

Spain Unicaja
Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker
Spain Laboral Kutxa
Lithuania Žalgiris

Germany Alba Berlin
Turkey Galatasaray
Italy EA7 Milano
Russia Nizhny Novgorod †

Serbia Crvena Zvezda
Croatia Cedevita
Germany Bayern Munich
Italy Dinamo Sassari

Poland PGE Turów †
Lithuania Neptūnas †
France Limoges †
Russia UNICS ^

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

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2014–15 Euroleague group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

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.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advanced to
     Bottom two teams in each group entered 2014–15 Eurocup Last 32 round
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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.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs
     Eliminated

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

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Quarterfinals

Main article: 2014–15 Euroleague Quarterfinals
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Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4
Real Madrid Spain3–1Turkey Anadolu Efes80–7190–8572–7576–63
CSKA Moscow Russia3–1Greece Panathinaikos93–66100–8085–8674–55
FC Barcelona Spain1–3Greece Olympiacos73–5763–7671–7368–71
Fenerbahçe Ülker Turkey3–0Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv80–7282–6775–74
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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.

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
15 May
 
 
Spain Real Madrid96
 
17 May
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker87
 
Spain Real Madrid78
 
15 May
 
Greece Olympiacos59
 
Russia CSKA Moscow68
 
 
Greece Olympiacos70
 
Third place game
 
 
17 May
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker80
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow86

Attendances

Average home attendances

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Pos Team GP Total High Low Average
1 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 11 159,30918,7335,908 14,483
2 Greece Panathinaikos 14 177,41816,0338,165 12,672
3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 164,44913,0138,559 11,746
4 Israel Maccabi Electra 13 143,78011,06011,060 11,060
5 Germany Alba Berlin 12 123,56114,1338,226 10,296
6 Lithuania Žalgiris 12 121,83514,3824,795 10,153
7 Spain Laboral Kutxa 12 117,88212,6197,689 9,824
8 Greece Olympiacos 14 125,90711,6536,039 8,993
9 Spain Real Madrid 14 123,90212,6627,806 8,850
10 Italy EA7 Milano 12 98,70310,1696,344 8,225
11 Turkey Galatasaray 8 60,51211,3123,138 7,564
12 Spain Unicaja 12 87,8938,8915,237 7,324
13 Spain FC Barcelona 14 94,1038,5295,162 6,721
14 Turkey Anadolu Efes 14 85,49510,1742,529 6,106
15 Germany Bayern Munich 5 30,1356,6885,047 6,027
16 Spain Valencia 5 30,0698,5003,005 6,014
17 Lithuania Neptūnas 5 27,3485,6695,309 5,470
18 Russia CSKA Moscow 14 65,5095,3494,369 4,679
19 France Limoges 5 23,2925,0804,356 4,658
20 Italy Dinamo Sassari 5 18,9014,4833,068 3,780
21 Croatia Cedevita 5 18,8114,0913,288 3,762
22 Russia UNICS 5 14,4903,876534 2,898
23 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 12 27,7403,3931,492 2,312
24 Poland PGE Turów 5 9,7443,217709 1,949
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  • Updated on 5 May 2015 (ALL GAMES PLAYED)
Source: Euroleague Basketball

Top 10

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RoundGameHome teamVisitorAttendanceRef
1 Top 16 1 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Spain Real Madrid 18,733
2 Regular Season 4 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Greece Olympiacos 18,732
3 Top 16 11 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Spain FC Barcelona 18,450
4 Top 16 6 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Lithuania Žalgiris 18,382
5 Top 16 3 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Turkey Galatasaray 17,821
6 Regular Season 1 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Turkey Galatasaray 16,834
7 Top 16 9 Greece Panathinaikos Spain FC Barcelona 16,033
8 Play Off 27 Greece Panathinaikos Russia CSKA Moscow 16,000
9 Top 16 11 Greece Panathinaikos Spain Real Madrid 14,766
10 Regular Season 3 Greece Panathinaikos Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker 14,480
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Individual statistics

Rating

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Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda2461625.67
2.Montenegro Taylor RochestieRussia Nizhny Novgorod2144221.05
3.Belarus Artsiom ParakhouskiRussia Nizhny Novgorod2342618.52
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Points

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Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Montenegro Taylor RochestieRussia Nizhny Novgorod2139718.90
2.United States Andrew GoudelockTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker2949317.00
3.Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda2439816.58
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Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda2425610.67
2.Serbia Nemanja BjelicaTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker292468.48
3.United States Trey ThompkinsRussia Nizhny Novgorod231878.13
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Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.Serbia Miloš TeodosićRussia CSKA Moscow241687.00
2.France Thomas HeurtelTurkey Anadolu Efes281796.39
3.United States Marcus WilliamsSerbia Crvena Zvezda241466.08
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Other statistics

Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per gameUnited States Tarence KinseyRussia Nizhny Novgorod171.59
Blocks per gameBelarus Artsiom ParakhouskiRussia Nizhny Novgorod231.96
Turnovers per gameSerbia Miloš TeodosićRussia CSKA Moscow243.67
Fouls drawn per gameUnited States Jamel McLeanGermany Alba Berlin215.81
Minutes per gameUnited States Jeremy PargoIsrael Maccabi Electra2731:59
2FG%Turkey Semih ErdenTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker250.758
3FG%United States Demetris NicholsRussia CSKA Moscow270.575
FT%Montenegro Taylor RochestieRussia Nizhny Novgorod210.925

Game highs

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Category Name Team Stat
RatingJamaica Samardo SamuelsItaly EA7 Milano47
PointsJamaica Samardo SamuelsItaly EA7 Milano36
ReboundsSerbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda17
AssistsUnited States Marcus WilliamsSerbia Crvena Zvezda17
StealsIsrael Yogev OhayonIsrael Maccabi Electra8
BlocksIsrael Alex TyusIsrael Maccabi Electra6
United States Brian Randle
TurnoversFrance Thomas HeurtelTurkey Anadolu Efes8
Montenegro Taylor RochestieRussia Nizhny Novgorod
Fouls Drawn3 occasions12

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Euroleague Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Teams

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First Team[17]Second Team[17]
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Olympiacos France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow
Serbia Miloš Teodosić Russia CSKA Moscow United States Andrew Goudelock Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker
Serbia Nemanja Bjelica Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker Spain Rudy Fernández Spain Real Madrid
Spain Felipe Reyes Spain Real Madrid United States Devin Smith Israel Maccabi Electra
Serbia Boban Marjanović Serbia Crvena Zvezda Croatia Ante Tomić Spain FC Barcelona
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Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year

MVP of the Week

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Week

Regular season

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Game Player Team PIR
1Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda30
2United States Andrew GoudelockTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker30
3Azerbaijan Jaycee CarrollSpain Real Madrid37
4United States James AndersonLithuania Žalgiris38
5United States Andrew Goudelock (2)Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker40
6Serbia Zoran ErcegTurkey Galatasaray41
7Serbia Boban Marjanović (2)Serbia Crvena Zvezda36
8Israel D'or FischerRussia UNICS43
9Serbia Duško SavanovićGermany Bayern Munich37
10Greece Ioannis BourousisSpain Real Madrid31
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Top 16

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Game Player Team PIR
1Montenegro Taylor RochestieRussia Nizhny Novgorod32
2Spain Felipe ReyesSpain Real Madrid29
United States Brian RandleIsrael Maccabi Electra29
3France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow34
4Belarus Artsiom ParakhouskiRussia Nizhny Novgorod37
5Croatia Ante TomićSpain FC Barcelona34
6Spain Rudy FernándezSpain Real Madrid38
7France Nando de Colo (2)Russia CSKA Moscow29
8Jamaica Samardo SamuelsItaly EA7 Milano47
9United States Reggie ReddingGermany Alba Berlin36
10Croatia Ante Tomić (2)Spain FC Barcelona35
11Serbia Bogdan BogdanovićTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker32
12Italy Alessandro GentileItaly EA7 Milano30
13United States Alex RenfroeGermany Alba Berlin28
14United States Devin SmithIsrael Maccabi Electra28
Serbia Boban Marjanović (3)Serbia Crvena Zvezda28
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Quarter-finals

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Game Player Team PIR
1Mexico Gustavo AyónSpain Real Madrid29
2Greece Georgios PrintezisGreece Olympiacos34
3Greece Nikos PappasGreece Panathinaikos31
4Russia Andrei KirilenkoRussia CSKA Moscow27
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MVP of the Month

Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award
More information Month, Player ...
Month Player Team Ref.
October 2014Greece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Olympiacos[18]
November 2014Croatia Dario ŠarićTurkey Anadolu Efes[19]
December 2014United States Devin SmithIsrael Maccabi Electra[20]
January 2015France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow[21]
February 2015Spain Rudy FernándezSpain Real Madrid[22]
March 2015Serbia Nemanja BjelicaTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker[23]
April 2015Greece Georgios PrintezisGreece Olympiacos[24]
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See also

References

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