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.2014-15 Eurocup competition system announced; Eurocup Basketball, 9 June 2014
Teams Teams were confirmed on June 26 by the company Euroleague Basketball.2014-15 Eurocup team list proposed; Eurocup Basketball, 26 June 2014 + Key to colors Champion Runner-up Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Eighthfinalist Last 32 Regular season Country (League) Teams Teams Regular season 5 Strasbourg Nancy Dijon Paris-Levallois† ASVEL^ 4 Oldenburg Artland Dragons Brose Bamberg† Telekom Bonn† 4 Khimki Lokomotiv Kuban Zenit Krasny Oktyabr† 3 Acea Roma FoxTown Cantù† Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 3 Herbalife Gran Canaria Sevilla CAI Zaragoza 3 Banvit Pınar Karşıyaka Beşiktaş İntegral Forex† 2 Telenet Oostende^ Spirou Charleroi† 2 Ventspils VEF Rīga^ 1 ČEZ Nymburk^ 1 PAOK 1 Szolnoki Olaj† 1 Hapoel Jerusalem^ 1 Lietuvos Rytas 1 Budućnost VOLI 1 Stelmet Zielona Góra^ 1 Asesoft Ploiești† 1 Partizan NIS 1 Union Olimpija† Last 32 Spain 1 Valencia Russia 1 UNICS Germany 1 Bayern Munich Italy 1 Dinamo Sassari Lithuania 1 Neptūnas Croatia 1 Cedevita France 1 Limoges Poland 1 PGE Turów Zgorzelec 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.
Western Conference Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 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 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 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
Group A
Group B
Group C
Eastern Conference
Group D
Group E
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
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
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
First leg
Second leg
Individual statistics
Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Derrick Brown Lokomotiv Kuban1835619.782. Romeo Travis Krasny Oktyabr1630419.003. Bobby Dixon Pınar Karşıyaka2037518.75
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Randy Culpepper Krasny Oktyabr1324919.152. J.P. Prince Telenet Oostende1627417.133. Tyrese Rice Khimki2440716.96
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Sharrod Ford Paris-Levallois201778.852. Trevor Mbakwe Brose Baskets181518.393. Randal Falker Nancy151228.13
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Mike Green Paris-Levallois201477.352. Brad Wanamaker Brose Baskets181166.443. Walter Hodge Zenit181136.28
Awards
MVP Weekly
Regular season WeekPlayerTeam1 Brandon Triche Acea Roma372 Dee Brown Asesoft Ploiești333 Brandon Triche (2) Acea Roma274 Darius Adams Nancy365 Walter Hodge Zenit346 Romeo Travis Krasny Oktyabr347 Achille Polonara Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia34 Romeo Travis (2) Krasny Oktyabr348 Sevilla319 Darius Johnson-Odom FoxTown Cantù4010 Milan Mačvan Partizan NIS34
Last 32 WeekPlayerTeam1 Walter Tavares Herbalife Gran Canaria402 Anthony Randolph Lokomotiv Kuban36 Halil Kanacević Union Olimpija363 Martynas Gecevičius Lietuvos Rytas38 4 Mardy Collins PGE Turów 405 Damian Kulig PGE Turów 386 Sharrod Ford Paris-Levallois 37
Eighthfinals WeekPlayerTeam1 Sammy Mejia Banvit332 Jon Diebler Pınar Karşıyaka31
Quarterfinals WeekPlayerTeam1 Tyrese Rice Khimki27 Krunoslav Simon Lokomotiv Kuban272 James White UNICS38
Semifinals WeekPlayerTeam1 Walter Tavares (2) Herbalife Gran Canaria30 2 Tyrese Rice (2) Khimki22 James Augustine Khimki22
Finals WeekPlayerTeam1 Paul Davis Khimki222 James Augustine (2) Khimki22
Eurocup MVP Tyrese Rice2014-15 Eurocup MVP: Tyrese Rice, Khimki Moscow Region (Khimki)
Eurocup Finals MVP Tyrese Rice (Khimki)
All-Eurocup Teams Position All-Eurocup First Team Club team All-Eurocup Second Team Club Ref Tyrese Rice Khimki Bobby Dixon Pınar Karşıyaka All-Eurocup First, Second teams named Petteri Koponen 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 Reneses2014-15 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Aíto García Reneses, Herbalife Gran Canaria (Herbalife Gran Canaria)
Rising Star Kristaps Porziņģis2014-15 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Kristaps Porziņģis, Baloncesto Sevilla (Sevilla)
See also 2014–15 Euroleague 2014–15 EuroChallenge
Notes
References
External links Eurocup official website